Uhm Jung Hwa (엄정화) is still busy, her most recent movie Dancing Queen (댄싱퀸) appears to have been a hit in Korea.
A preview of her episode of Happy Together which was shown earlier this year:
One of the gag concert comedians poked fun at her, remarking that they didn't want to see her without her makeup on.
She is past 40 but still "looking for love" and marriage, lamenting how she isn't married yet and ready to settle down. Being rather wealthy (I would assume) if she does get married she will have the means to make use of the latest in reproductive technology. But what sort of man will she marry? Perhaps someone slightly (or greatly) older, well-off, an executive at some corporation. I doubt she will marry someone younger; has anyone gone the Demi Moore route in South Korea? We know her marriage with Ashton Kutcher turned out, and I have no reason to think that it wouldn't happen in Korea, where divorce culture is gaining strength. What will her own hypergamy allow? What has she been doing with herself for the last 20 years? Too busy being a star, while excluding the ranks of the unworthy from being matched with her?
Are there any CEOs or other corporate managers who want to marry her, despite her "sexy" image (and probable liasons in the past)? My guess is that those unmarried men in their 40s who have money would probably look for someone younger. So if she's to be realistic she should be looking for someone in his 50s. Her situation is comparable to her peers in Hollywood. Is she aware of this? Or does she too imagine that she can be like one of the "luckier" ones and still marry according to her own demands?
Given her continuing popularity in Korea, she should serve as a warning to the younger starlets and singers and her fans. Lee Hyori is dating, and she's past 30. There is still a social and familial pressure on women to marry before they turn 30, though more and more women are not doing so. At least there is some folk recognition that a woman past a certain age will have great difficulties finding a husband. Perhaps this is tied to recognition of her declining fertility and physical attractiveness. Or, that she becomes less suitable as a wife with time because she's been too used to independence. (Or, the reasoning that if she isn't married yet, then there is something wrong with her.)
Her brother Uhm Tae-woong (엄태웅), about 5 years her junior, has become a hot commodity in the past couple of years. He has expressed his wish that she marry (and his concern that she isn't). When he reaches his sister's age, he'll still be on the marriage market with a lot of advantages. Feminists may cry that this is not fair, but they are the ones who are wishing the sexes are the same when they are not.
Will she get married in the next couple of years? She remains a personal favorite because she hasn't lost her femininity. But her public and on-screen persona may be vastly different from what she is like in private. (A version of the entitled princess.) I wouldn't experience schadenfreude at her expense; but she should use her life as a lesson and tell other women about what went wrong, if she has the humility to do so.
She appears in this CF with her brother:
Their appearance together on Entertainment Relay last year, for the filming of the CF.
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