Cha Hwa-yeon

In this Korean name, the family name is Cha.

Cha Hwa-yeon (Korean: 차화연; born January 25, 1960), birth name Cha Hak-kyung (차학경), is a South Korean actress.

Cha Hwa-yeon
Born	Cha Hak-kyung (1960-01-25) January 25, 1960 (age 65) South Korea
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1978–present
Agent	Imagine Asia
Spouse	Choi Dae-hyun ​ ​ (m. 1988; div. 2008)​
Children	3[citation needed]
Korean name
Hangul	차화연
Hanja	車和娟
RR	Cha Hwayeon
MR	Ch'a Hwayŏn
Birth name
Hangul	차학경
RR	Cha Hakgyeong
MR	Ch'a Hakkyŏng

Career

Cha made her acting debut in 1978, and became best known as the heroine Kim Mi-ja in the 1987 television drama Love and Ambition, a character who became an icon for modern Korean women in that era.^[1] She retired a year after getting married in 1988.^[2] Cha returned to acting twenty years later in 2008 with Aeja's Older Sister, Minja.^[3]

In March 2018, Cha signed with new management agency Imagine Asia.^[4]

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role
1978	Woman's Face
1979	In The Sunset Sky
	500 Years of Joseon Dynasty
1980	Pilnyeo
	Ahrong-yi Darong-yi
	Daldongne (Moon Village)
1981	Pursuit
	Detective
	TV Literature: "The Road to Sampo"
	Now Is the Time to Love
1982	TV Literature" "Ma"
	Wind Flower
	Diary of a Mom
	Long Live Ttok-soon
1983	Thaw
	Geum-nam's House
1984	Impatience
1985	Lights and Shadows
	Sun Rising Over the Hill
1986	Her Portrait	Hee-jae
1987	Love and Ambition	Kim Mi-ja
2008	Aeja's Older Sister, Minja	Joo Min-ja
2009	The City Hall	Jo Yong-hee
	Temptation of an Angel	Jo Kyung-hee
2010	Jejungwon	Im Jo-si, Hwang Jung's mother
	I Am Legend	Mrs. Hong
	Sunday Drama Theater: "Lunch Box"	Park Sook-ja
2011	My Princess	Fashion designer (cameo)
	The Thorn Birds[5]	Yoon Myung-ja/Lee Ae-rin
	Protect the Boss[6]	Shin Sook-hee
	A Thousand Kisses	Yoo Ji-sun
	Pianissimo
	You're Here, You're Really Really Here	Jeon Mi-ok
2012	Man from the Equator	Ma Hee-jung
	The Wedding Scheme	So Doo-ryun
	A Gentleman's Dignity	Seo Yi-soo's mother (cameo, episodes 16 and 19)
	Five Fingers	Na Gye-hwa
	Missing You	Kang Hyun-joo
2013	A Hundred Year Legacy	Baek Seol-joo
	King of Ambition[7]	Baek Ji-mi
	Flower of Revenge	Min Hwa-young
	A Little Love Never Hurts	Hong Soon-ae
	The King's Daughter, Soo Baek-hyang	Do-rim
2014	Big Man	Choi Yoon-jung
	Make Your Wish	Shin Hye-ran
	It's Okay, That's Love[8]	Ok-ja
	My Secret Hotel	(cameo)
	Family Secret	Jin Joo-ran
2015	My Mom	Yoon Jung-ae
2017	Hospital Ship	Oh Hye-jung, Eun-Jae's mother (Ep. 1-2)
2018	Secret Mother[9]	Park Sun-ja
	My Only One[10]	Oh Eun-young
	Encounter[11]	Kim Hwa-jin
2019	The Golden Garden	Jin Nam-hee
2020	Once Again	Jang Ok-boon
	Run On	Yook Ji-woo
2021	Young Lady and Gentleman	Wang Dae-ran[12]
	Now, We Are Breaking Up	Min Hye-ok
2023	Divorce Attorney Shin	Ma Geum-hee[13]
	The Real Has Come!	Lee In-ok[14]
2024	Beauty and Mr. Romantic	Baek Mi-ja[15]

Film

Year	Title	Role
1981	Thoughts on Capitalism
1982	Choi In-ho's Evening Color
1983	The Sparrow and the Scarecrow	Ok-boon
1985	Cicada Singing in the City
1987	A Long Journey, A Long Tunnel	(cameo)
2009	White Night[16]	Seo Hae-yeong
2011	Sunday Punch	Soon-young
2012	Never Ending Story	Oh Song-kyung's mother (cameo)

Variety show

Year	Title	Notes
1981	Show Show Show [ko]	Host

Musical theatre

Year	Title	Role
2010–2011	Really Really Like You	Shin Jang-mi

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1978	Miss Lotte Pageant	Winner	—	Won
1987	23rd Baeksang Arts Awards	Most Popular Actress (TV)	Love and Ambition	Won
	MBC Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress		Won
2009	SBS Drama Awards[17]	Best Supporting Actress in a Special Planning Drama	Temptation of an Angel	Won
2011	MBC Drama Awards[18]	Golden Acting Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	A Thousand Kisses	Won
	SBS Drama Awards	Special Acting Award, Actress in a Drama Special	Protect the Boss	Nominated
2012	KBS Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Man from the Equator	Nominated
	SBS Drama Awards	Special Acting Award, Actress in a Weekend/Daily Drama	Five Fingers	Nominated
2013	MBC Drama Awards[19][unreliable source?]	Golden Acting Award, Actress	A Little Love Never Hurts	Won
2014	SBS Drama Awards	Special Award, Actress in a Miniseries	It's Okay, That's Love	Nominated
2015	MBC Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	My Mom	Won
2018	KBS Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress[20]	My Only One	Won
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama		Nominated
2021	KBS Drama Awards[21]		Young Lady and Gentleman	Nominated