# Jang So-yeon

Jang So-yeon (Korean: 장소연; born Seo Eun-jung on 28 January 1980) is a South Korean actress. She is alumni of Sookmyung Women's University, Department of English and Chinese. She made her acting debut in 2001, since then, she has appeared in number of plays, films and television series. She is known for her roles in My Father Is Strange (2017), Something in the Rain (2018) and Crash Landing on You (2019). She has acted in films such as: Veteran (2015) and Peninsula (2020) among others.

## Career

Jang So-yeon is a graduate in English and Chinese from Sookmyung Women's University. She is a member of the theater company 'Yeonwoo Stage'. She has appeared in My Lawyer, Mr. Jo (2016), While You Were Sleeping (2017), The Secret Life of My Secretary (2019), and Welcome 2 Life (2019).
In 2018 she appeared in JTBC's TV series Something in the Rain as Seo Kyung-seon, for her performance she won the best supporting actress award at 6th APAN Star Awards.
In 2019-20 she played Hyun Myeong-sun, a North Korean housewife in tvN's romantic drama Crash Landing on You, which is the third highest-rated South Korean TV drama in cable television history. Jang's performance was appreciated as she pulled off the role with her natural North Korean dialect.
In 2021 Jang was appreciated for her performance as Kang Mi-ra, a mother who had a child abducted 11 years ago, in JTBC Drama festa Missing Child.
In 2022 Jang is appearing in JTBC's office romantic drama Forecasting Love and Weather and cast in Disney+ Sci-fi thriller Grid as Choi Seon-ul, the deputy director of the secretariat for 25 years. In September, Jang signed an exclusive contract with Clover Company.

## Filmography
### Films

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2001 | Take Care of My Cat | |
| 2002 | Desire | Soyeon |
| 2005 | Red Eye | Joo-mi |
| 2006 | Over the Border | |
| 2006 | Seducing Mr. Perfect | |
| 2007 | Unstoppable Marriage | |
| 2007 | Going by the Book | Reporter 2 |
| 2008 | Crossing | North Korean defector 3, woman |
| 2008 | My Dear Enemy | Eun-jeong |
| 2009 | Castaway on the Moon | Seong-geun's girlfriend |
| 2009 | 19-Nineteen | Yoo Eun-hye |
| 2010 | Wedding Dress | |
| 2010 | The Yellow Sea | Employee at Do-man Hotel |
| 2011 | Silenced | courtroom sign language interpreter |
| 2014 | Another Promise | |
| 2014 | My Dictator | Sanatorium nurse |
| 2015 | Gangnam Blues | Banquet hall beauties |
| 2015 | Veteran | Driver Bae's wife |
| 2016 | The Wailing | Jong-goo's wife |
| 2018 | High Society | Prosecutor Jo Yeong-seon |
| 2018 | The Soup | Ae-shim |
| 2019 | Crazy Romance | Mi-yeong |
| 2020 | Peninsula | Jung-seok's elder sister |

### Television series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2007 | Behind the White Tower | Yoo Mi-ra | |
| 2009 | Queen Seondeok | | |
| 2010 | Dong Yi | Geum-hong | |
| 2010 | KBS Drama Special: "Flashman" | Dong-cheol | Season 1, Episode 13 |
| 2011 | Special Affairs Team TEN | Im Yoo-kyeong | |
| 2012 | How Long I've Kissed | Yoon Mi-rae | |
| 2014 | Secret Affair | Ahn Se-jin | |
| 2015 | Heard It Through the Grapevine | Min Joo-young | |
| 2015 | The Village: Achiara's Secret | Kang Joo-hee | |
| 2016 | My Lawyer, Mr. Jo | Choi Ah-rim | |
| 2016 | Entourage | Jo Tae-young | |
| 2017 | My Father Is Strange | Lee Bo-mi | |
| 2017 | While You Were Sleeping | Do Geum-sook | |
| 2018 | Goodbye to Goodbye | Jeong Hyo's mother | Special appearance |
| 2018 | Something in the Rain | Seo Kyung-seon | Best supporting actress award |
| 2018 | Heart Surgeons | Kang Eun-sook | |
| 2019 | Touch Your Heart | Yang Eun-ji | |
| 2019 | The Secret Life of My Secretary | Lee Eul-wang | |
| 2019 | Welcome 2 Life | Bang Young-suk | |
| 2019-20 | Crash Landing on You | Hyun Myeong-sun | |
| 2020 | The Game: Towards Zero | Yoo Ji-won | |
| 2021 | Drama Festa: "Missing Child" | Kang Mi-ra | |
| 2022 | Forecasting Love and Weather | Lee Hyang-rae | |
| 2022 | Grid | Choi Sun-wool | |
| 2023 | Divorce Attorney Shin | Ji-eun | Special appearance |
| 2024 | The Midnight Romance in Hagwon | Choi Ji-eun | |

## Theater

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2014 | Red Island - Copper | Hongdo | |
| 2017 | Lapartite | Mauriel | |

## 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 | Work | Result |
| SBS Drama Awards | 2015 | Special Award, Actress in a Miniseries | The Village: Achiara's Secret | Nominated |
| APAN Star Awards | 2018 | Best Supporting Actress | Something in the Rain | Won |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2019 | Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries | Welcome 2 Life | Nominated |