Ko So-young

In this Korean name, the family name is Ko.

Ko So-young (Korean: 고소영; born October 6, 1972) is a South Korean actress and model.^[2]

Ko So-young
Ko in 2012
Born	(1972-10-06) October 6, 1972 (age 52) Seoul, South Korea
Other names	Go So-young
Education	Chung-Ang University – Department Theater and Film Korea University – Department of Computer Science
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1990–2007 2013–present
Agent	Sublime[1]
Spouse	Jang Dong-gun ​ (m. 2010)​
Children	2
Korean name
Hangul	고소영
Hanja	高素榮
Revised Romanization	Go So-yeong
McCune–Reischauer	Ko So-yŏng

Early life

Ko was born in Seoul, South Korea. She attended an all-female high school before gaining early admission to Chung-Ang University, where she studied computer science.

Career

Ko debuted in the TV drama Love Tomorrow in 1993 and quickly established herself as a representative star of her generation. She made her film debut opposite Jung Woo-sung in The Fox with Nine Tails in 1994, which was the first Korean film to use computer-generated imagery. However, it failed to make an impression on audiences or critics.^{[citation needed]} Ko first achieved wide recognition through her role in Beat (again with Jung Woo-sung), a film that caught the imagination of many South Korean high school students.^[3] Since then she has acted in a series of successful melodramas, portraying a young model in If the Sun Rises in the West, a Jeju Island tour guide in Love Wind Love Song, and a Korean American adoptee in Love.

In 2001, Ko teamed up with actor Lee Sung-jae in A Day, about a married couple who have trouble conceiving a child. Her acting in the film was much praised and garnered the Best Actress prize from the local Grand Bell Awards ceremony.^[4] Then, after two years off, Ko returned in 2003 opposite Han Suk-kyu in the spy thriller Double Agent; however, the film failed to live up to the expectations of most viewers and critics. She then shot two films in 2006: the horror film APT by director Ahn Byeong-ki, and the romantic comedy Project Makeover by debut director Jeon Young-gap. After two commercial flops in 2007 with Project Makeover and the SBS drama Blue Fish, Ko went into a hiatus.

A decade after her last appearance, Ko made a comeback with the KBS drama Ms. Perfect.^[5]

Personal life

Ko married actor Jang Dong-gun in a star-studded wedding ceremony held at Seoul's Shilla Hotel on May 2, 2010, while five months pregnant. The couple's first child, a son Jang Min-joon, was born on October 4, 2010.^{[6][7][8][9][10]} Their second child, a daughter, was born on February 25, 2014.^[11][12]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role
1990	Friend, My Friend	Seol In-hwa
1994	The Fox with Nine Tails	Harah
1997	Beat	Ro-mi
1998	First Kiss	Joo-hee (cameo)
	If the Sun Rises in the West	Nam Hyun-joo / Yoo Ha-rin
1999	Love Wind Love Song	Young-seo
	Love	Jenny
2000	Joint Security Area	Woman in Nam Sung-sik's wallet photo (cameo)
2001	A Day	Jin-won
2003	Double Agent	Yoon Soo-mi
2006	APT	Oh Se-jin
2007	Project Makeover	Na Jung-joo

Television series

Year	Title	Role
1992-1994	Tomorrow Love	Yoo Hyun-kyung
1993	Mother's Sea	Kim Kyung-seo
1994-1995	My Son's Woman	Choi Soo-jung
1995	Sook-hee	Kim Sook-hee
1996	Star	Jang Hye-mi
	Beginning of Happiness	Shin Na-ra
1997	Women	Min Ji-soo
1998	The Barefoot Youth	Ki Hye-joon
	Memories	Kim Joo-hee
2007	Blue Fish	Jung Eun-soo
2017	Ms. Perfect	Shim Jae-bok