So Yi-hyun

{{short description|South Korean actress}}

{{family name hatnote|Jo|So|lang=Korean}}

{{Infobox person

| name = So Yi-hyun

| image = So Yi-hyun at BIFF 2013 02.jpg

| caption = So at BIFF 2013.

| birth_name = Jo Woo-jung

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|8|28}}

| birth_place = Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, South Korea

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 2002–present

| othername = So E-hyun
Soh Yi-hyeon

| spouse = {{marriage|In Gyo-jin|2014}}

| children = 2

| education = University of Suwon - Theater and Film

| agent = Blitzway Entertainment{{Cite news |last=Kim |first=Eun-tae |script-title=ko:블리츠웨이스튜디오, 블리츠웨이엔터테인먼트로 상호 변경 |trans-title=Blitzway Studios changes its name to Blitzway Entertainment |work=edaily |url=https://www.edaily.co.kr/News/Read?newsId=03470246642107912&mediaCodeNo=257 |access-date=April 19, 2025}}

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

| hangul = 조우정

| hanja = 趙禑炡

| rr = Jo Ujeong

| mr = Cho Ujŏng

| hangulstage = 소이현

| hanjastage =

| rrstage = So Ihyeon

| mrstage = So Ihyŏn

}}}}

So Yi-hyun ({{Korean|소이현}}; born Jo Woo-jung, 조우정; August 28, 1984) is a South Korean actress, with starring and supporting roles in Hyena, Assorted Gems,{{cite web|last=Han|first=Sang-hee|title=Network to Bring New Sitcom, Dramas|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2012/10/201_51066.html|work=The Korea Times|access-date=2012-12-13|date=1 September 2009|archive-date=2014-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903094016/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2012/10/201_51066.html|url-status=live}} Gloria,{{cite web|last=Hong|first=Lucia|title=Bae Doo-na was "worried over bad singing"|url=https://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010072819023115910|website=Asiae|date=July 28, 2010|access-date=2012-12-13|archive-date=2014-03-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330052505/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010072819023115910|url-status=live}} Heartstrings,{{cite web|last=Kwon|first=Mee-yoo|title=Campus romance to pull at Heartstrings|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2012/10/201_89788.html|work=The Korea Times|date=28 June 2011|access-date=2012-12-13|archive-date=2014-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903094011/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2012/10/201_89788.html|url-status=live}} Glowing She,{{cite web|last=Hong|first=Grace Danbi|title=So E Hyun Took CN Blue's Jung Yong Hwa and Kim Hyung Jun's First Kisses?|url=http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=21595|work=enewsWorld|access-date=2012-12-13|date=21 November 2012|archive-date=2012-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230174143/http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=21595|url-status=live}} Cheongdam-dong Alice,{{cite web|title=So Yi-hyun Becomes Style Icon on SBS Soap|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/01/21/2013012100378.html|work=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=2013-01-21|date=21 January 2013|archive-date=2023-03-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321005017/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/01/21/2013012100378.html|url-status=live}} and Who Are You?.{{cite web|last=Son|first=Bo-kyung|title=So E Hyun Says She Wants to Stop Feeling Awkward Around 2PM's Ok Taecyeon|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/41601|work=enewsWorld|access-date=2013-08-10|date=26 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730215248/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/41601|archive-date=30 July 2013|url-status=dead}}

Personal life

=Marriage and family=

So married actor In Gyo-jin on October 4, 2014.{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Sung-eun|title=So Yi-hyun, In Gyo-jin fly to Indonesia|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2995689|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=2014-10-13|date=5 October 2014|archive-date=2022-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403075415/https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2995689|url-status=live}} So and In had been friends for a decade before dating; they were co-stars in Aeja's Older Sister, Minja (2008) and Happy Ending (2012).{{cite web|title=Actors to Wed After Years of Playing On-screen Couples|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/04/10/2014041001501.html|work=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=2014-04-10|date=10 April 2014|archive-date=2022-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403074941/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/04/10/2014041001501.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Jin|first=Eun-soo|title=So Yi-hyun, In Gyo-jin planning to wed|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2987662|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=2014-04-10|date=10 April 2014|archive-date=2022-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403075414/https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2987662|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Cho|first=Han-na|title=So Yi-hyun and In Gyo-jin's wedding pictorial|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140729000736|website=The Korea Herald|access-date=2014-07-29|date=29 July 2014|archive-date=2020-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813191722/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140729000736|url-status=live}} Their first child, a daughter, was born on December 4, 2015.{{cite web|title=Acting couple now proud parents|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2015/12/201_192535.html|website=The Korea Times|access-date=2015-12-08|date=6 December 2015|archive-date=2015-12-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151209022413/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2015/12/201_192535.html|url-status=live}} In October 2017, she gave birth to a second daughter.{{cite web|url=http://mnews.jtbc.joins.com/News/Article.aspx?news_id=NB11558485|title=사랑하는 인씨들"... 소이현, 행복한 일상 공개|date=4 December 2017 |access-date=2017-12-26|language=ko}}

Filmography

=Television series=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
Year

! Title

! Role

rowspan=3|2003

| Yellow Handkerchief

| Yoon Na-young

Fairy and Swindler

| Ji-na

Punch

| Oh Hae-mi

rowspan=2|2004

| April Kiss

| Jang Jin-ah

MBC Best Theater:
"Where Are Arrows We Shoot?"

| Hee-young

2005

| Resurrection

| Lee Kang-joo

rowspan=2|2006

| Special Crime Investigation:
"Murder in the Blue House"

| Park Hee-young

Hyena

| Lee Jung-yoon

rowspan=2|2008

| Before and After: Plastic Surgery Clinic

| Hong Ki-nam

Aeja's Older Sister, Minja

| Lee Chae-rin

rowspan=2|2009

| Swallow the Sun

| Yoo Mi-ran

Assorted Gems

| Gung Ryu-bi (Ruby)

2010

| Gloria

| Jung Yoon-seo

2011

| Heartstrings

| Jung Yoon-soo

rowspan=3|2012

| Glowing She

| Jeon Ji-hyun

Happy Ending

| Park Na-young

Cheongdam-dong Alice

| Seo Yoon-joo

rowspan=2|2013

| I Can Hear Your Voice

| Min Joon-gook's lawyer
(cameo, episodes 1, 12)

Who Are You?

| Yang Shi-ohn

2014

| Three Days

| Lee Cha-young

rowspan="3" | 2016

| Secrets of Women

| Kang Ji-yoo

Entourage

| Cameo

The Sound of Your Heart

|

2018

| Fates & Furies{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=057&aid=0001284012|title='운명과 분노', 이민정·주상욱·소이현·이기우 캐스팅 완료…'화려한 라인업'(공식)|date=September 10, 2018|website=Maeil Broadcasting Network|language=ko|access-date=November 6, 2018|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111213435/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=057&aid=0001284012|url-status=live}}

| Cha Soo-hyun

2021

| Red Shoes

|Kim Gem-ma{{Cite news|author=Jung Eun-jean|title=최명길-소이현-박윤재-신정윤 '빨강 구두' 캐스팅 확정|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=438&aid=0000035453|website=kbs|date=May 13, 2021|access-date=May 20, 2021|language=ko|archive-date=May 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520064132/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=438&aid=0000035453|url-status=live}}

2023

| My Happy Ending

| Kwon Yoon-jin{{Cite web |last=Tae Yuna |date=September 6, 2023 |title=[공식] 장나라·손호준, 두 번째 부부 호흡…'나의 해피엔드' 주연 라인업 |trans-title=[Official] Jang Na-ra and Son Ho-jun, the second couple... 'My Happy End' main cast line-up |url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=312&aid=0000627038 |access-date=September 6, 2023 |publisher=Ten Asia |language=ko |via=Naver |archive-date=September 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906013850/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=312&aid=0000627038 |url-status=live }}

=Film=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
Year

! Title

! Role

2004Father and Son: The Story of MenciusChoi Hyun-jung
rowspan=2|2006Dark ForestKim Jung-ah
The RestlessHyo
2013Top StarMi-na

=Variety shows=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
Year

! Title

! Notes

2004–2005Music BankMC
2011It City: So Yi-hyun's Taste of Indochina{{cite web|title=It City - So Yi-Hyun's Taste of Indochina|url=http://lineup.cjenm.com/cont/brct_view.html?brct_id=DPM2011081800001|website=CJ E&M|access-date=2012-12-13|archive-date=2013-01-19|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119164607/http://lineup.cjenm.com/cont/brct_view.html?brct_id=DPM2011081800001|url-status=dead}}Travel
2013Section TVMC
2016–2017

|The Return of Superman

|Cast member with her daughter, In Ha-eun Eps 130-162, and 193

2018Same Bed, Different Dreams 2: You Are My DestinyCast Member Eps 31-115
2021

| Sister Shoots

| Host {{Cite news|author=Lee Jeong-hyeon|title=손담비·소이현·안영미·곽정은, '언니가 쏜다!' MC|website=Naver|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=001&aid=0012467078|publisher=Yonhap|date=June 17, 2021|access-date=June 17, 2021|language=ko|archive-date=May 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528231656/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=001&aid=0012467078|url-status=live}}

2022

| Scance, not Hocance

| Host{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=421&aid=0006079639|author=Kim Min-ji|title=예지원·손담비·소이현·소유, 스위트룸 도장깨기 나선다…23일 '스캉스' 론칭|trans-title=Ye Ji-won, Son Dam-bi, So Yi-hyeon, and Soyu set out to break the suite seal… 'Scance' launched on the 23rd|publisher=News1|via=Naver|date=May 9, 2022|access-date=May 9, 2022|language=ko|archive-date=May 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509094905/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=421&aid=0006079639|url-status=live}}

2023

| Oh Eun-young Game

|judge{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=109&aid=0004759769|author=Jang Woo-young|title=오은영 게임' MC 신동엽·이민정→안재욱·정준호·문희준·이대호·소이현 총출동 [공식]|trans-title='Oh Eun-Young Game' MC Shin Dong-yeop · Lee Min-jeong → Ahn Jae-wook · Jung Jun-ho · Moon Hee-joon · Lee Dae-ho · So Yi-hyun all out [Official]|publisher=Osen|via=Naver|date=December 19, 2022|access-date=December 19, 2022|language=ko|archive-date=December 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219144252/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=109&aid=0004759769|url-status=live}}

=Music video appearances=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; width:600px"
width=10| Year

! Korean Title

! English Title

! Artist

2002감기"Cold"{{center| Lee Ki-chan}}
rowspan=2|2006마지막 은영이에게"To Eun-young, for the Last Time"rowspan=2| {{center| KCM}}
태양의 눈물"Tears of the Sun"

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable"
Year

! Award

! Category

! Nominated work

! Result

2003

|SBS Drama Awards

|New Star Award

|Punch

{{won}}
2013

|MBC Entertainment Awards

|Excellence Award for Variety Shows, Female

|Section TV

{{won}}
2013

| SBS Drama Awards

| rowspan=2|Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries

| Cheongdam-dong Alice

| {{nom}}

2014

| SBS Drama Awards

| Three Days

| {{won}}

2016

| KBS Drama Awards

| Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily Drama

| Secrets of Women

| {{won}}

2019

| SBS Drama Awards

| Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length Drama

| Fates & Furies

| {{nom}}

2021

| KBS Drama Awards{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=009&aid=0004902672|author=Yang So-young|title=[KBS 연기대상] 지현우 대상 "'신사와 아가씨' 대표로 받아"[종합]|trans-title=[KBS Acting Awards] Ji Hyun-woo Grand Prize "Received as the representative of 'Gentleman and Lady'" [General]|publisher=Maeil Business Star Today|via=Naver|date=December 31, 2021|access-date=January 1, 2022|language=ko|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112035504/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=009&aid=0004902672|url-status=live}}

| Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily Drama

|rowspan="2" | Red shoes

| {{won}}

2022

| 8th APAN Star Awards{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=382&aid=0001001480|author=Lee Seul-bi|title=김혜수→이준호 '2022 APAN STAR AWARDS' 수상 후보 공개|trans-title=Kim Hye-soo → Lee Jun-ho’s ‘2022 APAN STAR AWARDS’ nominees revealed|publisher=Sports Donga|via=Naver|date=August 31, 2022|access-date=August 31, 2022|language=ko|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111222338/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=382&aid=0001001480|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=117&aid=0003651331|last=Myung|first=Hee-sook|title=송중기, '빈센조'로 이견없는 대상…'옷소매' 3관왕 저력 [에이판스타어워즈](종합)|trans-title=Song Joong-ki, 'Vincenzo' as the undisputed winner... 'Clothes Sleeve' 3-Win Power [Apan Star Awards] (Comprehensive)|publisher=My Daily|via=Naver|date=September 29, 2022|access-date=September 29, 2022|language=ko|archive-date=October 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004021526/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=117&aid=0003651331|url-status=live}}

| Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama

| {{WON}}

References

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