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Ko So-young
Born	(1972-10-06) October 6, 1972 (age 52) Seoul, South Korea
Other names	Go So-young
Education	Chung-Ang University – Department Theater and Film Korea University – Department of Computer Science
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1990–2007 2013–present
Agent	Sublime
Spouse	Jang Dong-gun ​(m. 2010)​
Children	2
Korean name
Hangul	고소영
Hanja	高素榮
Revised Romanization	Go So-yeong
McCune–Reischauer	Ko So-yŏng

Ko So-young (Korean: 고소영; born October 6, 1972) is a South Korean actress and model.

Early life

Ko was born in Seoul, South Korea. She attended an all-female high school before gaining early admission to Chung-Ang University, where she studied computer science.

Career

Ko debuted in the TV drama Love Tomorrow in 1993 and quickly established herself as a representative star of her generation. She made her film debut opposite Jung Woo-sung in The Fox with Nine Tails in 1994, which was the first Korean film to use computer-generated imagery. However, it failed to make an impression on audiences or critics. Ko first achieved wide recognition through her role in Beat (again with Jung Woo-sung), a film that caught the imagination of many South Korean high school students. Since then she has acted in a series of successful melodramas, portraying a young model in If the Sun Rises in the West, a Jeju Island tour guide in Love Wind Love Song, and a Korean American adoptee in Love.

In 2001, Ko teamed up with actor Lee Sung-jae in A Day, about a married couple who have trouble conceiving a child. Her acting in the film was much praised and garnered the Best Actress prize from the local Grand Bell Awards ceremony. Then, after two years off, Ko returned in 2003 opposite Han Suk-kyu in the spy thriller Double Agent; however, the film failed to live up to the expectations of most viewers and critics. She then shot two films in 2006: the horror film APT by director Ahn Byeong-ki, and the romantic comedy Project Makeover by debut director Jeon Young-gap. After two commercial flops in 2007 with Project Makeover and the SBS drama Blue Fish, Ko went into a hiatus.

A decade after her last appearance, Ko made a comeback with the KBS drama Ms. Perfect.

Personal life

Ko married actor Jang Dong-gun in a star-studded wedding ceremony held at Seoul's Shilla Hotel on May 2, 2010, while five months pregnant. The couple's first child, a son Jang Min-joon, was born on October 4, 2010. Their second child, a daughter, was born on February 25, 2014.

Filmography

Films

Television series

References

1. Park, Jung-sun (April 7, 2023). "고소영, 송강호 소속사 써브라임 전속계약" [Ko So-young and Song Kang-ho signed an exclusive contract with Sublime] (in Korean). JTBC. Archived from the original on April 10, 2023. Retrieved April 10, 2023 – via Naver.
2. go soyoung Archived 2007-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
3. Han, Sang-hee (July 8, 2008). "Movie-Based Dramas to Fill TV Screens". Korea Times. Archived from the original on November 12, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2009.
4. "A Day". Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2012-10-25.
5. "Actress Ko So-young Upbeat Despite Less Than 'Perfect' TV Comeback". The Chosun Ilbo. May 20, 2017. Archived from the original on September 4, 2019. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
6. "Jang Dong-Gun And Ko So-Young Lavish Wedding!" Archived 2010-11-28 at the Wayback Machine. PopSeoul. May 2, 2010. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
7. "Korean stars Jang Dong Gun, Ko So Young get hitched". Channel NewsAsia. May 3, 2010. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
8. "Jang Dong-gun, Ko So-young in Star-Studded Wedding". The Chosun Ilbo. May 3, 2010. Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
9. "Jang Dong Gun-Ko So Young Couple Expecting Second Baby in Spring". Archived from the original on March 4, 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
10. "Jang Dong-gun and Ko So-young expecting another child". Korea JoongAng Daily. November 8, 2013. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014.
11. Park Jin-hai. "Jang couple get newborn daughter". The Korea Times Daily. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
12. "Ko, Jang celebrate 2nd child". Korea JoongAng Daily. February 26, 2014. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2014.

External links

• Ko So-young at IMDb
• Ko So-young at the Korean Movie Database
• Ko So-young at HanCinema
• Ko So-young at Koreanfilm.org
• Ko So-young on Instagram

• South Korean film actresses
• South Korean television actresses
• South Korean female models
• Chung-Ang University alumni
• 1972 births
• Living people
• Actresses from Seoul
• Models from Seoul
• Best Actress for Grand Bell Awards winners