Ha Jae-sook

Ha Jae-sook
Ha Jae-sook
Born	January 7, 1979 (age 45); Daegu, South Korea
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2000–present
Agent	Family Actors Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul	하재숙
Revised Romanization	Ha Jae-suk
McCune–Reischauer	Ha Chaesuk

Ha Jae-sook (born January 7, 1979) is a South Korean actress. She dropped out of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies to pursue an acting career, and made her theater debut in 2000. After several years on stage, she first appeared onscreen in 2006 as a pro-wrestler in Alone in Love. Ha has continued to play supporting roles in television dramas, notably as the heroine's best friend in Protect the Boss (2011), and an overweight wife who undergoes extensive plastic surgery in Birth of a Beauty (2014).^[1]^[2]

She married Lee Jun-haeng, a former Special Forces officer, in 2016. The couple has a scuba diving shop in Gangwon-do.

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Alone in Love	Na Yoo-ri	SBS
	How Much Love?	Ah-ra	MBC
	Drama City – "The Stars Shine Brightly"	Kang Chang-sook	KBS2
2007	Chosun Police	Neung-geom	MBC Dramanet
2008	Women in the Sun	Park Yong-ja	KBS2
2008	Chosun Police 2	Neung-geom	MBC Dramanet
2009	My Too Perfect Sons	Jo Mi-ran	KBS2
2010	Pasta	Lee Hee-joo	MBC
2011	I Believe in Love	Kim Chul-sook	KBS2
	Protect the Boss	Lee Myung-ran	SBS
	Lights and Shadows	Lee Kyung-sook	MBC
2012	Ice Adonis	Kim Young-soon	tvN
2013	My Kids Give Me a Headache	Sun-hwa (guest)	jTBC
	One Well-Raised Daughter	Jang Ha-myung	SBS
	Thrice Married Woman	Heodang fortune teller (guest)	SBS
2014	KBS Drama Special – "Illegal Parking"^[3]	Oh Mal-sook	KBS2
2014	Birth of a Beauty	Sa Geum-ran	SBS
2015	My Heart Twinkle Twinkle^[4]	Chun Eun-bi	SBS
2016	A Beautiful Mind	Jang Moon-kyung	KBS2
	On the Way to the Airport	Lee Hyun-joo	KBS2
	Father, I'll Take Care of You	Writer Jo (guest)	MBC
2017	Bravo My Life	Lee Young-hee	SBS
2018	Nice Witch	Heo Min-ji (guest)	SBS
2019	My Absolute Boyfriend^[5]	Yeo Woong	SBS TV
2019	Perfume^[6]	Min Jae-Hee	KBS2
2021	Revolutionary Sisters^[7]	Shin Maria	KBS2
2023	King the Land	Police Officer (Ep. 13)	JBTC

Film

Year	Title	Role
2010	The House^[8]	Hee-joo (voice)
2012	Miss Conspirator	Young-shim
2014	The Plan Man^[9]	Lethargic woman at group session

Variety shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015-2016	Shaolin Clenched Fists	Herself	Fixed cast
2016	Running Man	Herself	Guest; Episode 310, 311 & 313
2017	Happy Together	Herself	Guest; Episode 487
2017	Battle Trip	Herself	Contestant with Han Chae-ah; Episode 48-49^[10]
2022	I'm't going to miss you	Cast Member	^[11]

Theater

Year	Title	Role
2000	Don't Ask Me About the Past
	The Wizard of Oz
2001	신춘문예해외단막선
	Scripture, Culture - Daejeon
	Queen Esther
2002	Turandot
2003	Songshan Nights
2004	Tunnel
2004	Padam Padam Padam
2005	Man of the Moment
	New Boeing-Boeing
	Can't Pay? Won't Pay!
2006	The Good Body
2008	Jumderella^[12]	Madam

References

^ Jones, Julie (19 November 2014). "K-Drama BFFs Are Rare". KDramaStars. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
^ 하재숙 "일반적인 미의 기준과 다르다고 희화화되지는 않길". TenAsia (in Korean). 30 October 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
^ Schwartz, William (18 May 2014). "HanCinema's Drama Review: Drama Special - Illegal Parking". Hancinema. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
^ Ghim, Sora (14 January 2015). "The Success Stories Of Two Families Revolve Around Chicken". BNTNews. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
^ 배우 하재숙, ‘절대 그이’ 출연 확정 ‘홍종현 매니저 여웅으로 활약’. Sports Donga (in Korean). July 5, 2018.
^ '퍼퓸' 고원희, 출연 검토 중…신성록·차예련·김민규·하재숙 출연 확정. 아시아경제 (in Korean). 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
^ Kim Jung-eun (January 14, 2021). 하재숙, 드라마 '오케이 광자매' 합류...'新캐릭터 예고' [Jae-sook Ha joins the drama'Okay Light Sister'...'New Character Notice']. Hankook Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved February 21, 2021.
^ Shon, Jay. "The House". 13th International Women's Film Festival in Seoul. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
^ Elley, Derek (14 July 2014). "The Plan Man". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
^ "'Trip' Chaea & Jaesuk take a friendship tour in Malaysia! [Battle Trip]". KBS World. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
^ Jang Woo-young (April 14, 2022). "[단독] 고은아·유정·배윤정·하재숙, 살 뺀다…'빼고파' 출연" [[Exclusive] Go Eun-ah, Yoo-jeong, Bae Yun-jeong, Ha Jae-sook, lose weight... Appeared in 'I Miss You'] (in Korean). OSEN. Retrieved April 14, 2022 – via Naver.
^ "Event Calendar: Jumderella". Korea JoongAng Daily. 15 May 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

External links

Ha Jae-sook at Family Actors Entertainment (in Korean)
Ha Jae-sook at HanCinema
Ha Jae-sook at the Korean Movie Database
Ha Jae-sook at IMDb

[1] Jones, Julie (19 November 2014). "K-Drama BFFs Are Rare". KDramaStars. Retrieved 11 January 2015.

[2] 하재숙 "일반적인 미의 기준과 다르다고 희화화되지는 않길". TenAsia (in Korean). 30 October 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

[3] Schwartz, William (18 May 2014). "HanCinema's Drama Review: Drama Special - Illegal Parking". Hancinema. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

[4] Ghim, Sora (14 January 2015). "The Success Stories Of Two Families Revolve Around Chicken". BNTNews. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

[5] 배우 하재숙, ‘절대 그이’ 출연 확정 ‘홍종현 매니저 여웅으로 활약’. Sports Donga (in Korean). July 5, 2018.

[6] '퍼퓸' 고원희, 출연 검토 중…신성록·차예련·김민규·하재숙 출연 확정. 아시아경제 (in Korean). 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2019-04-09.

[7] Kim Jung-eun (January 14, 2021). 하재숙, 드라마 '오케이 광자매' 합류...'新캐릭터 예고' [Jae-sook Ha joins the drama'Okay Light Sister'...'New Character Notice']. Hankook Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved February 21, 2021.

[8] Shon, Jay. "The House". 13th International Women's Film Festival in Seoul. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

[9] Elley, Derek (14 July 2014). "The Plan Man". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 11 January 2015.

[10] "'Trip' Chaea & Jaesuk take a friendship tour in Malaysia! [Battle Trip]". KBS World. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.

[11] Jang Woo-young (April 14, 2022). "[단독] 고은아·유정·배윤정·하재숙, 살 뺀다…'빼고파' 출연" [[Exclusive] Go Eun-ah, Yoo-jeong, Bae Yun-jeong, Ha Jae-sook, lose weight... Appeared in 'I Miss You'] (in Korean). OSEN. Retrieved April 14, 2022 – via Naver.

[12] "Event Calendar: Jumderella". Korea JoongAng Daily. 15 May 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

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