Gil Hae-yeon

Biographical Overview & Key Facts

Subject:

Gil Hae-yeon

Role / Field:

Acclaimed South Korean actress known for versatile roles, especially as mothers.

Born:

1964-04-11

Century / Era:

1964s Historical Era

Database Source:

2Day Chrono-Wiki & Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Origins & Early Life

Gil Hae-yeon (Korean: 길해연; born April 11, 1964) is a South Korean actress. She is best known to North American audiences for her performance in the film In Her Place, for which she garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015 and won the Wildflower Film Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 3rd Wildflower Film Awards in 2016. In South Korea, her roles have included the television series Goodbye Mr. Black, Working Mom Parenting Daddy, Possessed, Something in the Rain, One Spring Night, Encounter (2018–19), and Woman of 9.9 Billion. She is most active as a supporting actress, playing role of main characters' mothers. Gil also writes children's plays and children's books.

Career & Major Achievements

She has written over 10 children's books and children's play scripts. She also wrote 'Intensive for Children' based on her experience teaching children in a children's theater class. In 2020, Gil took office as third Chairman of The Korea Theater Welfare Foundation which was established in 2005 to support theater practitioners so that they do not give up theater even in difficult circumstances and are guaranteed basic treatment. The first Chairman Park Jeong-ja and the second Chairman Yoon Seok-hwa. Gil Hae-yeon was born in Paju, Gyeonggi Province on April 11, 1964 and raised in Seoul.

Enduring Legacy & Impact

She showed her writing talent from a young age and won many awards in elementary school. She attended Pungmoon Girls' High School, where she took literature class because of her dream of becoming a writer. During high school, she watched Jean-Paul Sartre's play The Dead without burial, that elevated her awareness of the charm of theatre. Still, She never dreamed of acting. In 1983, She enrolled in the Korean Literature Department at Dongduk Women's University.

Chronological Milestones & Life Events

1. 1964 (1964-04-11): Birth of Gil Hae-yeon — Acclaimed South Korean actress known for versatile roles, especially as mothers.
2. 1983: 1983 Milestone — In 1983, She enrolled in the Korean Literature Department at Dongduk Women's University.
3. 2015: 2015 Milestone — She is best known to North American audiences for her performance in the film In Her Place, for which she garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015 and won the Wildflower Film Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 3rd Wildflower Film Awards in 2016.
4. 2018: 2018 Milestone — Black, Working Mom Parenting Daddy, Possessed, Something in the Rain, One Spring Night, Encounter (2018–19), and Woman of 9.
5. 2020: 2020 Milestone — In 2020, Gil took office as third Chairman of The Korea Theater Welfare Foundation which was established in 2005 to support theater practitioners so that they do not give up theater even in difficult circumstances and are guaranteed basic treatment.

Historical Fact-Check Quiz: Gil Hae-yeon

True or False: “Gil Hae-yeon's initial dream upon entering Pungmoon Girls' High School was to become a professional actress.”

Answer (FALSE ❌): During high school, she initially focused on literature due to her aspiration of becoming a writer, not an actress.

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