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Jang So-yeon

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In this Korean name, the family name is Jang.
Jang So-yeon
Born
Seo Eun-jung

(1980-01-28) 28 January 1980 (age 44)
Sinsa-dong, Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea
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

Jang So-yeon (Korean: 장소연; 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

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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

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Films

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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

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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:
"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
2024 The Midnight Romance in Hagwon Choi Ji-eun [24]

Theater

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Year Title Role Notes
2014 Red Island - Copper Hongdo [25]
2017 Lapartite Mauriel [25]

Awards and nominations

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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 [26]
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 [27]

References

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  1. ^ "Jang So-yeon (장소연)". HanCinema. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  2. ^ a b 장소연 [Jang So-yeon]. Daum (in Korean). Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  3. ^ 장소연 [Jang So-yeon]. Daum Movies. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  4. ^ 장소연 [Jang So-yeon]. Rakuten Viki.
  5. ^ a b 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 (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  6. ^ a b Park, Pan-seok (October 13, 2018). 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]]. OSEN [ko] (in Korean). Retrieved February 13, 2022 – via Naver.
  7. ^ Kim Mi-hwa (February 16, 2020). '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]. Star News (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  8. ^ Han Hae-sun (March 24, 2021). '아이를 찾습니다' 장소연, 母 피폐함→정신적 충격 '눈물샘 자극' ['Finding a Child' Jang So-yeon, exhaustion → psychological shock 'stimulation of the tear glands']. Star News (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  9. ^ Yoo Jung-min (February 7, 2022). 장소연, '기상청 사람들' → '그리드' 열일 행보...브라운관+OTT 동시 공략 [Jang So-yeon, 'Meteorological Agency People' → 'Grid' hard work... CRT+OTT attack simultaneously]. Ten Asia (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  10. ^ Ha, Kyung-heon (September 22, 2022). 장소연, 한석규와 한솥밥 [Jang So-yeon, Han Seok-gyu and Hansotbap] (in Korean). Sports Kyunghyang. Retrieved September 22, 2022 – via Naver.
  11. ^ a b "Jang So-yeon (장소연) - Filmography page 4". HanCinema. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  12. ^ a b "Jang So-yeon (장소연) - Filmography page 3". HanCinema. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  13. ^ a b "Jang So-yeon (장소연) - Filmography page 2". HanCinema. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  14. ^ a b c "Jang So-yeon (장소연) - Filmography page 1". HanCinema. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  15. ^ 장소연 Filmograpies [Jang So-yeon Filmograpies]. Korean Movie Database (in Korean). Korean Film Archive. February 16, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  16. ^ ""Cardiothoracic Surgery" Brings On Jang So-yeon as Top Class Nurse". HanCinema. August 7, 2018.
  17. ^ Kim Na-hee (November 15, 2018). '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]. OSEN [ko] (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  18. ^ Go Myung-jin (January 17, 2019). '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]. Herald POP (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  19. ^ Park Ah-reum (February 16, 2020). '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"]. Newsen (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  20. ^ Choi Hee-jae (January 10, 2020). 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]. Export News (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  21. ^ Park Seo-hyun (March 23, 2021). '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]. Herald POP (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  22. ^ Cheon Yoon-hye (February 7, 2022). 장소연, '기상청 사람들'→'그리드' 연이은 출연..2022년도 열일 행보 [Jang So-yeon, 'Meteorological Agency People' → 'Grid' appeared one after another]. Herald POP (in Korean). Retrieved February 13, 2022 – via Naver.
  23. ^ Park Pan-seok (November 10, 2021). 장소연, 디즈니+ '그리드' 출연...김아중X서강준 호흡 [Jang So-yeon to appear in Disney+ 'Grid'... Kim Ah-joong X Seo Kang-jun breathing]. OSEN [ko] (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  24. ^ Kang, Da-yoon (April 26, 2024). 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]] (in Korean). My Daily. Archived from the original on May 11, 2024. Retrieved April 26, 2024 – via Naver.
  25. ^ a b 장소연: 연극배우 [Jang So Yeon: Theater actor]. Play DB (in Korean). Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  26. ^ "SBS Drama Awards 2015 Winners". Hancinema. December 31, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  27. ^ Kim, Hyun-jung (December 30, 2019). 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)]. Xports News (in Korean). Retrieved February 13, 2022 – via Naver.
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