:Jang So-yeon
{{Short description|South Korean actress (born 1980)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{family name hatnote|Jang||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jang So-yeon
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|01|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Sinsa-dong, Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea
| birth_name = Seo Eun-jung
| education =
| alma_mater = Sookmyung Women's University – Department of English and Chinese
| occupation = {{ubl|Actress|Theater actor}}
| years_active = 2001–present
| agent = Clover Company
| awards = Best Supporting Actress award at 6th APAN Star Awards in 2018
| module = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes|headercolor=transparent
| hangul = 장소연
| hanja = 張少妍
| rr = Jang So-yeon
| mr = Chang Soyŏn
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Jang So-yeon ({{Korean|hangul=장소연}}; born Seo Eun-jung on 28 January 1980){{Cite web|url=https://www.hancinema.net/korean_Jang_So-yeon.php|title=Jang So-yeon (장소연)|website=HanCinema|access-date=February 13, 2022}} is a South Korean actress. She is alumni of Sookmyung Women's University, Department of English and Chinese.{{Cite web|url=https://100.daum.net/encyclopedia/view/33XXXXX22333|script-title=ko:장소연 |trans-title= Jang So-yeon |website=Daum|access-date= February 13, 2022|language=ko}} 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 (2017), 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.{{Cite web|url=https://movie.daum.net/person/main?personId=80182|script-title=ko:장소연 |trans-title=Jang So-yeon|website=Daum Movies|access-date=February 13, 2022}}
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'. She has appeared in My Lawyer, Mr. Jo (2016), While You Were Sleeping (2017), The Secret Life of My Secretary (2019), and Welcome 2 Life (2019).{{Cite web|url=https://www.viki.com/celebrities/21064pr-jang-so-yeon?locale=en|script-title=ko:장소연 |trans-title= Jang So-yeon |website=Rakuten Viki}}
In 2018 she appeared in JTBC's TV series Something in the Rain as Seo Kyung-seon, for her performance she won the best supporting actress award at 6th APAN Star Awards.
In 2019-20 she played Hyun Myeong-sun, a North Korean housewife in tvN's romantic drama Crash Landing on You, which is the third highest-rated South Korean TV drama in cable television history. Jang's performance was appreciated as she pulled off the role with her natural North Korean dialect.{{Cite news|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/108/0002843432 |script-title=ko:'사랑의불시착' 장소연 "통일 후 북한서 촬영하는 날 오길"..종영 소감 |trans-title='Crash Landing on You' Jang So-yeon "I hope the day of filming in North Korea will come after reunification"... Ending impressions |author=Kim Mi-hwa |work=Star News|publisher=Naver|date=February 16, 2020|access-date=February 15, 2022|language=ko}}
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.{{Cite news|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/108/0002941930 |script-title=ko:'아이를 찾습니다' 장소연, 母 피폐함→정신적 충격 '눈물샘 자극' |trans-title='Finding a Child' Jang So-yeon, exhaustion → psychological shock 'stimulation of the tear glands' |author=Han Hae-sun |work=Star News|publisher=Naver|date=March 24, 2021|access-date=February 14, 2022|language=ko}}
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.{{Cite news|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/312/0000529092 |script-title=ko:장소연, '기상청 사람들' → '그리드' 열일 행보...브라운관+OTT 동시 공략 |trans-title=Jang So-yeon, 'Meteorological Agency People' → 'Grid' hard work... CRT+OTT attack simultaneously |author=Yoo Jung-min |work=Ten Asia|publisher=Naver |date=February 7, 2022|access-date=February 14, 2022|language=ko}} In September, Jang signed an exclusive contract with Clover Company.{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=144&aid=0000838064|last=Ha|first=Kyung-heon|script-title=ko:장소연, 한석규와 한솥밥|trans-title=Jang So-yeon, Han Seok-gyu and Hansotbap|publisher=Sports Kyunghyang|via=Naver|date=September 22, 2022|access-date=September 22, 2022|language=ko}}
Filmography
=Films=
=Television series=
Theater
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Red Island - Copper | Hongdo |
| 2017 | Lapartite | Mauriel |
Awards and nominations
References
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External links
- {{HanCinema person|Jang_So-yeon}}
- [https://movie.daum.net/person/main?personId=80182 Jang So-yeon on Daum] {{In lang|ko}}
- [https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/per/00014498 Jang So-yeon on KMDb]
{{APAN Star Awards for Best Supporting Actress}}
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Category:21st-century South Korean actresses
Category:South Korean film actresses
Category:South Korean television actresses
Category:Sookmyung Women's University alumni
Category:Best Supporting Actress for APAN Star Awards winners