Jo Yeon Ah

From Clumsy Media

Jo Bo-min (born June 6, 1992) better known by her stagename Jo Yeon-ah (Hangul: 조연아) is a South Korean award wining actress and ballerina. Prior to her debut the company announced her as their latest actress addition and along revealed a series of profile photos. Upon release the media labelled her as the "second Kei Nangon" for her innocent and pure image and secured a fan base within two days. Reports later surfaced online regarding her award winning ballet abilities as well as achievement in this area allowed her to peak major search engines for three consecutive days online.

Her first project after being signed on by the agency was the spy thriller The Commitment which began filming mid-2012 and wasn't release until the following year. She made her first appearance and official debut in the historical drama Gu Am Heo Joon instead.

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Background Information

Hangul: Zo Yeon A / 조연아 / 趙妍雅
DOB: June 6, 1992
Height: 165cm
Nationality: Korean
Graudate: Sunhwa Arts School (2004-2009) || Ehwa Woman's University (2010-2014)
Management: Clumsy Media (2011-current)

Early Life

Jo Yeon Ah was born June 6, 1992, in Seogwipo, Jeju Province, South Korea as Jo Im Min to a middle class family. She is the second child to Jo Seung Koo, an arts professor at Jeju National University and Han Ha Neul, a retired prima ballerina of The Universal Ballet Company who now works as a ballet teacher. Her older brother is Jo Im Yong, a television show producer working at Seoul Broadcatsing Service (SBS).

Ever since an young age she showed a keen interest in ballet and under the guidance of her mother began training at just five years of age. Throughout her childhood she continued her weekly practices and her potential eventually became known in the industry, with the local newspaper even labeling her as a "born to dance ballerina". By thirteen she was accepted the private coeducational college preparatory arts academy Sunhwa Arts School, specialising in classical ballet. The school is known for its high academic standards and requires high entrance examination scores and interviews for acceptance. Jo eventually became the youngest ballerina to become accepted at the Korea National Ballet Company when she was just sixteen.

In 2010 she graduated high school with the first results in ballet elective and was admitted into Ehwa Women's University as a design major while later becoming involved as a part-time ballerina at The Universal Ballet Company.

Career

2010-2012: Street casting and training

Jo was spotted by a scouting agent one morning while she was travelling to her univeristy calsses as a first year student. Initially she had rejected the idea as she had no plan to advance into the entertainment industry. A week later the agent visited her university class and tried to invite her into a private audition and she later decided to enter with her friend. In the end she became the only person to be able to pass the audition and officially became part of the company in August 2010.

Training was reported to have been two years and three month in duration and she was taught in the areas of modelling, acting and the language of Chinese and Japanese.

2013-2014: Debut and early works

In November 2012 the company announced Jo Yeon Ah as the newest actress addition with her passing the audition for the film The Commitment. She gained a wave of popularity shortly after the announcement and the public labelled her as 'the second Kei Nangon' for her fresh appearance and predicted future success in the industry. Filming for the movie completed in February 2013. The news of her making her first appearance in the drama That Winter, The Wind Blows was soon followed. Following the first episode of the drama, her acting abilities were widely praised, the public recognised her potential and many news media published related news.

In March she stared in her third project, the historical medical drama Gu Am Heo Joon, a remake of 1999-2000 MBC drama series Heo Joon. Just several days later it was reported that Jo has also joined to film for another drama; Jang Ok Jung. The news was received negatively with the public, with various news identifying the actress will be filming for two television series and one movie at the same time and fans demanded the company to stop her activities from being 'over worked'. In addition, many has pointed out the similarities of her non-stop activities experienced by label mate Kei Nangon during the peak of her career, who in 2011 completed filming for five projects in the time of one year. Seeing the reaction, Jo made an official announcement to the fans regarding it was a personal choice to take on the additional roles and will be careful over working in the right conditions with enough rest and as a result dropped out of filming.

One month later it was reported that Jo has replaced label mate Ya Chui Ri in the action thriller film The Five and took on the role of the female lead in the sequel Friends 2 to the hit film that was released in 2001. The news attracted criticisms once again, to which the officials responded that filming across these multiple projects will not cross each other, "She is merely moving from one [filming] to another." In July she made her first cameo drama appearance in Dating Agency Cyrano and subsequently starred in the coming-of-age film Hot Young Bloods. In December she received critical acclaim for her performance with Universal Ballet Korea's The Nutcracker series.

On March 14, 2014 it was announced that she will take part in the action film Target. On August 18 Jo was cast as part of the historical fusion drama Secret Door after her label mate Ya dropped out of filming last minute once again. On October 3 Jo was confirmed for her second consecutive participation in the annunal Christmas The Nutcracker ballet performance series with Universal.

2015-2019: Rising popularity and growing stardom

On October 14, 2014 along with Yoo Seung-ho and Go Ara, the actress was revealed to be courted for the historical romance film Joseon Magician. On October 30 it was revealed that Jo was cast in the romance drama Jekyll and I alongside Han Ji-min and would go on to become her first official project in 2015. She went to star in three more dramas: Moonlight Drawn by Clouds, Hwarang and Saimdang, all of which received disappointing ratings and poor critical reviews. Despite these poor receptions, Jo's individual performance was praised across all these projects and her popularity saw a steady increase over these two years.

In April 2017 Jo announced her first project of the year being the comedy drama The Best Hit and followed up with the highly anticipated historical drama Saimdang, Memoir of Color along with a short appearance in Hwarang: The Beginning. Jo also returned to the film industry after a two year absence through A Taxi Driver. Based on the true story of German reporter Jürgen Hinzpeter and Korean taxi driver Kim Sa-Bok, Hinzpeter covered the Gwangju Uprising, which took place from May 18-27, 1980 in Gwangju, South Korea. The film received critical acclaim from critics and was a moderate box office success.

2020-current: Critical acclaim and award success

Jo begun a new stage of her career and received critical acclaim through her projects in 2020. She appeared in the medical drama Hospital Playlist.

Filmography

Movies

Dramas

Ballet Performances

Award

2013
  • SBS Drama Awards: New Star Award (That Winter, the Wind Blows)

Personal life

In November 2014 it was announced that Jo has been in a romantic relationship with her previous ballet teacher for "close to three years". The news attracted wide attention in the media and criticism due to their student-teacher relationship despite the explanation that they had starting dating after the professional affiliation had ended. On April 1, 2017 it was reported that they had broken up, citing differences in schedule and naturally drifted apart. In the follow up statement made by Jo, she revealed they had been together for over five years.

Jo is known to share a close relationship with other actresses in the industry, including Park Seul, Park Shin Hye, Jeong In Seon and Lee Yoo Bi.

According to several reports, Jo purchased a one bedroom apartment and currently resides within the Seongdong District, Seoul. In an interview published in February 2018, Jo revealed she co-purchased a holiday residence in Riva del Garda, Italy with Ophelia and Jeanie.

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