Hong Ji-hee

Hong Ji-hee (Born in Seoul July 27, 1988) is a South Korean actress.

However, she had previously made her debut as an actress with minor roles in the films Into the White Night (2009) as Cha Young-eun and film City of Damnation (2009) as a reporter.

She's known for her role Yoo Cho-hee, in tvN drama series Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha and Jang Hye-jin of Big Mouth.

In 2009, Hong made her feature film debut in Park Shin-woo's film Into the White Night (2009), appearing in a small role opposite Son Ye-jin as Cha Young-eun.

Her second film role was as a reporter at the bombing site in the 2009 film City of Damnation.

In the same year, Hong took on the role of Mariko in the play "Round Trip Letter," which was based on the 2010 novel "Ōfuku Shokan" (往復書簡) by Japanese author Minato Kanae.

Directed by Kim Myung-hwan, the play tells the story of longtime lovers Junichi and Mariko, who met as classmates in middle school.

Junichi leaves for volunteer work on a remote island in the South Pacific with limited electricity, and the couple communicates through letters.

Through their correspondence, they confront the truth of an incident that occurred fifteen years ago.

Hong made her debut as a musical actress in the 5th season of the open run musical "Finding Kim Jong-wook" in 2011, after graduating from the Department of Theater and Film at of Kyunghee University.

After completing her studies from Department of Theater and Film of Kyunghee University, Hong made her debut as a musical actress in 2011.

Her first role was that of a woman searching for her first love in the popular open-run musical "Finding Kim Jong-wook."

Hong starred alongside Kim Jae-beom, Sang Sang-yoon, Rajun, Kim Ji-hyeon, Baek Eun-hye, Lim Ki-hong, Kim Min-gun, and Lee Ju-hoon for the 5th season of the musical.

The director for the 5th season, Kim Dong-yeon, introduced the entire cast to the public through a brand day event held on the afternoon of June 7, 2011, at the Seoul Theater Center in Myeongnyun-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul.

In November 2011, Hong was invited by director Kim Dong-yeon to try out for a role in his new musical, Coffee Prince 1st Store, which was based on a popular tv drama with the same name.

However, the musical's storyline focused more closely on the original source material, a novel by Lee Seon-mi, and centered around the romance between Choi Han-gyeol and Go Eun-chan.

Hong and Yu Joo-hye both successfully auditioned for the lead role of Go Eun-chan, and they performed opposite Kim Jae-beom and Kim Tae-han, who alternated in the role of Choi Han-gyeol.

It was first introduced in 2011 through a reading performance by CJ Creative Mind.

The musical, produced by the Kim So-ro Project, was staged at Filling Hall 1 in Daehangno Cultural Space from February 24 to April 29, 2012.

Also in 2012, Hong join the musical Three Thousands — The Flower of Destruction, a historical musical that re-imagined the fall of Baekje and its last king, King Uija and his 3000 court ladies.

This work portrayed King Uija as a solitary and strong person who ruled Baekje, a prosperous nation.

Hong took on the role of Yeon-hwa, a blind court lady.

Written and directed by Seo Yoon-mi, the musical was performed from October 26, 2012, to January 20, 2013, at the Daehangno Cultural Space Filling Hall 1.

followed by the SMF Yegreen Encore Showcases in 2012.

In 2013, Hong auditioned for the 13th performance of the musical Laundry, which was moving to the Art One Theater with a new cast.

Hong was successful in her audition for the title role of Son Na-young, along with actresses Kwak Sun-young and Park Eun-mi.

Kim Kyung-soo and Kim Bo-gang were double-cast as the new Solongos, Mongolian immigrants.

The musical had a preview performance on March 13–14, and was performed at the Art One Theater 2 in Daehangno until September 29, 2013.

In 2014, Hong reprised her role in White Day performance of musical Finding Kim Jong-wook.

In the following year, Hong joined the musical Abbocatto. It tells the story of singer-songwriter Yoo Jae-min and his lover, aspiring writer Jeong Da-jeong, and explores the question of whether the memories of their love would be bittersweet like wine.

Written by Lee Ho-jeon and composed by Lee Jin-wook, this musical was chosen for the 2014 Creative Musical Development Support Project after a 100 to 1 competition.

Hong shared the dual lead role of Chae-kyung and Sa-rang with two other musical actresses, Song Sang-eun and Shin Ui-jeong, who were part of the original cast from the premiere in 2014, which marked the 10th anniversary of the Ganda Theater Company.

Hong starred as Jeong Da-jeong both in the demonstration performance in February, and reprised her role in the re-staged production at the Daemyung Cultural Factory (DCF) Hall 2 in Daehak-ro from March to April, 2015.

Also in 2015, Hong reprised the role of Son Na-young in the 10th anniversary performance of Musical Laundry

Having spent four years as a musical actress, Hong was eager to challenge herself by taking on a play.

In 2015, she made her theater debut in the play "Hot Summer," which was produced by the Ganda Theater Company.

The play was written and directed by Min Jun-ho, and it was performed at the Daehangno Freedom Theater from August 11 to November 1, 2015.

Hong teamed up with director Min Jun-ho once more in 2016 for an encore performance of John Cariani's play Almost, Maine.

The play returned after a hiatus of three years and ran from January 8 to April 10, 2016, at Sangmyung Art Hall 1 located in Daehangno.

In the play, Hong played three different roles - Glory, Waitress, and Gayle, and was the youngest actress in the cast.