Ji-young Yoo
{{Short description|American actress}}
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| birth_name = SunHee Seo
| birth_date = c. 2000
| birth_place = Denver, Colorado, United States
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2018–present
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SunHee Seo{{cite web |title=CA Senior Journal - Class of 2017 |url=https://issuu.com/coloradoacademy/docs/ca_sr_jrnl_2017_final |access-date=22 January 2024 |date=November 29, 2022}} (born c. 2000), known professionally as Ji-young Yoo, is an American actress.
Early life and education
Yoo was born to Korean immigrants in Denver, Colorado.{{cite web |last1=Ito |first1=Robert |title=This Expats Star Can't Believe She’s Actually in It |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/arts/television/expats-ji-young-yoo-profile.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=31 January 2024 |date=January 24, 2024}} She attended Colorado Academy.{{cite web |last1=Ventura |first1=Amy |title=SunHee Seo ’17: On her way to Hollywood stardom |url=https://news.coloradoacademy.org/sunhee-seo-17-on-her-way-to-hollywood-stardom/ |website=Colorado Academy |access-date=22 January 2024 |date=April 4, 2022}} After graduating, she attended the University of Southern California, where she majored in Cinema and Media Studies.{{cite web |last1=O'Rouke |first1=Jackie |title=Ji-young Yoo on Taking Risks |url=https://www.themudmag.com/post/ji-young-yoo-on-taking-risks |website=Mud Magazine |access-date=22 January 2024 |date=December 17, 2020}} She also trained at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and the Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School & Camp.{{cite web |last1=Bamigboye |first1=Baz |title=Breaking Baz: Expats Star Ji-Young Yoo On Her Career And Being "Happy" To Be Thrown In "Deep End" Shooting With Lulu Wang & Nicole Kidman |url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/expats-ji-young-yoo-interview-career-nicole-kidman-1235961924/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=7 June 2024 |date=June 7, 2024}}
Career
Yoo began her career under her real name, and in 2018 appeared in Moxie, and she performed ADR for Spider-Man: Far from Home. Adopting her stage name by 2021, she was cast in the A24/Apple TV+ drama film The Sky Is Everywhere,{{cite web |last1=Ramos |first1=Dino-Ray |title=Ji-young Yoo Joins Apple And A24's The Sky Is Everywhere |url=https://deadline.com/2021/01/ji-young-yoo-apple-a24-the-sky-is-everywhere-1234662178/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=22 January 2024 |date=January 14, 2021}} and alongside Nicole Kidman in the Amazon Prime series Expats.{{Cite magazine |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=May 25, 2021 |title=Amazon Series Adaptation of 'The Expatriates' Casts Ji-young Yoo |url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/amazon-the-expatriates-ji-young-yoo-1234981334/ |access-date=2021-05-27 |magazine=Variety |language=en-US}} In 2022, she was cast in Freaky Tales.{{cite web |last1=Kroll |first1=Justin |title=Sky Is Everywheres Ji-young Yoo Joins eOne And Macro's Freaky Tales |url=https://deadline.com/2022/12/sky-is-everywheres-ji-young-yoo-eone-macros-freaky-tales-1235189736/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=22 January 2024 |date=December 5, 2022}}
Filmography
=Film=
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| Year
! Title !width=118| Role ! Notes |
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| 2018
| Moxie | Casey | As SunHee Seo |
| 2022
| Sarah | |
| 2023
| Hayoung | |
| 2024
| Tina | |
| 2025
| {{Pending film|Until Dawn}} | Megan | Post-production |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2020
| Lee Eun Yoo (voice) | Recurring role, 10 episodes |
| 2022
| Sheep Heads / Student 2 / Student 3 (voice) | 1 episode, as SunHee Seo |
| 2024
| Expats | Mercy | Miniseries, 6 episodes |
Awards
Yoo was awarded the award for Best Performance in a U.S. Narrative Feature at the 2023 Tribeca Festival for her performance in Smoking Tigers.{{cite web |last1=Toma |first1=Adriana |title=Announcing the 2023 Tribeca Festival Competition Winners |url=https://tribecafilm.com/news/announcing-the-2023-tribeca-festival-competition-winners |website=Tribeca Festival |access-date=22 January 2024 |date=June 15, 2023}}
In 2024, she was nominated for Gotham Awards 'Outstanding Performance in a Limited Series' for Expats (miniseries).{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Clayton |date=2024-05-14 |title=‘Baby Reindeer,’ ‘Shogun,’ ‘X-Men ’97’ and ‘Black Twitter’ Doc Lead Inaugural Gotham TV Awards Nominations |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/awards/2024-gotham-tv-awards-nominations-1236001785/ |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10955564/ Ji-young Yoo] at the Internet Movie Database
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Category:Actresses from Denver
Category:American actresses of Korean descent
Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:Colorado Academy alumni