So Yoo-jin

So Yoo-jin
Born	August 11, 1981 South Korea
Education	Dongguk University - Film and Digital Media
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2000–present
Agent	Star J Entertainment
Spouse(s)	Baek Jong-won (m. 2013)
Children	2
Korean name
Hangul	소유진
Hanja	蘇有珍
Revised Romanization	So Yu-jin
McCune–Reischauer	So Yu-jin

So Yoo-jin (born August 11, 1981) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading roles in the television dramas Rookie (2000), Delicious Proposal (2001), Fox and Cotton Candy (2001), and Rival (2002), Mai Ratima(2013).^[1]

Personal life

On January 19, 2013, So married Baek Jong-won, chef and CEO of 26 restaurant franchises with 169 branches across the country.^[2][3][4][5] Their first child, a son, was born on April 9, 2014.^[6][7][8] Their second child, a daughter, was born on September 21, 2015.^[9][10][11] On April 2016, So's father died the same day as of her son's birthday. ^[12]

Filmography

Television drama

• Five Children (KBS2, 2016)
• Great Stories "The Kim Sisters" (TV Chosun/tvN, 2015)
• Potato Star 2013QR3 (tvN, 2013) (cameo, ep 11)
• Pretty Man (KBS2, 2013) (guest appearance, ep 1-4)
• Drama Special "Happy! Rose Day" (KBS2, 2013)
• Can't Live Without You (MBC, 2012)
• Happy Ending (jTBC, 2012)
• Golden Fish (MBC, 2010)
• Thirty Thousand Miles in Search of My Son (SBS, 2007-2008)
• Unstoppable High Kick! (MBC, 2007) (cameo, ep 107)
• Alone in Love (SBS, 2006) (cameo, ep 1)
• Seoul 1945 (KBS1, 2006)
• Cute or Crazy (SBS, 2005)
• Banjun Drama (SBS, 2004-2005)
• Good Person (MBC, 2003)
• The Bean Chaff of My Life (MBC, 2003)
• Rival (SBS, 2002)
• Fox and Cotton Candy (MBC, 2001-2002)
• Cool (KBS2, 2001)
• Delicious Proposal (MBC, 2001)
• Rookie (SBS, 2000-2001)
• Virtue (SBS, 2000)

Film

• Mai Ratima (2013)^[13]
• The Dinner (short film, 2011)
• Break Away (2010)
• Short! Short! Short! 2009: Show Me the Money (2009, short film "Sitcom")^[14]
• 3 Colors Love Story (2006, short film "I'm O.K")
• The Rainy Day (2005)
• 2424 (2002)
• Rundim (2001, animated)

Variety show

• Wonderful Day (MBC Music, 2012)
• Section TV (MBC, 2001-2002)
• Inkigayo (Popular Music) (SBS, 2001-2002)
• Music Box (iTV, 2001)
• In Search of the Best (SBS, 2000)

Musical theatre

• Between Raindrops (2008)

Radio program

• To You Who Forget the Night with So Yoo-jin (KBS Happy FM, 2009)
• Popular Songs with So Yoo-jin (KBS Happy FM, 2006)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2001	MBC Entertainment Awards	Excellence Award	Section TV	Won
	MBC Drama Awards	Best New Actress	Delicious Proposal	Won
2002	Baeksang Arts Awards	Most Popular Actress (TV)	Rival	Won
	SBS Drama Awards	Top 10 Stars		Won
		Most Popular Actress		Won
2003	MBC Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress	The Bean Chaff of My Life, Good Person	Won
2010	MBC Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress	Golden Fish	Nominated
2012	MBC Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	Can't Live Without You	Nominated

References

1. Kim, Jae-bum (8 February 2001). "Rookie actress So Yu-Jin of SBS-TV's Rookie". The Dong-a Ilbo. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
2. "So Yu-jin to Marry Franchise Tycoon". The Chosun Ilbo. 30 November 2012. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
3. "So Yu-jin marries restaurant tycoon". Korea JoongAng Daily. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
4. "So Yu-jin Ties Knot with Franchise Tycoon". The Chosun Ilbo. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
5. Kim, Bo-ra (21 January 2013). "So Yoo-jin's husband confirmed the rumor on marriage". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
6. Lee, Sun-min (27 November 2013). "So Yu-jin has baby on way". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
7. "Actress So Yu-jin to Have Baby in Spring". The Chosun Ilbo. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
8. Park, Si-soo (10 April 2014). "So Yoo-jin becomes mother". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
9. Lim, Jeong-yeo (21 September 2015). "So Yoo-jin, Baek Jong-won welcome baby girl". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
10. Jin, Min-ji (22 September 2015). "New baby for Baek Jong-won and wife". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
11. "So Yu-jin Celebrates Birth of Baby Girl". The Chosun Ilbo. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
12. Nam, U Jung (2016-04-10). "소유진, 9일 부친상 당해…남편 백종원과 빈소 지켜".
13. Sunwoo, Carla (7 June 2013). "Mai Ratima tackles the challenges of a multicultural Korea". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
14. Lee, Hyo-won (30 September 2009). "Money Comes Up Rather Short". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2014-04-10.

External links

• So Yu-jin on Twitter
  
• So Yu-jin at the Internet Movie Database
• So Yoo-jin at the Internet Movie Database
• So You-jin at the Korean Movie Database
• So Yoo-jin at HanCinema