# Jung So-min

Kim Yoon-ji (Korean: 김윤지; born March 16, 1989), known professionally as Jung So-min (정소민), is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut with a supporting role in the television series Bad Guy (2010). Jung is known for her roles in the television series Playful Kiss (2010), My Father Is Strange (2017), Because This Is My First Life (2017), The Smile Has Left Your Eyes (2018), Alchemy of Souls (2022), and Love Next Door (2024), as well as the film Love Reset (2023).

## Career
### 2010–2015: Career beginnings

Jung first attracted attention when she made her acting debut in 2010 with a supporting role in the television series Bad Guy. This led to a leading role in her next project Playful Kiss, the Korean adaptation of the popular manga Itazura na Kiss. Though it received low ratings in Korea, the romantic comedy was popular overseas, further raising Jung's profile.
Jung then took a short break in 2011 to concentrate on her studies at the Korea National University of Arts. In 2012, she returned to the small screen as part of the ensemble cast of the sitcom Standby. Later that year, she played a more mature role opposite Sung Joon in the cable series Can We Get Married?.
Jung left her talent agency Bloom Entertainment in 2013 and joined SM Culture & Contents. She then appeared in Came to Me and Became a Star, a single-episode anthology Drama Special.
In 2014, Jung played a self-centered heiress who falls for the protagonist (played by Kang Ji-hwan) in Big Man. This was followed in 2015 by a supporting role in coming-of-age film Twenty, and leading roles in horror-romance film Alice: Boy from Wonderland and disaster-medical drama D-Day.

### 2016–present: Continued success

Jung starred in a Drama Special The Red Teacher in 2016. She was then cast as the female lead in The Sound of Your Heart opposite Lee Kwang-soo in December of the same year. The web drama was a success in China and gained more than 100 million views on Sohu.
In 2017, Jung was cast in KBS weekend family drama My Father is Strange. She also starred in the body-swap comedy Daddy You, Daughter Me opposite veteran actor Yoon Je-moon. She then left SM Culture & Contents in June and signed with new management agency Jellyfish Entertainment. In August, she confirmed her appearance in tvN's romantic comedy series Because This Is My First Life alongside Lee Min-ki. She also released an OST "Because You Are Beside Me" for the drama.
Jung was chosen to play the lead role in The Smile Has Left Your Eyes in 2018. This is an adaptation of the 2002 Japanese television series Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi where she also recorded an OST "Star" with her co-star, Seo In-guk. The same year, she was cast in the historical comedy flick Homme Fatale. She wrapped up 2018 with her first radio show Jung So Min's Young Street on SBS Power FM, thus achieving her dream to become a radio DJ someday.
Jung left Jellyfish Entertainment in August 2019 and signed with another management company Blossom Entertainment. She then became a cast member in a healing variety program Little Forest, which is designed as a home kids garden development project for children. In December, she stepped down from her DJ post in Jung So Min's Young Street.
In 2020, Jung starred in the medical drama Soul Mechanic alongside Shin Ha-kyun where she portrayed a musical rising star with terrible anger management issues.
In 2021, she did a cameo in Park Joon-hwa's fantasy romantic comedy My Roommate Is a Gumiho, appearing as the woman whom protagonist Jang Ki-yong loved in the past. She also appeared in TV romance drama Monthly Magazine Home opposite Kim Ji-seok as an editor of a lifestyle magazine 'Monthly House'.
In 2022, Jung returned to the small screen with the tvN period fantasy drama Alchemy of Souls where she played a skilled assassin whose soul is trapped inside the body of servant girl, alongside Lee Jae-wook. However, she only made a cameo in the season 2.In August, Jung signed with TH Company. In September, Jung returned to the big screen for the first time in three years with the sci-fi film Project Wolf Hunting.
In 2023, Jung signed with Ieum Hashtag. In October of the same year, Jung starred in the South Korean romantic comedy film, Love Reset, directed by Nam Dae-jung, co-starring Kang Ha-neul where she played a film producer who suffering from amnesia due to an unexpected accident.
Jung accepted the offer to star alongside Jung Hae-in in 2024 tvN romantic comedy drama, Love Next Door helmed by director Yoo Je-won and writer Shin Ha-eun of Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha where she portrayed a character of a woman who is successful in life but suddenly breaks down one day and returns to her hometown to reboot her life. The drama dominated the ratings for a number of weeks.She is in talks to star in "Would You Marry Me?" a new SBS drama opposite Choi Woo Shik.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009 | Worst Friends | Mang | Short film |
| 2015 | Twenty | So-min | |
| 2015 | Alice: Boy from Wonderland | Hye-jung | |
| 2017 | Daddy You, Daughter Me | Won Do-yeon | |
| 2018 | Golden Slumber | Yoo-mi | Cameo |
| 2019 | Homme Fatale | Hae-won | |
| 2022 | Project Wolf Hunting | Lee Da-yeon | |
| 2023 | Love Reset | Hong Na-ra | |

### Television series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2010 | Bad Guy | Hong Mo-ne | |
| 2010 | Playful Kiss | Oh Ha-ni | |
| 2012 | Standby | Jung So-min | |
| 2012 | Can We Get Married? | Jung Hye-yoon | |
| 2013 | Came to Me and Became a Star | Ha-jin | Drama special |
| 2014 | Miss Korea | Gas station attendant | Cameo (Ep. 20) |
| 2014 | Big Man | Kang Jin-ah | |
| 2015 | D-Day | Jung Ddol-mi | |
| 2016 | The Red Teacher | Jang Soon-deok | Drama special |
| 2016 | The Sound of Your Heart | Choi Sang-bong/Ae-bong | |
| 2017 | My Father Is Strange | Byun Mi-young | |
| 2017 | Because This Is My First Life | Yoon Ji-ho | |
| 2018 | What's Wrong with Secretary Kim | Mi-so's mother (young) | Cameo (Ep. 10) |
| 2018 | The Smile Has Left Your Eyes | Yoo Jin-kang | |
| 2019 | Abyss | Female Alien "Grim Reaper" | Cameo (Ep. 1) |
| 2019 | Be Melodramatic | Seon-joo | Cameo (Ep. 16) |
| 2020 | Soul Mechanic | Han Woo-joo | |
| 2021 | My Roommate Is a Gumiho | Seo-hwa | Cameo (Ep. 5–7) |
| 2021 | Monthly Magazine Home | Na Young-won | |
| 2022 | Alchemy of Souls | Mu-deok / Jin Bu-yeon / Naksu | Part 1 |
| 2024 | Love Next Door | Bae Seok-ryu | |
| TBA | Would You Marry Me | Yoo Me-ri | |

### Television shows

| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
| 2019 | Little Forest | Cast member | |

### Radio shows

| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
| 2019 | Jung So-min's Young Street | DJ | |

## Theater

Theater play performances :
| Year | Title | Role | Venue | Date | Ref. |
| 2023 | Shakespeare in Love (셰익스피어 인 러브 - 서울) | Viola de Lesseps | Seoul Arts Center CJ Towol Theater | January 28 to March 26 | |
| 2023 | Shakespeare in Love (셰익스피어 인 러브 - 서울) | Viola de Lesseps | Sejong Arts Centre | April 8 to 9 | |

## Discography
### Singles

| Year | Song Title | Album | Notes |
| 2017 | "Because You're Here" | Because This Is My First Life OST | |
| 2018 | "Star" | The Smile Has Left Your Eyes OST | with Seo In-guk |

## Audio books

| Author | Title | Publication date | Publisher | Language | Notes |
| MIRAL Welfare Foundation | The Story Only I Didn't Know 3 | May 23, 2022 | MIRAL Welfare Foundation | Korean language | Recorded with Shin Beom-sik, Jo Su-yeon |

## 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 |
| 44th Golden Cinematography Awards | 2024 | Best Actress | Love Reset | Won |
| Asia Artist Awards | 2022 | Popularity Award – Actor | Jung So-min | Nominated |
| Asia Model Awards | 2011 | New Star Award | Jung So-min | Won |
| KBS Drama Awards | 2016 | Best Actress in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama | KBS Drama Special – Red Teacher | Nominated |
| KBS Drama Awards | 2017 | Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama | My Father is Strange | Nominated |
| KBS Drama Awards | 2017 | Netizen Award, Actress | My Father is Strange | Nominated |
| KBS Drama Awards | 2020 | Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Soul Mechanic | Nominated |
| KBS Entertainment Awards | 2016 | Best Couple Award | Jung So-min (with Lee Kwang-soo) The Sound of Your Heart | Won |
| Korea Jewelry Awards | 2010 | Topaz Award | Jung So-min | Won |
| Korean Drama Awards | 2022 | Top Excellence Award, Actress | Alchemy of Souls | Nominated |
| Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards | 2010 | Best New Actress for TV | Bad Guy | Won |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2010 | Best New Actress | Playful Kiss | Nominated |
| MBC Entertainment Awards | 2012 | Best Newcomer in a Comedy / Sitcom | Standby | Won |
| SBS Drama Awards | 2010 | Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Special | Bad Guy | Nominated |
| The Seoul Awards | 2017 | Best Supporting Actress – Drama | My Father is Strange | Nominated |