Do Jiwon

Biography

Do Ji Won is a South Korean actress. Upon her graduation as a dance major from Hanyang University in 1988, she joined the Korea National Ballet. She was selected as the model for the ballet company's advertisements, which led to her debut in the entertainment industry. In July 1998, she was kidnapped by a man and a woman who threatened the actress with a knife in the parking lot of a sports center in Seoul. The couple stuffed her in the trunk of a car and drove around for five hours before releasing her after extorting ₩14 million.