Choi Soo-young
{{Short description|South Korean singer and actress (born 1990)}}
{{redirect|Sooyoung|the given name|Soo-young}}
{{Family name hatnote|Choi|lang=Korean}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Choi Soo-young
| image = Choi Sooyoung LONGCHAMP 2024.jpg
| image_upright =
| caption = Choi in March 2024
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|02|10}}
| birth_place = Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
| education = Chung-Ang University
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|actress|songwriter}}
| years_active = 2002–present
| agent = Saram Entertainment
| partner = Jung Kyung-ho (2013–present)
| family = Choi Soo-jin (sister)
| website = {{URL|http://esaram.co.kr/en/choisooyoung|esaram.co.kr}}
| module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| genre = K-pop
| instrument = Vocals
| label = {{hlist|SM|Avex Trax}}
| current_member_of = Girls' Generation
| past_member_of = Route 0
| website = {{URL|https://choisooyoung.saram.fan/|Choi Sooyoung}}
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| module2 = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes|headercolor=transparent
| hangul = 최수영
| hanja =
| rr = Choe Suyeong
| mr = Ch'oe Suyŏng
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Choi Soo-young ({{Korean|hangul=최수영}}; born February 10, 1990), known mononymously as Sooyoung, is a South Korean singer, actress, and songwriter. She was a member of the short-lived Korean-Japanese singing duo Route 0 during 2002 in Japan. After returning to South Korea in 2004, Choi eventually became a member of girl group Girls' Generation in 2007, which went on to become one of the best-selling artists in South Korea and one of South Korea's most widely known girl groups worldwide. Apart from her group's activities, Choi has also starred in various television dramas such as The Third Hospital (2012), Dating Agency: Cyrano (2013), My Spring Days (2014), Squad 38 (2016), Man in the Kitchen (2017–2018), Tell Me What You Saw (2020), and most recently in Run On (2021), So I Married the Anti-fan (2021), If You Wish Upon Me (2022), and Not Others (2023).
In October 2017, Choi left SM Entertainment although she remains as a member of Girls' Generation. She joined Echo Global Group and released her first solo single "Winter Breath" in 2018, before moving to Saram Entertainment in 2019. In October 2024, Choi made her solo debut in Japan with released "Unstoppable" under Japan label Avex Trax.{{cite web | url=https://avexnet.jp/news/1019023 | title=【SooYoung】ついに本日10月23日(水)に日本ソロデビューシングルリード曲「Unstoppable」を全世界先行配信開始！【輝きは、止められない。】 | ニュース | date=October 23, 2024 }}
Early life and education
Choi was born in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on February 10, 1990.{{cite book|title=K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ|publisher=Tuttle Publishing|page=72|author=Mark Russell|date=April 29, 2014|access-date=October 29, 2016|isbn=978-1-4629-1411-1|archive-date=May 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527064350/https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}} She is the younger sister of Choi Soo-jin, who is a musical theatre actress.{{cite news|title=SNSD's Sooyoung and her sister love the same man on a TV series|url=http://star.mt.co.kr/foreign/starViewEng.html?no=2012092015441896273|publisher=StarNews|date=September 20, 2012|access-date=July 14, 2015|archive-date=July 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715105153/http://star.mt.co.kr/foreign/starViewEng.html?no=2012092015441896273|url-status=live}}
Choi graduated from JeongShin Women's High School in 2009.{{cite news|script-title=ko:'고교 졸업' 소녀시대의 윤아-수영, "3월부터 캠퍼스에서 만나요"|url=http://foto.sportschosun.com/news/ntype2_o.htm?ut=1&name=/news/entertainment/200902/20090212/92l77128.htm|publisher=The Chosun Ilbo|date=February 11, 2009|access-date=July 15, 2015|archive-date=July 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717043500/http://foto.sportschosun.com/news/ntype2_o.htm?ut=1&name=%2Fnews%2Fentertainment%2F200902%2F20090212%2F92l77128.htm|url-status=dead}} She went on to major in film studies and graduated from Chung-Ang University in February 2016, receiving a lifetime achievement award at the graduation ceremony. Her fellow Girls' Generation member Kwon Yuri attended the same university.{{cite news|title=Stars get B.A. degrees from ChungAng Univ.|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201602111704519605601_2|publisher=The Korea Herald|author=Kim Soo-hyang|date=February 10, 2016|access-date=March 28, 2016|archive-date=September 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921055101/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201602111704519605601_2|url-status=live}}
Life and career
=2000–2007: Career beginnings=
Choi was initially discovered through an SM Entertainment Open Audition when she was in fifth grade.{{cite news|script-title=ko:수영 "4일간 SM직원 4명에게 길거리캐스팅 됐다"|url=http://news.nate.com/view/20140828n06267|publisher=Newsen|date=August 28, 2014|access-date=July 15, 2015|archive-date=December 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208114054/http://news.nate.com/view/20140828n06267|url-status=live}} She later won first place at the 2002 Korea-Japan Ultra Idol Duo Audition and debuted in Japan as a member of Route 0.{{cite news|script-title=ko:소녀시대 수영, VJ시절-일본유닛 '과거사진' 눈길|url=http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=081&aid=0002130347|publisher=Naver|language=ko|date=November 2, 2010|access-date=July 20, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075318/http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=081&aid=0002130347|url-status=live}} The duo released three singles before disbanding in 2003.{{cite web|title=Route0 Discography|url=http://www.randc.jp/route0/discography.html|archive-date=December 4, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041204234318/http://www.randc.jp/route0/discography.html}}
Choi returned to SM Entertainment and eventually debuted in South Korea as a member of the girl group Girls' Generation in August 2007.
=2008–2016: Acting roles and lyrics writing=
File:Choi Sooyoung 31st Cyworld Digital Music Awards.png
Girls' Generation gained significant popularity with the release of their hit single "Gee" in 2009.{{cite news|title=Girls' Generation featured on Yale School of Art website|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2011/11/135_97862.html|publisher=The Korea Times|last=Kim|first=Do-yeun|date=November 2, 2011|access-date=February 28, 2015|archive-date=February 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227201232/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2011/11/135_97862.html|url-status=live}} Choi has said in an interview that she was also interested in acting before debuting as a singer and had failed more than 70 auditions during her pre-debut days.{{cite news|title=SNSD′s Sooyoung Wants to Live Her Life in Comfort|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/16041/interview-snsds-sooyoung-wants-to-live-her-life-in-comfort|website=eNewsWorld|publisher=CJ E&M|author=Erika Kim|date=September 30, 2012|access-date=March 28, 2016|archive-date=April 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409150713/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/16041/interview-snsds-sooyoung-wants-to-live-her-life-in-comfort|url-status=dead}}
Aside from Girls' Generation's activities, Choi has participated in various music and acting projects. In the early days, her acting work mostly involved several small roles and guest appearances—these include KBS2's sitcom Unstoppable Marriage (2007),{{cite news|script-title=ko:소녀시대 수영ㆍ유리, 3년전부터 연기준비|url=http://star.mt.co.kr/view/stview.php?no=2007110310002347244&type=1&outlink=1|publisher=StarNews|language=ko|date=November 3, 2007|access-date=March 29, 2016|archive-date=April 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413163629/http://star.mt.co.kr/view/stview.php?no=2007110310002347244&type=1&outlink=1|url-status=live}} romantic comedy film Hello, Schoolgirl (2008),{{cite news|script-title=ko:소녀시대 수영, '순정만화'로 스크린 신고식|url=http://news.donga.com/3/all/20081128/8664143/1|publisher=The Dong-A Ilbo|language=ko|date=November 28, 2008|access-date=March 29, 2016|archive-date=April 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417000357/http://news.donga.com/3/all/20081128/8664143/1|url-status=live}} SBS's drama Oh! My Lady (2010),{{cite news|script-title=ko:'오마이 레이디' 소녀시대 3인방 제시카 효연 수영 '깜짝 등장'|url=http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201004122245381001|publisher=Newsen|language=ko|date=April 12, 2010|access-date=March 29, 2016|archive-date=April 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412220101/http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201004122245381001|url-status=live}} SBS's Paradise Ranch (2011) and SBS's A Gentleman's Dignity (2012).{{cite news|script-title=ko:'파라다이스 목장' 수영 깜짝 출연, 심창민 반성문 체크|url=http://sports.chosun.com/news/ntype.htm?id=201102020100007790000091&servicedate=20110201|publisher=The Chosun Ilbo|language=ko|date=February 1, 2011|access-date=March 29, 2016|archive-date=April 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409202833/http://sports.chosun.com/news/ntype.htm?id=201102020100007790000091&servicedate=20110201|url-status=live}} During this period, musically, she recorded two songs—one trot song titled "KKok" with Girls' Generation member Yuri for the SBS' drama Working Mom, while the other one, "Feeling Only You", was a collaboration with Girls' Generation member Tiffany and South Korean duo The Blue.{{cite news|script-title=ko:소녀시대 유리-수영 '워킹맘' OST 트로트 도전 화제|url=http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=200808080913591002|publisher=Newsen|language=ko|date=August 8, 2008|access-date=March 29, 2016|archive-date=April 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413005005/http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=200808080913591002|url-status=live}}{{cite news|script-title=ko:더 블루, 티파니-수영과 함께 한 UCC 공개 '훈훈'|url=http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=200905121333041001|publisher=Newsen|language=ko|date=May 12, 2009|access-date=March 29, 2016|archive-date=April 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413005136/http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=200905121333041001|url-status=live}}
Throughout her career, besides contributing her vocal to Girls' Generation's songs, Choi has explored into lyrics writing. She penned the lyrics for three songs: "How Great is Your Love" (2011),{{cite news|title=With new album, Girls' Generation grows up|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2942939|publisher=JoongAng Ilbo|author=Sung So-young|date=October 19, 2011|access-date=April 14, 2016|archive-date=April 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422083324/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2942939|url-status=live}} "What Do I Do" (2016),{{cite video|title=Pops in Seoul _ Tiffany(티파니) _ Interview _ Part 1|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOGsSbZxD9s|publisher=Arirang on YouTube / Google Inc|location=South Korea|format=news program|date=May 23, 2016|access-date=June 5, 2016|archive-date=December 21, 2021|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/DOGsSbZxD9s|url-status=live}}{{cbignore}} and "Sailing (0805)" (2016),{{cite magazine|title=Girls' Generation Celebrates 9th Anniversary With 'Sailing'|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/7461795/girls-generation-9th-anniversary-sailing|magazine=Billboard|last=Herman|first=Tamar|date=August 5, 2016|access-date=August 5, 2016|archive-date=August 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806021900/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/7461795/girls-generation-9th-anniversary-sailing|url-status=live}} while co-writing the song "Baby Maybe" (2013).{{cite news|script-title=ko:소녀시대, 정규4집 'I Got a Boy'...수영ㆍ유리ㆍ서현 작사 참여, 태연ㆍ티파니 듀엣곡 수록|url=http://news.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=20121231000109&md=20130103004024_BL|publisher=Herald Corporation|language=ko|date=December 31, 2012|access-date=June 2, 2015|archive-date=December 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225095310/http://news.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=20121231000109&md=20130103004024_BL|url-status=live}}
In September 2012, she landed her first major acting role in tvN's medical drama The Third Hospital.{{cite web|title=Girls' Generation Sooyoung cast in tvN's medical series|url=https://www.asiae.co.kr/article/2012032012514856060|website=Asiae|date=March 20, 2012|access-date=March 22, 2018|archive-date=August 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817121052/http://en.tenasia.com/archives/10296|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Sooyoung hopes to sing for her drama|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2958661|publisher=JoongAng Ilbo|author=Carla Sunwoo|date=August 31, 2012|access-date=March 28, 2016|archive-date=April 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407231436/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2958661|url-status=live}} She was praised by both co-actors Oh Ji Ho and Kim Seung-woo and the viewers were drawn to her emotional scene due to her natural display of emotion.{{cite news|title=The 3rd Hospital Interview|publisher=The Singles Magazine - September 2012 Issue|language=ko|date=September 2012}}{{cite news|script-title=ko:'제3병원' 수영, 물오른 눈물연기에 시청자도 놀랐다|url=http://etv.sbs.co.kr/news/news_content.jsp?article_id=E10001332757|publisher=SBS|language=ko|date=October 11, 2012|access-date=March 29, 2016|archive-date=April 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410070153/http://etv.sbs.co.kr/news/news_content.jsp?article_id=E10001332757|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Girls' Generation's Sooyoung Receiving Recognition For Her Great Acting|url=http://www.soompi.com/2012/10/11/girls-generations-sooyoung-receiving-recognition-for-her-great-acting/|publisher=Soompi|date=October 11, 2012|access-date=July 20, 2015|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924125804/http://www.soompi.com/2012/10/11/girls-generations-sooyoung-receiving-recognition-for-her-great-acting/|url-status=live}}{{Unreliable source?|reason=Per WP:KO/RS#UR|date=April 2024}} In May 2013, Choi was cast in tvN's romantic comedy drama, Dating Agency: Cyrano. It was a spin-off of the 2010 movie Cyrano Agency. She played a dating expert who works at a dating agency helping people to find their love.{{cite news|title=Cast gathers to hype "Cyrano"|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2972022|publisher=JoongAng Ilbo|author=Lee Sun-min|date=May 24, 2013|access-date=March 28, 2016|archive-date=April 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408003054/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2972022|url-status=live}} Park Ju-yeon from the Hankook Ilbo praised Choi for her lively character portrayal and said that there was not any "overdone emotions commonly appear in acting newcomers".{{cite news|script-title=ko:'시라노', 홀로서기 수영, 연기 이 정도였나?|url=http://reviewstar.hankooki.com/Article/ArticleView.php?WEB_GSNO=10113272|publisher=Hankook Ilbo|language=Ko|author=Park Ju-yeon|date=May 29, 2013|archive-date=August 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809083122/http://reviewstar.hankooki.com/Article/ArticleView.php?WEB_GSNO=10113272}}
File:Choi Soo-young at Party Showcase on July 2015 03.jpg
In September 2014, Choi scored a lead role in MBC's melodrama, My Spring Days. Her character is a terminally ill patient who gets a heart transplant; and meets her donor's husband, played by Kam Woo-sung.{{Cite news|title=Girls' Generation's Sooyoung to be heroine of upcoming drama|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140717000931_2|publisher=The Korea Herald|author=Ock Hyun-ju|date=July 17, 2014|access-date=March 28, 2016|archive-date=September 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921055124/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140717000931_2|url-status=live}} This was a breakthrough performance for Choi as she won the "Best Actress in a Miniseries" award at the 2014 MBC Drama Awards and the "Excellence Award for Actress" at the 2015 Korea Drama Awards. She contributed a song to its soundtrack, titled "Wind Flower".{{cite news|script-title=ko:수영, '내생애 봄날' OST 참여..30일 '바람꽃' 공개|url=http://star.mt.co.kr/view/stview.php?no=2014103008200398205&type=1&outlink=1|publisher=StarNews|language=ko|date=October 30, 2014|access-date=March 29, 2016|archive-date=April 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413152532/http://star.mt.co.kr/view/stview.php?no=2014103008200398205&type=1&outlink=1|url-status=live}}
In 2015, Choi starred as the female lead in KBS2's special drama Perfect Sense, which was produced by Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance to help raise public understanding of the disabled. She played a teacher named Ah-yeon who is visually impaired.{{cite news|title=Insurer helps teenager better understand the disabled|url=https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2015/12/602_192454.html|publisher=The Korea Times|date=December 4, 2015|access-date=March 28, 2016|archive-date=March 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329051848/http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2015/12/602_192454.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Sooyoung cast in drama about the disabled|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3017381|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=April 12, 2016|access-date=March 22, 2018|archive-date=July 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731135222/https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3017381|url-status=live}}
In June 2016, Choi starred as the female lead alongside Ma Dong-seok and Seo In-guk in the OCN crime drama Squad 38.{{cite news|script-title=ko:단독서인국·수영·마동석 '38사기동대' 출연...제2의 '나쁜녀석들'|url=http://entertain.naver.com/ranking/read?oid=076&aid=0002876234|publisher=The Chosun Ilbo|language=ko|date=January 18, 2016|access-date=March 29, 2016|archive-date=March 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331022119/https://entertain.naver.com/ranking/read?oid=076&aid=0002876234|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Sooyoung, others to star in new OCN drama|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3015758|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=March 4, 2016|access-date=March 22, 2018|archive-date=July 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731183642/https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3015758|url-status=live}}
=2017–present: Label change and continued acting=
In early August 2017, Choi starred as television producer in the JTBC web drama Someone You Might Know.{{cite news|title=Sooyoung thinks of her boyfriend's death while filming new drama|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201708011647009558611_2|publisher=The Korea Herald|author=Kim So-yeon|date=August 1, 2017|access-date=September 8, 2017|archive-date=September 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908154234/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201708011647009558611_2|url-status=live}} Later in August, she played the female lead in the MBC drama series Man in the Kitchen.{{cite web|title=Choi Soo-young and On Joo-wan in "Man Who Lays the Table"|url=https://www.hancinema.net/choi-soo-young-and-on-joo-wan-in-man-who-lays-the-table-105864.html|website=HanCinema|publisher=Newsen|date=May 11, 2017|access-date=March 22, 2018|archive-date=July 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728132636/https://www.hancinema.net/choi-soo-young-and-on-joo-wan-in-man-who-lays-the-table-105864.html|url-status=live}} In November 2017, Choi joined Echo Global Group after her contract with SM Entertainment ended. With a change of label, her future activities with Girls' Generation remain in discussion.{{Cite news|title=Girls' Generation's Tiffany, Sooyoung and Seohyun to leave S.M. Entertainment: sources|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20171010000173|publisher=The Korea Herald|date=October 10, 2017|access-date=October 10, 2017|archive-date=August 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816162653/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20171010000173|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|title=Sooyoung of Girls' Generation signs with Daniel Henney's agency|url=http://nwww.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20171110000710|publisher=Yonhap News Agency|date=November 10, 2017|access-date=November 10, 2017|archive-date=November 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111020237/http://nwww.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20171110000710|url-status=live}}
File:Choi Soo-young at AmieMarket on February 23, 2018 (2).jpg
In 2018, Choi was cast in the Korean-Japanese film Memories of a Dead End{{cite web|title=Choi Soo-young to star in 'Memories of a Dead End'|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201803221153133120227_2|website=Kpop Herald|date=March 22, 2018|access-date=March 22, 2018|archive-date=July 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728125938/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201803221153133120227_2|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=CHOI Soo-young of Girls' Generation Lands First Lead Role|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/news/news.jsp?pageIndex=1&blbdComCd=601006&seq=4767&mode=VIEW&returnUrl=&searchKeyword=Soo-young|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|date=April 3, 2018|access-date=July 9, 2018|archive-date=July 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728204134/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/news/news.jsp?pageIndex=1&blbdComCd=601006&seq=4767&mode=VIEW&returnUrl=&searchKeyword=Soo-young|url-status=live}} and the action comedy film Miss & Mrs. Cops.{{cite web|title=Casting complete for new film 'Girl Cops'|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201807091710003929482_2|website=Kpop Herald|publisher=Herald Corporation|date=July 9, 2018|access-date=July 9, 2018|archive-date=August 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809195513/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201807091710003929482_2|url-status=live}}
In December 2018, Choi released her solo single, "Winter Breath", which is her first song to be released since her departure from SM Entertainment, with the song's music video made available online on the same day. Choi launched her official Twitter and YouTube accounts to commemorate the single's release.{{cite web|title=Sooyoung of Girls' Generation breaks hiatus from music, debuts solo|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201812201615316551691_2&ACE_SEARCH=1|website=Kpop Herald|date=December 20, 2018|access-date=January 22, 2019|archive-date=January 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123010421/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201812201615316551691_2&ACE_SEARCH=1|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Sooyoung looks back on decade with Girls' Generation|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201812281322580260877_2&ACE_SEARCH=1|website=Kpop Herald|date=December 28, 2018|access-date=January 22, 2019|archive-date=July 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728125738/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201812281322580260877_2&ACE_SEARCH=1|url-status=live}}
In May 2019, Choi signed with new agency Saram Entertainment.{{cite web|script-title=ko:최수영 "사람엔터와 전속계약, 기쁘고 기대돼요"|trans-title=Sooyoung: "I'm Excited About My Exclusive Contract with Saram Entertainment"|url=http://star.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/201905070816790018?did=NA&dtype=&dtypecode=&prnewsid=|website=The Korea Times|language=ko|date=May 7, 2019|access-date=May 7, 2019|archive-date=July 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728135447/http://star.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/201905070816790018?did=NA&dtype=&dtypecode=&prnewsid=|url-status=live}} In February 2020, Choi starred in the OCN drama Tell Me What You Saw.{{cite web|title=Choi Soo-young Confirms Role in "Tell Me What You Saw"|url=https://www.hancinema.net/choi-soo-young-confirms-role-in-tell-me-what-you-saw-134861.html|website=HanCinema|publisher=Xportsnews|date=October 23, 2019|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=July 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728134310/https://www.hancinema.net/choi-soo-young-confirms-role-in-tell-me-what-you-saw-134861.html|url-status=live}}
In 2020, Choi starred in JTBC romance drama Run On. Then in 2021, she starred alongside Choi Tae-joon in the Naver TV romantic comedy series So I Married the Anti-fan, based on the manhwa of the same name{{cite web|title=[SBS Star] Sooyoung & Choi Tae Jun Confirmed to a New Drama|url=https://news.sbs.co.kr/news/endPage.do?news_id=N1004888295|website=SBS News|date=August 13, 2018|access-date=August 13, 2018|archive-date=October 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009224124/https://news.sbs.co.kr/news/endPage.do?news_id=N1004888295|url-status=live}} and appeared in the Netflix original series Move to Heaven.
In 2022, she starred in the KBS2 drama If You Wish Upon Me in the role of a nurse at hospice.{{cite web|script-title=ko:최수영, KBS 수목드라마 '당신이 소원을 말하면' 호스피스 간호사|trans-title=Choi Soo-young, a hospice nurse in KBS drama 'If You Say Your Wish'|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=438&aid=0000048318|via=Naver|publisher=KBS Entertainment|language=ko|author=Park Jaehwan|date=July 15, 2022|access-date=July 15, 2022|archive-date=July 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715034723/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=438&aid=0000048318|url-status=live}} Choi participated in Girls' Generation's fifteenth anniversary album Forever 1 (2022), with her co-writing the songs "Seventeen" and "Villain" for the album.{{cite web|title=Girls' Generation Announce Release Date for New Album Forever 1|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/girls-generation-announce-release-date-for-new-album-forever-1/|work=Pitchfork|author=Strauss, Matthew|date=July 25, 2022|access-date=July 27, 2022|archive-date=July 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727101334/https://pitchfork.com/news/girls-generation-announce-release-date-for-new-album-forever-1/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|script-title=ko:소녀시대 윤아X유리X효연, 역대급 비주얼..'FOREVER 1' 티저 포토 공개|trans-title=Girls' Generation's Yoona X Yuri X Hyoyeon, all-time visual..'FOREVER 1' teaser photo released|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=112&aid=0003576767|via=Naver|publisher=Herald POP|language=ko|last=Kim|first=Na-yul|date=July 28, 2022|access-date=July 28, 2022|archive-date=July 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728060510/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=112&aid=0003576767|url-status=live}}
On August 29, 2024, Saram Entertainment announced that Choi would be releasing her Japanese debut maxi single titled "Unstoppable" on October 30.{{Cite web|script-title=ko:소녀시대 최수영, 日서 솔로 데뷔 "상상만 해왔던 일 설렌다"|trans-title=Girls' Generation's Choi Sooyoung makes her solo debut in Japan, "I'm excited about something I've only imagined"|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/609/0000891111|via=Naver|publisher=Newsen|language=ko|last=Park|first=Ah-reum|date=August 29, 2024|access-date=August 29, 2024|archive-date=August 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829052802/https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/609/0000891111|url-status=live}}
Personal life
Choi has been dating actor Jung Kyung-ho since 2013.{{cite web|title=Soo-young and Jung Kyung-ho Officially an Item|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/01/06/2014010600642.html|publisher=The Chosun Ilbo|date=January 6, 2014|access-date=January 9, 2014|archive-date=October 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020013532/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/01/06/2014010600642.html|url-status=live}}
Philanthropy
Choi has engaged in various philanthropic activities. In 2012, she was appointed as ambassador to Korea's Retinitis Pigmentosa Society along with her bandmates Tiffany, Taeyeon and Seohyun.{{cite web|script-title=ko:실명퇴치 홍보대사 된 소녀시대|url=https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/7903202|publisher=JoongAng Ilbo|date=April 16, 2012|access-date=September 23, 2022|archive-date=September 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923082953/https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/7903202|url-status=live}} At the end of that year, she launched a fundraising campaign with cable channel QTV for patients of the disease.{{cite web|script-title=ko:소녀시대 수영, QTV와 실명퇴치 캠페인|url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20121227074900005|publisher=Yonhap News Agency|author=고현실|date=December 27, 2012|access-date=September 23, 2022|archive-date=September 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923085715/https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20121227074900005|url-status=live}} Since then, she has continued to serve as ambassador while conducting sponsorship events and supporting the research on treatment of patients.{{cite web|script-title=ko:[방송소식] 소녀시대 수영, 실명질환 유전자 분석 연구비 지원|url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20220610074000005|publisher=Yonhap News Agency|date=June 6, 2022|access-date=September 23, 2022|archive-date=September 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923092832/https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20220610074000005|url-status=live}}
In 2016, Choi launched a clothing brand called Beaming Effect with the aim to raise awareness for Retinitis Pigmentosa.{{cite web|title=SNSD Sooyoung holds charity auction|url=https://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201603201439016703461_2|publisher=The Korea Herald|author=Jung Min-kyung|date=March 20, 2016|access-date=September 23, 2022|archive-date=August 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817103242/https://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201603201439016703461_2|url-status=live}} She has held several charity bazaars throughout the years and donated the proceeds towards research for treatment of the disease.{{cite web|script-title=ko:수영, 시각장애인 위한 '재능기부' 화보..."마음도 예뻐"|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=421&aid=0003215273|website=Naver|publisher=News1|author=강고은|date=February 19, 2018|access-date=September 23, 2022|archive-date=September 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923113447/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=421&aid=0003215273|url-status=live}} Notably, she held a funding with Kakao, a charity bazaar and a charity concert featuring various artists in 2017.{{cite web|script-title=ko:소녀시대 수영, 선행 또... 13일 자선 바자회+콘서트 개최 [공식]|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=382&aid=0000533482|website=Naver|publisher=The Dong-A Ilbo|author=홍세영|date=January 9, 2017|access-date=September 23, 2022|archive-date=September 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923111638/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=382&aid=0000533482|url-status=live}}
Choi has also been appointed ambassador to the Korean Day of Overcoming Rare Diseases,{{cite web|script-title=ko:5월23일은 '희귀질환 극복의 날'...소녀시대 수영 홍보대사|url=https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/016/0001240893?sid=004|website=Naver|publisher=The Korea Herald|author=김대우|date=May 23, 2017|access-date=September 23, 2022|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112002501/https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/016/0001240893?sid=004|url-status=live}} the Social Welfare Council and the National Disability Awareness Improvement Campaign.{{cite web|title=[K스토리] 배우 최수영이 말하는 나눔의 행복|url=https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/001/0013457719?sid=004|website=Naver|publisher=Yonhap News Agency|author=이세영|date=September 23, 2022|access-date=September 23, 2022|archive-date=September 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923093544/https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/001/0013457719?sid=004|url-status=live}} In 2014, she sponsored the operation cost of a person with heart disease after playing the role of someone who received a heart transplant through organ donation in her drama My Spring Days.{{cite web|script-title=ko:나눔 홍보대사 최수영 "오드리 헵번 닮고 싶어요"|url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20220907048700528|publisher=Yonhap News Agency|date=September 7, 2022|access-date=September 23, 2022|archive-date=September 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907011849/https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20220907048700528|url-status=live}}
Discography
{{See also|Girls' Generation discography}}
=Korean singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of Korean singles, showing year released, selected chart positions, and name of the album ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Album |
| scope="col" colspan="6" | As lead artist |
|---|
| scope="row" | "Winter Breath" ({{lang|ko|겨울숨}})
| 2018 | {{N/A|Non-album single}} |
| scope="col" colspan="6" | As featured artist |
| scope="row" | "Feeling Only You" ({{lang|ko|너만을 느끼며}}) {{small|(The Blue featuring Tiffany and Sooyoung)}} | 2009 | The Blue – The First Memories |
| scope="row" | "Let's Get Away" {{small|(Acoustic version)}} {{small|(James Lee featuring Sooyoung)}} | 2018 | The Light |
| scope="col" colspan="6" | Promotional single |
| scope="row" | "Be Yourself" ({{lang|ko|너니까 너답게}}) {{small|(featuring Hong Hyun-hee)}} | 2020 | {{N/A|Non-album single}} |
| scope="col" colspan="6" | Soundtrack appearances |
| scope="row" | "I Am" {{small|(Korean version)}}
| 2005 | Inuyasha OST |
| scope="row" | "Kkok" ({{lang|ko|꼭}}) {{small|(with Kwon Yu-ri)}} | 2008 | Working Mom OST |
| scope="row" | "Wind Flower" ({{lang|ko|바람꽃}})
| 2014 | My Spring Days OST |
| scope="row" | "To My Star" {{Lang|ko|나의 별에게}}
| 2022 | If You Wish Upon Me OST Part 8 |
=Japanese singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of Japanese singles, showing year released, selected chart positions, and name of the album ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Sales ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album |
| scope="col" style="font-size:90%; width:2.75em" | JPN {{cite web |script-title=ja:オリコン週間 シングルランキング 2024年10月28日～2024年11月03日 |trans-title=Oricon Weekly Single Rankings October 28, 2024 - November 3, 2024 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/w/2024-11-11/p/3/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241106030021/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/w/2024-11-11/p/3/ |archive-date=November 6, 2024 |access-date=November 6, 2024 |website=Oricon |page=3 |language=ja}} ! scope="col" style="font-size:90%; width:2.75em" | JPN |
|---|
| scope="row" | "Unstoppable"{{Efn-ua|Unstoppable has 3 b-sides: "C.A.L.M", {{nihongo|"Kono sekai ni utsutte iru no wa dare"|この世界に映っているのは誰|Who is reflected in this world?}} & "Call me"}}
| 2024 | 26 || — | | {{Non-album single}} |
Filmography
{{See also|Girls' Generation filmography}}
=Film=
=Television series=
=Web series=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Notes ! scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| scope="row" | 2017
| Someone You Might Know | Lee Ahn | |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2021
| Lee Geun-young | |
| Move to Heaven
| Son Yoo-rim | Cameo |
=Television shows=
=Web shows=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| scope="row" | 2018
| Born 1990 Choi Soo-young | Host | Dingo Studio |
=Events=
Ambassadorship
- Korea Social Welfare Council Ambassador for sharing (2022){{cite web|script-title=ko:한국사회복지협의회 2022 나눔홍보대사 최수영|trans-title=Korea Social Welfare Council 2022 ambassador for sharing Choi Soo-young|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=001&aid=0013325246|via=Naver|publisher=Yonhap News Agency|language=ko|author=Ryu Hyo-lim|date=July 21, 2022|access-date=July 21, 2022|archive-date=July 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721032641/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=001&aid=0013325246|url-status=live}}
Awards and nominations
{{See also|List of awards and nominations received by Girls' Generation}}
Notes
{{Notelist-ua}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category|Choi Soo-young}}
- {{Official website|http://esaram.co.kr/en/choisooyoung}}
- {{IMDb name|id=3210659}}
- {{HanCinema person}}
{{Girls' Generation}}
{{Korea Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress}}
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