omg. i love her so much. she's so freakin' pretty.
i love her smile and she is a good role model.

The think that puzzles me about KTH is: she has great natural beauty and charm (and people who go digging up photos from High School files have produced evidence that the beauty is indeed non-surgical in origin). She comes across delightfully in interviews, chat shows and in her various TV commercials. So why does she think that "acting" consists of making those lovely big eyes of hers pop out of her head as if on stalks whenever she tries to convey any emotion beyond mild boredom? And how do the other players who have to stay focussed and serious in scenes where she turns on her eye-bulging mode manage not to crack up?

I guess I'd now better go hide somewhere.

I thought you made a mistake I was thinking Song Hye Kyo and who the hell is Kim Hye Soo then I looked it up in Han Cinema and everything suddenly became clear. Okay I always refer to Han Cinema when it comes to the Most Wanted and last I checked Song was still number 1. But your right I prefer Kim Tae Hee's looks, but Hye Soo could act. I've watched War of Flowers and Hye Soo was good. Anyway I've only watch that 1 movie with Hye Soo, but for Tae Hee I've watched Love Story in Harvard (pretty and cute), Stairway to Heaven (I thought her eyes were going to pop out, I kept thinking damn the girl's range is sorely limited), Restless (a warrior angel??? still has no depth, good special effects though) and Forbidden Love (she was sad the whole duration of the movie, I felt doom from start to end).
She was paired with a lot of Hot Guys, well except for Stairway (but who cares Kwan Sang
Woo carried her), anyway she's one lucky girl and I salute her. Wish she could show more range in her acting skills.

Ahaha I was thinking the same thing about her. The bulging eyes really does kill her acting career. Well it doesn't seem to kill it just yet. Good face w/ bad acting seems to work pretty well right now. She looks like an angel in those pics, like she won't be able to hurt a fly.

I don't know much about Korean Educational system, but in America just because you go to Yale doesn't mean you're super intelligent. George Bush attended Yale and so did Kerry. They are both C average stupid students. It's nice you got in, but what are they doing while they're at the university. It's probably hard keeping up with studies and filming. I don't buy it.

Lynda, I believe its very hard getting admitted to the prestigious Seoul National University, I think it requires a lot of examination and preparation and is very different from the application system in the States, where students are evaluated on different levels. A lot of countries work in that sense with national universities, with exams testing everyone who competes for a place and academic intelligence being a prime factor. SNU is very difficult to get in for overseas applicants from the US too, even from Ivy League schools, from what I've researched on the university. So I'll definitely buy that SNU graduates, who got in and made it through, must be pretty smart, unless i'm all wrong about the school. I know it has some of the best departments in the country and several are internationally renowned.
KTH is beautiful and I agree with all the acting range comments. She doesn't irritate me like some other actresses who can't act, but I still wish sometimes she'd put more into the meaty roles she gets that could be so much more with the prowess of someone else. I don't think she studied acting, right?

"Kim Hye Soo (who always strikes me as odd-looking — she can look super-sexy in one photo, and super-creepy in the next)..."

LOL, my exact sentiments about KHS. There's just something weird about her lips. But I like her acting. She was wild (in a good and convincing way) in A Day For An Affair.

Can't say the same about Kim Tae Hee's acting (or lack of it) though. I've only watched her in Stairway to Heaven and since that one is the worst k-drama I've ever watched (hands-down the "worstest" if I may use the word and also the most aggravating, mind-boggling... OK, I mustn't get started on my STH rant, oops), I steer clear of any other work that she's in.

Gramps, you have space in your hideout?^^

Congrats KTH! contrary to what others are saying here i still firmly believe that you are Korea's No. 1 pride! :) You have it all - beauty, brain and talent...You may not be the best actress but you are one of the three Korean actresses (LYA and HJW) that i really really admire.

Keep up the good work and We love you from philippines! :)

Where can find the article or better yet can you post the rest of the poll.

thanks

kim tae hee is a very pretty and talented girl...

LYNda,
In Korea (as far as I know from cousins and the news, etc in Korea), students study...a LOT in High school (definitely more rigorous studying done in Korea in comparison to the US), and they have exam after exam for college entrance...and so to be accepted into a school like SNU means she must have had great grades and exam scores.

KTH is pretty which I totally agree but her acting is so poor. When I watched her in the drama, I just want to turn it off. She tried to use her big and beautiful eyes to express her emotion but it was such a failure. Her eyes to me seem emotionless or only convert the anger or coldness. I cant feel anything from her eyes. >

For some reason I think KTH is really overrated. She looks cold and evil in all her dramas, it must be her eyes or her mouth. Her acting doesn't help much either.

well, KTH doesnt have versatility. At least Kim Hye Soo can be super sexy and super creepy in the next! Heehee~

Kim Tae Hee? Uhm, what can I say? Don't know much about her education thingie but her acting was not that convincing to me. I don't feel like she's such an angle in Love Story in Harvard because her eyes don't tell the story. But the fact that she speaks English pretty well compared to the other two male leads in "Love Story in Harvard" makes her role less irritating. That drama just turns me off. I couldn't believe that two guys who speak English poorly can lead two groups of Harvard super students!

i love kim tae hee. but i do agree with your comments about her acting. and #8, i believe she studied fashion design at SNU.

Good Looks doesn't mean good acting. Good look is one thing but good talent in acting is one thing. I'm happy that the commenters is are being objective. She sure is pure beauty but in terms of acting there is much more talented actress out there. Anyhow, she can improve in her acting.

Her brother on the other hand was so marveleous. He is one of my very favourite actors. Still young but very deep, intense and excellent acting.

KTH is sort of the Korean equivalent of Jessica Alba.
to enjoy, turn the tv on mute!!!

and as cute as lee wan is, he doesn't strike me as any better an actor than his sister is. same limitations. same (tiny) range.
he does his own version of the Kim eyes... most of his past roles have been staring intensely (lustfully) at the innocent young female lead who's had way too much misfortune in her life

(and for the record, park shinae is the most unexciting, unattractive heroine in distress i've ever seen. i guess her appeal is to the 35+ perverted ajusshi's)

It's amazing to me that Korea is so underestimated LYNda. I wasn't raised in Korea but I was born there, in the capital, in fact. So naturally, I wanted to know more. I learned after about two hours(yeah, that's it. I'm kind of lazy.... ^^) that the amount of studying done in Korea, in any of the well known Asian countries(although Korea isn't as widely known as Japan or China), is much MUCH more studying than done here in the US(in one article,it was stated that the amount of out-of-school study time in Korea is more than four times the amount in America). In fact, one of my friends had to move back to Korea after about two years in America and from an email, I heard she was studying three years above grade level.....and it was normal over there. Not to mention the fact that over there, most schools(I thought it was all at first then heard differently) only have one day with no school; some still have hours of study or tutors in their free time. All in all, to get into such a good, well known college in a place like that would be very, very hard.
.....at least, that's what I think.....
*Crawls into a random hiding place only to bump into gramps and thunderbolt*

I have watched Korean movies with the lead roles having nose bleeds just by studying for the College Exams. Just the mere fact that high schools have loads of pre-tests before the actual test say a lot about the quality of education in Korea. Seoul National University is the best university in Korea and just by passing and graduating from that school must say a lot about your intelligence. AAAND, people in Korea give a lot of importance to education. I can't say that confidently about the Americans (nor us Filipinos, sadly. :P)

Although Kim Tae Hee is not that much of a brilliant actress, her charm, good track record and stunning good looks brought her to her success. I agree that if she had good acting skills, wouldn't that be a pain for the human race? ;) Not everyone can have everything, but with KTH, it's thisclose to that. :))

whoa, i would've never guessed kim tae hee was 'smart' too... well, isnt' she one lucky girl, looks brains, money.. she has it all :P

for some reason, the last picture looks like Hwangbo

Good ! She is so beauty.

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Kim hye soo is so pretty.i want to talk with her face to face,but i have a chance to meet her.i only dream that day.

Hi when i see you i love you so much.u are beautiful that i never see.

Yea, she is beautiful among Korean acctress and singers.