

The basics
Quick facts
Intro
South Korean film actor
Gender:
Female
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Birth:
11 August 1981(South Korea)
Family:
Spouse(s):
Paik Jong-won
The details
Biography
Introduction
So Yoo-jin (born August 11, 1981) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading roles in the television dramas Rookie (2000), Delicious Proposal (2001), Fox and Cotton Candy (2001), and Rival (2002), Mai Ratima(2013).
Personal life
On January 19, 2013, So married Baek Jong-won, chef and CEO of 26 restaurant franchises with 169 branches across the country. Their first child, a son, was born on April 9, 2014. Their second child, a daughter, was born on September 21, 2015. On April 2016, So's father died the same day as of her son's birthday.
Filmography
Television drama
- Five Children (KBS2, 2016)
- Great Stories "The Kim Sisters" (TV Chosun/tvN, 2015)
- Potato Star 2013QR3 (tvN, 2013) (cameo, ep 11)
- Pretty Man (KBS2, 2013) (guest appearance, ep 1-4)
- Drama Special "Happy! Rose Day" (KBS2, 2013)
- Can't Live Without You (MBC, 2012)
- Happy Ending (jTBC, 2012)
- Golden Fish (MBC, 2010)
- Thirty Thousand Miles in Search of My Son (SBS, 2007-2008)
- Unstoppable High Kick! (MBC, 2007) (cameo, ep 107)
- Alone in Love (SBS, 2006) (cameo, ep 1)
- Seoul 1945 (KBS1, 2006)
- Cute or Crazy (SBS, 2005)
- Banjun Drama (SBS, 2004-2005)
- Good Person (MBC, 2003)
- The Bean Chaff of My Life (MBC, 2003)
- Rival (SBS, 2002)
- Fox and Cotton Candy (MBC, 2001-2002)
- Cool (KBS2, 2001)
- Delicious Proposal (MBC, 2001)
- Rookie (SBS, 2000-2001)
- Virtue (SBS, 2000)
Film
- Mai Ratima (2013)
- The Dinner (short film, 2011)
- Break Away (2010)
- Short! Short! Short! 2009: Show Me the Money (2009, short film "Sitcom")
- 3 Colors Love Story (2006, short film "I'm O.K")
- The Rainy Day (2005)
- 2424 (2002)
- Rundim (2001, animated)
Variety show
- Wonderful Day (MBC Music, 2012)
- Section TV (MBC, 2001-2002)
- Inkigayo (Popular Music) (SBS, 2001-2002)
- Music Box (iTV, 2001)
- In Search of the Best (SBS, 2000)
- Sunwoo, Carla (7 June 2013). "Mai Ratima tackles the challenges of a multicultural Korea". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
- Lee, Hyo-won (30 September 2009). "Money Comes Up Rather Short". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
Musical theatre
- Between Raindrops (2008)
Radio program
- To You Who Forget the Night with So Yoo-jin (KBS Happy FM, 2009)
- Popular Songs with So Yoo-jin (KBS Happy FM, 2006)
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | MBC Entertainment Awards | Excellence Award | Section TV | Won |
| MBC Drama Awards | Best New Actress | Delicious Proposal | Won | |
| 2002 | Baeksang Arts Awards | Most Popular Actress (TV) | Rival | Won |
| SBS Drama Awards | Top 10 Stars | Won | ||
| Most Popular Actress | Won | |||
| 2003 | MBC Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress | The Bean Chaff of My Life, Good Person | Won |
| 2010 | MBC Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress | Golden Fish | Nominated |
| 2012 | MBC Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama | Can't Live Without You | Nominated |
| 2016 | KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama | Five Enough | Won |