My Favorite Actress: Part 1 Ha Ji Won

i think i have mentioned this earlier before, there are only two criterion for me to decide if i like a performer - Talent and attitude. Ha Ji Won is another person whom i feel really possesses these two traits. She is an incredibly talented actress who is able to portray such a wide range of characters, and is also extremely hardworking and humble. she, in my opinion, is someone who constantly tries to learn new things and improve herself, and despite all her success - she's the first actress to hit the 10million viewership mark for her movie in korea - is definitely not at all arrogant. confident she is, but she is clearly aware that there is still many more improvements she can possibly make to her acting.

Ha Ji Won has portrayed an extremely diverse range of characters from a gymnast, a boxer,a stunt woman,a pianist, an equipment manager in an oil rig, a north Korean soldier and most recently, a table tennis player. the genres she has covered range from horror to comedy to romance and most definitely action. her performances in these shows have also been widely critically acclaimed and she has also won awards for almost all her work.

despite her success, she is still very willing to try out new things and constantly pushes her potential and ability to the maximum. for her roles, she has picked up many skills like boxing, tightrope walking, riding a motorcycle bike, table tennis, wire work, swordplay, acrobatics etc etc. even though she sometimes laments that these works have caused her to become injured and tired both physically and mentally, she still perseveres and insists on doing the actions scenes on her own.

Some of her work i feel show her at her very best are Miracle on First Street, Closer to Heaven and Secret Garden. in Miracle on First Street, she plays a female boxer. i was stunned and positively shocked when i found out that she did the fighting scenes on her own in which she fainted many times and got punched in the face really often. her tear jerking performance in Closer to Heaven where she portrayed a lover of a man who has a terminal illness and they both know he cant live long. her stunning performance that was bursting with emotional dept is definitely the reason why the audience cant help but feel so touched and sad. Secret Garden is a fun drama with the genre of fantasy included in it. in the show, she switches her soul with the male lead (Hyun Bin). this showed how despite acting in more serious films and dramas previously, Ha Ji Won also has the capabilities of pulling off a light-hearted drama.

All in all, she is definitely an actress that constantly reviews herself and seeks to improve her acting abilities. this multi-award-winning actress is also known to be an extremely nice, friendly and down-to-earth person, and is often mentioned as the ideal woman for many male actors in the industry. hence, i am definitely looking forward to the future works of this actress who never seems to stop or rest. :D