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Jo Bo-ah
Born
Jo Bo-yoon

(1991-08-22) August 22, 1991 (age 32)
Daejeon, South Korea
Other namesCho Bo-ah
EducationSungkyunkwan University – Performing Arts
OccupationActress
Years active2011-present
AgentSidusHQ
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJo Bo-a
McCune–ReischauerCho Po-a
Birth name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationJo Bo-yun
McCune–ReischauerCho Po-yun

Jo Bo-ah (born Jo Bo-yoon on August 22, 1991) is a South Korean actress.

Early life

Jo Bo-ah was born on August 22, 1991 in Daejeon, South Korea. She has one sister who is four years younger. Jo graduated from Daejeon Banseok High School.

Career

Jo made her acting debut in 2011 with a small role in the daily sitcom I Live in Cheongdam-dong on cable channel jTBC. This was followed by a hosting gig on the audition program Made in U (also on jTBC), and an appearance in the Korean-Japanese co-production Koisuru Maison ~Rainbow Rose~.

In 2012, Jo landed her first major role as a former rich girl who falls for a rocker in tvN's coming-of-age series Shut Up Flower Boy Band.[1][2][3][4][5] Later that year, she appeared in her first network TV series with a supporting role in the MBC period drama Horse Doctor.[6]

In 2013, Jo and Kim Woo-bin hosted Mnet's weekly music show M Countdown for two weeks (on April 4 and 11).[7]

Jo was cast in her first film in 2014, as a troubled, seductive teenager who becomes obsessed with her gym teacher in the erotic thriller Innocent Thing.[8] Back on cable television, she played the leading role in romantic comedy series The Idle Mermaid, a modern retelling of The Little Mermaid set amidst the competitive Korean workplace.[9]

Jo tried a new genre in 2015 with the OCN police procedural Missing Noir M, where she played a detective on the missing persons task force.[10] She then joined the ensemble cast of the KBS weekend family drama All About My Mom,[11][12] and starred in web series Love Cells 2, adapted from the webtoon of the same title.[13]

In 2016, Jo starred in revenge melodrama Monster and romantic comedy series Sweet Stranger and Me.[14][15] In 2017, she starred in romance melodrama Temperature of Love,[16] and the two-episode drama special Let's Meet, Joo-oh.[17]

In 2018, Jo is set to star in Parting Left, based on a webtoon about two women who let go of themselves, torn amongst husbands, boyfriends and conflict.[18]

Filmography

Television series

Year Title Role Network
2011 I Live in Cheongdam-dong Bo-ah (ep. 10, 14-15) JTBC
2012 Shut Up Flower Boy Band Im Soo-ah tvN
Koisuru Maison Rainbow Rose Bo-ah Tokyo TV
Horse Doctor Seo Eun-seo MBC
2014 The Idle Mermaid Kim Ha-ni / Aileen tvN
2015 Missing Noir M Jin Seo-joon OCN
All About My Mom Jang Chae-ri KBS2
Love Cells 2 Ye-bom Naver TV Cast
2016 Monster Do Shin-young MBC
Sweet Stranger and Me Do Yeo-joo KBS2
2017 Temperature of Love Ji Hong-ah SBS
Drama Special: Let Us Meet Lee Soo-ji KBS2
2018 Parting Left Jung-hyo MBC

Film

Year Title Role
2014 Innocent Thing Ha Young-eun

Variety show

Year Title Network Notes
2011-2012 Made in U JTBC Host
2017 Law of the Jungle Sumatra SBS Cast member (ep. 261-264)[19]
Battle Trip KBS2 Contestant with Kim So-eun (ep. 58-61)

Music video

Year Song title Artist
2016 "Remember That" BtoB

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2015 28th Grimae Awards[20] Best New Actress All About My Mom Won
29th KBS Drama Awards[21] Best New Actress Nominated
Popularity Award, Actress Won
2016 36th MBC Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama Monster Nominated
Best New Actress Won
30th KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Sweet Stranger and Me Nominated
2017 11th SBS Entertainment Awards[22] Best Challenge Award Law of the Jungle Won
25th SBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama Temperature of Love Nominated
Best New Actress Nominated
31st KBS Drama Awards Best Actress in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama Let Us Meet, Joo Oh Nominated

References

  1. ^ Hwang, Hyo-jin (February 29, 2012). "My Name Is: Cho Bo-ah". 10Asia. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  2. ^ "Cho Bo-ah: My character Sua may seem too naive to the viewers". 10Asia. February 29, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  3. ^ "Cho Bo-ah: Sung-jun is someone that is very considerate". 10Asia. February 29, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  4. ^ "Cho Bo-ah: A person would be happy to have just one friend like Du-mi". 10Asia. February 29, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  5. ^ Lee, In-kyung (January 25, 2013). "Flower Boy Band Boasts Cast Full of New Faces". enewsWorld. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  6. ^ "Cho Bo Ah, "'Horse Doctor' after 'Shut Up Flower Boy Band' was a gift for me"". Top Star News. April 19, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. ^ 김우빈-조보아 '엠카운트다운' 스페셜 MC 낙점. Sports Chosun (in Korean). April 2, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  8. ^ "Starlet Hits Right Note as Love-struck Student in Movie Debut". The Chosun Ilbo. April 19, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  9. ^ Park, Ji-ryun (July 30, 2014). "Jo Bo Ah and Song Jae Rim Talk Underwater Kiss Scene in The Idle Mermaid". enewsWorld. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  10. ^ "Jo Bo-ah to star in "Missing Noir M" with Kim Kang-woo and Park Hee-soon". Hancinema. Newsen. February 1, 2015.
  11. ^ Kim, Dan-hee (July 1, 2015). 부탁해요 엄마', 대본 리딩 현장 공개...'쟁쟁한 라인업'. Top Star News (in Korean). Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  12. ^ Lee, Eun-won (July 1, 2015). '부탁해요, 엄마' 유진 이상우 오민석 최태준, 대본 리딩 현장 공개. Star Daily News (in Korean). Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  13. ^ Kim, Ji-hye (July 24, 2015). '조보아, 웹드라마 '연애세포2' 출연.. 임슬옹와 호흡 맞춘다. TenAsia (in Korean). Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  14. ^ "Acting rude for a reason". The Straits Times. May 11, 2016.
  15. ^ "'Sweet Stranger and Me,' a rom-com with suspense". Kpop Herald. October 21, 2016.
  16. ^ Heo, Seol-hee (August 14, 2017). "'사랑의 온도' 측 "김재욱·조보아 합류 확정, 시너지 기대" [공식]". My Daily (in Korean).
  17. ^ "손호준, 단막극 '만나게 해, 주오' 출연…조보아와 호흡(공식)". Herald Corporation (in Korean). August 7, 2017.
  18. ^ "Jo Bo-ah to star in "The Goodbye Has Left"". Hancinema. Hankook Ilbo. February 8, 2018.
  19. ^ "조보아·신원호, '정글의 법칙' 합류...인도네시아 行 (공식입장)". Star MBN (in Korean). January 18, 2017.
  20. ^ "Yeon Jung-hoon and Soo Ae to receive Excellence in Acting Awards at Grime Awards 2015". Hancinema. Star News. December 10, 2015.
  21. ^ "Check out the Winners from '2015 KBS Drama Awards'". BNT News. December 31, 2015.
  22. ^ "'My Ugly Duckling' moms win grand prize at 2017 SBS Entertainment Awards". International Business Times. December 31, 2017.
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