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), So I Married the Anti-fan (2021) and If You Wish Upon Me(2022).
South Korean singer and actress (born 1990)
"Soo-young" redirects here. For the given name, see Soo-young (name).
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.
Life and career
1990–2007: Early life and career beginnings
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
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
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] and the action comedy film Girl Cops.[39]
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.[40][41]
In May 2019, Sooyoung signed with new agency Saram Entertainment.[42] In February 2020, Sooyoung starred in the OCN drama Tell Me What You Saw.[43]
In 2020, Sooyoung starred in JTBC romance drama Run On.[44] 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[45] and appeared in the Netflix original series Move to Heaven.[46]
In 2022, she starred in the KBS2 drama If You Wish Upon Me in the role of a nurse at hospice.[47]
Personal life
Sooyoung graduated from JeongShin Women's High School in 2009.[48] 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.[49]
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.[51] At the end of that year, she launched a fundraising campaign with cable channel QTV for patients of the disease.[52] Since then, she has continued to serve as ambassador while conducting sponsorship events and supporting the research on treatment of patients.[53]
In 2016, Sooyoung launched a clothing brand called Beaming Effect with the aim to raise awareness for Retinitis Pigmentosa.[54] She has held several charity bazaars throughout the years and donated the proceeds towards research for treatment of the disease.[55] Notably, she held a funding with Kakao, a charity bazaar and a charity concert featuring various artists in 2017.[56]
Sooyoung has also been appointed ambassador to the Korean Day of Overcoming Rare Diseases,[57] the Social Welfare Council and the National Disability Awareness Improvement Campaign.[58] 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.[59]
Discography
See also: Girls' Generation discography
Singles
Title
Year
Peak chart positions
Album
KOR
As lead artist
"Winter Breath" (겨울숨)
2018
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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)
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"최수영 "사람엔터와 전속계약, 기쁘고 기대돼요""[Sooyoung: "I'm Excited About My Exclusive Contract with Saram Entertainment"]. Korea Times (in Korean). May 7, 2019. Archived from the original on July 28, 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
Kang Hyo-jin (April 30, 2021). "[단독]최수영, 넷플릭스 '무브 투 헤븐' 출연…이제훈과 호흡"[[Exclusive] Sooyoung Choi to appear in Netflix's 'Move to Heaven'... Breathing with Lee Je-hoon]. sportstvnews (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 1, 2021. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
Park Jaehwan (July 15, 2022). "최수영, KBS 수목드라마 '당신이 소원을 말하면' 호스피스 간호사"[Choi Soo-young, a hospice nurse in KBS drama 'If You Say Your Wish'] (in Korean). KBS Entertainment. Retrieved July 15, 2022– via Naver.
Kim Soo-jin (January 21, 2022). "엉클'에 소녀시대 최수영 떴다..특급 카메오 [공식]"[Girls' Generation's Choi Soo-young appeared in 'Uncle'..Exclusive cameo [Official]] (in Korean). Star News. Retrieved January 21, 2022– via Naver.
Jo Eun-mi (September 28, 2021). "당신의 소원을 말하면' 지창욱X성동일X최수영 캐스팅..감동 힐링 드라마[공식]"['If you tell me your wish' Ji Chang-wook X Sung Dong-il X Choi Soo-young Casting... A touching healing drama [Official]]. Herald POP (in Korean). Retrieved September 28, 2021– via Naver.
Yoo Jeong-min (September 15, 2022). "최수영·윤박, '팬레터를 보내주세요' 캐스팅…힐링 로맨스"[Choi Soo-young and Yoon Park, cast for 'Send a fan letter'... healing romance] (in Korean). iMBC. Retrieved September 15, 2022– via Naver.
Kim Na-yeon (January 11, 2022). "[단독] 최수영∙최수진, '호적메이트' 출연…스타 자매의 현실케미 공개"[[Exclusive] Choi Soo-young and Choi Soo-jin to appear in 'Household Mate'... Star sisters' reality chemistry revealed] (in Korean). OSEN. Retrieved January 11, 2022– via Naver.
Kim Seon-woo (January 24, 2021). [하이원서울가요대상 D-7]MC 신동엽X김희철X최수영, '믿고 보는' 황금 라인업 완성[[High1 Seoul Music Awards D-7] MC Shin Dong-yup X Kim Hee-chul X Choi Soo-young, 'trust and watch' golden line-up completed]. Sports Seoul (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 29, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
Nam, Yoo-jung (September 21, 2022). "2022 부일영화상 사회자에 배우 김남길·최수영"[Actors Kim Nam-gil and Choi Soo-young to host the 2022 Buil Film Awards] (in Korean). Busan Ilbo. Retrieved September 21, 2022– via Naver.
Ryu Hyo-lim (July 21, 2022). "한국사회복지협의회 2022 나눔홍보대사 최수영"[Korea Social Welfare Council 2022 ambassador for sharing Choi Soo-young] (in Korean). Yonhap News. Retrieved July 21, 2022– via Naver.
김지혜 (October 17, 2022). "마리끌레르 아시아 스타 어워즈 2022" (in Korean). Marie Claire Korea. Archived from the original on October 17, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
Kim, Ye-eun (December 31, 2017). [MBC 연기대상]대상 후보 ‘돈꽃’ 장혁, 주말극 최우수연기상[[MBC Drama Awards] Grand Prize Nomination 'Money Flower' Jang Hyuk, Best Drama Award]. Newsen (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 28, 2020. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
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