After many years of absence from the screen, Yoo Ha Na’s reappearance surprised the public with her completely different beauty, even unable to recognize the girl Ha Chi Tinh from years ago.
Yoo Ha Na was once known for her role as Ha Chi Tinh in the idol drama The Necklace of Destiny, co-starring with Jimmy Lin in 2007. The film became one of the most successful films in Taiwan and made Yoo Ha Na’s name famous throughout Asia.
In the film, Yoo Ha Na plays the role of Ha Chi Tinh, a poor girl who has a knack for telling lies that make many people fall for her. She changes her personality after falling in love with the young master Trong Thien Ky.
After The Fateful Necklace, Yoo Ha Na returned to her home country of Korea to act in several films such as: First Wives Club (2007), My Too Perfect Sons (2009) and Paradise Ranch (2011). However, because of the huge shadow of The Fateful Necklace, the 34-year-old beauty’s career stagnated.
In 2011, Yoo Ha Na married baseball player Lee Yong Kyu, and gave birth to a son in 2013. After the wedding, Yoo Ha Na officially retired from showbiz and news about her gradually became less and less. Therefore, her long absence caused news of Yoo Ha Na’s death by suicide to surface. But in the end, those reports were just rumors. In 2019, Yoo Ha Na shared that she became a mother for the second time when she gave birth to an extremely beautiful baby.
However, after many years of being in the spotlight, when Yoo Ha Na reappeared, many people were surprised by her completely different beauty, even unable to recognize Ha Chi Tinh from the previous year. Many opinions said that the Korean actress had undergone cosmetic surgery, making her previously chubby face much slimmer and smaller, with a V-line chin that meets the current beauty trend.
Currently, the 34-year-old actress is having a very happy married life with her husband and two children. In addition, Yoo Ha Na also runs her own cosmetics business and shares her beauty experiences through sales channels, currently her Instagram page has nearly 50 thousand followers. Occasionally, the actress participates in some TV shows, but she has never had any intention of returning to showbiz.
On February 21, on her personal page, Korean actress Yoo Ha Na shared a photo with Jimmy Lin with the message: “After 16 years apart, finally met Thien Ky again”. This image immediately became the hottest keyword on Weibo (China). Many viewers were moved when the couple from the classic Taiwanese TV series – The Necklace of Destiny appeared in the same frame.
The appearance of the two actors attracted a lot of comments. Many viewers commented that after 16 years, the Taiwanese actor seemed to have not changed while his co-star began to show signs of age on his face.
“After 16 years, Jimmy Lin is still the same, he is truly an ageless male god. Yoo Ha Na has changed a bit but is still very youthful,” commented one viewer. Many other viewers recalled the memories and golden age of the project Fateful Necklace.
Fateful Necklace officially aired in 2008 and created a fever in Asia. The film’s content is the troubled love story of the couple Ha Chi Tinh (played by Yoo Ha Na) and Trong Thien Ky (played by Jimmy Lin).
Because of her lover, Ha Chi Tinh had to go to jail for fraud. After being released from prison, she decided to go to a luxury hotel to buy a gift for her lover. The day Ha Chi Tinh arrived at the hotel was the auction of the “Queen Mary” necklace – a treasure left by Thien Ky’s mother.
Young master Thien Ky did not want his mother’s necklace to be auctioned so he decided to steal it, causing the police to suspect Ha Chi Tinh – who had just been released from prison. The ironic encounter opened up a relationship between Chi Tinh and Thien Ky.
With a romantic and sweet love story, The Fateful Necklace attracted a large audience, making the names of Jimmy Lin and Yoo Ha Na shine. In addition to appearing in The Fateful Necklace, Yoo Ha Na also participated in the illustration in the clip White Windmill by Jay Chou. Her sweet, innocent beauty helped Yoo Ha Na become one of the Korean-origin actresses loved by Chinese audiences at that time.
After the success of The Fateful Necklace, Yoo Ha Na returned to Korea to continue pursuing acting. She was quickly nominated in the Best Actress category at the 3rd Seoul International Film Festival (Korea).
As for Jimmy Lin, he is still one of the top idol stars in Taiwan. Before participating in The Fateful Necklace, Jimmy Lin had a successful career as an actor and singer. The actor is loved by audiences through films such as Legend of the Sword, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Liao Zhai…
After the idol film The Fateful Necklace, the actor gradually withdrew from the entertainment industry, announcing his marriage and becoming a father. In 2009, he held a press conference to admit that he was married and had a child with model Tran Nhuoc Nghi. This decision somewhat affected Jimmy Lin’s position with fans. Ignoring the objections, in 2013, he and his wife held an official wedding after 6 years of dating.
Currently, Jimmy Lin and his wife have three sons together, including a pair of twin boys. In recent years, Jimmy Lin has not acted in films but has turned to business and has been very successful.
The actor owns his own racing team, fashion brand, many real estates and investment companies in different fields. Currently, according to Sohu, Jimmy Lin’s total assets are up to 1.5 billion USD.
The actor still has a youthful and handsome appearance despite being in his 50s. In July 2022, he unfortunately had a serious traffic accident while taking his son to attend an event in Taiwan.
The accident caused Jimmy Lin’s face, arm and shoulder to be seriously injured and required surgery. After nearly a year of rest and active treatment, Jimmy Lin has miraculously recovered. In early 2023, Jimmy Lin announced his plan to return to work and received congratulations from the audience.
In February 2023, he participated in a fan meeting organized by a brand in Taiwan. Jimmy Lin said that the program did not involve any media because he wanted to have a warm time with his fans. The actor thanked the approximately 3,000 audience members who cheered and encouraged him, regardless of whether he was successful or had bad luck.
