END OF THE WEEK REWARD DANICA PATRICK

I love auto racing, Formula 1 being my favorite. With race season at last in full swing (good luck to Ferrari later today in Bahrain) I thought hey there is one hot chick in open wheel racing that would be perfect for the EOTWR, Danica Patrick At 5'2 and 100 pounds this woman takes cars up to speeds of over 230 mph and does it well. She won for the first time last year in Japan. The first time a woman has won a race at the Indy Car level. She's tough, she's feisty and can drive the wheels off a car. Sadly she is married though. Danica qualified 3rd for the race in Kansas today, so hopefully she can get her second career win.

Birthday: March 25, 1982
Hometown: Roscoe, Ill
Residence: Phoenix

Though she began racing because younger sister Brooke wanted to race, Danica Patrick won numerous karting titles. At 16, she left home for England, where raced in some of the most difficult junior series in the world. The highlight was a runner-up finish in the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch, the highest finish by an American in the event's history. That result drew the attention of Indianapolis 500 champion Bobby Rahal, who signed her to a contract and began shepherding Patrick up the racing ladder.

The 2005 IndyCar Series season was a banner year for Patrick as she started fourth and finished fourth at the 89^th Indianapolis 500 and earned JP Morgan Chase Rookie of the Year honors. It was the highest starting and finishing position for a woman driver in the event's history. The rookie led 19 laps during the race to become the first woman to lead at Indianapolis. She capped the IndyCar Series season by winning the Bombardier Rookie of the Year award after finishing 12^th in the standings for Rahal Letterman Racing. In 2008, she became the first female to win a major closed-course auto race.

Patrick has become one of the most recognizable female athletes in the United States, gracing the covers of publications such as Sports Illustrated, TV Guide and ESPN: The Magazine.

END OF THE WEEK REWARD DANICA PATRICK

I love auto racing, Formula 1 being my favorite. With race season at last in full swing (good luck to Ferrari later today in Bahrain) I thought hey there is one hot chick in open wheel racing that would be perfect for the EOTWR, Danica Patrick At 5'2 and 100 pounds this woman takes cars up to speeds of over 230 mph and does it well. She won for the first time last year in Japan. The first time a woman has won a race at the Indy Car level. She's tough, she's feisty and can drive the wheels off a car. Sadly she is married though. Danica qualified 3rd for the race in Kansas today, so hopefully she can get her second career win.

Birthday: March 25, 1982
Hometown: Roscoe, Ill
Residence: Phoenix

Though she began racing because younger sister Brooke wanted to race, Danica Patrick won numerous karting titles. At 16, she left home for England, where raced in some of the most difficult junior series in the world. The highlight was a runner-up finish in the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch, the highest finish by an American in the event's history. That result drew the attention of Indianapolis 500 champion Bobby Rahal, who signed her to a contract and began shepherding Patrick up the racing ladder.

The 2005 IndyCar Series season was a banner year for Patrick as she started fourth and finished fourth at the 89^th Indianapolis 500 and earned JP Morgan Chase Rookie of the Year honors. It was the highest starting and finishing position for a woman driver in the event's history. The rookie led 19 laps during the race to become the first woman to lead at Indianapolis. She capped the IndyCar Series season by winning the Bombardier Rookie of the Year award after finishing 12^th in the standings for Rahal Letterman Racing. In 2008, she became the first female to win a major closed-course auto race.

Patrick has become one of the most recognizable female athletes in the United States, gracing the covers of publications such as Sports Illustrated, TV Guide and ESPN: The Magazine.

END OF THE WEEK REWARD JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT

Well one of my favorite actress' is this weeks subject, Jennifer Love Hewitt. She is on the cover of Maxim Magazine this month. She looks better than ever. For some reason people think turning 30 is bad after seeing her I don't see why. She is the perfect girl next door.

Jennifer Love Hewitt portrays “Melinda Gordon” on CBS' hit drama series, “Ghost Whisperer.” She plays a young newlywed who delivers messages from the dead to the living.

She most recently appeared in Twentieth Century Fox's hit live action/CGI features, “Garfield ,” and “Garfield 2: A Tale of Two Kitties.” She was also recently seen starring in two independent features, “The Truth About Love ,” and “If Only,” which she produced with her production company Love Spell Entertainment.

She also starred in the DreamWorks action/comedy “The Tuxedo” opposite Jackie Chan as an intelligence agent who takes on a malevolent corporate mogul, and in MGM's “Heartbreakers,” with Sigourney Weaver, Gene Hackman and Ray Liotta.

Hewitt received critical acclaim as the title role in the ABC Original Movie “The Audrey Hepburn Story,” based on the life of the Academy Award-winning actress.

She is also known to television audiences as “Sarah Reeves” from the award-winning drama series “Party of Five.”

Her career has been linked to box-office success with such films as “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” for which she won a 1998 Blockbuster Entertainment Award. She also starred in the film's sequel “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer” and the comedies “Can't Hardly Wait,” “The Suburbans.” and “Sister Act 2.”

She is currently dating Jamie Kennedy but what does she look for in guys ?

“The two biggest things are being trustworthy and funny. Humor doesn’t fade. If you’re a funny person, you will always be a funny person.”

“I’m all about geeks. They’re funny, so that’s a big plus. Also, geeks are usually humble. They don’t have to be the person in the room with the coolest shirt.”

Hewitt resides in the Los Angeles area.

END OF THE WEEK REWARD JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT

Well one of my favorite actress' is this weeks subject, Jennifer Love Hewitt. She is on the cover of Maxim Magazine this month. She looks better than ever. For some reason people think turning 30 is bad after seeing her I don't see why. She is the perfect girl next door.

Jennifer Love Hewitt portrays “Melinda Gordon” on CBS' hit drama series, “Ghost Whisperer.” She plays a young newlywed who delivers messages from the dead to the living.

She most recently appeared in Twentieth Century Fox's hit live action/CGI features, “Garfield ,” and “Garfield 2: A Tale of Two Kitties.” She was also recently seen starring in two independent features, “The Truth About Love ,” and “If Only,” which she produced with her production company Love Spell Entertainment.

She also starred in the DreamWorks action/comedy “The Tuxedo” opposite Jackie Chan as an intelligence agent who takes on a malevolent corporate mogul, and in MGM's “Heartbreakers,” with Sigourney Weaver, Gene Hackman and Ray Liotta.

Hewitt received critical acclaim as the title role in the ABC Original Movie “The Audrey Hepburn Story,” based on the life of the Academy Award-winning actress.

She is also known to television audiences as “Sarah Reeves” from the award-winning drama series “Party of Five.”

Her career has been linked to box-office success with such films as “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” for which she won a 1998 Blockbuster Entertainment Award. She also starred in the film's sequel “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer” and the comedies “Can't Hardly Wait,” “The Suburbans.” and “Sister Act 2.”

She is currently dating Jamie Kennedy but what does she look for in guys ?

“The two biggest things are being trustworthy and funny. Humor doesn’t fade. If you’re a funny person, you will always be a funny person.”

“I’m all about geeks. They’re funny, so that’s a big plus. Also, geeks are usually humble. They don’t have to be the person in the room with the coolest shirt.”

Hewitt resides in the Los Angeles area.

END OF THE WEEK REWARD VIDA GUERRA

Well it is starting to get warm and that means summer time and cars. No other woman puts the Hot in Hot Rod like Vida Guerra host of Livin the Low Life.

Vida Guerra, the sensational American model, an occasional actress and singer was born on January 8, 1975 in Havana, Cuba. Soon after her birth, the family moved to United States to the town of Perth Amboy, New Jersey. There the girl grew into a beautiful damsel and began to find her place under the sun. Take one look at her and then look away. Try to deny yourself another glance and it seems impossible. Vida took up some small modeling contracts for swimwear and also appeared in some music videos. Besides these she also got the job of a loan officer.

Vida’s actual modeling career commenced when she was casted in lingerie spread for FHM in December 2002. The lady’s pictures blew the modeling world and the audience of their minds. The more they saw, the more they wanted. It is reported that FHM unit was flooded with mails for more photographs of Vida and so she was soon called for another photo shoot. Vida was also crowned “FHM’s Model of the Year” for the year 2004. Since then Vida did not look back. She featured on the cover page of many popular magazines and also occupied the central position in big magazines like DUB Magazine, Smooth, Escape and Open your Eyes etc. Vida also featured on television. She made quite a few appearances on several Spanish language television programs such as EI Gordo y La Flaca (The Fat Man and the Skinny Woman). Vida also entered the music world and made wonderful presence in music videos like “Shake your Tailfeather” (Bad Boys 2 soundtrack, P. Diddy, Nelly and Murphy Lee), “The New Workout Plan” (Kanye West) etc. Vida did also show up in the Burger King’s Tendercrip Bacon Cheddar Ranch commercial, some sketches on Chappelle’s Show, the “Piss on You” video and the film called National Lampoon’s Dorm Daze 2. Apart from physical appearances, Vida is also providing her voice to the video game Scarface: The World is Yours.

In the year 2005 the lady confronted many problems because of her immense popularity. Her camera phone was stolen and allegedly hacked. Her pictures were misused and Vida was somehow presented completely nude on numerous sites on the internet. But according to some other sources, the pictures originally belonged to Vida and were used to gain huge publicity.

Lately Vida was voted 26th in FHM’s Top 100 sexiest females. She also received the magazine’s “Best Butts’ award twice. To acquire more stardom, Vida got a calendar made of her own hot pictures. She even appears on Primped, produced by GoTV Networks.

The last year (2006) witnessed another nude picture posed by the by the daring lady despite of the disputes regarding the same. It seems that she would continue to make people feel her presence this way. During the interviews Vida often recalls her earlier days when she was teased because of her unusual butt size in contrast to her body. Who knew that one day this peculiar asset would be the cause of the lady’s global glory!

Did You Know? Vida Guerra worked as a loan officer before hitting it big.

END OF THE WEEK REWARD VIDA GUERRA

Well it is starting to get warm and that means summer time and cars. No other woman puts the Hot in Hot Rod like Vida Guerra host of Livin the Low Life.

Vida Guerra, the sensational American model, an occasional actress and singer was born on January 8, 1975 in Havana, Cuba. Soon after her birth, the family moved to United States to the town of Perth Amboy, New Jersey. There the girl grew into a beautiful damsel and began to find her place under the sun. Take one look at her and then look away. Try to deny yourself another glance and it seems impossible. Vida took up some small modeling contracts for swimwear and also appeared in some music videos. Besides these she also got the job of a loan officer.

Vida’s actual modeling career commenced when she was casted in lingerie spread for FHM in December 2002. The lady’s pictures blew the modeling world and the audience of their minds. The more they saw, the more they wanted. It is reported that FHM unit was flooded with mails for more photographs of Vida and so she was soon called for another photo shoot. Vida was also crowned “FHM’s Model of the Year” for the year 2004. Since then Vida did not look back. She featured on the cover page of many popular magazines and also occupied the central position in big magazines like DUB Magazine, Smooth, Escape and Open your Eyes etc. Vida also featured on television. She made quite a few appearances on several Spanish language television programs such as EI Gordo y La Flaca (The Fat Man and the Skinny Woman). Vida also entered the music world and made wonderful presence in music videos like “Shake your Tailfeather” (Bad Boys 2 soundtrack, P. Diddy, Nelly and Murphy Lee), “The New Workout Plan” (Kanye West) etc. Vida did also show up in the Burger King’s Tendercrip Bacon Cheddar Ranch commercial, some sketches on Chappelle’s Show, the “Piss on You” video and the film called National Lampoon’s Dorm Daze 2. Apart from physical appearances, Vida is also providing her voice to the video game Scarface: The World is Yours.

In the year 2005 the lady confronted many problems because of her immense popularity. Her camera phone was stolen and allegedly hacked. Her pictures were misused and Vida was somehow presented completely nude on numerous sites on the internet. But according to some other sources, the pictures originally belonged to Vida and were used to gain huge publicity.

Lately Vida was voted 26th in FHM’s Top 100 sexiest females. She also received the magazine’s “Best Butts’ award twice. To acquire more stardom, Vida got a calendar made of her own hot pictures. She even appears on Primped, produced by GoTV Networks.

The last year (2006) witnessed another nude picture posed by the by the daring lady despite of the disputes regarding the same. It seems that she would continue to make people feel her presence this way. During the interviews Vida often recalls her earlier days when she was teased because of her unusual butt size in contrast to her body. Who knew that one day this peculiar asset would be the cause of the lady’s global glory!

Did You Know? Vida Guerra worked as a loan officer before hitting it big.

END OF THE WEEK REWARD ELIZA DUSHKU

Eliza Patricia Dushku ( born December 30, 1980) is an American actress who appeared in several Hollywood movies such as True Lies, The New Guy, Bring It On, and Wrong Turn. She is also well known for her acting on television, such as her recurring appearances on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel as Faith, as well as the main character, Tru Davies, in the series Tru Calling. She also produces and stars as Echo in the series Dollhouse, created by Joss Whedon (with whom Dushku worked on Buffy and Angel), which premiered February 2009 on Fox.

After completing high school, Dushku returned to acting with the role of Faith on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a Slayer much more troubled than the main character Buffy Summers. Though initially planned as a five episode role, the character became so popular that she stayed on for the entirety of the third season and returned for a two-part appearance in season four, after which the remainder of her original story arc was played out as part of the first season of the Buffy spin-off series Angel. Repentant and rededicated, Faith returned as a heroine in a number of further episodes of Angel and in the last five episodes of Buffy. Dushku was inundated with piles of fan mail from legions of prisoners. She said that: I've been getting fan mail from maximum security penitentiaries and death row. What are the authorities thinking of in playing a show with young teenage girls to Death Row inmates? They write everything — disgusting things that you don't even want to know about. And they send me pictures — 'Oh, here's a picture of me before I was incarcerated!' — and there's some guy sat on the sofa with a bottle of beer and a moustache, and a big gut. It's so creepy. Way more creepy than Buffy.

On October 1, 2005, she announced at Wizard World Boston that shooting had begun for Nobel Son in which she would star with Alan Rickman, Danny DeVito, Bill Pullman, and Peter Boyle. The movie was released at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival and received exceptional reviews. Another project is On Broadway, an independent movie filmed in her native Boston. The movie is receiving great reviews and a few of them highlight Dushku's performance. It is currently being shown in many independent film festivals and has already won six awards.

Variety announced on August 2, 2006 that Dushku would co-star with Macaulay Culkin in Sex and Breakfast, a dark comedy written and directed by Miles Brandman. The movie was released in Los Angeles in November 30, 2007 and on DVD in January 22, 2008. She starred in Open Graves, a 2008 horror-thriller about a satanic game co-starring Mike Vogel. She will play the main character in The Thacker Case and The Alphabet Killer, both based on real-life events and upcoming thrillers, one of them directed by Rob Schmidt with whom she had previously worked on Wrong Turn. Both movies will be released in 2008. The Alphabet Killer contains Dushku's first topless scene.

She also appeared, along with Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman, Chris Pine and Rachel Taylor, in Bottle Shock, a drama about Napa valley wine. The film was directed by Randall Miller, who helmed Nobel Son.

On August 26, 2007, Dushku signed a development deal with Fox Broadcasting and 20th Century Fox. Under the pact, the network and the studio will develop projects tailor-made for the actress. They also will approach her with existing pitches and scripts.

Consequently, it was announced on October 31 that Dushku had lured Joss Whedon, famous for creating the Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Firefly series, back to TV, as they agreed to create a new show called Dollhouse. Dushku will play the main character, 'Echo', and serve as a producer on the show, which will air on Fox during the 2008-09 TV Season. In an interview, Dushku talked about how Dollhouse, and her reconnection with Whedon came about:

“ I invited Joss Whedon to lunch after I did the business deal and decided that Fox, we'd had a cool relationship in the past and I wanted to do something else and I wanted to get back into a television show. I had him on the brain for sure but I hadn't called him yet, but I sort of took a leap of faith and set things up with Fox and then called Joss. We went to a four-hour lunch where I just sort of used my womanly wiles. No, we've become such good friends, kind of like brother and sister and kind of like he was my watcher, my handler from when I first moved out to L.A. when I was 17 and I was a little bit of a wild child. He's watched me and helped me and taught me over the years. I told him how bad I wanted and needed him back and he accepted and here we are.”

Her spot in the HULU ad is just awesome. Hope everyone has a great week.

END OF THE WEEK REWARD ELIZA DUSHKU

Eliza Patricia Dushku ( born December 30, 1980) is an American actress who appeared in several Hollywood movies such as True Lies, The New Guy, Bring It On, and Wrong Turn. She is also well known for her acting on television, such as her recurring appearances on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel as Faith, as well as the main character, Tru Davies, in the series Tru Calling. She also produces and stars as Echo in the series Dollhouse, created by Joss Whedon (with whom Dushku worked on Buffy and Angel), which premiered February 2009 on Fox.

After completing high school, Dushku returned to acting with the role of Faith on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a Slayer much more troubled than the main character Buffy Summers. Though initially planned as a five episode role, the character became so popular that she stayed on for the entirety of the third season and returned for a two-part appearance in season four, after which the remainder of her original story arc was played out as part of the first season of the Buffy spin-off series Angel. Repentant and rededicated, Faith returned as a heroine in a number of further episodes of Angel and in the last five episodes of Buffy. Dushku was inundated with piles of fan mail from legions of prisoners. She said that: I've been getting fan mail from maximum security penitentiaries and death row. What are the authorities thinking of in playing a show with young teenage girls to Death Row inmates? They write everything — disgusting things that you don't even want to know about. And they send me pictures — 'Oh, here's a picture of me before I was incarcerated!' — and there's some guy sat on the sofa with a bottle of beer and a moustache, and a big gut. It's so creepy. Way more creepy than Buffy.

On October 1, 2005, she announced at Wizard World Boston that shooting had begun for Nobel Son in which she would star with Alan Rickman, Danny DeVito, Bill Pullman, and Peter Boyle. The movie was released at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival and received exceptional reviews. Another project is On Broadway, an independent movie filmed in her native Boston. The movie is receiving great reviews and a few of them highlight Dushku's performance. It is currently being shown in many independent film festivals and has already won six awards.

Variety announced on August 2, 2006 that Dushku would co-star with Macaulay Culkin in Sex and Breakfast, a dark comedy written and directed by Miles Brandman. The movie was released in Los Angeles in November 30, 2007 and on DVD in January 22, 2008. She starred in Open Graves, a 2008 horror-thriller about a satanic game co-starring Mike Vogel. She will play the main character in The Thacker Case and The Alphabet Killer, both based on real-life events and upcoming thrillers, one of them directed by Rob Schmidt with whom she had previously worked on Wrong Turn. Both movies will be released in 2008. The Alphabet Killer contains Dushku's first topless scene.

She also appeared, along with Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman, Chris Pine and Rachel Taylor, in Bottle Shock, a drama about Napa valley wine. The film was directed by Randall Miller, who helmed Nobel Son.

On August 26, 2007, Dushku signed a development deal with Fox Broadcasting and 20th Century Fox. Under the pact, the network and the studio will develop projects tailor-made for the actress. They also will approach her with existing pitches and scripts.

Consequently, it was announced on October 31 that Dushku had lured Joss Whedon, famous for creating the Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Firefly series, back to TV, as they agreed to create a new show called Dollhouse. Dushku will play the main character, 'Echo', and serve as a producer on the show, which will air on Fox during the 2008-09 TV Season. In an interview, Dushku talked about how Dollhouse, and her reconnection with Whedon came about:

“ I invited Joss Whedon to lunch after I did the business deal and decided that Fox, we'd had a cool relationship in the past and I wanted to do something else and I wanted to get back into a television show. I had him on the brain for sure but I hadn't called him yet, but I sort of took a leap of faith and set things up with Fox and then called Joss. We went to a four-hour lunch where I just sort of used my womanly wiles. No, we've become such good friends, kind of like brother and sister and kind of like he was my watcher, my handler from when I first moved out to L.A. when I was 17 and I was a little bit of a wild child. He's watched me and helped me and taught me over the years. I told him how bad I wanted and needed him back and he accepted and here we are.”

Her spot in the HULU ad is just awesome. Hope everyone has a great week.

END OF THE WEEK REWARD MINKA KELLY

Well spring is trying to get here. Maybe this little bit of sunshine will help until then.

Minka Dumonte Kelly (born June 24, 1980) is an American actress. She currently stars in the NBC series Friday Night Lights as Lyla Garrity.

Minka Kelly was born in Los Angeles, California. She is an only child and the daughter of former Aerosmith guitarist Rick Dufay. According to Kelly, her childhood was "pretty rough", and she held a resentment for Dufay, as he had abandoned her and her mother. However, at seventeen, she decided to try and reconcile by inviting him out to New Mexico.

After graduating from high school, Kelly returned to Los Angeles with her father to pursue acting as a hobby while she went to school to become a surgical technician. However, after her first acting class she got "hooked" and began pursuing acting as a career. Success came slowly, and she began her career with small roles in various movies and shows, including the film State's Evidence, and a recurring-guest role on the TV program What I Like About You.

In the spring she was cast as Lyla Garrity on the show Friday Night Lights. In preparation for the role, she trained with the Pflugerville High School cheerleading squad. Kelly has received praise for her acting on Friday Night Lights, with the New York Times calling her performance "heartbreaking".

She shot a cameo for The Kingdom, alongside Jamie Foxx. Peter Berg, the creator and pilot director of Friday Night Lights, directed the film. Minka Kelly is the lead actor on the CW's new pilot Body politic.

Kelly dated Donald Faison in 2005, and had a relationship with actor Chris Evans, as well. In September 2007, she began dating musician John Mayer. Their break-up was reported by People.com on January 9, 2008. In October 2008, she was seen at the University of Texas vs Missouri game with latest beau New York Yankees' shortstop Derek Jeter.

END OF THE WEEK REWARD MINKA KELLY

Well spring is trying to get here. Maybe this little bit of sunshine will help until then.

Minka Dumonte Kelly (born June 24, 1980) is an American actress. She currently stars in the NBC series Friday Night Lights as Lyla Garrity.

Minka Kelly was born in Los Angeles, California. She is an only child and the daughter of former Aerosmith guitarist Rick Dufay. According to Kelly, her childhood was "pretty rough", and she held a resentment for Dufay, as he had abandoned her and her mother. However, at seventeen, she decided to try and reconcile by inviting him out to New Mexico.

After graduating from high school, Kelly returned to Los Angeles with her father to pursue acting as a hobby while she went to school to become a surgical technician. However, after her first acting class she got "hooked" and began pursuing acting as a career. Success came slowly, and she began her career with small roles in various movies and shows, including the film State's Evidence, and a recurring-guest role on the TV program What I Like About You.

In the spring she was cast as Lyla Garrity on the show Friday Night Lights. In preparation for the role, she trained with the Pflugerville High School cheerleading squad. Kelly has received praise for her acting on Friday Night Lights, with the New York Times calling her performance "heartbreaking".

She shot a cameo for The Kingdom, alongside Jamie Foxx. Peter Berg, the creator and pilot director of Friday Night Lights, directed the film. Minka Kelly is the lead actor on the CW's new pilot Body politic.

Kelly dated Donald Faison in 2005, and had a relationship with actor Chris Evans, as well. In September 2007, she began dating musician John Mayer. Their break-up was reported by People.com on January 9, 2008. In October 2008, she was seen at the University of Texas vs Missouri game with latest beau New York Yankees' shortstop Derek Jeter.

End of the Week Reward YUNJIN KIM of Lost

So about 4-5 weeks ago I sat down and started watching Lost from the Season 1 since I had never seen it. Just finished Season 5 and like everyone says , it's an incredible show. Much debate among guys who is the hottest woman on there. Yunjin Kim is the hottest, the pics back it up. Leave a comment and let me know what you choice is on Lost.

Here is some back ground on her.

金允珍, born November 7, 1973 in Seoul, South Korea) is a Korean film and theatre actress, best known in the English-speaking world for her role as Sun-Hwa Kwon on the ABC television series Lost.

Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea. At the age of ten, Kim emigrated to the United States with her family.[citation needed] They lived in Staten Island, New York. She joined the middle school drama club in the 7th grade and performed in the musical My Fair Lady.

Kim attended high school at the prestigious Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, a public high school located in Manhattan. From there, she went on to study drama at the London Academy of Performing Arts and later earned her drama degree at Boston University.

Career

After graduation, Kim devoted herself full time to acting. She garnered several minor parts on MTV, in soap opera-style dramas on ABC, and on the off-Broadway stage. In 1996, a South Korean TV show filming in Manhattan called and persuaded her to return to her country of origin, to appear in the South Korean TV drama A Gorgeous Vacation. This was followed by two other roles in Foreboding and the miniseries Wedding Dress. Then in 1997 she was offered a script for her debut film, Shiri (1999). Shiri was South Korea's first blockbuster film and became the highest grossing film in the history of Korean cinema in 1999.

Over the next several years, she starred in five additional films. In July 2003, Kim signed a three-year contract with William Morris, an American agency representing Hollywood stars such as Halle Berry, Salma Hayek, Kevin Spacey, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Lucy Liu, Jackie Chan, and Reese Witherspoon.

Kim can currently[update] be seen as the character Sun-Hwa Kwon in the television series Lost.

In May 2006, Maxim named Kim #98 on its annual List. In October 2006 she was featured on the cover of Stuff, as well as a spread inside the magazine.

Kim appeared in Maxim again in March 2007, where she was described as "the Korean Julia Roberts" in her native Korea.

Kim won the 2008 Daejong Award's Lead Actress Award for "Seven Days (2007)" on June 27th, 2008, in South Korea.

She also appeared in S.G. Wannabe's music video, "Timeless" opposite Kim Nam Jin.