Choi Yeo-jin

Choi Yeo-jin Biography

Choi Yeo-jin (born July 27, 1983) is a South Korean-Canadian actress.

Career

Choi Yeo-jin was born in Korea, but after her parents divorced, they emigrated to Canada when she was in the first year of middle school. She dreamed of becoming a ballerina, but had to give that up after her family went through some financial difficulties.

She debuted in the entertainment business via the Super Elite Model Contest held in Canada in 2001. Choi went on a leave of absence from George Brown College (she was majoring in Hotel Management) to pursue an entertainment career in Korea. She has since starred in several television series and films, notably Surgeon Bong Dal-hee, Golden Bride, My Woman, More Charming by the Day and I Need Romance.

In 2012 she gained popularity due to her stint on reality show Dancing with the Stars, taking the top spot six times out of 11 competitions, and eventually winning. Choi said, "Viewers like my dancing more than my acting. I was kind of frustrated as an actress because I always played the same kind of characters and ended up projecting stereotypes, which could bore viewers. But now I'm much happier because I can turn into a glamorous dancer every time I get on stage."

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Network
2002	Love Without Obstacle		KBS2
2002	Honest Living	Choi Yeo-jin	SBS
2004	I'm Sorry, I Love You	Moon Ji-young	KBS2
2005	Biscuit Teacher and Star Candy	Noh Jem-ma	SBS
2005	Lawyers	Deborah Hong	MBC
2006	The Invisible Man	Jo Hyun-soo	KBS2
2007	Surgeon Bong Dal-hee	Jo A-ra	SBS
2007	Golden Bride	Ok Ji-young	SBS
2008	My Woman	Jang Tae-hee	MBC
2009	Dream	Jang Soo-jin	SBS
2010	More Charming by the Day	Im Yeo-jin	MBC
2011	I Need Romance	Park Seo-yeon	tvN
2012	Dream High 2	Ahn Tae-yeon	KBS2
2012	Dear You	Baek In-kyung	jTBC
2013	Incarnation of Money	Jeon Ji-hoo	SBS
2014	Emergency Couple	Shim Ji-hye	tvN
2014	Valid Love	Jang Hee-soo	tvN
2015	The Lover	Choi Jin-nyeo	Mnet

Film

Year	Title	Role
2005	Seoul Raiders	Choi Sun-ah
2005	Love in Magic
2006	Art of Fighting	Young-ae
2006	Detective Mr. Gong	Chinese food delivery girl
2008	Boy Director	Assistant
2015	My Sister, the Pig Lady	Yoo-ja

Variety show

Year	Title	Network	Notes
	Ya Shim Man Man	SBS	Panelist
2005-2006	Heroine 6	KBS2	Cast member
2007-2009	Trend Report Feel: Season 2	Mnet	Host
2011	Absolute Man: Season 1	XTM	Host
2011	Racing Queen: Season 2	XTM	Host
2012	Dancing with the Stars: Season 2	MBC	Contestant
2012-2013	Follow ?	FashionN	Host
2013	Saturday Night Live Korea	tvN	Host, episode 38
	I'm a Super Model	SBS
	Super Dog	KBS2
2014	A Celebrity Lives in My House	MBC Every 1
	Running Man (TV series)	SBS	Episode 213
	Chuseok Special: Mirror of Health Returns	MBC	Host
2015	The Body Show	On Style	Host
	Lady Action	KBS2	Cast member
	Headliner	Mnet

Music video

Year	Song Title	Artist
2004	"Don't Be Happy"	MC the Max
2004	"A Name Called Parting"	MC the Max
2006	"Love Effect"	Placebo Effect
2009	"Not Even a Call"	Wax
2009	"My Girl"	Brian Joo feat. Supreme Team

Books

Year	Title	Publisher	ISBN
2009	Trendsetter Choi Yeo-jin's Visual UP Project	Random House Korea	ISBN 9788925535258
2011	Choi Yeo-jin's Aloha Hawaii	Paper Book	ISBN 9788996497301

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work
2001	Supermodel Contest Canada (organized by Elite and JoongAng Ilbo)
2007	SBS Drama Awards	New Star Award	Surgeon Bong Dal-hee
2008	44th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Actress (TV)	Golden Bride
2008	1st Korea Jewelry Awards	Sapphire Award
2010	MBC Entertainment Awards	Excellence Award, Actress in a Sitcom/Comedy	More Charming by the Day
2012	Dancing with the Stars	Season 2 winner
2015	4th APAN Star Awards	Best Dressed

This webpage uses material from the Wikipedia article "Choi_Yeo-jin" and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. Reality TV World is not responsible for any errors or omissions the Wikipedia article may contain.

POPULAR TV SHOWS (100)

POPULAR PEOPLE (100)

Show Updates People News Spoiler News Entertainment News RealityTVDB POP Hollywood Reality TV News Wire
Features & Interviews Sexy Social Pics of the Day Things to Know Profiles Message Boards Shows Listing