Choi Sooyoung, also known simply as Sooyoung, is a South Korean singer and actress. Born on February 10, 1990, she is best known for being a member of the popular K-pop girl group Girls’ Generation. She was discovered through an open audition while she was only in fifth grade and later won first place at the 2002 Korea-Japan Ultra Idol Duo Audition, which allowed her to debut in the Korean-Japanese duo Route θ. The group disbanded in 2003 after releasing three singles. Sooyoung then debuted with Girls’ Generation in 2007. In addition to her musical activities, Sooyoung made her acting debut in the 2008 television drama “Unstoppable Marriage” and the 2008 film “Hello, Schoolgirl.” She has since starred in the popular dramas “The 3rd Hospital” (2012), “Dating Agency: Cyrano” (2013), “My Spring Days” (2014), “Squad 38” (2016) and “Man Who Sets the Table” (2017-2018). Sooyoung also has hosted a number of popular shows, including the 2014 Miss Korea Pageant. Sooyoung is the younger sister of Choi Soo Jin, a musical theater actress.

Choi Sooyoung

When high school student Kim Eun Mi (Jeon Hye Jin) discovered that she was pregnant, her entire life changed in an instant. Determined to keep her baby, Eun Mi did just that. Raising her daughter, Jin Hee (Choi Sooyoung) on her own, the two have quite literally grown up together.

Now in her forties, Eun Mi works as a physical therapist while twenty-nine-year-old Jin Hee works as an officer at the Namchon Police Substation. Despite being an adult herself, Jin Hee still lives with her mother; a fact which leads to an endless stream of bickering between the two. Though both mother and daughter will agree that they love each other dearly, the two just can’t seem to find a way to get along these days. 

As if struggling to find a way to deal with her daughter wasn’t enough, Eun Mi’s life takes a complicated turn when Dr. Park Jin Hong (Ahn Jae Wook) suddenly appears before her. While Eun Mi tries to make sense of the mysterious Dr. Park, Jin Hee struggles to find a way to get along with her work’s new director, Eun Jae Won (Park Sung Hoon). With life taking one complicated turn after another, will mother and daughter ever find a way to repair the breach that’s been widening between them? 

Based on the webtoon “Strangers” by Jung Young Rong, “Not Others” is a 2023 South Korean romantic comedy drama directed by Lee Min Woo.

Not Others

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For the third time in a row, 2022 MBC Drama Awards will be hosted by Kim Seong Ju. Joining him to co-host the event is Choi Soo Young who has shown impressive performance in the drama series, \u201CFanletter, Please.\u201D In 2022, MBC had presented successful series in diverse genres such as \u201CTracer,\u201D \u201CGame of Witches,\u201D \u201CFanletter, Please,\u201D \u201CThe Forbidden Marriage,\u201D and many more. The Drama Awards event will be a glorious place where all the characters gather to remind the viewers of the time they enjoyed these pieces. But among them, who will have the honor of winning this year's grand award?

2022 MBC Drama Awards

Han Kang Hee is a top star actress who started acting ever since childhood. Because of the pressure as a top star, her self-esteem begins to drop and bad comments about her drama increase. The stress caused by those comments keeps her away from fanletters as well. In this crisis, she coincidently runs into her first love, Jung Seok. He was a popular kid back in school but is now a single father of a sick child. His daughter Yu Na writes a fanletter to Kang Hee as her huge fan. However, as her letter doesn't make it to Kang Hee, Jung Seok writes back instead. Kang Hee's story with a beloved fan and her first love begins with a special fanletter.

Fanletter, Please

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Yoon Gyeo Re (Ji Chang Wook) is a young man who has known nothing but misery ever since he was a child. He was abused while still a boy, and had a torrid time at the orphanage where he was raised. He then spent time in a juvenile detention center. And as an adult, things got no better, leading to him serving time in prison. Beatings and misery are all he knows, and he finds himself at the end of his tether, finally facing the void…

But when he is ordered by a court to serve his community service at an end-of-life care facility for the terminally ill, things begin to change for him. Here he meets the tireless as Kang Tae Sik (Sung Dong Il), a middle-aged man who leads the volunteer team at the facility. Kang Tae Sik has created a unit called Team Genie, which is dedicated to granting dying patients their last wishes. No matter what people ask for, Team Genie will work their hardest to make those precious last wishes come true. He also meets Seo Yeon Ju (Choi Sooyoung), a young nurse who refuses to give up on her patients and tries to keep them physically active at all times. Will working at this facility help turn Yoon Gyeo Re’s life around? Or is it too late to change his destiny?

“If You Wish Upon Me” is a 2022 South Korean drama series that was directed by Kim Yong Wan.

If You Wish Upon Me

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Superstar celebrity Hoo Joon (Choi Tae Joon) meets his match in spunky magazine reporter Lee Geun Young (Choi Sooyoung) at the opening ceremony of a new nightclub. After witnessing his rude behavior and accidentally throwing up on him, Geun Young is fired from her job.
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Outraged, she assumes that Hoo Joon must be the mastermind behind her dismissal and stages a one-person protest outside his talent management agency. News travels fast in the world of entertainment and she soon gains a notorious reputation as Hoo Joon’s ultimate “anti-fan”.
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Capitalizing on this debacle, an opportunistic reality TV producer offers jobless Geun Young a chance to appear on a reality TV show with Hoo Joon. The new show will be based on the concept of a star having to live with his greatest “anti-fan”.
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In a tough financial situation and running low on funds, Geun Young reluctantly agrees to participate in this show. Hoo Joon’s cooperation in this endeavor, however, remains to be seen. While initially disgruntled, Hoo Joon’s popularity with the public takes a turn for the worse and he ultimately accepts this offer as well in the hopes of boosting his image and recovering lost popular affection.
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The couple set out to make each other’s lives difficult on the TV program. However, sparks fly and they realize that they may be more compatible than they initially thought themselves to be. Is there hope for romance to blossom on such a public stage? After all, they are filming a reality TV show…
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“So I Married the Anti-Fan” is based on a 2010 novel of the same name by Kim Eun Jung.
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“So I Married the Anti-Fan” is a Viki Original South Korean drama released in 2021 and directed by Kang Cheol Woo. With famous actors and even K-pop star Hwang Chan Sung of 2PM being cast for this well-known Kdrama, the show’s storyline is sure to get you hooked.

So I Married The Anti-Fan

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Four very different couples with very different problems, needs, and concerns face up to their worries and obstacles at the start of a brand new year.

Ji Ho (Kim Kang Woo) is a divorcee police detective from a violent crime unit who meets Hyo Young (Yoo In Na), a rehab trainer who needs protection as she seeks to conclude her divorce. The two have their own issues, but find that the longer they spend together, the more they realize they have in common.

Jae Heon (Yoo Yeon Seok) and Jin Ah (Lee Yeon Hee) are two young twentysomethings who are having a hard time in their respective lives and travel to Argentina, where they meet for the first time. Over time, they realize that they could inspire one another to take positive steps to rebuild their dreams.

Meanwhile, Yong Chan (Lee Dong Hwi) is the chief executive of a travel agency. He is set to wed his fiancée Yao Lin (Chen Du Ling). But when he is cheated out of all of his money, he decides to keep the setback from her – and her family.

An avid gardener (Choi Sooyoung) is beset on all sides by naysayers and prejudice as she tries to make a success of her romance with her boyfriend Rae Hwan (Yoo Tae Oh), a snowboarder who represents his country at the Paralympic Games.

“New Year Blues” is a 2020 South Korean movie that was directed by Hong Ji Young.

New Year Blues

🎉 Happy New Year Team  🎉

The eccentric but genial Oh Hyun Jae (Jang Hyuk) is a shadow of his former self.

In his heyday, he was a peerless criminal profiler with phenomenal powers of deduction – the prize of the police force.

His world was shattered when a bomb planted by a serial killer took the life of his young fiancée. Oh responded by cutting himself off from the rest of the world, determined to live out the rest of his life in isolation.

But when a serial killer who the police thought had died long ago returns to terrorize the city, the police force is desperate and needs urgent help.

A rising star of the police force, Hwang Hwa Young (Jin Seo Yun), resolves to outwit the killer. To do so, she decides to team up with both Oh and a remarkable rookie cop – Cha Soo Young (Choi Sooyoung), whose photographic memory may prove to be a powerful crime-fighting weapon...

Can the unlikely trio really work together? Does Oh still have his genius-level skills? And will the crime-busters stop the deadly killer from carrying out his gruesome plans?

“Tell Me What You Saw” is a 2020 South Korean drama series directed by Lee Joon Hyeong.

Tell Me What You Saw

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