Jung So-min
Jung So-min (born Kim Yoon-ji on March 16, 1989) is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in 2010 with a supporting role in the television series "Bad Guy". She is known for her leading role in her 2010 TV series "Playful Kiss", the Korean adaptation of the popular manga "Itazura na Kiss". In 2020, Jung starred in the medical television series "Soul Mechanic". Career. 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". 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 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're Here" 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 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, protagonist Jang Ki-yong loved in the past. She is also appearing in TV romance drama "Monthly Magazine Home" opposite Kim Ji-seok as an editor of Lifestyle Magazine 'Monthly House'.