Jung So-min
South Korean actress

Jung So-min

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South Korean actress
A.K.A.
Kim Yoon-ji, Kim Yun-ji, 정소민, 김윤지
Gender:
Female
Birth:
16 March 1989(Seoul, South Korea)
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Introduction

Jung So-min (born Kim Yoon-ji on March 16, 1989) is a South Korean actress.

Career

Jung So-min attracted attention when she made her acting debut in 2010 with a supporting role in the television series Bad Guy. This led to a leading role in her next project Playful Kiss, the Korean adaptation of the popular manga Itazura na Kiss. Though it received low ratings in Korea, the romantic comedy was popular overseas, further raising Jung's profile.

Jung then took a short break in 2011 to concentrate on her studies at the Korea National University of Arts. In 2012 she returned to the small screen as part of the ensemble cast of the sitcom Standby. Later that year, she played a more mature role opposite Sung Joon in the cable series Can We Get Married?.

Jung left her talent agency Bloom Entertainment in 2013, and joined S.M. Culture & Contents. She then appeared in Came to Me and Became a Star, on single-episode anthology Drama Special.

In 2014, Jung played a self-centered heiress who falls for the protagonist (played by Kang Ji-hwan) in Big Man. This was followed in 2015 by a supporting role in coming-of-age film Twenty, and leading roles in horror-romance film Alice: Boy from Wonderland and disaster/medical drama D-Day.

In December 2016, she starred as the female lead in The Sound of Your Heart opposite Lee Kwang-soo. The web drama was a success in China and gained more than 100 million views on Sohu.

In 2017, Jung starred in KBS's weekend family drama My Father is Strange. The same year, she starred in the body-swap comedy Daddy You, Daughter Me opposite veteran actor Yoon Je-moon.

Jung left S.M. Culture & Contents in June 2017 and signed with new management agency Jellyfish Entertainment. In August, Jung confirmed her appearance in tvN's upcoming romantic comedy series Because This is My First Life alongside Lee Min-ki.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
2009 Worst Friends (short film) Mang
2015 Twenty So-min
Alice: Boy from Wonderland Hye-jung
2017 Daddy You, Daughter Me Won Doyeon

Television series

Year Title Role Network
2010 Bad Guy Hong Mo-ne SBS
Playful Kiss Oh Ha-ni MBC
2012 Standby Jung So-min
Can We Get Married? Jung Hye-yoon JTBC
2013 Came to Me and Became a Star (Drama Special) Ha-jin KBS2
2014 Miss Korea Gas station attendant (ep.20) MBC
Big Man Kang Jin-ah KBS2
2015 D-Day Jung Ddol-mi JTBC
2016 Red Teacher (Drama Special) Jang Soon-deok KBS2
The Sound of Your Heart Choi Sang-bong / Ae-bong
2017 My Father Is Strange Byun Mi-young KBS2
Because This is My First Life Yoon Ji-ho tvN

Music video appearances

Year Song Title Artist Co-star
2008 "No Regrets" Noblesse feat. Beige
"I Had a Bad Day" Old Fish Lee Je-hoon
2010 "Take" Seo In-guk So Ji-sub

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2010 2nd Korea Jewelry Awards Topaz Award N/A Won
18th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards Best New Actress for TV Playful Kiss Won
MBC Drama Awards Best New Actress Nominated
2011 6th Asia Model Festival Awards New Star Award Won
2012 MBC Entertainment Awards Best Newcomer in a Comedy/Sitcom Standby Won
2016 15th KBS Entertainment Awards Best Couple with Lee Kwang-soo The Sound of Your Heart Won