# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/choi-jin-sil
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:12:07.596Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/choi-jin-sil"
name: "Choi Jin-sil"
slug: "choi-jin-sil"
description: "Choi Jin-sil was a South Korean actress. She was considered one of the greatest actresses in South Korea, nicknamed \"The Nation's Actress\" for playing leading roles in some of the highest-rated Korean dramas of all time such as Jealousy (1992), Season of Storms (1993), Star in My Heart (1997), You and I (1997) and My Rosy Life (2005). Her film work includes North Korea's Southern Army (1990), My Love, My Bride (1990), Susanne Brink's Arirang (1991) and The Letter (1997). Widely regarded as the most popular actress of her time, she led the entertainment industry in terms of commercial success across film, television, and advertising. She played leading roles in 18 films and 20 television dramas, appeared in hundreds of advertisements, and won several awards. She was 39 when she died by suicide by hanging on October 2, 2008, at her home in Seoul after being the victim of distressing rumours."
tagline: "South Korean actress (1968-2008)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1f/Korean_actress-Choi_Jin-sil-Segye_Ilbo.jpg/330px-Korean_actress-Choi_Jin-sil-Segye_Ilbo.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1968-12-24"
deathDate: "2008-10-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           58.81
  momentum:             4.093611694756136
  historical:           22.534936
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  216
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0158836/"
    handle:    "nm0158836"
sources:
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    title: "崔真實"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تشوي جين سيل"
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    title: "تشوى جين سيل"
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    title: "Choi Jin Sil"
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    title: "Choi Jin-sil"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "최진실"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Choi Jin-sil"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232285"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1246274"
    title: "Choi Jin-sil"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump