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Gianna Jun

Jun Ji-hyun; born October 30, 198 also known as Gianna Jun, is a South Korean actress and model, famous for her roles in My Sassy Girl, Il Mare, and Windstruck.

Jun was born in Seoul, South Korea, and studied in the Department of Theater and Film at Dongguk University. She began her career as a fashion model for Echo Magazine in 1997 at the age of 16.

After appearing in a number of TV sitcoms, her movie debut came in White Valentine (1999). This was followed by a role in Il Mare (2000), which proved to be a success. An American remake of Il Mare, The Lake House, was released 14 June 2006. However, her biggest breakthrough was in My Sassy Girl (2001), a romantic comedy which bought her international recognition, and won her a Best Actress award at the Daejong Film Festival in 2002. In 2004, she starred in the film Windstruck, a South Korean fantasy-romantic comedy which was directed by Kwak Jae-yong. The film was also another major success and was the 8th-highest grossing Korean film of 2004. In 2006, she was also in the movie Daisy. In 2008, she was also in the film A Man Who Was Superman.

Ji Hyun worked closely with CJ Entertainment, particularly with the distribution of Windstruck, The Uninvited, and A Man Who Was Superman.

In 2009, she made her English-language film debut when she starred as Saya in Blood: The Last Vampire, which was filmed in China and Argentina in March 2007. It was during filming and before the March 2009 release that she adopted the Westernised name Gianna Jun. The film was Jun's first official action film and was a "drastic" change in her image from previous films.

Jun will be returning to the big screen in 2011 in Wayne Wang's film adaptation of Lisa See's novel Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. Filming in Shanghai, China began in February 2010.

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Gianna Jun - news / articles

WIN! A Blu-ray player - 2 November 2009
Crouching Tiger, Hero), Blood: The Last Vampire is based on the hugely popular cult hit anime series of the same name. Starring Gianna Jun as Saya and Allison Miller (Kings, Desperate Housewives) as Alice McKee this samurai wielding fight-fest is not to be missed.-

WIN! Blood : The Last Vampire anime on DVD and Manga-inspired T-shirt - 22 June 2009
e film of the same title, Blood: The Last Vampire is an edgy, modern day, thriller starring the beautiful South Korean starlet Gianna Jun (Daisy), Allison Miller (17 Again) and Koyuki Katou (The Last Samurai).- -On the surface, Saya is a stunning 17-year-old, b

Gianna Jun - what members say

Blood - The Last Vampire review by Cupcaketattoos from Surrey

Not half as bad as people make it out to be 22 November 2009
...er budget to work with, some better CGI experts, better actors (tho I did enjoy Gianna Jun as Saya alot) and been able to keep the film going on a bit longer. All in all ... Read customer review

Gianna Jun - filmography

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)
Starring: Bingbing Li, Gianna Jun, Vivian Wu
Director: Wayne Wang
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In 19th-century China, seven year old girls Snow Flower and Lily are matched as laotong - or "old sames" - bound together for eternity. Isolated by their families, they furtively communicate by taking turns writing in a secret language, nu shu, between the folds of a white silk fan. In a parallel ..read more »

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Snow Flower And The Secret Fan - Blu-ray (2011)
Starring: Gianna Jun, Li Bingbing, Vivian Wu
Director: Wayne Wang
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The descendants of two 19th century spiritual sisters struggle to maintain their enduring bond by exploring their ancestral connection in modern-day Shanghai. Connected as 'laotong' (old sames) at the tender age of seven, Snow Flower and Lily grow up in isolation and develop a language all their ..read more »

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Blood - The Last Vampire - Blu-ray (2009)
Starring: Gianna Jun, Allison Miller, Liam Cunningham
Director: Chris Nahon
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Hiroyuki Kitakubo's cult anime hit comes to life in this live-action adaptation starring Gianna Jun as Saya. Saya has been hunting demons and slaying vampires for 400 years. Now it's the 20th century, and Saya is working for a clandestine organization known only as the Council. She's the last of ..read more »

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Blood - The Last Vampire on DVD (2009)
Starring: Gianna Jun, Allison Miller, Liam Cunningham
Director: Chris Nahon
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In this live-action remake of the anime "Blood - The Last Vampire", a vampire named Saya, who is part of covert government agency that hunts and destroys demons in a post-WWII Japan, is inserted in a military school to discover which one of her classmates is a demon is disguise.

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Windstruck (2004)
Starring: Gianna Jun, Hyuk Jang, Su-ro Kim
Director: Jae-young Kwak
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Kyung-jin (Jeon Ji-hyun) is a feisty and fearless police officer in Seoul’s police department. While chasing a thief on her day off, she accidentally apprehends Myung-woo (Jang Hyuk), a physics teacher at an all-girls school who was actually trying to catch the real criminal. Initially arrested and ..read more »

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My Sassy Girl (2001)
Starring: Tae-hyun Cha, Gianna Jun, Jin-hie Han
Director: Jae-young Kwak
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Based on a series of true stories posted by Ho-sik Kim on the Internet describing his relationship with his girlfriend. These were later transformed into a best-selling book and the movie follows the book closely. It describes the meeting of Kyun-woo (Cha) and an unnamed girl. Kyun-woo is shamed ..read more »

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Gianna Jun facts

5 most recent films

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - 3.5 stars
Snow Flower And The Secret Fan - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Blood - The Last Vampire - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Blood - The Last Vampire - 3.0 stars
Windstruck - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Blood - The Last Vampire - 3.0 stars
Blood - The Last Vampire - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
My Sassy Girl - 4.5 stars
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - 3.5 stars
Windstruck - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Snow Flower And The Secret Fan - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Windstruck - 3.0 stars
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - 3.5 stars
My Sassy Girl - 4.5 stars
Blood - The Last Vampire - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Liam Cunningham - 3 times - show films
JJ Feild - 3 times - show films
Koyuki - 3 times - show films
Yasuaki Kurata - 3 times - show films
Allison Miller - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Chris Nahon - 3 times - show films
Wayne Wang - 2 times - show films
Jae-young Kwak - 2 times - show films