Yoo Ho-jeong

You Ho-jeong
You in January 2019
Born (1969-01-24) January 24, 1969 (age 55)
EducationSeoul Art College - Film Studies
OccupationActress
Years active1991-present
AgentSM Entertainment
SpouseLee Jae-ryong (m. 1995)[1]
Children1 son, 1 daughter
Korean name
Hangul
유호정
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYou Ho-jeong
McCune–ReischauerYou Ho-jŏng

You Ho-jeong (born January 24, 1969) is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in 1991 and has been starring in television and film since. Roles include a divorcee whose husband lives next door in daily drama Definitely Neighbors (2010),[2] and the grown-up protagonist in box office hit Sunny (2011).[3][4]

In 2013, Yoo became the host of her first ever variety show, the healthy food and lifestyle program Olive Show on cable channel O'live TV.[5]

Filmography

Television series

Year Title Role
1991 Humble Men Seo Chan-kyung
Our Paradise Jae-eun
Keep Your Voice Down Ok-yi
1992 Yesterday's Green Grass Da-hye
1993 To Live Eun-pyo
Marriage Na Chae-young
1994 MBC Best Theater:
"Two Women"
Farewell Kang Yoo-rim
From June to August Yoon Hae-yeon
1995 Even If the Wind Blows Kyung-joo
1996 Milky Way Young-hee
The Scent of Apple Blossoms Seo Young-ae
Drama Game:
"Deep Sea"
Passenger waiting for
the airplane (cameo)
1997 Drama City:
"Still Time to Love"
Lee Jung-woo
Into the Storm Hae-joo
Light in the Field Park Soo-jin
The Woman Next Door Lee Jung-in
1998 Lie Jung Eun-soo
Angel's Kiss Han Seol-hwa
1999 Trap of Youth Noh Young-joo
Rising Sun, Rising Moon Park Young-joo
2002 Man of the Sun, Lee Je-ma Woon-young
2003 Women Next Door Yoon Mi-yeon
Rosemary Lee Jung-yeon
2006 Thank You, My Life Han Yeon-kyung
Outrageous Women Song Mi-joo
2007 Kimcheed Radish Cubes Yoo Eun-ho
2009 Can Anyone Love Oh Seol-ran
2010 Definitely Neighbors Yoon Ji-young
2011 The Garden of Heaven[6] Jung Jae-in
2013 A Little Love Never Hurts Jung Yoo-jin
2015 Heard It Through the Grapevine Choi Yeon-hee

Film

Year Title Role
1998 First Kiss Jajangmyeon actress (cameo)
2000 Promenade Young-hoon's first love (cameo)
2002 Chihwaseon Mae-hyang
2006 I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK Il-soon's mother
2011 Sunny Im Na-mi
2014 Awaiting (short film) Sa-ra
2019 Rosebud Hong Jang-mi

Variety show

Year Title Notes
2013 Olive Show Host
2014 The Return of Superman Narration

Bibliography

Year Title Publisher
2000 The Story of Yoo Ho-jeong's Happy Home Seoul Media Group

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
1993 29th Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Actress (TV) Yesterday's Green Grass Won
2002 15th Grimae Awards Best Actress Man of the Sun, Lee Je-ma Won
2003 KBS Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress Rosemary Won
Best Couple Award with Kim Seung-woo Won
2009 8th Korea National Council on Social Welfare Commendation from
the Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Family Affairs
Won
2010 SBS Drama Awards[7] Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Weekend/Daily Drama Definitely Neighbors Won
2015 4th APAN Star Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Heard It Through the Grapevine Nominated

References

  1. ^ Kwaak, Je-yup (14 December 2011). "Seo Taiji tops list of celebrity property holdings". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 2018-04-28. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  2. ^ Oh, Jean (9 March 2010). "Will family fare still dominate weekend ratings?". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  3. ^ Lee, Hyo-won (5 May 2011). "Sunny brims with 1980s retro fun". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  4. ^ "Sunny draws 7 million viewers". The Korea Times. 20 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  5. ^ Lee, Sun-min (10 April 2013). "You Ho-jeong to host healthy food and lifestyle TV Olive Show". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ Oh, Jean (1 December 2011). "Dramas on way with four new channels". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on 2013-03-20. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
  7. ^ Ko, Kyoung-seok (3 January 2011). "Ko Hyun-jung wins grand prize at SBS Drama Awards". 10Asia. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2012-11-23.