Jang So-yeon

Jang So-yeon (; 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, 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'.

In 2018 she appeared in JTBC's TV series Something in the Rain as Seo Kyung-seon,

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 NotesRef. 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 2018 The Soup Ae-shim 2019 Crazy Romance Mi-yeong 2020 Peninsula Jung-seok's elder sister

Television series Year Title Role NotesRef. 2007 Behind the White Tower Yoo Mi-ra 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 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 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 APAN Star Awards 2018 Best Supporting Actress Something in the Rain MBC Drama Awards 2019 Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries Welcome 2 Life