Seo Hyun-jin
Seo Hyun-jin (born February 27, 1985) is a South Korean pop singer turned actress.
Career
Seo Hyun-jin debuted as the lead vocalist of K-pop girl group M.I.L.K in 2001. However, the girl group soon fell by the wayside due to fierce competition among manufactured bands, which led to one of the members quitting before the outfit completely disbanded in 2003.[1]
After M.I.L.K. was dissolved, Seo attended Dongduk Women's University, where she majored in applied music to keep her dream of a career in singing alive. As a solo artist she contributed songs to a few soundtracks and SM Town compilations. When she got a chance to perform in her first musical, The Sound of Music, in 2006, she saw it as a turning point to begin her acting career.[1] Besides joining more theatrical productions, Seo shot a movie and a short drama with boyband DBSK (at the time she and the group were under the agency SM Entertainment).
Supporting roles followed in the TV police procedural H.I.T (2007) and queer film Ashamed (also known as Life Is Peachy, 2011), though Seo got noticed for her subtler performances in period dramas such as Hwang Jini (2006), particularly her career-making performance in The Duo (2011) as a neighborhood tomboy who later becomes a gisaeng.[2][3] She played her first villain in Feast of the Gods (2012), as an overly ambitious chef caught in a rivalry.[1][4] Seo was then cast in more leading roles in the period dramas The King's Daughter, Soo Baek-hyang (2013) and The Three Musketeers (2014).[5] But she said the character that most resembled her real-life personality was the foodie freelance writer in Let's Eat 2 (2015), adding that she "didn't realize how much fun shooting a lively and comical drama could be."[6][7]
Seo has also frequently appeared in projects directed by her best friend, actress Ku Hye-sun, notably short film The Madonna and the feature film Magic, in which she had her first leading role.[8][9]
Filmography
Television series
Film
Variety show
| Year |
Title |
Network |
Notes |
| 2015 |
Let's Eat with Friends |
tvN |
Cast member[10] |
Music video
| Year |
Song Title |
Artist |
Role |
| 2009 | "One Step at a Time" | Seo Young-eun | |
| "Dugeun Dugeun, Tomorrow"[11] | 4Tomorrow | Han Jina |
|
Theater
Discography
Girl group member
| Year |
Artist |
Title |
Notes |
| 2001 | M.I.L.K | With Freshness | Album |
| 2003 | Seo Hyun-jin | "Grip!" | Track from Inuyasha OST |
| Seo Hyun-jin | "Hello! Summer!"
"Paradise"
"Summer in Dream" | Tracks from 2003 Summer Vacation in SM Town |
|
Solo artist
Awards and nominations
References
- 1 2 3 "Ex-Teen Singer Reinvents Herself as Soap Actress". The Chosun Ilbo. 5 May 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ Lee, Ga-on (1 February 2011). "PREVIEW: MBC TV series The Duo". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
- ↑ Kim, Heidi (9 March 2011). "The Duo emerges the new winner on TV charts". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
- ↑ Han, Yeo-wool (3 February 2012). "PREVIEW: MBC TV series Supper of the Gods". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ Kim, Hee-eun (27 June 2014). "Seo Hyun-jin to play Joseon princess in Three Musketeers". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
- ↑ Kwon, Ji-youn (20 April 2015). "Let's Eat actors playing just the right roles". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
- ↑ Jeong, Hyeon-mok (23 July 2015). "Singer now small-screen star". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
- ↑ 요술①: 구혜선 감독 & 서현진, "우리 너무 잘 어울려요" [Director Gu Hye-sun & Seo Hyun-jin: "We get along really well" (Part 1)]. Movieweek (in Korean). 14 June 2010. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
- ↑ 요술②: 구혜선 감독 & 서현진, "부담스럽지만 괜찮은" [Director Gu Hye-sun & Seo Hyun-jin: "We get along really well" (Part 2)]. Movieweek (in Korean). 14 June 2010. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
- ↑ Lee, Hye-won (4 August 2015). "Let's Eat 2 spin-off to premiere Wednesday". K-pop Herald. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
- ↑ "Dugeun Dugeun" is the Korean onomatopeic sound of a heart beating.
- ↑ "'MBC 드라마대상' 서현진-효민, 미니시리즈 신인상 수상" [Park Yoochun, Lee Ki Kwang, Hyomin, & Seo Hyun Jin win 'MBC Drama Newcomer Award']. StarN News (in Korean). 30 December 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
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