Seo Eun-soo

Seo Eun-soo

Seo in January 2020

Born Lee Jeong-min

March 2, 1994 (age 30)

Haeundae-gu, Busan, South Korea

Alma mater Korea National University of Arts (Department

of Acting)

 Actress
Occupations
 model

Years active 2015–present

Agent  HighZium Studio[1]

Korean name

Hangul 서은수
 Revised Romanization Seo Eun-su

McCune–Reischauer Sŏ Ŭnsu

Birth name

Hangul 이정민

Hanja 李汀敏

Revised Romanization I Jeong-min

McCune–Reischauer I Chŏngmin

Website highziumstudio.com

Lee Jeong-min (Korean: 이정민; born March 2, 1994), known professionally as Seo
Eun-soo (Korean: 서은수), is a South Korean actress and model. Seo made her acting
debut in the 2016 television drama Don't Dare to Dream (2016). Seo received her big
break after portraying the role of Seo Ji-soo in the KBS2 family drama My Golden
Life (2017–2018). She appeared in other popular dramas, such as Dr.
Romantic (2016), Duel (2017), Top Management (2018), and Legal High (2019).[2][3] Her
other works include The Smile Has Left Your Eyes (2018), Unlock My
Boss (2022), Missing: The Other Side (2020–2023), and The Witch: Part 2. The Other
One (2022).[4]
Early life and education[edit]
Seo was born in March 2, 1994, at Busan, South Korea. Seo wanted to be an actress
while she was in elementary school, but her parents disapproved of her aspirations. In
2007 to 2013, Seo studied middle school and high school at Haeundae Tourism High
School. From the second grade of middle school until the second grade of high school,
she focused on dancing. When she was a sophomore at Haeundae, she dreamed of
becoming an actress by making a monologue and she was acting by herself while
watching the work. She finally enrolled in the acting program at the Korea National
University of Arts in 2013 and graduated there with a degree in acting.[5][unreliable source?] In 2015,
she began acting in commercials, which attracted the public's attention. Several dramas
starred the actress.[5][unreliable source?]
Career[edit]
2015: Predebut and career beginnings[edit]
Seo had always wanted to be an actress, but it took her a long time to persuade her
parents to allow her enroll in acting classes. She enrolled in the Korea National
University of Arts in 2013, and it was about that time, while she was looking for part-time
work, that she received her first offer to appear in a commercial in 2015.[6]
2016–present: Acting debut and career[edit]
She started her acting career as she took the lead role in the short film Hongeo:
Fermented Skate Fish (2016) and her first television appearance in the series Don't
Dare to Dream (2016), which was quickly followed by the drama series Dr.
Romantic (2016). In the 2016 SBS television program, Don't Dare to Dream, Seo made
her acting debut. She was cast as one of the leads in the OCN sci-fi thriller Duel in
2017. She received her big break in the same year by portraying the sister of Shin Hye-
sun's character in the popular KBS2 family drama My Golden Life. For her performance
in the show, she took home the Best New Actress prize at the 11th Korea Drama
Awards. The drama also won her nominations for Best New Actress at the 54th
Baeksang Arts Awards and the 2017 KBS Drama Awards.[6]

Seo in December 2017

She portrayed a passionate and upright new lawyer in the JTBC legal drama Legal
High in 2019. She joined the OCN fantasy thriller Missing: The Other Side in 2020.[6]
In early 2022, she starred in the political drama Kingmaker (2021) and appeared in the
movie The Witch: Part 2. The Other One.[6]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]

Year Title Role Ref.

2016 Hongeo: Fermented Skate Fish Yeon Je-gwang [citation needed]

Young Poem Hee Kyung [citation needed]

2018
On Your Wedding Day Park Min-kyung [7]

[citation needed]
2022 Kingmaker Soo Yeon
Year Title Role Ref.

The Witch: Part 2. The Other

Jo-hyun [8]

One

Television series[edit]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.

Don't Dare to Dream Lee Hong-dan [2]

2016
Dr. Romantic Woo Yeon-hwa Season 1 [2]

2017 Duel Ryu Mi-rae [9]

2017–2018 My Golden Life Seo Ji-soo [3]

The Smile Has Left Your

2018 Baek Seung-ah [10]

Eyes

Legal High Seo Jae-in [11]

2019
Hotel Del Luna Veronica Cameo (Episode 11) [12]

Part-time job
Itaewon Class Cameo (Episode 6) [13]

applicant

2020
Dinner Mate flight attendant Cameo (Episode 1–2) [citation needed]

Missing: The Other Side Choi Yeo-na Season 1 [14]

2022–2023 Unlock My Boss Jung Se-yeon [15]

Web series[edit]

Year Title Role Ref.

Top
2018 Eun-sung [16][17]

Management

Television shows[edit]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.

4 Wheeled
2018 Cast member Season 2 [18]

Restaurant

Awards and nominations[edit]

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

Award
Year Category Nominee / Work Result Ref.
ceremony

Asia Artist Awards 2017 Rising Star Award Seo Eun-soo Won [19]

Baeksang Arts Best New Actress –

2018 My Golden Life Nominated [20]

Awards Television

Blue Dragon Film The Witch: Part 2. The

2022 Best Supporting Actress Nominated [21]

Awards Other One

KBS Drama [citation

2017 Best New Actress Nominated needed]
Awards
My Golden Life
Korea Drama
2018 Best New Actress Won [22]

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

Award
Year Category Nominee / Work Result Ref.
ceremony

Korea Marketing Tomorrow's Rising Star [citation

2017 Seo Eun-soo Won needed]
Awards Award (Rising Star)

Listicles[edit]

Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement

Publisher Year Listicle Placement Ref.

Sports
2018 The Star that Will Shine in 2018 (Actor) Shortlist[A] [23]

Donga