Jung So-min

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Jung So-min is a South Korean actress

Mar 16, 1989

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: March 16, 1989
  • Nationality: South Korean
  • Famous: South Korean Women, Film & Theater Personalities, Actresses
  • Boy Friends: Yoon Hyun-min, Lee Joon
  • Known as: Kim Yoon-ji
  • Universities:
    • Korea National University of Arts
  • Birth Place: Jinju, South Gyeongsang

Jung So-min born at

Jinju, South Gyeongsang

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Birth Place

Jung So-min was in a relationship with actor Yoon Hyun-min. It was officially announced in January 2018 that Jung has been dating her 'My Father is Strange' co-star Lee Joon since October 2017.

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Personal Life

Jung was born Kim Yoon-ji on March 16, 1989, in Jinju, South Korea, into a wealthy family.

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Childhood & Early life

Her father is the head of a private company and is known to be one of the richest men in the country. He wanted his daughter to pursue higher education as she had done exceedingly well in academics during her school days.

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Childhood & Early life

He didn’t like Jung’s decision when she expressed her desire to become an actress, but he later changed his mind when she received a fully funded scholarship, based only on her acting skills.

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Childhood & Early life

After becoming a successful actress, Jung once claimed in an interview that she had restrained herself from talking to her father for nine long years as he was initially against her decision of becoming a movie artist.

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Childhood & Early life

She is a big fan of Korean traditional dance. She started learning the same during high school. She was also trained in Ballet when she was studying in her primary and middle school.

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Childhood & Early life

Jung made her debut in 2010 in a supporting role in the TV series, ‘Bad Guy.’ She received a lot of attention for her acting skills in the series.

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Acting Career

She then landed a prominent role in a romantic series titled ‘Playful Kiss.’ The series was adapted from a famous Japanese manga titled ‘Itazura Na Kiss.’ ‘Playful Kiss’ failed to perform well on Korean television, but became quite popular overseas.

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Acting Career

Thanks to the overseas success of ‘Playful Kiss,’ her popularity crossed borders, which gave her more opportunities to grow as an actress. In 2012, she was cast in MBC’s ‘Standby,’ which is a sitcom about the life of people working in a broadcasting company.

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Acting Career

She then starred in the sitcom ‘Can We Get Married?’ Her role in the series was much more challenging than the roles that she had portrayed before. In 2013, she appeared in KBS2’s ‘Came to Me and Became a Star’ which was a single-episode drama.

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Acting Career

In 2014, she starred in the TV series ‘Big Man’ in which she was paired opposite Kang Ji-hwan. She played a young woman who falls head over heels in love with the protagonist.

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Acting Career

In 2010, she was honored with Topaz Award at the 2nd Korean Jewelry Awards. She also won another award under the category ‘Best New Actress for TV’ for her role in ‘Bad Guy’ at the 18th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards.

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Awards & Achievements

She was nominated under ‘Best New Actress’ category at the 2010 ‘MBC Drama Awards’ for her performance in ‘Playful Kiss.’ In 2011, she won the New Star Award at the 6th Asia Model Festival Awards.’

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Awards & Achievements

In 2012, she won an award under the Best Newcomer in a Comedy / Sitcom category for ‘Standby’ at the 12th MBC Entertainment Awards. In 2016, she won the Best Couple Award along with Lee Kwang-soo for ‘The Sound of Your Heart’ at the 15th KBS Entertainment Awards.

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Awards & Achievements

In 2017, she received many nominations under several categories for her work in ‘My Father is Strange.’

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Awards & Achievements