You are not a native Korean speaker? So this “Hallyu” stuff is no mirage, eh?

I don’t know how 강수연 spells her name in English, but a tolerable rendering would be “Kang Soo-yun.”

Of course, questions like “who is the best actor/actress?” is always subjective question, but I do believe Kang is generally considered among the best Korean actresses and generally considered a better actress than JDY. I also do believe she’s garnered some international recognition for her cinematic work. (I think she won something at Cannes or something almost prestigious a few years ago?)

Her best acting work, however, may have been her incandescent performance in a legendary TV drama called “여인천하” (usually translated as “Women’s World”), where she played one of the most notorious villainess in Korean history. The drama was so popular that it ran over 150 episodes. To this idea, I think that was the best acted Korean drama I’ve ever seen, and Kang’s wasn’t the only sterling performance. Indeed, some (but not me) felt 전인화’s performance was even superior–though in my opinion, 전 gets more credit for her acting than she deserves due to her sublime beauty.

Thanks Gaek for sharing your information thought I still don’t know who 강수연 is. Can you spell out the English name?