Ha Ji-won (born 28 June 1979 as Jeon Hae-rim), is a Korean actress and singer. Born in Seoul, South Korea, she is also the winner of 2005 KBS Acting Awards (Highest Award 대상) for her performance in Hwang Jin-i.
Ha Ji-won started her career playing supporting roles in television productions.In 2002, Ha Ji-won had her breakthrough role as the lead in the horror film Phone, a film thematically and stylistically similar to a whole spate of horror films coming out of East Asia at the time. Her performance earned her a best actress nomination at the Blue Dragon Film Awards.
Since then she has gone on to make films like the Sex Is Zero, Reversal of Fortune and more recently, 100 Days with Mr. Arrogant. She also began an attempt at a recording career in 2002.
In 2003, Ha Ji-won released a music album titled Homerun.
Ha Ji-Won has also starred in the series Something Happened in Bali in early 2004, co-starring Jo Insung and So Jisub. In that project, she played tour guide Lee Soojung, who consequently attracted two men who she did not like. She won a Baek-Sang Best Actress Award for her performance in this drama.
