Jang So-yeon (Korean장소연; born Seo Eun-jung on 28 January 1980)[1] is a South Korean actress. She is alumni of Sookmyung Women's University, Department of English and Chinese.[2] She made her acting debut in 2001, since then, she has appeared in number of plays, films and television series. She is known for her roles in My Father Is Strange (2017), Something in the Rain (2018) and Crash Landing on You (2019). She has acted in films such as: Veteran (2015) and Peninsula (2020) among others.[3]

Jang So-yeon
Born
Seo Eun-jung

(1980-01-28) 28 January 1980 (age 44)
Alma materSookmyung Women's University – Department of English and Chinese
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Theater actor
Years active2001–present
AgentClover Company
AwardsBest Supporting Actress award at 6th APAN Star Awards in 2018
Korean name
Hangul
장소연
Hanja
張少妍
Revised RomanizationJang So-yeon
McCune–ReischauerChang Soyŏn

Career edit

Jang So-yeon is a graduate in English and Chinese from Sookmyung Women's University. She is a member of the theater company 'Yeonwoo Stage'.[2] She has appeared in My Lawyer, Mr. Jo (2016), While You Were Sleeping (2017), The Secret Life of My Secretary (2019), and Welcome 2 Life (2019).[4]

In 2018 she appeared in JTBC's TV series Something in the Rain as Seo Kyung-seon,[5] for her performance she won the best supporting actress award at 6th APAN Star Awards.[6]

In 2019-20 she played Hyun Myeong-sun, a North Korean housewife in tvN's romantic drama Crash Landing on You, which is the third highest-rated South Korean TV drama in cable television history. Jang's performance was appreciated as she pulled off the role with her natural North Korean dialect.[7]

In 2021 Jang was appreciated for her performance as Kang Mi-ra, a mother who had a child abducted 11 years ago, in JTBC Drama festa Missing Child.[8]

In 2022 Jang is appearing in JTBC's office romantic drama Forecasting Love and Weather and cast in Disney+ Sci-fi thriller Grid as Choi Seon-ul, the deputy director of the secretariat for 25 years.[9] In September, Jang signed an exclusive contract with Clover Company.[10]

Filmography edit

Films edit

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2001 Take Care of My Cat [11]
2002 Desire Soyeon
2005 Red Eye Joo-mi
2006 Over the Border
2006 Seducing Mr. Perfect
2007 Unstoppable Marriage
2007 Going by the Book Reporter 2
2008 Crossing North Korean defector 3, woman
2008 My Dear Enemy Eun-jeong [12]
2009 Castaway on the Moon Seong-geun's girlfriend
2009 19-Nineteen Yoo Eun-hye
2010 Wedding Dress
2010 The Yellow Sea Employee at Do-man Hotel
2011 Silenced courtroom sign language interpreter
2014 Another Promise [13]
2014 My Dictator Sanatorium nurse
2015 Gangnam Blues Banquet hall beauties
2015 Veteran Driver Bae's wife
2016 The Wailing Jong-goo's wife
2018 High Society Prosecutor Jo Yeong-seon [14]
2018 The Soup Ae-shim
2019 Crazy Romance Mi-yeong
2020 Peninsula Jung-seok's elder sister [15]

Television series edit

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2007 Behind the White Tower Yoo Mi-ra [11]
2009 Queen Seondeok [12]
2010 Dong Yi Geum-hong
2010 KBS Drama Special - "Last Flashman" Dong-cheol Season 1, Episode 13
2011 Special Affairs Team TEN Im Yoo-kyeong
2012 How Long I've Kissed Yoon Mi-rae
2014 Secret Affair Ahn Se-jin [13]
2015 Heard It Through the Grapevine Min Joo-young
2015 The Village: Achiara's Secret Kang Joo-hee
2016 My Lawyer, Mr. Jo Choi Ah-rim
2016 Entourage Jo Tae-young
2017 My Father Is Strange Lee Bo-mi
2017 While You Were Sleeping Do Geum-sook
2018 Goodbye to Goodbye Jeong Hyo's mother Special appearance [14]
2018 Something in the Rain Seo Kyung-seon Best supporting actress award [5]
2018 Heart Surgeons Kang Eun-sook [16]
2019 Touch Your Heart Yang Eun-ji [17]
2019 The Secret Life of My Secretary Lee Eul-wang [18]
2019 Welcome 2 Life Bang Young-suk [14]
2019-20 Crash Landing on You Hyun Myeong-sun [19]
2020 The Game: Towards Zero Yoo Ji-won [20]
2021 Drama Festa - Missing Child Kang Mi-ra [21]
2022 Forecasting Love and Weather Lee Hyang-rae [22]
2022 Grid Choi Sun-wool [23]
2023 Divorce Attorney Shin Ji-eun Special appearance

Theater edit

Year Title Role Notes
2014 Red Island - Copper Hongdo [24]
2017 Lapartite Mauriel [24]

Awards and nominations edit

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremony Year Category Work Result Ref.
SBS Drama Awards 2015 Special Award, Actress in a Miniseries The Village: Achiara's Secret Nominated [25]
APAN Star Awards 2018 Best Supporting Actress Something in the Rain Won [6]
MBC Drama Awards 2019 Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries Welcome 2 Life Nominated [26]

References edit

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