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In this Korean name, the family name is Choi.

Choi Soo-young

Sooyoung in January 2021

Born February 10, 1990 (age 31)

Gwangju, Gyeonggi, South Korea

Alma mater Chung-Ang University

 Singer
Occupation
 actress

 songwriter

Agent Saram Entertainment

Relatives Choi Soo-jin (sister)

Musical career

Genres K-pop

Instruments Vocals

Years active 2002–present

 Labels SM

Associated acts Girls' Generation

Korean name

Hangul 최수영

Hanja 崔秀榮

Revised Romanization Choe Su-yeong

McCune–Reischauer Ch'oe Su-yŏng

Stage name

Hangul 수영

Hanja 秀英

Revised Romanization Su-yeong

McCune–Reischauer Su-yŏng

Choi Soo-young (Korean: 최수영; born February 10, 1990), professionally

known 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, Sooyoung 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 popular girl groups worldwide. Apart from her group's activities, Sooyoung
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) and So I Married the Anti-fan (2021).
In October 2017, Sooyoung 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.

Contents

 1Life and career

o 1.11990–2007: Early life and career beginnings
o 1.22008–2016: Acting roles and lyrics writing
o 1.32017–present: Label change and continued acting
 2Personal life
 3Discography
o 3.1Singles
 4Filmography
o 4.1Film
o 4.2Television series
 o 4.3Web series
o 4.4Television shows
o 4.5Web shows
o 4.6Events
 5Awards and nominations
 6References
 7External links

Life and career[edit]

1990–2007: Early life and career beginnings[edit]
Sooyoung was born in Gwangju, Gyeonggi, South Korea, on February 10,
1990.[1] She is the younger sister of Choi Soo-jin, who is a musical theatre
actress.[2] Sooyoung was initially discovered through an SM Entertainment Open
Audition when she was in fifth grade.[3] She later won first place at the 2002
Korea-Japan Ultra Idol Duo Audition and debuted in Japan as a member
of Route 0.[4] The duo released three singles before disbanding in 2003. [5]
Sooyoung returned to SM Entertainment and eventually debuted in South Korea
as a member of the girl group Girls' Generation in August 2007. The group
gained significant popularity with the release of their hit single "Gee" in 2009.
[6]
 Sooyoung 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.[7]
2008–2016: Acting roles and lyrics writing[edit]

Choi performing in July 2015

Aside from Girls' Generation's activities, Sooyoung 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),[8] romantic comedy film Hello,
Schoolgirl (2008),[9] SBS's drama Oh! My Lady (2010),[10] SBS's Paradise
Ranch (2011) and SBS's A Gentleman's Dignity (2012).[11][12] 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.[13][14]
Throughout her career, besides contributing her vocal to Girls' Generation's
songs, Sooyoung has explored into lyrics writing. She penned the lyrics for
three songs: "How Great is Your Love" (2011),[15] "What Do I Do" (2016),[16] and
"Sailing (0805)" (2016),[17] while co-writing the song "Baby Maybe" (2013).[18] In
September 2012, she landed her first major acting role in tvN's medical
drama The Third Hospital.[19][20] 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. [21][22][23] In May 2013, Sooyoung 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.[24] Park Ju-yeon from the Hankook
Ilbo praised Sooyoung for her lively character portrayal and said that there was
not any "overdone emotions commonly appear in acting newcomers". [25]
In September 2014, Sooyoung 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.[26] This was a
breakthrough performance for Sooyoung 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.[26][27] She contributed a song to its
soundtrack, titled "Wind Flower".[28] In 2015, Sooyoung 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. [29][30] In June 2016,
Sooyoung starred as the female lead alongside Ma Dong-seok and Seo In-
guk in the OCN crime drama Squad 38.[31][32]
2017–present: Label change and continued acting[edit]
In early August 2017, Sooyoung starred as television producer in the JTBC web
drama Someone You Might Know.[33] Later in August, she played the female lead
in the MBC drama series Man in the Kitchen.[34] In November 2017, Sooyoung
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.[35][36]
In 2018, Sooyoung was cast in the Korean-Japanese film Memories of a Dead
End,[37][38] the action comedy film Girl Cops,[39] and the romantic comedy television
series So I Married the Anti-fan, based on the manhwa of the same name,
alongside Choi Tae-joon.[40]
In December 2018, Sooyoung 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. Sooyoung
launched her official Twitter and YouTube accounts to commemorate the
single's release.[41][42]
In May 2019, Sooyoung signed with new agency Saram Entertainment. [43] In
February 2020, Sooyoung starred in the OCN drama Tell Me What You Saw.[44]
In 2020–2021, Sooyoung starred in JTBC’s romance drama Run On.[45]
On April 30, 2021, Korean media reported that Sooyoung will appear in
the Netflix original series "Move to Heaven: I am a relic organizer"[46]

Personal life[edit]
Since 2015, Sooyoung has held an annual charity auction event called
"Beaming Effect", to raise money for finding a cure for retinitis pigmentosa, a
disease that her father suffers from.[47][48][49]
Sooyoung graduated from JeongShin Women's High School in 2009. [50] 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.[51]
Sooyoung has been dating Jung Kyung-ho since 2013.[52]

Discography[edit]
Main article: Girls' Generation discography
Singles[edit]
Peak chart
positions
Title Year Album

KOR

As lead artist

"Winter Breath" (겨울숨) 2018 — Non-album single

As featured artist

"Feeling Only You" (너만을 느끼며) The Blue – The First

2009 —
(The Blue featuring Tiffany and Sooyoung) Memories

"Let's Get Away" (Acoustic version) 2018 — The Light

(James Lee featuring Sooyoung)

Promotional single

"Be Yourself" (너니까 너답게) 2020 — Non-album single

(featuring Hong Hyun-hee)
 Soundtrack appearances

"I Am" (Korean version) 2005 — Inuyasha OST

"Kkok" (꼭) 2008 — Working Mom OST

(with Kwon Yu-ri)

"Wind Flower" (바람꽃) 2014 — My Spring Days OST

"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Filmography[edit]
Main article: Girls' Generation filmography
Film[edit]
Year Title Role Notes Ref.

2003 Silmido Soo Young

Supporting role
2008 Hello, Schoolgirl Jeong Da-jeong [9]

2012 I AM. Herself Biographical film of SM Town [53]

2015 SMTown: The Stage Herself Documentary film of SM Town [54]

The Poem, My Old

Narration Main role
Mother

Memories of a Dead End Yumi Lead role [37]

2019

Girl Cops Jang-mi Supporting role [39]

A Little Princess Adult Gongju Special appearance [55]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.

2021 New Year Blues Oh Wol Main Role [56]

Television series[edit]
Year Title Network Role Notes Ref.

2008 Unstoppable Marriage KBS Soo-young Supporting role [8]

2010 Oh! My Lady Herself Cameo (Episode 7) [10]

2011 Paradise Ranch SBS Miss Soo Cameo (Episode 3) [11]

A Gentleman's Dignity Herself Cameo (Episode 5) [12]

2012
The Third Hospital Lee Eui-jin [19]

tvN
Dating Agency: Gong Min-
2013 [24]

Cyrano young

2014 My Spring Days MBC Lee Bom-yi [26]

Perfect Sense KBS Jung Ah-yeon [30]

2016
Lead role
Squad 38 OCN Cheon Sung-hee [32]

2017–
Man in the Kitchen MBC Lee Roo-ri [34]

2018

2020 Tell Me What You Saw OCN Cha Soo-young [44]

2020–
Run On JTBC Seo Dan-ah [57]

2021
 TV Cameo (Episode
Uncle [58]

Chosun 13)
2022

If You Say Your Wish TBA Seo Yeon-joo Main role [59]

Web series[edit]
Year Title Platform Role Notes Ref.

Someone You Might JTBC

2017 Lee Ahn [33]

Know Naver TV
Lead role
Lee Geun-
So I Married the Anti-fan Naver TV [40]

young
2021

Move to Heaven Netflix Son Yoo-rim Supporting [60]

Television shows[edit]
Year Title Network Role Notes Ref.

2010 Haha Mong Show: Pilot SBS Regular Member

2012–
TV Entertainment Tonight SBS [61]

2014
Host
Saturday Night Live
2017 tvN Season 9 [62]

Korea

2022 Household Mate MBC Special member Episode 3 [63]

Web shows[edit]
Rol
Year Title Platform Notes Ref.
e

Born 1990 Choi Soo-

2018 YouTube Host Dingo Studio [64]

young
Events[edit]
Year Event Notes Ref.

With Shin Dong-yup and Kim Hee-

2021 30th Seoul Music Awards [65]

chul

Awards and nominations[edit]

See also: List of awards and nominations received by Girls' Generation

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the
result of the nomination

Nominee /
Award ceremony Year Category Result Ref.
Work

Blue Dragon Film Miss & Mrs.

2019 Best New Actress Nominated [66]

Awards Cops

Jecheon International Discovery of the Memories of a

2019 Won [67]

Music & Film Festival Year Award Dead End

Best Female Group

KBS Music Awards 2012 Choi Soo-young Nominated
Member

Dating Agency:
2013 Best New Actress Nominated
Cyrano
Korea Drama Awards
Excellence Award,
2015 Won [27]

Actress

MBC Drama Awards Excellence Award,

My Spring Days
Actress in a Won [68]

Miniseries
2014

Best Couple Award Nominated [69]

2017 Excellence Award, Man in the Nominated [70]

 Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the
result of the nomination

Nominee /
Award ceremony Year Category Result Ref.
Work

Actress Kitchen

Mnet 20's Choice

2012 Best 20's Style Choi Soo-young Nominated
Awards

SBS Entertainment New Rookie Award TV Entertainment

2013 Won [71]

Awards (MC Category) Tonight

Style Icon Awards 2013 Best K-Style Award Choi Soo-young Won [72]

References