The year she turned 19, she debuted as a member of MBC’s 23rd open-recruitment class of actors.
The breakthrough yearThe year she turned 22, she played Seok-hee in the KBS2 weekend drama First Love. It was No. 1 in the ratings from its first broadcast, and that year Yonhap wrote that she rose to stardom overnight with it. That year she also signed for two films at once.
The year she turned 25, she gained popularity from MBC’s Truth, and at the end of the year she won the Excellence Award at the MBC Drama Awards for Mr. Duke. The year she turned 26, she played Kim Yeon-soo in SBS’s Beautiful Days. The year she turned 27, she co-starred with Bae Yong-joon in KBS2’s Winter Sonata.
The year she turned 28, Winter Sonata aired on NHK in Japan and she gained the nickname “Ji-woo Hime,” and in December SBS’s Stairway to Heaven began. The year she turned 29, Stairway to Heaven ended with a peak rating of 42.4%, and she held fan meetings in Seoul and Yongpyong with Japanese and other Asian fans.
The year she turned 32, she returned to TV drama after three years with Air City. The year she turned 38, she was cast as the lead of SBS’s The Suspicious Housekeeper. The year she turned 39, she played Yoo Se-young in SBS’s Temptation.
The year she turned 41, she appeared in the film Like for Likes, and the next year in the drama The Most Beautiful Goodbye. The year she turned 43, she married a non-celebrity. In December of the year she turned 44, she announced she was pregnant. The year she turned 45, she gave birth to a daughter. In February of that year she had also made a cameo in Crash Landing on You.
The year she turned 48, she returned to the big screen after seven years with the film New Normal. The year she turned 51, she played the lead in the film Sugar, and in July she took part in the audio description for the barrier-free version of the animation David.
Choi Ji-woo (born Jun 11, 1975) debuted in 1994, the year she turned 19, as a member of MBC’s 23rd open-recruitment class of actors, and became known for the KBS2 drama First Love, which ended on Apr 20, 1997, the year she turned 22. Winter Sonata premiered on Jan 14, 2002, the year she turned 27.
Ages are by calendar year (the year minus the birth year), birthdays aside.