Choi Soo-young

South Korean singer and actress (born 1990)

"Soo-young" redirects here. For the given name, see Soo-young (name).

In this Korean name, the family name is  Choi.

Choi Soo-young

Sooyoung in March 2024

Born|  (1990-02-10) February 10, 1990 (age 34)

Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea

Education| Chung-Ang University
Occupations|

* Singer
* actress
* songwriter

Years active| 2002–present
Agent| Saram Entertainment
Partner| Jung Kyung-ho (2013–present)
Family| Choi Soo-jin (sister)
Musical career
Genres| K-pop
Instrument| Vocals
Labels|

* SM
* Avex Trax

Member of| Girls' Generation
Formerly of| Route 0
Website| Choi Sooyoung

Musical artist

Korean name
Hangul|

최수영

Hanja|

崔秀榮

Revised Romanization| Choe Suyeong
McCune–Reischauer| Ch'oe Suyŏng
Website| esaram.co.kr

Choi Soo-young (Korean: 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, 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 widely known 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), So I Married the Anti-fan (2021), If You Wish Upon Me (2022), and Not Others (2023).

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. In October 2024, Sooyoung made her solo debut in Japan with released "Unstoppable" under Japan label Avex Trax.[1]

## Early life and education

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Sooyoung was born in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on February 10, 1990.[2] She is the younger sister of Choi Soo-jin, who is a musical theatre actress.[3]

Sooyoung graduated from JeongShin Women's High School in 2009.[4] 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.[5]

## Life and career

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### 2000–2007: Career beginnings

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Sooyoung was initially discovered through an SM Entertainment Open Audition when she was in fifth grade.[6] She later won first place at the 2002 Korea-Japan Ultra Idol Duo Audition and debuted in Japan as a member of Route 0.[7] The duo released three singles before disbanding in 2003.[8]

Sooyoung 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

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Choi at the 31st Cyworld Digital Music Awards in 2009

Girls' Generation gained significant popularity with the release of their hit single "Gee" in 2009.[9] 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.[10]

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),[11] romantic comedy film Hello, Schoolgirl (2008),[12] SBS's drama Oh! My Lady (2010),[13] SBS's Paradise Ranch (2011) and SBS's A Gentleman's Dignity (2012).[14][15] 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.[16][17]

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),[18] "What Do I Do" (2016),[19] and "Sailing (0805)" (2016),[20] while co-writing the song "Baby Maybe" (2013).[21]

In September 2012, she landed her first major acting role in tvN's medical drama The Third Hospital.[22][23] 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.[24][25][26][unreliable source?] 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.[27] 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".[28]

Choi performing in 2015

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.[29] 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.[29][30] She contributed a song to its soundtrack, titled "Wind Flower".[31]

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.[32][33]

In June 2016, Sooyoung starred as the female lead alongside Ma Dong-seok and Seo In-guk in the OCN crime drama Squad 38.[34][35]

### 2017–present: Label change and continued acting

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In early August 2017, Sooyoung starred as television producer in the JTBC web drama Someone You Might Know.[36] Later in August, she played the female lead in the MBC drama series Man in the Kitchen.[37] 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.[38][39]

Sooyoung at a "Beaming Effect" event in 2018

In 2018, Sooyoung was cast in the Korean-Japanese film Memories of a Dead End[40][41] and the action comedy film Miss & Mrs. Cops.[42]

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.[43][44]

In May 2019, Sooyoung signed with new agency Saram Entertainment.[45] In February 2020, Sooyoung starred in the OCN drama Tell Me What You Saw.[46]

In 2020, Sooyoung starred in JTBC romance drama Run On.[47] 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[48] and appeared in the Netflix original series Move to Heaven.[49]

In 2022, she starred in the KBS2 drama If You Wish Upon Me in the role of a nurse at hospice.[50] Sooyoung participated in Girls' Generation's fifteenth anniversary album Forever 1 (2022), with her co-writing the songs "Seventeen" and "Villain" for the album.[51][52]

On August 29, 2024, Saram Entertainment announced that Choi would be releasing her Japanese debut maxi single titled "Unstoppable" on October 30.[53]

## Personal life

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Sooyoung has been dating Jung Kyung-ho since 2013.[54]

## Philanthropy

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Sooyoung 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.[55] At the end of that year, she launched a fundraising campaign with cable channel QTV for patients of the disease.[56] Since then, she has continued to serve as ambassador while conducting sponsorship events and supporting the research on treatment of patients.[57]

In 2016, Sooyoung launched a clothing brand called Beaming Effect with the aim to raise awareness for Retinitis Pigmentosa.[58] She has held several charity bazaars throughout the years and donated the proceeds towards research for treatment of the disease.[59] Notably, she held a funding with Kakao, a charity bazaar and a charity concert featuring various artists in 2017.[60]

Sooyoung has also been appointed ambassador to the Korean Day of Overcoming Rare Diseases,[61] the Social Welfare Council and the National Disability Awareness Improvement Campaign.[62] 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.[63]

## Discography

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See also: Girls' Generation discography

### Korean singles

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List of Korean singles, showing year released, selected chart positions, and name of the album  Title  | Year  | Peak chart
positions  | Album

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KOR
As lead artist
"Winter Breath" (겨울숨)  | 2018  | —  | Non-album single
As featured artist
"Feeling Only You" (너만을 느끼며)
(The Blue featuring Tiffany and Sooyoung) | 2009  | —  | The Blue – The First Memories
"Let's Get Away" (Acoustic version)
(James Lee featuring Sooyoung) | 2018  | —  | The Light
Promotional single
"Be Yourself" (너니까 너답게)
(featuring Hong Hyun-hee) | 2020  | —  | Non-album single
Soundtrack appearances
"I Am" (Korean version) | 2005  | —  | Inuyasha OST
"Kkok" (꼭)
(with Kwon Yu-ri) | 2008  | —  | Working Mom OST
"Wind Flower" (바람꽃)  | 2014  | —  | My Spring Days OST
"To My Star" 나의 별에게 | 2022  | —  | If You Wish Upon Me OST Part 8
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

### Japanese singles

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List of Japanese singles, showing year released, selected chart positions, and name of the album  Title  | Year  | Peak chart
positions  | Album

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|
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JPN | JPN
Hot
"Unstoppable"  | 2024  | TBA | Non-album single

## Filmography

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See also: Girls' Generation filmography

### Film

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes  | Ref.

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2003  | Silmido | Soo Young  |  | [citation needed]
2008  | Hello, Schoolgirl | Jeong Da-jeong  |  | [12]
2012  | I AM. | Herself  | Biographical film of SM Town  | [64]
2015  | SMTown: The Stage | Herself  | Documentary film of SM Town  | [65]
2019  | The Poem, My Old Mother | Narration  |  | [citation needed]
Memories of a Dead End | Yumi  |  | [40]
Miss & Mrs. Cops | Jang-mi  |  | [42]
A Little Princess | Adult Gongju  | Special appearance  | [66]
2021  | New Year Blues | Oh Wol  |  | [67]
2024  | Dead Man | Hipster  |  | [68]

### Television series

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes  | Ref.

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2008  | Unstoppable Marriage | Soo-young  |  | [11]
2010  | Oh! My Lady | Herself  | Cameo (Episode 7)  | [13]
2011  | Paradise Ranch | Miss Soo  | Cameo (Episode 3)  | [14]
2012  | A Gentleman's Dignity | Herself  | Cameo (Episode 5)  | [15]
The Third Hospital | Lee Eui-jin  |  | [22]
2013  | Dating Agency: Cyrano | Gong Min-young  |  | [27]
2014  | My Spring Days | Lee Bom-yi  |  | [29]
2016  | Perfect Sense | Jung Ah-yeon  |  | [33]
Squad 38 | Cheon Sung-hee  |  | [35]
2017–2018  | Man in the Kitchen | Lee Roo-ri  |  | [37]
2020  | Tell Me What You Saw | Cha Soo-young  |  | [46]
2020–2021  | Run On | Seo Dan-ah  |  | [47]
2022  | Uncle | Top Stars  | Cameo (Episode 13)  | [69]
If You Wish Upon Me | Seo Yeon-joo  |  | [70]
Fanletter, Please! | Han Kang-hee  |  | [71]
2023  | Not Others | Kim Jin-hee  |  | [72][73]

### Web series

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes  | Ref.

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2017  | Someone You Might Know | Lee Ahn  |  | [36]
2021  | So I Married the Anti-fan | Lee Geun-young  |  | [48]
Move to Heaven | Son Yoo-rim  | Cameo  | [49]

### Television shows

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes  | Ref.

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2010  | Haha Mong Show: Pilot | Regular member  |  | [citation needed]
2012–2014  | TV Entertainment Tonight | Host  |  | [74]
2017  | Saturday Night Live Korea | Season 9, Ep 1  | [75]
2022  | Household Mate | Special member  | Episode 3  | [76]
2023  | R U Next? | Host  |  | [77]

### Web shows

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes  | Ref.

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2018  | Born 1990 Choi Soo-young | Host  | Dingo Studio  | [78]

### Events

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Year  | Event  | Notes  | Ref.

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2021  | 30th Seoul Music Awards | With Shin Dong-yup and Kim Hee-chul | [79]
2022  | 31st Buil Film Awards | With Kim Nam-gil | [80]
2022 MBC Drama Awards | With Kim Sung-joo | [81]
2023  | 2023 Marie Claire Asia Star Awards  |  | [82]
2024  | Closing ceremony of the 29th Busan International Film Festival | with Gong Myung | [83]

## Ambassadorship

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* Ambassador for sharing (2022)[84]

## Awards and nominations

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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  Award ceremony  | Year  | Category  | Nominee / Work  | Result  | Ref.

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APAN Star Awards | 2023 | Excellence Award, Actress in a Short Drama  | Fanletter Please | Nominated  | [85]
Blue Dragon Film Awards | 2019 | Best New Actress | Miss & Mrs. Cops | Nominated  | [86]
Busan International Film Festival | 2022 | Marie Claire 8th Asia Star Awards: Face of Asia Award  | Choi Soo-young  | Won  | [87]
Jecheon International Music & Film Festival | 2019  | Discovery of the Year Award  | Memories of a Dead End | Won  | [88]
KBS Drama Awards | 2022 | Popularity Award, Actress  | If You Wish Upon Me | Nominated  | [89]
KBS Music Awards  | 2012  | Best Female Group Member  | Choi Soo-young  | Nominated  | [citation needed]
Korea Drama Awards | 2013 | Best New Actress  | Dating Agency: Cyrano | Nominated  | [citation needed]
2015 | Excellence Award, Actress  | My Spring Days | Won  | [30]
MBC Drama Awards | 2014 | Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries  | Won  | [90]
Best Couple Award  | Nominated  | [91]
2017 | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Weekend Drama  | Man in the Kitchen | Nominated  | [92]
2022 | Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily/One Act Drama  | Fanletter Please | Won  | [93]
Best Couple Award  | Choi Soo-young (with Yoon Park)
Fanletter Please | Nominated  | [94]
Mnet 20's Choice Awards | 2012  | Best 20's Style  | Choi Soo-young  | Nominated  | [citation needed]
SBS Entertainment Awards | 2013  | New Rookie Award (MC Category)  | TV Entertainment Tonight | Won  | [95]
Style Icon Awards | 2013  | Best K-Style Award  | Choi Soo-young  | Won  | [96]

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