Career
She rose to fame in the 2002 sitcom Nonstop 3, and has since played leading roles in the television series 1% of Anything (2003) and Snow White: Taste Sweet Love (2004), as well as the films Spy Girl (2004) and The Elephant on the Bike (2007). Kim Jung-hwa made her acting debut in 2000 when she appeared in Lee Seung-hwan"s music video "You to You." She rose to fame in 2002 with the sitcom Nonstop 3, and was soon cast in supporting roles in the television dramas Glass Slippers (2002) and Into the Sun (2003). Kim starred as the leading actress in the romantic comedies 1% of Anything (2003) in which she played a middle school teacher who enters a contract marriage with a tycoon"s grandson, and Snow White: Taste Sweet Love (2004) where her homely character is unexpectedly caught in a love triangle between two brothers.
This was followed by her first film Spy Girl (2004), a comedy about a North Korean agent who goes undercover in the South as a Burger King employee, but to her dismay finds herself becoming popular with the male student customers.
She later starred in the homegrown musical Audition (2007), Sam Shepard"s Fool for Love (2010), and the Kim Kwang-seok jukebox musical The Days (2013). Her next major film role was in 2007"s The Elephant on the Bike, as the love interest of an emotionally withdrawn zookeeper with a deformed hand.
She then drew positive reviews for her portrayal of a cold-hearted loan shark heiress in the hit drama War of Money. Kim continued to appear in television, notably in four-episode anthology Things We Do That We Know We Will Regret (2008), and historical period dramas The Kingdom of the Winds (2009) and Gwanggaeto, The Great Conqueror (2011).
In 2012, Kim starred in Solid but Fluid (titled "Silverscreen Lovers" in Korean), a 3D short film about a soon-to-be-married couple that catches a glimpse of their future while at the drive-in theater.
Kim published a book of essays in 2012, which included her musings on life as an actress, as well as stories about her volunteer work helping impoverished children as part of the fight against global hunger. She titled it Hello, Agnes!, after the African child with Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome whom she met in Uganda and has sponsored since 2009. Kim donated all proceeds to charity.
After a supporting role in Dating Agency: Cyrano (2013), Kim returned to cable television in 2015 in the disaster/medical drama Doctorate-Day.