Kim Nam-joo for Elle
by girlfriday
Queen of Reversals, Queen of Housewives, Queen of the Small Screen Kim Nam-joo models Elie Tahari for Elle, looking amAzing, with legs for miles and a saucy attitude to boot. Seriously, Universe, we’re not even going to pretend to be fair, eh?
I love everything about the first shot, because she looks gorgeous AND surly. I liked her Queen of Reversals character best when she was hilariously haughty like that, and more high-powered businesswoman, less ajumma-in-midlife-crisis. Also, imma need those shoes, like yesterday.
She’s married to Kim Seung-woo, she got to makeout with Park Shi-hoo, she’s got two kids, and she’s turning 40 this year…but looks like that. I think she wins at life.
Okay, I’ll stop being jealous, but only because I love her. You go girl.
Via Joongang
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1 cinnamona
March 22, 2011 at 5:35 AM
40?? let's just say the picture has been remade a bit...
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favegirl13
March 22, 2011 at 5:47 AM
maybe a bit but you still can tell shes really pretty and still looks young
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2 favegirl13
March 22, 2011 at 5:46 AM
imma need those shoes too :)
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3 Lisa Purba
March 22, 2011 at 5:46 AM
I love this woman!
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dramaaddict
March 22, 2011 at 10:19 PM
Am I the only one hearing her say "yobo" in that first picture
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4 conan
March 22, 2011 at 6:09 AM
Now for some reason I can half tell if the post is written by javabeans or girlfriday ;D
Okay, back to Kim Namjoo. I can't believe she looks that good at friggin 40, gets to wear awesomes clothes, AND play house in real house with Kim Seungwoo. Double that, Universe.
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5 lovin it
March 22, 2011 at 7:01 AM
shes gorgeous! at 40! and has a successful career and great fam
it's not fairrr
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6 Tena Chen
March 22, 2011 at 7:03 AM
40 is the new 30, ya know. ;)
They did touch up that top pic a little; you can tell by her bony knees in the image below. (Or the skirt's shadow just isn't flattering.) Only a couple of years older than me, but hey she looks awesome after having a couple of kids.
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7 Cing
March 22, 2011 at 7:23 AM
What the BOOM!?!?! she's freaking 40? Geeezzz...
And yea top shot is too barbie-ish for her legs..
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8 doryelva
March 22, 2011 at 7:26 AM
Adorable and so beautiful
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9 annie
March 22, 2011 at 7:33 AM
40? WOW.
I didn't know who she was before I watched Queen of Reversals, but I'm a total fan of her now. She was awesome in that show. Like you said, she has it all.
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10 micheal
March 22, 2011 at 7:39 AM
i freaking love in Model back in late 90s
she sure doesn't changed after all those years, just be prittier and more sexy ;D
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obivia
March 22, 2011 at 7:39 PM
I think that was my first foray into Kdramas!!
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11 eggy
March 22, 2011 at 7:46 AM
Wow.. I can't recognize her. The first drama I ever watched of Kim Nam Joo was Models (1997). SHE LOOKS SO DIFFERENT.
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12 jusash
March 22, 2011 at 9:28 AM
Loved Kim Nam-joo in Models and her other dramas like Fascinate My Heart (Park Shin-yang?) .... of that period. Al
But while those pictures up there are good (photography stills, afterall) ... have to say honestly - 40 was definitely showing in Queen of Reversals. I was fixated more on Park Shi-hoo.
And itching sometimes to re-do her (at times) helmet-hair in there. She was definitely more tired and matronly looking in there, and those stiff hairdos just accentuated her longer face.
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come2noona
March 22, 2011 at 10:12 AM
OMG the helmet hair! Makes me crazy!
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13 angelpur
March 22, 2011 at 9:46 AM
So pretty! love the 2nd pic especially. she looks chic and confident ;)
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14 safa
March 22, 2011 at 10:10 AM
that why Park Shi-hoo kissed her long long long kiss :D
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15 come2noona
March 22, 2011 at 10:10 AM
Why so surprised?
40 with two kids can look hot! Just take care of yourself... eat well, exercise, get plenty of rest....
Then to add an extra dash of hotness have a great wardrobe and someone to do hair and makeup. Oh yeah... don't forget the professional photographer and the lighting guy who know just how to bring out your best features...
Kim Nam-joo looks great in these shots, no doubt about it. But I am not at all surprised she's nearly 40 with 2 kids. I am surprised she's only 5'6" by the looks of that top pic!
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jusash
March 22, 2011 at 11:26 AM
@ cometonoona
Perhaps that 'helmet hair' was deliberately intended to play up 'the ajjuma' because it definitely didn't help the 40-something career woman image.
Though KNJ certainly wasn't a typical ajjuma in Queen of Reversals - (for me) she was definitely sporting a blah 40-something career look. Was cringing at her fussy fashion choices sometimes, esp in comparison to Park Shi-hoo's effortlessly leather jkts.
Comparatively, in these pictures and in those clothes .. Kim Nam-joo is giving kiss-ass ooomph to 40s, which is (I agree) seamlessly the new 30s these days.
Those endless endless legs of hers help tons!
But it is dicey - try too hard in this direction, and nothing worse than an aspiring ajjuma trying too hard to keep up in a Bebe or Juicy mini-skirt.
On a different level *effortless ageless* is Lee Mi-sook who is in a class of her own (like Audrey Hepburn). I'd add HK's Maggie Cheung there too. She'd make a black garbage bag look elegant cutting-edge.
These two are to me people comfortable with themselves and their own sense of style, and it shows.
And thanks to 50-something Oprah (then again she has a bevy of make-over elves to tend to her) ... 50s may well be the new 30s someday.
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16 sammi
March 22, 2011 at 11:45 AM
me too, I don't know who's KNJ before but after Queen of Reversals, I just fall in love with her.
Her acting is superb, no one can compare, specially with Park Shi Hoo, they had this perfect, wonderful chemistry between the two of them, they just melt my heart.
I wish there will be another romantic drama with KNJ and PSH again, just love the two of them together
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17 Chocobo
March 22, 2011 at 12:51 PM
Beautiful woman, but I have to say I'm not impressed with the photo composition. It looks like something I've taken at inside at an evening party -- washed out, too much flash, blackish fading backgrounds. And crumpled shopping bags? Come on! Do this woman justice!
It's not so much moody as it is Myspace profile.
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18 SadieStarr
March 22, 2011 at 2:20 PM
shes turning 40??? noway! she looks lyk shes 25!!
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19 RAWR
March 22, 2011 at 2:57 PM
wow 40? WOW i thought she was around her mid 30s she has a hot husband too
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20 mrskimchee
March 22, 2011 at 3:21 PM
another beautiful korean turning 40 is Oh Yun Soo...I want to be like her when I'm 40 :D
Everytime I see Kim Nam Joo, can't help but wanting to seduce PSH....*blushed*
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21 lol
March 22, 2011 at 9:48 PM
aish, someone needs to tell me where to get those shoes!! >:[
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22 malia
March 23, 2011 at 1:05 PM
I so wish I had her legs. They go on FOREVER!
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23 yani g
December 22, 2011 at 4:27 PM
i love her acting, i think she's better then julia robert, bravo KNJ LOVE YOU SO MUCH
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24 ygar
February 8, 2012 at 10:51 PM
just one word to Kim Nam Joo a w e s o me
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