Seo Eun-soo

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee. In the stage name or pen-name, the surname is Seo.

Lee Jeong-min (Korean: 이정민; born March 2, 1994), known professionally as Seo Eun-soo (Korean: 서은수), is a South Korean actress and model. Seo made her acting debut in the 2016 television drama Don't Dare to Dream (2016). Seo received her big break after portraying the role of Seo Ji-soo in the KBS2 family drama My Golden Life (2017–2018). She appeared in other popular dramas, such as Dr. Romantic (2016), Duel (2017), Top Management (2018), and Legal High (2019).^[2][3] Her other works include The Smile Has Left Your Eyes (2018), Unlock My Boss (2022), Missing: The Other Side (2020–2023), and The Witch: Part 2. The Other One (2022).^[4]

Seo Eun-soo
Seo in January 2020
Born	Lee Jeong-min (1994-03-02) March 2, 1994 (age 31) Haeundae-gu, Busan, South Korea
Alma mater	Korea National University of Arts (Department of Acting)
Occupations	Actress model
Years active	2015–present
Agent	HighZium Studio[1]
Korean name
Hangul	이정민
Hanja	李汀敏
Revised Romanization	I Jeongmin
McCune–Reischauer	I Chŏngmin
Stage name
Hangul	서은수
Revised Romanization	Seo Eunsu
McCune–Reischauer	Sŏ Ŭnsu
Website	highziumstudio.com

Early life and education

Seo was born in March 2, 1994, at Busan, South Korea. Seo wanted to be an actress while she was in elementary school, but her parents disapproved of her aspirations. In 2007 to 2013, Seo studied middle school and high school at Haeundae Tourism High School. From the second grade of middle school until the second grade of high school, she focused on dancing. When she was a sophomore at Haeundae, she dreamed of becoming an actress by making a monologue and she was acting by herself while watching the work. She finally enrolled in the acting program at the Korea National University of Arts in 2013 and graduated there with a degree in acting.^{[5][unreliable source?]} In 2015, she began acting in commercials, which attracted the public's attention. Several dramas starred the actress.^{[5][unreliable source?]}

Career

2015: Predebut and career beginnings

Seo had always wanted to be an actress, but it took her a long time to persuade her parents to allow her enroll in acting classes. She enrolled in the Korea National University of Arts in 2013, and it was about that time, while she was looking for part-time work, that she received her first offer to appear in a commercial in 2015.^[6]

2016–present: Acting debut and career

She started her acting career as she took the lead role in the short film Hongeo: Fermented Skate Fish (2016) and her first television appearance in the series Don't Dare to Dream (2016), which was quickly followed by the drama series Dr. Romantic (2016). In the 2016 SBS television program, Don't Dare to Dream, Seo made her acting debut. She was cast as one of the leads in the OCN sci-fi thriller Duel in 2017. She received her big break in the same year by portraying the sister of Shin Hye-sun's character in the popular KBS2 family drama My Golden Life. For her performance in the show, she took home the Best New Actress prize at the 11th Korea Drama Awards. The drama also won her nominations for Best New Actress at the 54th Baeksang Arts Awards and the 2017 KBS Drama Awards.^[6]

Seo in December 2017

She portrayed a passionate and upright new lawyer in the JTBC legal drama Legal High in 2019. She joined the OCN fantasy thriller Missing: The Other Side in 2020.^[6]

In early 2022, she starred in the political drama Kingmaker (2021) and appeared in the movie The Witch: Part 2. The Other One.^[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2016	Hongeo: Fermented Skate Fish	Yeon Je-gwang	[citation needed]
2018	Young Poem	Hee Kyung	[citation needed]
	On Your Wedding Day	Park Min-kyung	[7]
2022	Kingmaker	Soo Yeon	[citation needed]
	The Witch: Part 2. The Other One	Jo-hyun	[8]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2016	Don't Dare to Dream	Lee Hong-dan		[2]
	Dr. Romantic	Woo Yeon-hwa	Season 1	[2]
2017	Duel	Ryu Mi-rae		[9]
2017–2018	My Golden Life	Seo Ji-soo		[3]
2018	The Smile Has Left Your Eyes	Baek Seung-ah		[10]
2019	Legal High	Seo Jae-in		[11]
	Hotel del Luna	Veronica	Cameo (Episode 11)	[12]
2020	Itaewon Class	Part-time job applicant	Cameo (Episode 6)	[13]
	Dinner Mate	flight attendant	Cameo (Episode 1–2)	[citation needed]
	Missing: The Other Side	Choi Yeo-na	Season 1	[14]
2022–2023	Unlock My Boss	Jung Se-yeon		[15]
2024	Chief Detective 1958	Lee Hye-ju		[16]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2018	Top Management	Eun-sung	[17][18]

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2018	4 Wheeled Restaurant	Cast member	Season 2	[19]

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	2017	Rising Star Award	Seo Eun-soo	Won	[20]
Baeksang Arts Awards	2018	Best New Actress – Television	My Golden Life	Nominated	[21]
Blue Dragon Film Awards	2022	Best Supporting Actress	The Witch: Part 2. The Other One	Nominated	[22]
KBS Drama Awards	2017	Best New Actress	My Golden Life	Nominated	[citation needed]
Korea Drama Awards	2018	Best New Actress		Won	[23]
Korea Marketing Awards	2017	Tomorrow's Rising Star Award (Rising Star)	Seo Eun-soo	Won	[citation needed]

Listicles

Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement

Publisher	Year	Listicle	Placement	Ref.
Sports Donga	2018	The Star that Will Shine in 2018 (Actor)	Shortlist[A]	[24]

Notes

1. Shortlisted with Dong-ha, Kim Seon-ho, Ha Jun, and Won Jin-ah