He began by acting in TV dramas such as The Last Match, co-starring Shim Eun-ha, and he eventually made his film debut in Repechage (1997) together with Kim Hee-sun.
She first earned notice for her work in 200 Cigarettes (1999), a film that cast her as a virgin out on a date with a caddish young man whose interest in her is limited solely to her virginity.