So Hee-jung

In this Korean name, the family name is So.

So Hee-jung (Korean: 소희정; born on 28 May 1973)^[2] is a South Korean actress.^[3] She made her acting debut in 1994 in theater, since then, she has appeared in number of plays, films and television series. She got recognition for her supporting roles in The K2 (2016), Bossam: Steal the Fate (2021), Twenty-Five Twenty-One and Shooting Stars (2022). She has acted in films such as: Sunny (2011) and Intruder (2020) among others.^[4]

So Hee-jung
Born	(1973-05-28) May 28, 1973 (age 51) Seoul, South Korea
Other names	So Hee-jeong
Education	Graduated in Theater and Film
Alma mater	University of Suwon, Department of Theater and Film
Occupations	Actress Theater actor
Years active	1994–present
Agent	EL Park[1]
Korean name
Hangul	소희정
Revised Romanization	So Huijeong
McCune–Reischauer	So Hŭijŏng

Education

So Hee-jung completed the Department of Theater at Dongguk University Graduate School and Graduated from University of Suwon, Department of Theater and Film.^[3]

Career

So Hee-jung started her career in theatres and made her debut in television in 2006 and in films in 2011. She appeared in film Sunny (2011), and TV series Angry Mom (2015), My Father Is Strange (2017), Psychopath Diary (2019), No Matter What, and Kairos (2020).^[5]

In 2022, she was cast in romantic TV series Twenty-Five Twenty-One as mother of lead character. The series was one of the highest-rated Korean dramas in cable television history.^[6] In the same year, she is appearing in tvN's romantic comedy Shooting Stars as housekeeper,^[7] and cast in tvN's drama Eve, which will begin airing from 1 June.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2011	Sunny	Homeroom teacher		[8]
	Stateless Things	Sook-in
2013	Happiness for Sale	Married couple woman		[9]
	Flu	Homeroom teacher
2014	The Plan Man	Kyeong-mi		[10]
	The Stone	Kyeong-ja
	Tazza: The Hidden Card	Kko-jang house gambling couple
2015	Twenty	Kyung-jae's mother
	The Sound of a Flower	Court lady		[11]
2016	Don't Forget Me	Psychiatrist
2017	The King	Ji-min's mother
2018	Golden Slumber	Stay-at-home Mom		[12]
	On Your Wedding Day	Woo-yeon's mother	Cameo
2019	Birthday	Seok-won's mom
	Miss & Mrs. Cops	Seo-jin's mother
	Man of Men	Sanatorium director
2020	Intruder	Jeong-im		[13]
	#Alive	Joon-woo's mother

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2006	Smile Again	Ma Sook-hyang		[8]
2011	I Need Romance	Gynecologist
	Ojakgyo Family
	Special Affairs Team TEN
2012	Moon Embracing the Sun
	Man from the Equator
	Queen and I
	Big
	Reply 1997	Senior writer		[9]
2012–2013	Only Because It's You
	Seoyoung, My Daughter	Jo Myeong-soon
2012	The Third Hospital
	Innocent Man
2013	Drama Special Series: "Their Perfect Day"		Season 3, episode 24
	The Queen of Office	Super home shopping host
	Ugly Alert
	Don't Look Back: The Legend of Orpheus	Kim Young-joo
	Two Weeks	Madam Jeong
	The Eldest
	Secret Love	Prison officer
	The Heirs	Kim Yeong-joo		[10]
2014	Inspiring Generation	Mok Po-daek
	12 Years Promise
	Everybody Say Kimchi	Producer Park Kyeong-eun
	Blade Man	Little mom
	Love & Secret	Nurse Min Yeong-hee
	Punch	Bus driver's wife
	Love & Secret	Nurse Min Yeong-hee
2015	Angry Mom	Yi-kyung's mother		[14]
	Divorce Lawyer in Love	Jo Sin-hee	Special appearance	[10]
	KBS Drama Special: "What Is the Ghost Up To?"	Goo Cheon-dong's mother	Season 6, episode 5
	Yong-pal	Nun
	All About My Mom			[11]
	Cheo Yong	Autopsy doctor	Season 2
	My First Time	Choi Hoon's mother
2016	Happy Home	Oh Min-jeong
	The K2	Head of JSS medical team		[15]
	The Bacchus Lady	Sevilo Song's daughter-in-law		[11]
2016–2017	Solomon's Perjury	Woo-hyeok's mother
2017	My Father Is Strange	Yoo-joo's mother		[16]
	The Guardians	Lee Eun-ja		[17]
	The Lady in Dignity	Oh Poong-sook
	Avengers Social Club			[18]
2017–2018	Reverse	Hong Cho-hee		[12]
2018	Voice 2	Moo Mi-sook	Season 2	[19]
	Tale of Fairy	Jeong Yi-hyeon's mother		[20]
2019	Hotel del Luna	Lee Se-yeong, doctor's wife	(Ep. 12)	[21]
	Doctor John	Yoo Ri-hye's older sister		[22]
	When the Devil Calls Your Name	Jeong Seon-sim		[23]
	Welcome 2 Life	Joo Yeong-ok		[24]
	Psychopath Diary	Na In Hye		[25]
2020	Kairos	Jung Hye-kyeong		[26]
2021	Scripting Your Destiny	Yang Mi-soon		[27]
	Bossam: Steal the Fate	Royal Consort So-ui		[28]
	At a Distance, Spring Is Green	Cha Jung-joo		[29]
2021–2022	The One and Only	Moon Young-ji		[30]
2022	Twenty-Five Twenty-One	Ji Seung-wan's mother		[31]
	Shooting Stars	Kwon Myung-hee		[32]
	Eve	Kim Gye-yeong		[33]
2023	Oasis	Jeom Am-daek		[34]
	Miraculous Brothers	Cha Young-sook		[35]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2020	The Temperature of Language: Our Nineteen	Kim Soon-myeong	[36]
2021	The Witch's Diner	Seo Ae-sook	[37]
	One Ordinary Day	Hong Ae-kyeong	[13]
2022	Miracle	Lee So-rin's mother

Theater

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Knock Knock Knock	Mother	[38]
2008	Kiss - (2008 Seoul International Performing Arts Festival)
2009	Three Sisters	Natasha
2010	Wife's Outing	Daughter-in-law