Choi Yoon-young (; born September 25, 1986) is a South Korean actress. She has notable roles in ''
Seoyoung, My Daughter'', ''
Passionate Love'', ''
My Dear Cat'' and ''
Designated Survivor: 60 Days'' among other works.
Career
After passing the 21st
KBS actors' auditions in 2008, Choi began playing supporting roles in
television series
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, notably in ''
Bread, Love and Dreams'' (2010) and ''
Seoyoung, My Daughter'' (2012). She then appeared twice on the big screen in 2012: in the
short film
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"Endless Flight" in
omnibus ''
Horror Stories'', and the
table tennis
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sports film ''
As One''.
In 2013, Choi played her first leading role in the four-episode romantic comedy series ''Like a Fairytale'', followed by ''The Greatest Thing in the World'' (a
Chuseok
Chuseok (; , ), also known as Hangawi (; ; from Old Korean, "the great middle f autumn), is a major mid-autumn harvest festival and a three-day holiday in South Korea celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunisolar calendar on the ...
special on
single mother
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s and
adoptees) and the melodrama ''
Passionate Love''.
In recent years, Choi became known among
Korean telenovela audiences, having acted as the protagonist in several titles of the genre such as ''
Enemies From the Past'', ', and ''
My Dear Cat''.
Choi made a comeback to weekly miniseries in 2019 with
tvN's political thriller ''
Designated Survivor: 60 Days'', based on the
American television series of the same title, in which she played the counterpart of
Italia Ricci's role.
In August 2021, Choi signed with new agency IOK Company.
Filmography
Film
Television series
Television show
Theater
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1986 births
Living people
21st-century South Korean actresses
Actresses from Seoul
South Korean television actresses
South Korean film actresses
South Korean stage actresses
Dankook University alumni