Jeon So-min

Jeon So-min (; born April 7, 1986) is a South Korean actress. Jeon made her debut in 2004 with the sitcom Miracle. In 2006, she made her big-screen debut through the film, Cinderella. Jeon played her first leading role in the television series Princess Aurora, for which she won the Best New Actress Award at the 2013 MBC Drama Awards.

Her other notable performances include the daily drama Tomorrow Victory (2015); romantic comedy drama Something About 1% (2016); medical thriller Cross (2018); and romantic comedy dramas Top Star U-back (2018), Review: Notebook of my Embarrassing Days (2018), Birthday Letter (2019), and Big Data Romance (2019).

Jeon was a regular cast member of variety show Running Man from April 2017 to October 2023, where she achieved international recognition. She also appeared in the first two seasons of variety show Sixth Sense.

Early life Jeon So-min was born on April 7, 1986. Her hometown is at Goyang, Gyeonggi Province. Jeon has a younger brother, Wook-min. Before Jeon's official debut in the acting industry, she had been working as a fashion magazine model on her second year of high school. She graduated from Dongduk Women's University, majoring in Broadcasting and Entertainment.

Career In April 2017, Jeon joined Running Man as a regular cast member.

In January 2020, Jeon published her first book titled You Can Call Me After a Drink.

In April 2020, it was announced that Jeon has signed with King Kong by Starship.

In October 2020, Jeon starred in The Name.

In May 2022, Jeon renewed her contract with King Kong by Starship.

On October 23, 2023, King Kong by Starship announced that Jeon would be stepping down from Running Man to recharge and focus on her acting. Her last recording took place on October 30, 2023.

On May 8, 2024, King Kong by Starship announced that Jeon's exclusive contract wouldn't be renewed, ending her 4 year collaboration with the agency. In July 2024, she signed with new agency Studio Santa Claus Entertainment. Jeon later joined the management agency Makit Studio.

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Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2006 Cinderella Hye-won 2011 Help Me Short film 2012 Love Call Soo-ah 2013 Sun Cream Short film 2019 Cameo 2020 THE NAME Seo Ri-ae 2024 Idiot Girls and School Ghost: School Anniversary Homeroom Teacher Cameo 2025 Only God Knows Everything Baek Soo-yeon 2026 Eighteen Youth Hee-joo

Television series Year Title Role Notes 2004 Miracle Drama City:"Father of the Ocean" One-act drama 2007 The Great Catsby Choi Soo-yeon 2008 One Mom and Three Dads Nam Jong-hee East of Eden Lee Ki-soon 2010 Joseon X-Files Choi Eui-sin Cameo (Episode 6) Jungle Fish 2 Ahn Ba-woo's dating partner Cameo (Episode 3) 2010–2011 Finding Mr. and Ms. Right Young-hwa 2011 Baby Faced Beauty Lee Jin-hee Cameo (Episode 7 and 9) Drama Special:"Yeongdeok Women's Wrestling Team" Cha Yeon-hee One-act drama KBS HDTV Literature Hall:"Gwangyeom Sonata" Nam Jeong-yeon 2011–2012 Insu, the Queen Mother Jang Nok-soo Cameo (Episode 56–58 and 60) 2013 Princess Aurora Oh Ro-ra 2014 Endless Love Kim Se-gyung Mother's Garden Baek Song-i Cameo (Episode 16) More Than a Maid Dan-ji 2015 Late Night Restaurant Hye-jin Cameo (Episode 13) 2015–2016 Tomorrow Victory Han Seung-ri 2016 Drinking Solo Kim Won-hae's sister-in-lawJin Jung-suk's blind date partner Cameo (Episode 10) Something About 1% Kim Da-hyun 2017 My Secret Romance Girl in the Club Cameo (Episode 1) Idol Drama Operation Team Herself Cameo (Episode 1 and 8) The Bride of Habaek Patient Cameo (Episode 4) Single Wife TV Host Cameo (Episode 1) 2018 Cross Go Ji-in Drama Special:"Review Notebook of My Embarrassing Days" Do Do-hye One-act drama Top Star U-back Oh Kang-soon 2019 Drama Special:"Birthday Letter" Kim Jae-yeon Drama Stage:"Big Data Dating" Ahn Bit-na One-act drama 2021 Drama Special:"Hee-soo" Hwang Joo-eun Four-act drama 2021–2022 Show Window: The Queen's House Yoon Mi-ra 2022 Cleaning Up Ahn In-kyung 2023 Delivery Man Ghost Cameo (Episode 4) 2024–2025 Sorry Not Sorry Ji Song-yi

Web series Year Title Role Notes 2021 So I Married the Anti-fan Kim Da-hyun Cameo (Episode 11)

Television shows Year Title Role Notes 2017 Living Together in Empty Room Cast member With Brave Brothers and Yang Se-chan (Episode 1–7) 2017–2023 Running Man 2020–2021 Sixth Sense Season 1–2 2022–2023 The Skip Dating Host

Hosting Year Title Notes 2019 25th Dream Concert With Leeteuk and Gongchan 2021 2020 APAN Music Awards With Kim Jong-kook 2022 2022 K Global Heart Dream Awards With Lee Yong-jin

Music video appearances Year Song title Artist 2004 "How Much" Turtles 2011 "Just Looking at You Is Nice" "Sun & Star" 2013 "Atlantis Princess" Lena Park 2021 "Be With Me" Soran

Discography Singles Title Year Album "He_Starlight" 2014 "Confession, Come Out Now" 2019 Running Man Fan-meeting: Project Running 9 "I Like It" 2019

Narrations Title Year Album "Blue & Blue" 2021 Normal Blue "I Love You" Normal Red "Why Not Cut Long Hair" Normal Black

Composition credits

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(s) / Work(s) Result Asia Artist Awards 2020 Popularity Award (Actress) Jeon So-min Asia Model Awards 2014 Drama Star Award Princess Aurora 2017 Popular Star Award Jeon So-min Brand Customer Loyalty Awards 2019 Actress Brand Loyalty Leader KBS Drama Awards 2018 Best Actress in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama Review Notebook of My Embarrassing Days 2021 Best Actress in Drama Special/TV Cinema Hee-soo Korea Drama Awards 2014 Excellence Award, actress Princess Aurora 2022 Show Window: The Queen's House Korea First Brand Awards 2018 Female Commercial Model Award Jeon So-min 2020 Best Multi-Entertainer Running Man and The Sixth Sense 2021 Best Multi-Entertainer (Female) Jeon So-min MBC Drama Awards 2013 Best New Actress Princess Aurora 2016 Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Tomorrow Victory SBS Entertainment Awards 2017 Rookie Award, Variety Running Man Best Couple Award Jeon So-min Running Man 2018 Top Excellence Award in Variety Category Running Man Excellence Award in Variety Category Best Couple Award Jeon So-min Running Man 2020 Golden Content Award With Running Man members Seoul International Drama Awards 2022 Best Actress Hee-soo