Jo Bo-ah

This is a Korean name; the family name is Jo.
Jo Bo-ah
Born Jo Bo-yoon
(1991-08-22) August 22, 1991
Daejeon, South Korea
Other names Cho Bo-ah
Education Sungkyunkwan University - Performing Arts
Occupation Actress
Years active 2011-present
Agent SidusHQ
Korean name
Hangul 조보아
Hanja 赵宝儿
Revised Romanization Jo Bo-a
McCune–Reischauer Cho Poa
Birth name
Hangul 조보윤
Revised Romanization Jo Bo-yun
McCune–Reischauer Cho Poyun

Jo Bo-ah (born Jo Bo-yoon on August 22, 1991) is a South Korean actress. She played leading roles in Shut Up Flower Boy Band (2012) and The Idle Mermaid (2014).

Early life

Jo Bo-ah was born on August 22, 1991 in Daejeon, South Korea. She has one sister who is four years younger. Jo graduated from Daejeon Banseok High School.

Career

Jo Bo-ah made her acting debut in 2011 with a small role in the daily sitcom I Live in Cheongdam-dong on cable channel jTBC. This was followed by a hosting gig on the audition program Made in U (also on jTBC), and an appearance in the Korean-Japanese co-production Koisuru Maison ~Rainbow Rose~.

In 2012, Jo landed her first major role as a former rich girl who falls for a rocker in tvN's coming-of-age series Shut Up Flower Boy Band.[1] [2][3][4][5] Later that year, she appeared in her first network TV series with a supporting role in the MBC period drama Horse Doctor.[6][7]

In 2013, Jo and Kim Woo-bin hosted Mnet's weekly music show M Countdown for two weeks (on April 4 and 11).[8]

Jo was cast in her first film in 2014, as a troubled, seductive teenager who becomes obsessed with her gym teacher in the erotic thriller Innocent Thing.[9] Back on cable television, she played the leading role in romantic comedy series The Idle Mermaid, a modern retelling of The Little Mermaid set amidst the competitive Korean workplace.[10]

Jo tried a new genre in 2015 with the OCN police procedural Missing Noir M, where she played a detective on the missing persons task force.[11] She then joined the ensemble cast of the KBS weekend family drama All About My Mom.[12][13] Jo is also set to star in the upcoming web series Love Cells 2, adapted from the webtoon of the same title.[14]

Personal life

Jo has been dating actor On Joo-wan since February 2015; they met on the set of The Idle Mermaid.[15]

Filmography

Television series

Year Title Role Network
2011 I Live in Cheongdam-dong Bo-ah (cameo; episodes 10, 14-15) jTBC
2012 Shut Up Flower Boy Band Im Soo-ah tvN
Koisuru Maison Rainbow Rose Bo-ah Tokyo TV
Horse Doctor Seo Eun-seo MBC
2014 The Idle Mermaid Aileen/Kim Ha-ni tvN
2015 Missing Noir M Jin Seo-joon OCN
2015-2016 All About My Mom Jang Chae-ri KBS2
2016 Monster Do Shin-young MBC

Film

Year Title Role
2014 Innocent Thing Ha Young-eun

Variety show

Year Title Network Notes
2011-2012 Made in U jTBC
2013 M! Countdown Mnet weekly MC, April 4 & 11

Web series

Year Title Role Website
2015 Love Cells 2 Ye-bom Naver TV Cast

Endorsements

Year(s) Product Notes
2012 Lotte Ghana Chocolate[16]
2016 Siero Cosmetics[17] Company: JNG Korea

Music videos

Year Song title Artist
2016 "Remember That" BtoB

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2015 28th Grimae Awards Best New Actress
All About My Mom
Won
29th KBS Drama Awards Popularity Award, Actress Won
Best New Actress Nominated
Best Couple Award (with Choi Tae-joon) Nominated

References

  1. Hwang, Hyo-jin (February 29, 2012). "My Name Is: Cho Bo-ah". 10Asia. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  2. "Cho Bo-ah: My character Sua may seem too naive to the viewers". 10Asia. February 29, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  3. "Cho Bo-ah: Sung-jun is someone that is very considerate". 10Asia. February 29, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  4. "Cho Bo-ah: A person would be happy to have just one friend like Du-mi". 10Asia. February 29, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  5. Lee, In-kyung (January 25, 2013). "Flower Boy Band Boasts Cast Full of New Faces". enewsWorld. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  6. "Jo Bo-ah's picture from the past". November 21, 2011. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  7. "Cho Bo Ah, "'Horse Doctor' after 'Shut Up Flower Boy Band' was a gift for me"". April 19, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. 김우빈-조보아 '엠카운트다운' 스페셜 MC 낙점. Sports Chosun (in Korean). April 2, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  9. "Starlet Hits Right Note as Love-struck Student in Movie Debut". The Chosun Ilbo. April 19, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  10. Park, Ji-ryun (July 30, 2014). "Jo Bo Ah and Song Jae Rim Talk Underwater Kiss Scene in The Idle Mermaid". enewsWorld. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  11. "Jo Boa cast as Kim Kang-woo's leading lady in Missing Persons Task Force". Dramabeans. January 25, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
  12. Kim, Dan-hee (July 1, 2015). 부탁해요 엄마', 대본 리딩 현장 공개...'쟁쟁한 라인업'. Top Star News (in Korean). Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  13. Lee, Eun-won (July 1, 2015). '부탁해요, 엄마' 유진 이상우 오민석 최태준, 대본 리딩 현장 공개. Star Daily News (in Korean). Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  14. Kim, Ji-hye (July 24, 2015). '조보아, 웹드라마 '연애세포2' 출연.. 임슬옹와 호흡 맞춘다. TenAsia (in Korean). Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  15. Hong, Grace Danbi (March 26, 2015). "On Ju Wan and Jo Bo Ah Confirm that They are Dating". enewsWorld. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  16. '마의' 조보아,롯데 가나초콜릿 광고,TV CF. starplanet (in Korean). December 29, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  17. "sierocorea on Instagram: "시에로 코스메틱의 뮤즈, 조보아! 그녀와 함께한 16 S/S 화보를 미리 만나 보세요."". Instagram (in Korean). Retrieved February 8, 2016.

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