A series of unemployed actors who once dominated the screen

Recently, the number of films in Korea has been decreasing. In the face of the crisis of Korean television and cinema, many top stars are unemployed.

On some reality shows and personal livestreams, famous actors from their heyday such as Lee Jang Woo, Han Ye Seul or Kim Ji Seok all admitted that the number of scripts they received was very small, or even no movies to act in.

Lee Jang Woo

In 2006, Lee Jang Woo entered the Korean entertainment industry, debuting on the TV show "Let's go! Dream team". In the same year, the actor born in 1986 began his acting career with MBC's "Days, Time to Love".

Although he couldn't explode immediately, with his existing potential, Lee Jang Woo was recruited by the management company Star Empire Entertainment.

The period from 2010 to 2020 was the actor's career development period. He made his mark through the films "Smile again" (2010), "Jane's Revenge" (2011), "The Moon Embracing the Sun" (2012), "Taste of Love" (2018) and "The Ultimate Friends" (2020).

Lee Jang Woo was famous from 2010-2020, before becoming unemployed. Photo: Instagram

In addition to acting, Lee Jang Woo also released the album "The Words I Couldn't Say" in 2011. He is a familiar face on many TV shows such as "Music Bank", "We Got Married" as an MC, participating in reality shows such as "Law of the Jungle" and "Real Men".

Currently, the 38-year-old actor is dating actress Jo Hye Won (30 years old). Despite the 8-year age gap, the two are serious about their relationship and want to be together for the long term.

Kim Ji Seok

Not too handsome or individualistic, but Kim Ji Seok has his own charm, making the audience remember him through each role. In the early 21st century, the actor was quite famous in Korea, participating in many TV series and movies.

Kim Ji Seok started his career as a rapper in the 5-member boy band LEO. From its formation in 2001 until its disbandment, the group only lasted 8 months due to not achieving the expected success.

Giving up his musical career, the actor focused on his studies, majoring in German at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and graduating with a master's degree in culture from Kyung Hee University.

In 2004, Kim Ji Seok got his start in acting through the music video "She's Laughing". He then accepted small roles in films, including "Likeable or Not".

Kim Ji Seok's popularity skyrocketed after appearing in "Take off", "The slave hunters", "Lady daddy" and "Personal taste".

After completing his military service in 2012, the actor returned to the screen with a series of works including "Two moons", "I need romance 2012", "Cheongchamdong Alice"...

Throughout his career, the screen star received many awards such as "Best New Actor" at the 2007 KBS Drama Awards, "Best New Actor" at the 2009 Golden Cinematography Awards, "Ensemble Acting Award" at the 2009 Chunsa Film Art Awards.

Han Ye Seul

Born in Los Angeles (USA), in the early 2000s, Han Ye Seul returned to Korea to work as a model. Thanks to her outstanding beauty, she quickly rose to fame after the SBS Supermodel Contest in 2001.

Han Ye Seul caught the attention of many directors and started acting in 2003 with the famous sitcom "Nonstop 4". Despite receiving mixed opinions about her acting, her career still progressed brilliantly.

The success of the movie "Odd Couple" helped Han Ye Seul rise to the status of an A-list star in Korea. After that, she continued to appear in "Tazza", "Snow Still Falling", "Gold Digger Girl" and "Picking Up Love".

Before 2014, the 8X beauty won many film and television awards such as "Best New Actress" at the 45th Grand Bell Awards, the 29th Blue Dragon Film Awards, the 44th Baeksang Arts Awards...

After 2014, she continued to participate in works including "Madame Antoine: The love therapist" (2016), "20th Century boy and girl" (2017), "Big issue" (2019) but did not achieve the expected success.

In her 20 years of acting, Han Ye Seul has not acted in many films but has had a brilliant career. She is remembered by the public and media for her beauty, fashion, million-dollar fortune and love scandals.

Oh Yoon Ah

Famous Korean "screen villain" - Oh Yoon Ah once dominated the screen with her villainous, scheming characters.

Despite having a stable career, the life of the beauty born in 1980 is not happy and complete.

Oh Yoon Ah got married early, but the marriage only lasted 8 years. In 2015, the actress and her husband "went their separate ways", and Oh Yoon Ah won custody of their child. However, because the child has autism, the screen star has to spend a lot of time with her child and cannot focus fully on acting.

Before that, she had a golden age in the Korean entertainment industry. Oh Yoon Ah started her career as a racing model, then continued to try her hand at being an entertainment reporter for MBC.

In 2004, Oh Yoon Ah appeared in the movie "Into the storm". After that, the beauty quickly became a familiar face on the Korean small screen through the movies "That woman", "Mr.goodbye", "Surgeon Bong Dal-hee", "Master of Study"...

Besides her career, the actress is also known for her close friendship with beauties Son Ye Jin, Gong Hyo Jin, Song Yoon Ah, Uhm Ji Won, Lee Jung Hyun and Lee Min Jung. This is known as the "7 fairies of Korean showbiz".

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