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Jo Min-su (Korean: 조민수; born January 29, 1965)[1] is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her role in the Kim Ki-duk film Pietà.[2]
Jo Min-su | |
|---|---|
Jo in 2014 | |
| Born | January 29, 1965 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Agent | Management Koo |
| Known for | Pietà |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 조민수 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Jo Min-su |
| McCune–Reischauer | Cho Minsu |
Jo Min-su graduated from a vocational high school, Gyungbok Girls' Commercial High School, and first entered the entertainment business by doing a television commercial for ₩120 thousand (about US$100). She debuted in 1986 via the KBS TV Cultural Center, then appeared first on the big screen in Chung: Blue Sketch. But her public profile grew more through her television roles than movies, culminating in a Best Actress trophy in the 1989 KBS Drama Awards. Among her other notable TV series were Sandglass, Daemang (also known as Great Ambition), and Piano.[3] After her marriage in 2005, she took a break from her acting career, but returned four years later with a memorable performance in Will It Snow for Christmas?.[2][4]
But 2012 would prove to be the now-veteran actress's breakthrough year. Though she initially had reservations about doing a film by controversial auteur Kim Ki-duk, Jo became thankful to Kim for giving her the chance "to work with new material from what I was used to in the past. There aren't too many roles that women my age can do. They all seem the same. But this role was different."[2] Her performance in Pietà brought her rave reviews and praise at the Venice Film Festival,[5] as well as from domestic critics and audiences, notably a Best Actress trophy at the Grand Bell Awards.[6] She was also awarded the prestigious Okgwan Order of Cultural Merit.[7][8][9]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Chung: Blue Sketch | Yu-mi | |
| Son of God | Jeon Bo-bae | ||
| 1990 | I'm Gonna Do Something Shocking | Jang-mi | |
| 1995 | Man? | Mi-ah | |
| 2005 | Boy Goes to Heaven | Ne-mo's mother | Cameo |
| 2012 | Pietà | Jang Mi-sun | |
| 2013 | The Stone | Lee Tae-sam | Cameo |
| 2014 | Venus Talk | Lee Hae-young | |
| 2018 | The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion | Doctor Baek | |
| 2022 | The Witch : Part 2. The Other One | General Baek | [10] |
| 2023 | Love Reset | Bo-bae |
| Year | Title | Role | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | TV Literature: "Fire" |
KBS1 | |
| TV Literature: "Tale of a Mad Painter" |
Blind girl | KBS1 | |
| I'm Leaving for Ewha | KBS2 | ||
| Rich Artifacts | KBS1 | ||
| 1987 | TV Literature: "Stairway of Green" |
KBS1 | |
| Door of Desire | Tan-sil, Chung Ju-yung's wife |
KBS2 | |
| Where Does the Stream Go Flowing? | KBS | ||
| 1988 | Sun Rising Over the Hill | KBS2 | |
| Punggaek | Park Da-som | KBS2 | |
| 1989 | Wang Rung's Family | Woman from Seoul | KBS2 |
| Mount Jiri | Partisan Soon-yi | KBS1 | |
| Merry Go Round | KBS1 | ||
| Moonlight Family | Young-sook | KBS2 | |
| 1990 | Pacheonmu | Yeon-shil | KBS2 |
| 1990-1998 | Love on a Jujube Tree | Myo-soon | KBS1 |
| 1991 | MBC Best Theater: "A Midsummer Night's Dream - Desert Island Blues" |
Baek Hye-young | MBC |
| 1992 | TV Literary Theater: "Doll Making" |
Min Young-joo | KBS1 |
| The Woman Who Won 100 Times | Jae-hee | KBS2 | |
| Wind Blowing in the Woods | Yoo Mi-sun | KBS2 | |
| 1993 | Mountain Wind | Choi Yoon-hwa | MBC |
| Lovers | Hye-in | KBS2 | |
| Marriage | Na Seo-young | SBS | |
| 1995 | Sandglass | Sun-young | SBS |
| Asphalt Man | Bae Jong-ok | SBS | |
| 1996 | Until We Can Love | KBS2 | |
| MBC Best Theater: "Seranade for Yeo-woon" |
Jung-hoo | MBC | |
| 1997 | MBC Best Theater: "Changing Partners" |
Ae-ri | MBC |
| Love and Farewell | Kang Min-joo | MBC | |
| 1999 | House Above the Waves | So-ran | SBS |
| Happy Together | Seo Chan-joo | SBS | |
| 2000 | The Aspen Tree | SBS | |
| Fireworks | Heo Min-kyung | SBS | |
| 2001 | Piano | Shin Hye-rim | SBS |
| 2002 | My Name is Princess | Choi Hwa-young | MBC |
| Great Ambition | Dan-ae | SBS | |
| Ice Flower | Shin Young-joo | SBS | |
| 2004 | Proposal | Han Kyung-hee | SBS |
| 2009 | Will It Snow for Christmas? | Cha Chun-hee | MBC |
| 2011 | My Daughter the Flower | Jang Soon-ae | SBS |
| 2013 | Goddess of Marriage | Song Ji-sun | SBS |
| 2020 | The Cursed | Jin Kyung | OCN |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–present | Diaspora Film Festival | Host | with Kim Hwan (2019–present) and Seon Jung-ah (2022) | [11] |
| Year | Song title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | "To Heaven" | Jo Sung-mo |
| 2000 | "Y" | Koyote |
| 2015 | "The Light" | The Ark |
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