Song Hye-kyo, Son Ye-jin, Kim Tae-hee... we could go on and on. These Korean actresses look so youthful for their age, we wonder if they’ve found a way to freeze time. Here are seven of these 'ageless' Korean beauty queens on our list
Is it kimchi? Is it Jeju spring water? Or maybe it’s the beauty products they use? Whatever it is, some Korean actresses appear to be drinking from the fountain of youth. They look the same year after year, and drama after drama. They pair up with actors who are years younger than them, yet manage to look their age, or even younger.
They give 20-something-year-old actresses a run for their money, and are highly sought after when it comes to lead roles in dramas and beauty endorsements. Here are seven ageless Korean female stars who exemplify this youthful quality.
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1. Song Hye-kyo, 39
Ever since she debuted as a child actress and then burst into popular consciousness in K-drama tearjerker hit Autumn in My Heart in 2000, and helped launch the Korean Wave around the world, Song Hye-kyo has been lauded for her natural beauty and universal appeal.
That she manages to turn most of her dramas into ratings behemoths, such as All In (2003), Full House (2004), That Winter, the Wind Blows (2013) and of course, Descendants of the Sun (2016), isn’t as astonishing as how she doesn’t seem to have aged a day throughout these dramas, over a whopping two decades.
In 2018, she starred in Encounter opposite Park Bo-gum, who, at 27, is 12 years younger than her—and they looked good together. She lights up the screen and is as watchable today as she was 20 years ago, and no doubt will look amazing in her new drama, Now, We Are Breaking Up.
She’s been the face of top K-beauty brand Sulwhasoo for a number of years and has just been appointed as the ambassador for health beauty brand Vital Beautie. Whatever she’s using or taking that’s making her look so amazing, we want some—and we’re sure everyone else does too.
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