Top 10 Highest paid Korean Drama Actresses
We must say that the world of Korean entertainment would be incomplete without the brilliant contributions of these cute multi-talented Korean actresses. Every influential female actor on the list below has spent years working in the industry to make a global influence. Aside from a continuous film career and millions of followers, these global figures are among the wealthiest Koreans of all time.
Here is the list of Top 10 Highest paid Korean Drama Actresses:
1. Lee Young-ae
Net Worth: $55 million
Lee Young-Ae is a South Korean actress. She is well recognized for her roles in the Korean historical drama Dae Jang Geum (2003) and as a vengeful single mother in Park Chan-wook’s crime thriller Lady Vengeance (2005).
2. IU
Net Worth: $50 million
Lee Ji-eun, popularly known as IU is a South Korean singer, composer, and actress. She signed with LOEN Entertainment (now Kakao Entertainment) as a trainee in 2007 and made her singing debut at the age of fifteen with Lost and Found (2008), her first extended play (EP).
3. Hye-Kyo
Net Worth: $42 million
Song Hye Kyo was born November 22, 1981, in Daegu, South Korea. She was raised in a middle-class family with her parents and an elder brother. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother reared her.
4. Hyun-Jung
Net Worth: $38 million
Go Hyun-jung was born on March 2, 1971, in Hwasun, Korea. She is an actress who has appeared in the films The Great Queen Seondeok (2009), Woman on the Beach (2006), and Miss Conspirator (2012). She previously married Yong-Jin Chung.
5. Bae Suzy
Net Worth: $35 million
Bae was born on October 10, 1994, in Buk District, Gwangju, South Korea, to Bae Wan-young, a former taekwondo coach for the Korean national youth team, and Jeong Hyun-sook. She has an older sister and a younger brother. She graduated from the School of Performing Arts, Seoul in 2013.
6. Jun Ji-hyun
Net Worth: $31 million
Jun was born in Seoul, South Korea. Her sibling is five years older. Her mother and her mother’s friends encouraged her to become a model or actress because of her height and slim body. Her childhood desire was to be a flight attendant, but she changed her mind after one flight.
7. Cho Ji-woo
Net Worth: $30.5 million
Choi Mi-Hyang, also known as Choi Ji-Woo, is a successful South Korean actress who is regarded as one of the country’s most beautiful ladies. Her two-decade acting career included roles in numerous important films, television series, and variety shows, both in her home country and abroad.
8. Kim Tae-hee
Net Worth: $29 million
Kim Tae-hee was born on March 29, 1980, in Ulsan, South Korea. Her father, Kim Yoo-moon, founded Hankook Union Transportation Company in 1984 and currently serves as its chairman. She is frequently involved in numerous charities that assist underserved youngsters and broken families in the Ulsan area.
9. Kim Yoo-jung
Net Worth: $25 million
Kim Yoo-Jung is a South Korean actress. She made her modeling debut for a confectionary company when she was four years old. After making her acting debut in 2003, she rose to become one of Korea’s most sought-after child actresses.
10. Han Ji-min
Net Worth: $25 million
South Korean actress Han Ji-min. Han’s breakout role came in the revenge series Resurrection (2005), following minor roles in All In (2003) and Dae Jang Geum (2003-2004).
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