Son Ji-yoon (Korean: 손지윤; born Son Su-jeong, February 18, 1983) is a South Korean actress.[1] Debuting in the play Sea Fog in 2007, Son’s portfolio of works were majority theater plays and few musicals. Since 2017, Son started acting for minor roles in films and television dramas.[2]
Son Ji-yoon | |
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손지윤 | |
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Born | Son Su-jeong (손수정) (1983-02-18) February 18, 1983 (age 39) Seoul, South Korea |
Education | Bachelor Degree of Theater |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2007-present |
Agent | Big Boss Entertainment |
Spouse | Sung Tae-joon (m. 2013) |
Korean name | |
Hangul | |
Revised Romanization | Son Ji-yun |
McCune–Reischauer | Son Chiyun |
Birth name | |
Hangul | |
Revised Romanization | Son Su-jeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Son Su-chŏng |
Son popularity as actress in Daehangno proven by two nomination and one award as best supporting actress from StageTalk Audience's Choice Awards (SACA). She were nominated for SACA best supporting actress in 2016 for her roles in Gloria and Toc Toc.[3][4] Son nominated again in 2018 SACA for best supporting actress in play The Helmet.[5] She finally won 2019 SACA best supporting actress for role Sylvia in play The Pride.[6]
Son Ji-yoon was born Son Su-jeong on February 18, 1983 in Seoul. She attended all-girl High School. At high school, She was known as a talkactive girl, so her friend suggest her to enroll to the theater and film department to further show her talent. She followed the advice and prepared for about three months. She passed the test. While attending university, Son watch her first play Our Town. Son felt that was too cool to be on stage wearing old clothes and playing someone else. Since then She seriously wanted to be an actress.[7] In college Son wasn't a diligent student as she often missed her class. However Son never missed any theater workshop class. She even kept on working on performances during vacations, almost living in schools and theaters. She naturally thought that she should become a theater actress, and after graduating for about a year, she was lucky enough to join Yeonwoo Theater Company.[note 1] After about half a year, Son debuted as theater actress with play Haemoo (Sea Fog) in 2007.
In 2008, Son was cast as Louise Hamilton in play Loving You, Korean adaptation of play Why Not Stay for Breakfast by playwright Ray Cooney and Gene Stone. Produced by Papa Productions, korean premiere was held at the Happy Theater in Daehangno from July 11 to August 31. Son worked with director Lee Hyun-gyu for her first lead role and acted opposite senior actor Hong Sung-duk.[8]
In 2009, Son joined casts of Gil Sambongdeum as Maeng-hwa. It is a work by writer Kim Min-jung and director Ahn Kyung-mo, who worked together in the play Haemu (2007). The Play was produced by Yeonwoo Theater Company and Namsan Arts Center as part of Namsan Arts Center 2009 Season Program Contents.
In the end of 2009, Son co-starred opposite Min Jun-ho in romantic comedy play A Dramatic Night. She played female character name Si-hoo opposite Min Jun-ho who played Jeong-hoon. Both actors had to delicately expresses subtle psychological changes between men and women through one-night stand. This performance, presented by Yeonwoo Theater Company, was written by Hwang Yun-jeong, a young writer in her 20, a selected work of the 2009 New Year's Literary Arts Festival and received favorable reviews for her delightful story of love. This play was directed by Lee Jae-jun, who stood out at the 2007 Miryang Summer Performing Arts Festival Young Director's Home Awards and won the Best Director and Best Picture at the same time. A Dramatic Night was premiered at Yeonwoo Theater in Daehangno from December 16, 2009 to January 17, 2010.[9]
In 2010 Son auditioned for play Rooftop House Cat, adaptation from web novel that already adapted into MBC hit drama series with the same title. She was triple casts as female lead Nam Jeong-eun with actress Hwang Bo-ra and Kim Yeo-jin, in first season of the performance which was directed by Kim Tae-hyung. Actor Sung Tae-joon played opposite her as Lee Kyung-Min.[10][11]
In the same year, Son reunited again with Sung Tae-joon in encore performance of play A Dramatic Night (2010). Sung was double cast with Min Jun-ho from the premiere performance as Jeong-hoon. Son who reprise her role, Si-hoo, shared the role with actress Yoon Jeong-sun.
In 2011, Son worked again with Min Jun-ho in a play where he was a director, one Best Play Repertoire, If With You(2011) by Japanese playwright Koki Mitani. She played supporting role Koiso Fujimi, the youngest sister of Koiso family. The play If With You is a comedy play about the love between a 70-year-old gentleman and a 28-year-old lady. The unpredictable and absurd episode unfolds through the lies that bite the tails of the characters in the play. This performance is the Gangnam encore performance following the Daehangno performance.
In 2012, Son debuted as musical actress as supporting actress in musical Rude Miss Young-ae. It is a creative musical released by CJ E&M after two years of preparation, from tvN longest season drama Rude Miss Young-ae. It is also the last work of playwright late Ahn Hyeon-jeong. She reprise her role in two come back performance in 2013.
In 2014, Son and actress Cha Su-yeon shared the role of Hyo-jin for musical Two Weddings and a Funeral. The original movie Two Weddings and a Funeral won the Atreon Award for Feature Film at the 12th Seoul International Women's Film Festival. It was reborn as a musical drama with playwright Cho Min-ju and director Kim Tae-hyung. Jung Dong-hwa and Park Seong-hoon were cast for the role of Min-soo, a homosexual general hospital doctor. Hyo-jin, a lesbian agreed to marry Min-soo on paper so she can adopt a child.[12]
Son met Min Jun-ho, as fellow actor in Yeonwoo Stage. They acted together as costar in play Dramatic Night (2009) and Dramatic Night (2010). Beside being an actor Min Jun-ho is a playwright and theater director who established his own theater company, Theater Ganda.
Few years later Son joined few projects by Theater Ganda. In 2013, Son joined debut performance of play Me and Grandpa, written by Min Jun-ho. The play successfully completed a reading performance at the Namsan Drama Festivalin February 21, 2013 and received favorable reviews from the audience and critics. Son shared the role of Jun-hee’s grandmother with actress Jeong Seon-ah who participated in the last reading performance with Jin Seon-gyu(grandfather), Oh Eui-sik (Jun-hee), and Lee Seok (writer). New casts for debut performance were Oh Yong-lee (grandfather), Hong Woo-jin (Jun-hee), and Yang Kyung-won (writer). It was performed from July 11th to August 4th at Daehangno Information Center.[13]
In the end of the same year, Son was invited as one of representative actress of Daehak-ro, in project 'Ganda GO', the 10th anniversary parade of the theater company 'Ganda Performance Delivery Service'. First work was play Almost Maine by John Cariani.[14]
Following the play Almost Maine, the play Me and Grandpa, was selected as the second work of 'Ganda GO'. It was performed from February 7th, 2014 at Art One Theater 3, Daehak-ro, Dongsung-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul. Son Ji-yoon, who was loved by many audiences in the debut performancs by digesting the lines naturally, was become a vital force in the play by going back and forth between the grandmother and multi roles.[15]
In 2013, Son worked again with Director Kim Tae-hyun in play The Age of Love (2013), which was adapted from Hisashi Nozawa's best-selling Japanese novel. She shared the leading female role, Haru, a sports center instructor with actress Hwang In-young and Shim Eun-jin.
In 2014, Son worked for the first time with Noname Theater Company[lower-alpha 1] for the Korean premiere of Fight of Cocks written by a young British playwright Mike Bartlett. The play depicts the heavy subject of 'subjectivity and choice' through John, who has to choose between a man and a woman due to the confusion of gender identity. At the UK premiere in 2009, it drew attention for the casting of actors such as Ben Whishaw. It won the Lawrence Olivier Award in 2010, and performed in New York off-Broadway in 2012. Actors Park Eun-seok was cast as John and Son Ji-yoon of appeared as W, John's new lover of the opposite sex. Other two casts were Kim Jun-won, and Seon Jong-nam. It performed at Doosan Art Center Space 111, Seoul from July 11th to August 3rd 2014 and received a warm response.[17]
She worked again in 6th work of NoName Theater Company in Korean premiere of play Metamorphoses (2015), work reconstructed by the famous American play, Mary Zimmerman, of the epic poem Metamorphoses, written by the ancient Roman poet Ovid on Greek and Roman mythology. The work won major awards such as the 2002 Tony Awards and the Drama Desk Awards. Directed by Byun Jeong-Ju, Korean adaptation was premiered at the Little Theater of the Seoul Arts Center.
In 2016, Son reunited with Director Kim Tae-hyung again in Korean premiere of the play Gloria, the work of the playwright Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins, which was nominated for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize. It was co-produced by Noname Theater Company and Dosan Art Center. Son acted as female lead Kendra opposite of actor actor Won Won-jo as Rorin. Other cast were Oh Jung-taek (Miles), and Gong Ji-ji (Annie). Through her role as Gloria, Son was nominated as best theater actress in 2016 SACA award.[18]
In 2017, Son was returned as W in the encore performance Fight of Cocks with fellow actor from the premiere who play F, Seon Jong-nam. Lee Myung-haeng and Lee Tae-goo join as new casts.[19] In the same year, Son also back in Gloriareenactment 2017, was performed at Art One Theater 3 from July 14 to August 13.[20]
In 2018, Son joined 4th encore performance of Capone Trilogy in Hongik University Daehak-ro Art Center. She share the role lady with actress Kim Ji-hyun, and Choi Yu-ha. Other casts were Lee Seok-jun, Kim Jong-tae, and Kim Joo-hyun, triple casts as Oldman. Young-man role were shared by Kim Do-bin, Kang Jung-woo, Yoon Na-mu.[21] Capone Trilogy play is based on the original work of Jamie Wilkes, a writer who has emerged as a favorite of British literature through Bunker Trilogy and Frontier Trilogy.
In 2021, Son and Woo Jung-won were double-casts for the role of C, in the play The Dressing Room (Gakuya). C, who is playing the role of Nina, is a character who constantly memorizes lines in the dressing room and maintains a state of tension. The play is the representative work of Kunio Shimizu, a famous Japanese playwright who passed away in April of this year.[22]
In May 2022, it was announced that Son will joined the third work of The 9th Best Plays Festival[lower-alpha 2], play Touching the Void by David Greig. It is based on the true story of the survival of two British mountain climbers, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates. Son is double casts with actress Lee Jin-hee for role Sara, Joe Simpson’s sister. Korean premiere is directed by Kim Dong-yeon, who is currently the most notable director in the Korean performance industry and will be performed at Art One Theater 2 in Daehangno from July 8 to September 9, 2022.[24]
On November 24, 2013, She married actor Sung Tae-jun. Their relationship began in 2010 after she met her future husband in the plays Rooftop House Cat (2010)[25][26] and Dramatic Night (2010), where they both played as lovers.[27]
Year | Production | Role | Ref. | |
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English title | Korean title | |||
2021 | Double Patty | 더블패티 | Son Ji-yoon | [28][29] |
2019 | Like The First Drink | 첫잔처럼 | Seo Ji-hye | |
2018 | The Princess and the Matchmaker | 궁합 | Songhwa Palace Court Lady | |
2017 | Method | 메소드 | Theater Audience |
Year | Title | Role | Note | Ref. | |
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English title | Korean title | ||||
2020 | Missing: The Other Side | 미씽: 그들이 있었다 | Ha-neul’s Mother | Guest appearance (Ep. 1-2) | [30] |
Traps | 트랩 | Autopsy Doctor | Guest appearance | ||
2019 | Secret Forest Season 2 | 비밀의 숲 2 | Seo Dong-jae's office manager | Guest appearance | |
2018 | Ms. Hammurabi | 미스 함무라비 | Lee Myung-soo's wife | Guest appearance | |
2022 | The First Responders | 소방서 옆 경찰서 | Yoon Hong | [31] | |
Year | Production | Role | Theater | Date | Ref. | |
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English title | Korean title | |||||
2014 | Two Weddings and a Funeral | 두결한장두 번의 결혼식과 한 번의 장례식 | Hyo-jin | Yes 24 Stage 2 (DCF Daemyung Cultural Factory Building 2 Life Hall) | 09.27–11.30 | |
2013 | Rude Miss Young-ae | 막돼먹은 영애씨 | Sa-jang (Young-ae’s best friend) | CGV Shinhan Card Art Hall (formerly CGV Pop Art Hall) | 06.06–07.14 | [32] |
2013 | Rude Miss Young-ae | 막돼먹은 영애씨 | Sa-jang (Young-ae’s best friend) | Seosan Cultural Center Grand Performance Hall | 03.28–03.29 | |
2012–2013 | Rude Miss Young-ae | 막돼먹은 영애씨 | Sa-jang (Young-ae’s best friend) | KT&G Sangsang Madang Daechi Art Hall | 11.20–01.13 | [33] |
Year | Production | Role | Theater | Date | Ref. | |
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English title | Korean title | |||||
2022–2023 | Orphans | 오펀스 | Treat | Art One Theatre 1 | 29 Nov to 26 Feb | [35] |
2022 | Theatrical Battle 9 - Touching The Void | 연극열전9_3rd — 터칭 더 보이드 | Sara | Art One Theater Hall 2 | July 8—Sep 18 | [24] |
2021 | Dressing Room | 분장실 | C | Daehakro Jayu Theater | Aug 7–Sep 12 | |
2020 | Wife | 와이프 | Daisy | Daehak-ro Art Theater Grand Theater | Aug 08—20 | |
2020 | Wife | 와이프 | Daisy | Sejong Center of Performing Art S Theater | Jul 30–Aug 02 | |
2019 | The Pride | 프라이드 | Sylvia | Art One Theater Hall 2 | May 25–Aug 25 | |
2018 | Of Mice and Men | 생쥐와 인간 | Mrs. Curley | Daehak-ro T.O.M. Hall 2 | Jul 24–Oct 14 | |
2018 | Theatrical Heated Battle 7 — The 100-year-old man who jumped out of the window and ran away | 연극열전7 - 창문 넘어 도망친 100세 노인연극열전 | Alan | Daehak-ro Jayu Theater | Jun 12–Sep 2 | [36] |
2018 | The Capone Trilogy | 카포네 트릴로지 | Lady | Hongik University Daehangno Art Center Small Theater | Mar 20–Jun 17 | |
2016–2017 | The Helmets | 더 헬멧 | Helmet Soldier B | Art One Theater Hall 3 | Dec 19–Mar 04 | |
2017 | Gloria | 글로리아 | Kendra Jenna | Art One Theater Hall 3 | Jul 14–Aug 13 | [37] |
2017 | Fight of Cocks | 수탉들의 싸움_COCK | W | Art One Theater Hall 3 | Mar 10–Apr 09 | [38] |
2016–2017 | Theatrical Heated Battle 6 — Toc Toc | 연극열전6 - 톡톡 | Lily | Daehak-ro T.O.M. Hall 2 | Oct 27–Jan 30 | |
2016 | Gloria | 글로리아 | Kendra Jenna | Doosan Art Center Space111 | Jul 26–Aug 28 | |
2015 | Me and Grandfather | 나와 할아버지 - 고양 | Grandmother | Busan KKN Theater | 09.10~09.20 | |
2015 | Metamorphoses | 변신이야기 | Female | Ansan Arts Center Dalmaji Theater | 06.19~06.20 | |
2015 | Metamorphoses | 변신이야기 | Female | Daehak-ro Jayu Theater | 04.28~05.17 | |
2014 | Fight of Cocks | 수탉들의 싸움_COCK | W | Doosan Art Center Space111 | Jul 11–Aug 3 | [39] |
2014 | Me and Grandfather | 나와 할아버지 - 고양 | Grandmother | Art One Theater Hall 3 | Feb 2–April 20 | |
2013 | Almost Maine | 올모스트 메인 | Hope | JTN Art Hall 4 | 11.11–01.19 | [40] |
2013 | Age of Love | 두결한장 | Haru | Daehak-ro Jayu Theater | 10.05–12.29 | |
2013 | Me and Grandfather | 나와 할아버지 - 고양 | Grandmother | Daehak-ro Information Theater | 07.11–08.04 | |
2011 | Sea Fog (Haemoo) | 해무 | Hong-mae | Daehak-ro Art Theater Grand Theater | 11.04–11.20 | |
2011 | If I Am With You | 너와 함께라면 | Koisho Fujimi | Gyeonggi Arts Center Small Theater Suwon | 10.22–10.23 | |
2011 | Dramatic Night | 극적인 하룻밤 | Shi-hoo | Art One Theater Hall 2 | 07.16–05.28 | |
2010 | If I Am With You | 너와 함께라면 | Koisho Fujimi | COEX Art Hall | 04.22–01.01 | |
2010 | Dramatic Night | 극적인 하룻밤 | Shi-hoo | Yeonwoo Small Theater | 12.08–02.27 | |
2010 | Rooftop House Cat | 옥탑방 고양이 - 틴틴홀 | Nam Jeong-eun | Tintin Hall Daehakro | 04.06–5.30 | |
2009–2010 | Dramatic Night | 극적인 하룻밤 | Shi-hoo | Yeonwoo Small Theater | 12.16–01.17 | |
2009 | Gil Sambong | 길삼봉뎐 | Maehyang | Namsan Arts Center | 10.27–10.31 | |
2009 | Sea Fog (Haemoo) | 해무 | Hong-mae | Seoul Art Center Jiyu Small Theater | 05.23–05.31 | |
2008 | They Dream | 그들, 꿈을 그리다 | Gertrude | Samseong-dong Insan Art Hall (formerly Robin Art Hall) | 03.16–04.08 | |
2008 | Loving You | 러빙유 | Louise Hamilton | Happy Theater | Jul 11–Aug 31 | |
2007 | Sea Fog (Haemoo) | 해무 | Hong-mae | Yeonwoo Small Theater | 10.12–11.04 | |
2007 | Sea Fog (Haemoo) | 해무 | Hong-mae | Yeonwoo Small Theater | 06.05–22 |
Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee / Work | Result | Ref. |
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The Interpark Golden Ticket Awards Theater and Musical[note 2] | 2019 | Best Actress in a Play | Capone Trilogy | Nominated | 15th |
2017 | Best Actress in a Play | The Helmet | Nominated | 13th[41] | |
Stage Talk Audience's Choice Awards (SACA)[note 3] | 2019 | Best Supporting Actress Theater | The Pride | Won | [6] |
2018 | Best Supporting Actress Theater | The Helmet | Nominated | [5] | |
2016 | Best Actress Theater | Gloria, Tok Tok | Nominated | [3][4] |