Born on March 24, 1980, in Busan, South Korea, Kim Tae Hee began her career as a model and actress in the late 1990s. Her breakthrough role came in 2003 with the popular television drama "Full House," which catapulted her to fame and earned her a Best Actress award at the MBC Drama Awards. Her subsequent roles in dramas such as "Stairway to Heaven" (2003) and "Dance of the Dead" (2004) solidified her position as a leading actress in Korean television.