The Korean online community is sharing a series of old photos of actress Kim Hyun Joo early in her career. Many people praise the beauty “Glass Slippers” for her brilliant youthful appearance. However, netizens are even more surprised when compared to the present.
At the end of February, Korean netizens rediscovered a series of early career photos of actress Kim Hyun Joo more than 20 years ago. The beauty of the star Glass Shoes in her youth quickly became a hot topic on social networks.
In her first roles, Kim Hyun Joo showed a bright and radiant image. She makes many people admire her with her small face, full lips and big, clear eyes. Her appearance and outfit in old photos are normal, nothing special, but she still stands out thanks to her delicate, lovely beauty that suits Asian tastes.
However, what really shocked the online community is that compared to the current image, Kim Hyun Joo has not changed too much. The most obvious difference is that Kim Hyun Joo at the age of 50 has lost her innocence, replaced by a mature and sharp temperament that has been honed over many years.
Many netizens praised the actress’s timeless beauty. They rated her as one of the most beautiful women in Korea.
Many comments were left on the online forum: “She is so beautiful. The acting is also good. I love her!”, “I think she is the most beautiful person. Even now she stands out”, “The aura around her is as solid as a wall”…
Kim Hyun Joo was born in 1977 and comes from Goyang province, Korea. She started entering the entertainment industry at the age of 19 as a model. A year later, she acted in singer Kim Hyun Cheol’s One’s Lifetime music video. This was the stepping stone for her to have her debut role in the MBC drama The Reason I Live in 1997.
Even though she was new to the profession, Kim Hyun Joo quickly caught the attention of directors, consecutively taking on two female lead roles in the movies If It Snows On Christmas (1998, co-starring with Park Yong Ha) and Calla (1999, co-starring Song Seung Heon). In the same year 1999, the 7X beauty collaborated with Jang Dong Gun in the drama Springtime. This is her first notable leading role on the small screen.
In 2002, Kim Hyun Joo made a splash throughout Asia when she played the role of a girl from a rich background but lost and switched identities with a poor girl in the TV blockbuster “Glass Slippers” of SBS. Her beautiful but sad love story with actor So Ji Sub in the movie has brought countless tears to Korean movie fans.
Currently, even though she has passed the golden age of her career, Kim Hyun Joo still has a solid foothold in the Korean entertainment industry. She transforms into a variety of roles, but the most popular are the roles of smart, sharp, and strong women such as in Watcher (2019), Undercover (2021) or Hellbound ( 2020)…
Regarding personal life, Kim Hyun Joo is single. She had a deep love affair that lasted many years with So Ji Sub before participating in the Glass Slippers project. However, they couldn’t hold hands until the end. Even though they broke up, she still respected her ex-lover and did not hesitate to give him “wingful” compliments. There was information that Kim Hyun Joo secretly got married but it has not been confirmed.
