Asian Artis: Kim Hee-seon (김희선)

Actresses Kim Hee-seon (34) and Lee Min-yeong (35) will start shooting their rerutn drama "Faith" soon.
A spokesperson for "Faith" said, "The script came out recently. It will start shooting at the end of May. It's a drama about the Koryo Dynasty but there are many action scenes so Lee Min-yeong and other stars started training in action schools at the beginning of this month. We had some difficulties in change in acts and such but main characters Kim Hee-seon and Lee Philip didn't have any changes".
This is the first time in 5 years Kim Hee-seong and Lee Min-yeong are returning to home screens through "Faith". Kim Hee-seon went into a long term break after marriage and for baby delivery issues after the 2006 SBS drama "Smile Again". Lee Min-yeong had hidden herself after matters like getting divorced and such after 2006 SBS drama "Love and Ambition". She had appeared every once in a while in commercials and interviews but it's been a while since she appeared on screens.
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Lee Min-yeong's management MK Partners spoke about her returning to the biz, "She is on board with producer Kim Jong-hak. This is her first historical drama since her debut and we hope you look forward to a different Lee Min-yeong".
The organization of the drama hasn't been confirmed, so it's possible it'll be pre-produced. "We know it to be under MBC but MBC hasn't given us a defnite answer yet. It is possible it could be MBC but there can be changes. We are working on it".
Meanwhile, "Faith" is second fusion fantasy historical drama by director Kim Jong-hak, after "The Legend". It will be done in 3D and should take up to 20 billion won to make it. Besides Kim Hee-seon and Lee Min-yeong, Kim Seung-soo, Choi Min-soo and Lee Philip have been cast.

Source : news.nate.com/view/20... ( Korean )
This is a Korean name; the family name is "Kim".

Kim Hee-sun
Born	February 25, 1977 (1977-02-25) (age 34) Seoul, South Korea
Other names	Hee-seon Kim^[1]
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1994–present
Spouse	Park Ju-young

Korean name
Hangul	김희선
Hanja	金喜善
Revised Romanization	Gim Hui-seon
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Hŭi-sŏn

Kim Hee-sun (born February 25, 1977)^[1] is a South Korean actress from Seoul who has been acting in Korean TV dramas and films for over a decade.
Kim debuted on TV as a year 11 student and later majored in Drama at Chung-Ang University. Since then she has acted in many TV dramas, becoming well known in South Korea.
In recent years, Kim has also gradually built up a career in film, beginning in 1997 with Repechage opposite Jang Dong-gun. Director Lee Kwang-hoon subsequently put her in his next film, Ghost in Love in 1999. Kim's most high-profile role to date has been in the big-budget martial arts fantasy Bichunmoo, shot in China and released in the summer of 2000. She played the daughter of a Mongolian general in love with her childhood sweetheart. Although criticised for her acting in the film, it gave her more local and international exposure than any of her other films. The film cemented her position as one of Korea's leading actress not only in her home country, but also in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and throughout South-east Asia.
In late 2001, Kim took on a completely different kind of role, cutting her hair short and starring as an animator in Wanee and Junah. Although her acting in this film drew a favorable response from critics, the film itself was a flop at the box office. Kim is currently living in Seoul and is still popular as a model and presenter. She is renowned within the industry for her longevity as an actress. In 2003 she co-starred with Shin Ha-kyun in the film A Man Who Went to Mars by Kim Jung-kwon, the director of Ditto. She is popularly known as the "first beauty of South Korea". In 2005, she starred alongside Jackie Chan as a Korean Princess in The Myth. During this film she learned to speak Mandarin.
Through acting and promotional work (such as for Samsung), Kim now has an income of some USD 7 million. It is rumoured that her next move will be to try to break into the Japanese market.