Jung So-min

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim. In the stage name or pen-name, the surname is Jung.

Kim Yoon-ji (Korean: 김윤지; born March 16, 1989), known professionally as Jung So-min (정소민), is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut with a supporting role in the television series Bad Guy (2010). Jung is known for her roles in the television series Playful Kiss (2010, the Korean adaptation of the popular manga Itazura na Kiss), My Father Is Strange (2017), Because This Is My First Life (2017), The Smile Has Left Your Eyes (2018), Alchemy of Souls (2022), and Love Next Door (2024), as well as the films Twenty (2015) and Love Reset (2023).

Jung So-min
Jung in October 2024
Born	(1989-03-16) March 16, 1989 (age 35) Seoul, South Korea[1]
Education	Korea National University of Arts
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2010–present
Agent	Ieum Hashtag
Korean name
Hangul	정소민
Hanja	庭沼珉
Revised Romanization	Jeong Somin
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏng Somin
Birth name
Hangul	김윤지
Hanja	金允智
Revised Romanization	Gim Yunji
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Yunji
Signature

Career

2010–2015: Career beginnings

Jung first attracted attention when she made her acting debut in 2010 with a supporting role in the television series Bad Guy.^[2][3] This led to a leading role in her next project Playful Kiss, the Korean adaptation of the popular manga Itazura na Kiss.^[4] Though it received low ratings in Korea, the romantic comedy was popular overseas, further raising Jung's profile.^[5]

Jung then took a short break in 2011 to concentrate on her studies at the Korea National University of Arts.^[6] In 2012, she returned to the small screen as part of the ensemble cast of the sitcom Standby.^[7] Later that year, she played a more mature role opposite Sung Joon in the cable series Can We Get Married?.^[8][9]

Jung left her talent agency Bloom Entertainment in 2013 and joined SM Culture & Contents.^[10] She then appeared in Came to Me and Became a Star, a single-episode anthology Drama Special.^[11]

In 2014, Jung played a self-centered heiress who falls for the protagonist (played by Kang Ji-hwan) in Big Man.^[12][13] This was followed in 2015 by a supporting role in coming-of-age film Twenty,^[14] and leading roles in horror-romance film Alice: Boy from Wonderland and disaster-medical drama D-Day.^[15][16]

2016–present: Continued success

Jung So-min for Marie Claire Korea in 2016

Jung starred in a Drama Special The Red Teacher in 2016.^[17] She was then cast as the female lead in The Sound of Your Heart opposite Lee Kwang-soo in December of the same year.^[18] The web drama was a success in China and gained more than 100 million views on Sohu.^[19]

In 2017, Jung was cast in KBS weekend family drama My Father is Strange.^[20] She also starred in the body-swap comedy Daddy You, Daughter Me opposite veteran actor Yoon Je-moon.^[21] She then left SM Culture & Contents in June and signed with new management agency Jellyfish Entertainment.^[22][23] In August, she confirmed her appearance in tvN's romantic comedy series Because This Is My First Life alongside Lee Min-ki.^[24][25] She also released an OST "Because You Are Beside Me" for the drama.^[26]

Jung was chosen to play the lead role in The Smile Has Left Your Eyes in 2018. This is an adaptation of the 2002 Japanese television series Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi^[27][28] where she also recorded an OST "Star" with her co-star, Seo In-guk.^[29] The same year, she was cast in the historical comedy flick Homme Fatale.^[30][31] She wrapped up 2018 with her first radio show Jung So Min's Young Street on SBS Power FM, thus achieving her dream to become a radio DJ someday.^[32]

Jung left Jellyfish Entertainment in August 2019 and signed with another management company Blossom Entertainment.^[33] She then became a cast member in a healing variety program Little Forest,^[34] which is designed as a home kids garden development project for children. In December, she stepped down from her DJ post in Jung So Min's Young Street.

In 2020, Jung starred in the medical drama Soul Mechanic alongside Shin Ha-kyun^[35] where she portrayed a musical rising star with terrible anger management issues.

Jung So-min in April 2021 at SBS Power FM

In 2021, she did a cameo in Park Joon-hwa's fantasy romantic comedy My Roommate Is a Gumiho, appearing as the woman whom protagonist Jang Ki-yong loved in the past.^[36] She also appeared in TV romance drama Monthly Magazine Home opposite Kim Ji-seok as an editor of a lifestyle magazine 'Monthly House'.^[37]

In 2022, Jung returned to the small screen with the tvN period fantasy drama Alchemy of Souls where she played a skilled assassin whose soul is trapped inside the body of servant girl, alongside Lee Jae-wook.^[38] In August, Jung signed with TH Company.^[39] In September, Jung returned to the big screen for the first time in three years with the sci-fi film Project Wolf Hunting.^[40]

In 2023, Jung signed with Ieum Hashtag.^[41]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2009	Worst Friends	Mang	Short film	[42]
2015	Twenty	So-min
	Alice: Boy from Wonderland	Hye-jung
2017	Daddy You, Daughter Me	Won Do-yeon
2018	Golden Slumber	Yoo-mi	Cameo	[43]
2019	Homme Fatale	Hae-won
2022	Project Wolf Hunting	Lee Da-yeon		[44]
2023	Love Reset	Hong Na-ra		[45]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2010	Bad Guy	Hong Mo-ne
	Playful Kiss	Oh Ha-ni
2012	Standby	Jung So-min
	Can We Get Married?	Jung Hye-yoon
2013	Came to Me and Became a Star	Ha-jin	Drama special	[46]
2014	Miss Korea	Gas station attendant	Cameo (Ep. 20)	[47]
	Big Man	Kang Jin-ah
2015	D-Day	Jung Ddol-mi
2016	The Red Teacher	Jang Soon-deok	Drama special	[17]
	The Sound of Your Heart	Choi Sang-bong/Ae-bong
2017	My Father Is Strange	Byun Mi-young
	Because This Is My First Life	Yoon Ji-ho
2018	What's Wrong with Secretary Kim	Mi-so's mother (young)	Cameo (Ep. 10)	[48]
	The Smile Has Left Your Eyes	Yoo Jin-kang
2019	Abyss	Female Alien "Grim Reaper"	Cameo (Ep. 1)	[49]
	Be Melodramatic	Seon-joo	Cameo (Ep. 16)	[50]
2020	Soul Mechanic	Han Woo-joo
2021	My Roommate Is a Gumiho	Seo-hwa	Cameo (Ep. 5–7)	[51]
	Monthly Magazine Home	Na Young-won		[37]
2022	Alchemy of Souls	Mu-deok / Jin Bu-yeon / Naksu	Part 1	[52]
2024	Love Next Door	Bae Seok-ryu		[53]

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2019	Little Forest	Cast member	[34]

Radio shows

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2019	Jung So-min's Young Street	DJ	[32][54]

Theater

Theater play performances

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Date	Ref.
2023	Shakespeare in Love (셰익스피어 인 러브 - 서울)	Viola de Lesseps	Seoul Arts Center CJ Towol Theater	January 28 to March 26	[55]
			Sejong Arts Centre	April 8 to 9

Discography

Singles

Year	Song Title	Album	Notes
2017	"Because You're Here"	Because This Is My First Life OST	[26]
2018	"Star"	The Smile Has Left Your Eyes OST	with Seo In-guk[29]

Audio books

Author	Title	Publication date	Publisher	Language	Notes
MIRAL Welfare Foundation	The Story Only I Didn't Know 3	May 23, 2022	MIRAL Welfare Foundation	Korean language	Recorded with Shin Beom-sik, Jo Su-yeon[56]

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee / Work	Result	Ref.
Asia Artist Awards	2022	Popularity Award – Actor	Jung So-min	Nominated	[57]
Asia Model Awards	2011	New Star Award		Won	[58]
KBS Drama Awards	2016	Best Actress in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama	KBS Drama Special – Red Teacher	Nominated
	2017	Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	My Father is Strange	Nominated
		Netizen Award, Actress		Nominated
	2020	Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries	Soul Mechanic	Nominated
KBS Entertainment Awards	2016	Best Couple Award	Jung So-min (with Lee Kwang-soo) The Sound of Your Heart	Won	[59]
Korea Jewelry Awards	2010	Topaz Award	Jung So-min	Won	[60]
Korean Drama Awards	2022	Top Excellence Award, Actress	Alchemy of Souls	Nominated	[61]
Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards	2010	Best New Actress for TV	Bad Guy	Won	[62]
MBC Drama Awards	2010	Best New Actress	Playful Kiss	Nominated
MBC Entertainment Awards	2012	Best Newcomer in a Comedy / Sitcom	Standby	Won	[63]
SBS Drama Awards	2010	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Special	Bad Guy	Nominated
The Seoul Awards	2017	Best Supporting Actress – Drama	My Father is Strange	Nominated

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External links

• Jung So-min at HanCinema
• Jung So-min at IMDb
• Jung So-min at the Korean Movie Database