Jang So-yeon explained

Jang So-yeon
Birth Date:28 January 1980
Birth Place:Sinsa-dong, Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea
Birth Name:Seo Eun-jung
Alma Mater:Sookmyung Women's University – Department of English and Chinese
Years Active:2001–present
Agent:Clover Company
Awards:Best Supporting Actress award at 6th APAN Star Awards in 2018
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Hangul:장소연
Hanja:張少妍
Rr:Jang So-yeon
Mr:Chang Soyŏn

Jang So-yeon (; 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]

Career

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'. 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, for her performance she won the best supporting actress award at 6th APAN Star Awards.

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.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7] In September, Jang signed an exclusive contract with Clover Company.[8]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2001 Take Care of My Cat [9]
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[10]
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
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[11]
2018 The Soup Ae-shim
2019 Crazy Romance Mi-yeong
2020 Peninsula Jung-seok's elder sister[12]

Television series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2007 Behind the White Tower Yoo Mi-ra
2009 Queen Seondeok
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 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
2018 Something in the Rain Seo Kyung-seon Best supporting actress award[14]
2018 Heart Surgeons Kang Eun-sook [15]
2019 Touch Your Heart Yang Eun-ji [16]
2019 The Secret Life of My Secretary Lee Eul-wang [17]
2019 Welcome 2 Life Bang Young-suk
2019-20 Crash Landing on You Hyun Myeong-sun [18]
2020 Yoo Ji-won [19]
2021 Drama Festa - Missing Child Kang Mi-ra [20]
2022 Forecasting Love and Weather Lee Hyang-rae [21]
2022 Grid Choi Sun-wool [22]
2023 Divorce Attorney Shin Ji-eunSpecial appearance
2024 The Midnight Romance in Hagwon Choi Ji-eun[23]

Theater

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Red Island - Copper Hongdo[24]
2017 Lapartite Mauriel

Awards and nominations

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YearCategoryWorkResult
SBS Drama Awards2015Special Award, Actress in a Miniseries[25]
APAN Star Awards2018Best Supporting ActressSomething in the Rain[26]
MBC Drama Awards2019Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday MiniseriesWelcome 2 Life[27]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jang So-yeon (장소연). HanCinema. February 13, 2022.
  2. Web site: 장소연 . Jang So-yeon . Daum. February 13, 2022. ko.
  3. Web site: 장소연 . Jang So-yeon. Daum Movies. February 13, 2022.
  4. Web site: 장소연 . Jang So-yeon . Rakuten Viki.
  5. News: '사랑의불시착' 장소연 "통일 후 북한서 촬영하는 날 오길"..종영 소감 . 'Crash Landing on You' Jang So-yeon "I hope the day of filming in North Korea will come after reunification"... Ending impressions . Kim Mi-hwa . Star News. Naver. February 16, 2020. February 15, 2022. ko.
  6. News: '아이를 찾습니다' 장소연, 母 피폐함→정신적 충격 '눈물샘 자극' . 'Finding a Child' Jang So-yeon, exhaustion → psychological shock 'stimulation of the tear glands' . Han Hae-sun . Star News. Naver. March 24, 2021. February 14, 2022. ko.
  7. News: 장소연, '기상청 사람들' → '그리드' 열일 행보...브라운관+OTT 동시 공략 . Jang So-yeon, 'Meteorological Agency People' → 'Grid' hard work... CRT+OTT attack simultaneously . Yoo Jung-min . Ten Asia. . February 7, 2022. February 14, 2022. ko.
  8. Web site: 장소연, 한석규와 한솥밥. Ha. Kyung-heon. Jang So-yeon, Han Seok-gyu and Hansotbap. Sports Kyunghyang. Naver. September 22, 2022. September 22, 2022. ko.
  9. Web site: Jang So-yeon (장소연) - Filmography page 4 . HanCinema. February 13, 2022.
  10. Web site: Jang So-yeon (장소연) - Filmography page 3 . HanCinema. February 13, 2022.
  11. Web site: Jang So-yeon (장소연) - Filmography page 1. HanCinema. February 13, 2022.
  12. Web site: 장소연 Filmograpies. Jang So-yeon Filmograpies . Korean Movie Database. Korean Film Archive. February 16, 2022. February 16, 2022. ko.
  13. Web site: Jang So-yeon (장소연) - Filmography page 2. HanCinema. February 13, 2022.
  14. News: Shin. Na-ra. 손예진X정해인 '예쁜누나', 장소연부터 오만석까지 연기파 라인업 완성. Son Ye-jin X Jung Hae-in 'Pretty Sister' completes the lineup of actors from So Ji-yeon to Oh Man-seok. TV Report. Naver. February 13, 2022. ko.
  15. News: "Cardiothoracic Surgery" Brings On Jang So-yeon as Top Class Nurse . HanCinema. August 7, 2018.
  16. News: '진심이 닿다' 손성윤·장소연·박경혜·김희정, 시선강탈 美친 활약 예고 . 'Touch the truth' Son Seong-yoon, So Ji-yeon, Park Kyung-hye, and Kim Hee-jung, eye-catching beauty notice . Kim Na-hee . Osen. Naver. November 15, 2018. February 13, 2022. ko.
  17. Web site: https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=112&aid=0003121233. ko:'초면에 사랑합니다' 정애리-김민상-장소연-백현주-김병춘, 관록의 라인업 구축. 'I love you at the beginning' Jung Ae-ri - Kim Min-sang - So-yeon So-yeon - Baek Hyeon-joo - Kim Byeong-chun, lineup establishment of Gwan-rok . . . Go Myung-jin . ko. February 13, 2022. January 17, 2019.
  18. News: '사랑불' 장소연 "통일 돼 진짜 北서 촬영했으면" 종영소감 . 'Love Fire' Jang So-yeon "I wish it was filmed in North Korea if it was unified" . Park Ah-reum . Newsen. . February 16, 2020. February 15, 2022. ko.
  19. News: 박원상x장소연, '더 게임'서 부부로 만난다...스틸컷 공개로 '기대↑' . Won-sang Park x So-yeon So, to meet as a couple in 'The Game'... 'Expectation↑' with the release of still cuts . Choi Hee-jae . Export News. Naver. January 10, 2020. February 15, 2022. ko.
  20. News: '아이를 찾습니다' 장소연, 아이 잃은 엄마의 피폐한 삶..시청자도 함께 울었다 . 'Looking for a Child' Jang So-yeon, the devastating life of a mother who lost her child.. the viewers also cried . Park Seo-hyun. Herald POP. Naver. March 23, 2021. February 14, 2022. ko.
  21. Web site: 장소연, '기상청 사람들'→'그리드' 연이은 출연..2022년도 열일 행보. Cheon Yoon-hye. Jang So-yeon, 'Meteorological Agency People' → 'Grid' appeared one after another. Herald POP. Naver. February 7, 2022. February 13, 2022. ko.
  22. News: 장소연, 디즈니+ '그리드' 출연...김아중X서강준 호흡 . Jang So-yeon to appear in Disney+ 'Grid'... Kim Ah-joong X Seo Kang-jun breathing . Park Pan-seok . Osen. Naver. November 10, 2021. February 13, 2022. ko.
  23. Web site: https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/117/0003826821. Kang. Da-yoon. April 26, 2024. My Daily. ko. ko:장소연, '졸업' 출연 확정...정려원·위하준과 호흡 [공식]. Jang So-yeon confirmed to appear in ‘Graduation’…Working with Jung Ryeo-won and Wi Ha-joon [Official]. April 26, 2024. Naver. May 11, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240511130519/https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/117/0003826821. live.
  24. Web site: 장소연: 연극배우. Jang So Yeon: Theater actor . Play DB. February 13, 2022. ko.
  25. Web site: SBS Drama Awards 2015 Winners. . February 13, 2022. 31 December 2015.
  26. News: https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/109/0003882028. ko: 이병헌, '미스터 션샤인' 대상 수상..정해인 2관왕(종합)[2018 APAN]. Lee Byung-hun, 'Mr. Sunshine' Grand Prize .. Hae-in Jeong, 2nd Crown (General) [2018 APAN]. Park. Pan-seok. October 13, 2018 . Osen. Naver. February 13, 2022. ko.
  27. News: https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=311&aid=0001093301 . ko:김동욱, 영예의 대상…'특별근로감독관 조장풍' 5관왕 겹경사 [MBC 연기대상](종합). Dongwook Kim, the subject of honor ... 'Special Labor Inspector Jo Jang-Pung' 5 Kings Double Slope [MBC Drama Awards] (Comprehensive) . Kim. Hyun-jung. 30 December 2019. Xports News. Naver. February 13, 2022. ko.