



The film became one of the highest-grossing films of 2008, and led to increased recognition for Song. Song then portrayed the role of Queen in Yoo Ha's film A Frozen Flower (2008), alongside Jo In-sung and Joo Jin-mo. She also co-hosted SBS' music show Inkigayo, with Heechul of Super Junior from 11 November 2007 to. The following year, Song starred as a swimming champion who has a painful past in the comedy film Sex Is Zero 2 (2007), the sequel to Sex Is Zero (2002) opposite Im Chang-jung.
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Song experienced a rise in popularity and was nominated for Best New Actress in the TV category at the 43rd Baeksang Arts Awards for her performance.
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The series was a commercial hit, receiving the highest viewership ratings of all the Korean dramas that aired in 2006. In the same year, she played the role of Lady Ye So-ya, the first wife of Jumong and the mother of King Yuri in the historical television series Jumong (2006). The series became hit across Asia, contributing to the Korean Wave. Song made her television debut in the romantic comedy, Princess Hours (2006), where she played a ballet dancer who dreams to be a ballerina. She starred in the crime thriller Some (2004), where she played a reporter. Then she was nominated for the Best New Actress at the 24th Blue Dragon Film Awards for her performance in the film. Song made her feature film debut in Wishing Stairs (2003), the third installment of the horror Whispering Corridors film series, after beating out 3000 actors in an audition. She also made a cameo appearance in the television series Age of Innocence. Song then appeared in the music videos of Lee Soo-young's "And I Love You" and JTL's "Just Say Goodbye". She chose "Song Ji-hyo" as her stage name because she was inspired by the two famous actors Song Seung-heon and Song Hye-kyo, both main protagonists of Autumn in My Heart. Career 2001–2005: Career beginnings īefore Song debuted as an actress, she was a model for Kiki Magazine. Before entering the acting industry, Song was cast while working a part-time job at a cafe. She graduated with a degree in tax accounting from Kyungmoon University (now Kookje College). Song dreamed of becoming an actress during her high school years after watching Park Shin-yang in the 1998 South Korean film, Promise. She has a younger sister and a younger brother, Cheon Seong-moon, an actor. Her mother swam competitively for South Korea. Song Ji-hyo was born as Cheon Seong-im on 15 August 1981, in Pohang, North Gyeongsang.
