So Joo Yeon: "The Late Bloomer" But Full of Potential of Korean Screens

So Joo Yeon, born in 1993, has been active in art since 2017. She made a deep impression on the audiences with her role as Yoon Ah Reum in the drama "The Virtuous Medical Teacher 2".

6 years ago, So Joo Yeon was still just a hotgirl with a pretty face who was noticed on social media. Up to now, she has become a potential actress who is "chosen by many directors to send gold".

So Joo Yeon does not have a height advantage when she is quite petite, only 1m57 tall but has an extremely attractive face. The pure, innocent beauty with bright eyes, bright dimpled smile helps So Joo Yeon look completely different from the standard Korean beauty girls.

Joo Yeon doesn't need to wear makeup or dress elaborately, and even cuts her hair short. Yet Joo Yeon's radiant photos still caused a stir on social media around 2017.

Thanks to this winning face, So Yeon was invited by an agency to sign a modeling contract. Joo Yeon, who loves to take photos, now gets to be a model and get paid, what could be better. So she became a photo model, then participated in a few commercials and then acted in the MV of some K-Pop idols.

It was also from these filming sessions that Joo Yeon realized that photography needs everything to be static, filming needs everything to be lively, and how much fun the acting is. She decided to take acting training courses to get a solid foundation.

After a few supporting roles, Joo Yeon made a memorable mark as a supporting woman in The Doctor of Medicine Duc 2. The success of the film helped Joo Yeon get noticed as well, especially when she herself acted very lively and natural.

In The German Medical Teacher , So Ju Yeon plays the cheerful, loving, sociable doctor Yoon Ah Reum. This character is paired with Park Eun Tak (played by Kim Min Jae). In season 2, the supporting couple of the show received many compliments for their graceful acting and good combination.

From their colleagues, two doctors, Park Eun Tak and Yoon Ah Reum gradually developed into a couple in Doldam Hospital. Because they both have straightforward personalities, pursuing love is also extremely direct, so it is also called a "super straight couple". Unlike the tall main couple, this couple both have small looks, lovely faces, their interactions are super sweet and cute although they do not need too romantic scenes or love.

During the 2 seasons of broadcasting, The Virtuous Medical Teacher has achieved many successes, leaving a deep impression in the hearts of the audience. The drama consistently set ratings records for SBS, achieving ratings of 9.5% from the first episode and keeping its viewership ratings steady at 20%.

Season 2 of the drama recorded record viewership ratings: 27.1% for the whole country and 27.2% in Seoul. At the time of airing, The Doctor of Medicine Duc 2 held the position of the most successful Korean series in history. At the SBS Drama Awards 2016, both the drama and the actors received 8 big and small awards.

Thanks to this role, So Joo Yeon also won the Best New Actress award at the 2020 SBS Drama Awards for her role in The Doctor of Medicine Duc 2.

After that, she also completed two roles in Lovestruck in the City and A Love So Beautiful, earning a lot of love and expectations from the audience.

Although " Lovestruck in the City" did not leave much impression on viewers, So Joo Yeon's role was still recognized and appreciated by the audience for her acting.

A Love So Beautiful can be considered as the first drama and Joo Yeon takes on the female lead, so it is also deeply associated with her name. A remake of the Chinese language film of the same name adapted from the novel by author Zhao Kienjian, A Love So Beautiful is about the "bamboo horse" couple Cha Heon (played by Kim Yo Han) and Shin Sol Yi (played by So Joo Yeon). In the drama, Ju Yeon plays the heroine Shin Sol Yi, 17, a goofy and bubbly girl. She is secretly in love with Cha Heon and has confessed her love many times.

Before the huge success of the original, the couple Kim Yo Han and So Joo Yeon in A Love So Beautiful were inevitably put on the scale compared to the couple Ho Yitian and Shen Yue. However, the film still received positive reviews because of its gentle and bright exploitation that is true to the twenties. The film conveys a meaningful message to young people that always live enthusiastically, optimistically and brilliantly so as not to waste their beautiful youth.

With the beauty of "forever young", 30 years old but thought to be 18 twenties, despite launching quite late, So Joo Yeon still has the ability to balance all roles extremely smoothly. In the future, fans hope she can appear more densely on television. The talent and beauty of the 1993 actress can absolutely be a shining gem in the future of Korean screens.