Choi Bae-young

{{Short description|South Korean actress (born 1990)}}

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| name = Choi Bae-young

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|1|22}}

| birth_place = Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 2008–present

| agent = HB Entertainment

| education = Korea National University of Arts – Acting Department

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| module = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes|headercolor=transparent

| hangul = 최배영

| hanja = 崔陪榮

| rr = Choe Bae-yeong

| mr = Ch'oe Paeyŏng

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Choi Bae-young ({{Korean|hangul=최배영}}; born January 22, 1990){{Cite news|date=July 2, 2022|url=http://www.shinmoongo.net/sub_read.html?uid=152101|script-title=ko:연예인 고무줄 나이 원인인 모델업계 나이 속이기 문제 심각해|language=ko|access-date=July 3, 2022|archive-date=July 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702150026/http://www.shinmoongo.net/sub_read.html?uid=152101|url-status=live}} is a South Korean actress.

Watching Korean dramas with her grandmother when she was a child, she grew interested in arts and entertainment, and dreamed of being an actress or a film director. When she was in high school, her father suggested her to try acting. She then enrolled in the Acting Department of the Korea National University of Arts and started auditioning, at first without an agency.{{cite web|language=ko|url=http://bntnews.hankyung.com/apps/news?mode=sub_view&popup=0&nid=08&c1=08&c2=01&c3=&nkey=201611220831383|script-title=ko:[인터뷰] 최배영 “흔들림 없이 좋은 연기 보여주는 배우 되고파”|trans-title=[Interview] Choi Bae-young "Being an actress showing good acting without shaking"|date=November 22, 2016|accessdate=September 24, 2017|publisher=BNT News|archive-date=September 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924225551/http://bntnews.hankyung.com/apps/news?mode=sub_view&popup=0&nid=08&c1=08&c2=01&c3=&nkey=201611220831383|url-status=live}}

She made her debut through several theater and independent films, and drew attention in 2015 with her role in Great Stories: Kim Sisters.{{cite web|language=ko|url=http://stv.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20150318500230|script-title=ko:‘위대한 이야기’ 최배영 ‘김시스터즈’ 열연…무서운 신예|trans-title=Hot Choi Bae-young in "Great Stories: Kim Sisters"... A scary rookie|date=March 18, 2015|accessdate=September 24, 2017|publisher=Seoul TV|archive-date=April 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150420121854/http://stv.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20150318500230|url-status=live}} In April 2016 she became an ambassador for Friends of Hope.{{cite web|language=ko|url=http://www.segye.com/newsView/20160412001962|script-title=ko:DSP미디어 새식구 최배영, '희망의 친구들' 홍보대사 발탁|trans-title=DSP Media new actress Choi Bae-young appointed as ambassador for Friends of Hope|date=April 12, 2016|accessdate=September 24, 2017|publisher=Segye Ilbo|archive-date=September 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924225946/http://www.segye.com/newsView/20160412001962|url-status=live}}