Ha Hee-ra

In this Korean name, the family name is Ha.

Ha Hee-ra (Korean: 하희라; born October 29, 1969)^[2][3] is a South Korean actress. Ha began her acting career in 1981 when she was in the sixth grade, appearing mostly in films for teenagers. Among her dramas are What Women Want (1990), What Is Love (1991), The Break of Dawn (1993), Catching Up with Gangnam Moms (2007) and The President (2010).^[4][5][6][7]

Ha Hee-ra
하희라
Ha in August 2022
Born	(1969-10-29) October 29, 1969 (age 55) Seoul, South Korea
Nationality	Republic of China (1969–1993) South Korea (1993–present)
Education	Bachelor of Education Master in Social Welfare
Alma mater	Dongguk University Yonsei University
Occupation(s)	Actress, special professor[1]
Years active	1981–present
Agent	GH Entertainment
Spouse	Choi Soo-jong ​ (m. 1993)​
Children	2
Korean name
Hangul	하희라
Hanja	夏希羅
Revised Romanization	Ha Hui-ra
McCune–Reischauer	Ha Hui-ra

Ha Hee-ra
Traditional Chinese	夏希羅
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xià Xīluó

Early life

Ha Hee-ra was born in Seongbuk District, Seoul, South Korea to a Taiwanese father and a Korean mother. Through her paternal grandfather, she is a third-generation descendant of Chinese immigrants to Korea and due to her paternal lineage, she was issued with Taiwanese citizenship. Because she was of mixed Chinese and Korean descent, Ha was often bullied during her youth. She attended and graduated from Seokgwan Elementary School, Jongam Middle School and Seokgwan High School in Seoul. She later attended Dongguk and Yonsei Universities, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Education and a Master of Social Welfare.^{[8][9][10][11]}

Personal life

She married actor Choi Soo-jong in November 1993, and obtained South Korean citizenship after their wedding. Following her marriage to Choi, she converted to Presbyterianism from Buddhism.^{[12][13][14][15][16][17][8]} The couple have two children: son Min-seo and daughter Yoon-seo.^[4][18]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1986	Great March of Tomboys
1987	Exciting Lives of Three Girls
1988	Miri, Mari, Wuri, Duri	Duri
	Campus Romance Seminar	Hye-ri
	If You Want
	Puppy Love
1989	Memories of Bal-bari	Eun-kyung
1990	You Know What? It's a Secret	Hye-na
	Days of Standing Alone	Hyun Eun-ji
1991	Back to You Once More	Kim Sung-hee
	The Night Full of Stars	Bo-ra
1992	A Foolish Lover	Hye-rin
2002	The Beauty in Dream[19]	So-ra

Television series

Year	Title	Role
1981	Land
1983	Diary of a High School Student
1986	Windfall
1987	Eldest Sister-in-law
1988	Heaven Heaven	Lady Hyegyŏng
	The Story of Shim Chung
1989	And So Flows History
	People of Dangchu-dong
1990	What Women Want	Young-chae
	Geom Saeng-yi's Daughter
1991	Magpie Daughter-in-law	Seo Bong-hwa
	What Is Love	Park Ji-eun
1992	Rose Garden	Choi Young-joo
	Wind in the Grass	Mi-kyung
1993	The Break of Dawn	Song Bo-kyung/Ssang-soon
1995	A Place in the Sun	Im Cha-hee
	Dazzling Dawn	Empress Myeongseong
1997	Because I Really	Hong Eun-pyo
	Women	Seo Ki-nam
2002	To Be with You	Han Moon-hee
2005	My Love Toram	Jeon Sook-yeon
	I Love You, My Enemy	Myung Hae-kang
2006	Love Me When You Can	Oh Soon-ae
2007	Catching up with Gangnam Moms	Hyun Min-joo
2009	What's for Dinner?	Jo Young-ran
2010	I Live Without Incident	Hwang Se-ri
	The President	Jo So-hee
2012	Dummy Mommy[20][unreliable source?]	Kim Sun-young
2013	You Are the Boss!	Min Ji-soo/Min Ji-won
2015	Make a Woman Cry	Na Eun-soo
2016	The Dearest Lady	Na Bo-bae
2018	Lady Cha Dal-rae's Lover	Cha Jin-ok
2020	Record of Youth	Han Ae-sook, Sa Hye-jun's Mother

Television shows

Year	Title	Notes
2012	Beautiful People	Documentary narration
	Mom and Dad, I Miss You	Documentary narration
2013	Children at Risk
2013–2014	Global Homestay: The Way Home
2018	Same Bed, Different Dreams 2: You Are My Destiny
2022	Children These Days - My Golden Child	Special MC [21]
	Second House	Cast Member[22]
2023	Dear My Mother	Host[23]

Theater

Year	Title	Role
1991	I Ought to Be in Pictures
1994	Save the Last Dance for Me
1998	Nunsense[24]
2004	Why We Dream of Lovers
2008	The Goodbye Girl[25][26][27][28]	Paula McFadden
2022	Love Letter	Melissa [29]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1986	KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress		Won
1988	24th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Actress (Film)	Campus Romance Seminar	Won
	KBS Drama Awards	Special Award		Won
1990	KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress		Won
		Popularity Award		Won
1991	27th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Actress (TV)	What Women Want	Won
	MBC Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress		Won
1992	28th Baeksang Arts Awards	Most Popular Actress (TV)	What Is Love	Won
	MBC Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress		Won
1993	KBS Drama Awards	Grand Prize (Daesang)	The Break of Dawn	Won
1995	1st Korea Musical Awards	Popular Star Award	Save the Last Dance for Me	Won
	KBS Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress	A Place in the Sun	Won
2005	SBS Drama Awards	Best Actress in a Drama Short	My Love Toram	Won
2006	MBC Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress	Love Me When You Can	Won
2007	SBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries	Catching Up with Gangnam Moms	Won
2009	MBC Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress	What's for Dinner?	Nominated
2010	2nd Korea Sharing Awards	Special Chairman's Award	—	Won
2011	3rd Korea Human Awards	Sharing Award	—	Won
2012	1st Sharing Happiness Awards	Award from the Minister of Health and Welfare	—	Won
	SBS Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	Dummy Mommy	Nominated
2013	MBC Drama Awards[30]	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	You Are the Boss!	Nominated
2014	Miss Supertalent Season 4 Star Awards	Sharing Award	—	Won
2018	KBS Drama Awards[31]	Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily Drama	Lady Cha Dal-rae's Lover	Won
2021	19th KBS Entertainment Awards	Achievement Award [32]	Mr. House Husband 2	Won
		Excellence Award in Reality Category[33]		Nominated