# Jo Bo-ah

Jo Bo-yoon (Korean: 조보윤; born August 22, 1991), commonly known as Jo Bo-ah (조보아), is a South Korean actress. She is known for her roles in Goodbye to Goodbye (2018), My Strange Hero (2018), Forest (2020), Tale of the Nine Tailed (2020), Military Prosecutor Doberman (2022), and Destined With You (2023).

## Early life

Jo Bo-ah was born Jo Bo-yoon on August 22, 1991, in Seongnae-dong, Seoul, South Korea. Jo graduated from Sungkyunkwan University majoring in Performing Arts. She has a younger sister, and is part of the Changnyeong Jo clan.

## Career

Jo made her acting debut in 2011 with a small role in the daily sitcom I Live in Cheongdam-dong on cable channel JTBC. This was followed by a hosting gig on the audition program Made in U (also on JTBC), and an appearance in the Korean-Japanese co-production Koisuru Maison ~Rainbow Rose~.
In 2012, Jo landed her first major role as a former rich girl who falls for a rocker in tvN's coming-of-age series Shut Up Flower Boy Band. Later that year, she appeared in her first network TV series with a supporting role in the MBC period drama The King's Doctor.
In 2013, Jo and Kim Woo-bin hosted Mnet's weekly music show M Countdown for two weeks (on April 4 and 11).
Jo was cast in her first film in 2014, as a troubled, seductive teenager who becomes obsessed with her gym teacher in the erotic thriller Innocent Thing. Back on cable television, she played the leading role in romantic comedy series The Idle Mermaid, a modern retelling of The Little Mermaid set amidst the competitive Korean workplace.
Jo tried a new genre in 2015 with the OCN police procedural drama The Missing, where she played a detective on the missing persons task force. She then joined the ensemble cast of the KBS weekend family drama All About My Mom, and starred in web series Love Cells 2, adapted from the webtoon of the same title.
In 2016, Jo starred in revenge melodrama Monster and romantic comedy series Sweet Stranger and Me. In 2017, she starred in romance melodrama Temperature of Love, and the two-episode drama special Let's Meet, Joo-oh.
In 2018, Jo starred in Goodbye to Goodbye, based on a webtoon about the stories of two women. She played a university student who faces challenges as a single mother. The same year, she starred in the romantic comedy drama My Strange Hero.
In 2020, Jo starred in the romance drama Forest as a doctor. The same year, she was cast in the fantasy drama Tale of the Nine Tailed as a television producer named as Nam Ji-ah.
In February 2021, Jo signed with KeyEast after the expiration of her contract with the former agency. In 2021, she was cast in a new military themed drama Military Prosecutor Doberman which airs in 2022 as Cha Woo-in, a military prosecutor who hides her vengeful persona.
In 2023, Jo starred in the series Destined With You as a civil servant who stumbles across a secret box that could be the key to ending a solitary lawyer's family curse. On September 20, Jo was cast in Netflix's mystery melodrama Hong Rang.
On January 3, 2024, it was announced that Jo would depart from KeyEast after her contract expiry at the end of January.
On February 16, Jo signed with the newly-launched management agency XYZ Studio. XYZ Studio, led by Jo's longtime manager at KeyEast Kim Hyung-dae, is a subsidiary of the entertainment company Billions [ko] (then known as Blade Entertainment).

## Personal life

On October 12, 2024, Jo married her non-celebrity boyfriend in a private ceremony.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
| 2014 | Innocent Thing | Ha Young-eun | |

### Television series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2011 | I Live in Cheongdam-dong | Bo-ah | Cameo (Episode 10, 14–15) |
| 2012 | Flower Band | Im Soo-ah | |
| 2012 | Koisuru Maison Rainbow Rose | Bo-ah | |
| 2012–2013 | The King's Doctor | Seo Eun-seo | |
| 2014 | The Idle Mermaid | Kim Ha-ni / Aileen | |
| 2015 | The Missing | Jin Seo-joon | |
| 2015 | All About My Mom | Jang Chae-ri | |
| 2016 | Monster | Do Shin-young | |
| 2016 | Sweet Stranger and Me | Do Yeo-joo | |
| 2017 | Temperature of Love | Ji Hong-ah | |
| 2017 | KBS Drama Special: "Let Us Meet" | Lee Soo-ji | |
| 2018 | Goodbye to Goodbye | Jung-hyo | |
| 2018–2019 | My Strange Hero | Son Soo-jung | |
| 2020 | Forest | Jung Young-jae | |
| 2020 | Tale of the Nine Tailed | Nam Ji-ah / Yi Ah-eum | |
| 2022 | Military Prosecutor Doberman | Cha Woo-in | |
| 2023 | Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 | Nam Ji-ah | Cameo |
| 2023 | Destined With You | Lee Hong-jo | |

### Web series

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2015 | Love Cells 2 | Ye-bom |
| 2025 | Knock-Off | Song Hye-jung |
| TBA | Hong Rang | Jae-yi |

### Television shows

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2011–2012 | Made in U | Contestant | |
| 2017 | Law of the Jungle in Sumatra | Cast member | Episode 261–264 |
| 2017 | Battle Trip | Contestant | With Kim So-eun (Episode 58–61) |
| 2018–2019 | Baek Jong-won's Alley Restaurant | Co-host | With Baek Jong-won and Kim Sung-joo (Episode 11–59) |
| 2021 | Korea On Stage-Namwon Gwanghallu | Host | |
| 2024 | Europe Outside the Tent | Cast Member | Season 4 |

### Web shows

| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
| 2021 | From the New World | Cast member | |

### Hosting

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2020 | 2020 KBS Drama Awards | Co-host | With Do Kyung-wan [ko] , Lee Sang-yeob and Kim Kang-hoon |
| 2020 | 2020 Trot Awards | Co-host | With Lim Young-woong and Kim Sung-joo |
| 2020 | 29th Seoul Music Awards | Co-host | With Kim Hee-chul and Shin Dong-yup |

### Music video appearances

| Year | Song title | Artist | Ref. |
| 2016 | "Remember That" | BtoB | |
| 2020 | "Everybody Has" | Chungha | |

## Ambassadorship

* Public Relations Ambassador for National Election Commission General Election (2016)
* Goodwill Ambassador for Heart-Heart Foundation (2018)
* Honorary Firefighter for National Fire Agency (2020)
* Public Relations Ambassador for Korea Sale Festa (2021)
* Public Relations Ambassador for National Tax Service (2022)
* Public Relations Ambassador for National Heritage Visit Campaign (2024)

## 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 |
| APAN Star Awards | 2018 | Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama | Goodbye to Goodbye | Won |
| APAN Star Awards | 2021 | Popular Star Award, Actress | Tale of the Nine Tailed | Nominated |
| Grimae Awards | 2015 | Best New Actress | All About My Mom | Won |
| KBS Drama Awards | 2015 | Popularity Award, Actress | All About My Mom | Won |
| KBS Drama Awards | 2015 | Best New Actress | All About My Mom | Nominated |
| KBS Drama Awards | 2016 | Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Sweet Stranger and Me | Nominated |
| KBS Drama Awards | 2017 | Best Actress in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama | Let Us Meet, Joo Oh | Nominated |
| KBS Drama Awards | 2020 | Best Couple Award | Jo Bo-ah (with Park Hae-jin) Forest | Won |
| KBS Drama Awards | 2020 | Netizen Award, Actress | Forest | Won |
| KBS Drama Awards | 2020 | Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Forest | Nominated |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2016 | Best New Actress | Monster | Won |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2016 | Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama | Monster | Nominated |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2018 | Excellence Award, Actress in a Weekend Drama | Goodbye to Goodbye | Won |
| SBS Drama Awards | 2017 | Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama | Temperature of Love | Nominated |
| SBS Drama Awards | 2017 | Best New Actress | Temperature of Love | Nominated |
| SBS Drama Awards | 2019 | Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | My Strange Hero | Nominated |
| SBS Entertainment Awards | 2017 | Best Challenge Award | Law of the Jungle | Won |
| SBS Entertainment Awards | 2018 | Excellence Award in Variety Category | Baek Jong-won's Alley Restaurant | Won |
| SBS Entertainment Awards | 2018 | Rookie Award in Female Category | Baek Jong-won's Alley Restaurant | Nominated |
| The Seoul Awards | 2018 | Best New Actress (Drama) | Goodbye to Goodbye | Won |

### State honors

Name of country or organization, year given, and name of honor :
| Country or organization | Year | Honor | Ref. |
| National Tax Service | 2022 | Presidential Commendation | |

### Listicles

Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement :
| Publisher | Year | Listicle | Placement | Ref. |
| Forbes | 2019 | Korea Power Celebrity 40 | 29th | |