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South Korean actress

Jo Min-su (Korean: 조민수; born January 29, 1965)[1] is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her role in the Kim Ki-duk film Pietà.[2]

Jo Min-su graduated from a vocational high school, Gyungbok Girls’ Commercial High School, and first entered the entertainment business by doing a television commercial for ₩120 thousand (about US$100). She debuted in 1986 via the KBS TV Cultural Center, then appeared first on the big screen in Chung: Blue Sketch. But her public profile grew more through her television roles than movies, culminating in a Best Actress trophy in the 1989 KBS Drama Awards. Among her other notable TV series were Sandglass, Daemang (also known as Great Ambition), and Piano.[3] After her marriage in 2005, she took a break from her acting career, but returned four years later with a memorable performance in Will It Snow for Christmas?.[2][4]

But 2012 would prove to be the now-veteran actress’s breakthrough year. Though she initially had reservations about doing a film by controversial auteur Kim Ki-duk, Jo became thankful to Kim for giving her the chance “to work with new material from what I was used to in the past. There aren’t too many roles that women my age can do. They all seem the same. But this role was different.”[2] Her performance in Pietà brought her rave reviews and praise at the Venice Film Festival,[5] as well as from domestic critics and audiences, notably a Best Actress trophy at the Grand Bell Awards.[6] She was also awarded the prestigious Okgwan Order of Cultural Merit.[7][8][9]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Television series[edit]

Year Title Role Network
1986 TV Literature “Fire” KBS1
TV Literature “Tale of a Mad Painter” Blind girl KBS1
이화에 월백하고 KBS2
Rich Artifacts KBS1
1987 TV Literature “Stairway of Green” KBS1
Door of Desire Tan-sil,
Chung Ju-yung’s wife
KBS2
시냇물 흘러흘러 어디로 가나 KBS
1988 Sun Rising Over the Hill KBS2
Punggaek Park Da-som KBS2
1989 Wang Rung’s Family Woman from Seoul KBS2
Mount Jiri Partisan Soon-yi KBS1
Merry Go Round KBS1
Moonlight Family Young-sook KBS2
1990 Pacheonmu Yeon-shil KBS2
1990-1998 Love on a Jujube Tree Myo-soon KBS1
1991 MBC Best Theater “A Midsummer Night’s
Dream – Desert Island Blues”
Baek Hye-young MBC
1992 TV Literary Theater “Doll Making” Min Young-joo KBS1
백번 선본 여자 Jae-hee KBS2
Wind Blowing in the Woods Yoo Mi-sun KBS2
1993 Mountain Wind Choi Yoon-hwa MBC
Lovers Hye-in KBS2
Marriage Na Seo-young SBS
1995 Sandglass Sun-young SBS
Asphalt Man Bae Jong-ok SBS
1996 Until We Can Love KBS2
MBC Best Theater
“Seranade for Yeo-woon”
Jung-hoo MBC
1997 MBC Best Theater “Changing Partners” Ae-ri MBC
Love and Farewell Kang Min-joo MBC
1999 House Above the Waves So-ran SBS
Happy Together Seo Chan-joo SBS
2000 The Aspen Tree SBS
Fireworks Heo Min-kyung SBS
2001 Piano Shin Hye-rim SBS
2002 My Name Is Princess Choi Hwa-young MBC
Great Ambition Dan-ae SBS
Ice Flower Shin Young-joo SBS
2004 Proposal Han Kyung-hee SBS
2009 Will It Snow for Christmas? Cha Chun-hee MBC
2011 My Daughter the Flower Jang Soon-ae SBS
2013 Goddess of Marriage Song Ji-sun SBS
2020 The Cursed Jin Kyung OCN

Hosting[edit]

Music video[edit]

Year Song title Artist
1998 “To Heaven” Jo Sung-mo
2000 “Y” Koyote
2015 “The Light” The Ark

Awards and nominations[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Also romanized as Cho Min-soo or Jo Min-soo.
  2. ^ a b c Song, Ho-jin (22 September 2012). “Interview: Pieta star says she now has something to hold onto”. The Hankyoreh. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  3. ^ 조민수 “피아노, 연기 공백때도 절대 잊혀지지않는 드라마” 고백 [Jo Min-soo “I have never forgotten my experience with Piano, even during my hiatus.”]. Newsen (in Korean). 12 November 2010. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  4. ^ “Cho Min-soo”. Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  5. ^ Collett-White, Mike (4 September 2012). “Brutal, beautiful South Korean film jolts Venice”. Reuters. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  6. ^ a b Lee, Claire (30 October 2012). Gwanghae sweeps Daejong Film Awards”. The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  7. ^ Ji, Yong-jin (21 November 2012). “PIETA Shines Once Again”. Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
  8. ^ “Psy to receive cultural merit honor from government”. The Korea Times. 6 November 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  9. ^ Lee, Tae-ho (19 November 2012). “Venice-winning Film Pieta Director, Stars Receive Cultural Merit Honor from Korea Government”. 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  10. ^ Kim Na-ra (May 12, 2022). “신시아→이종석X김다미”…더 거대하고 강력하게 돌아온 ‘마녀2” [Cynthia → Lee Jong-suk X Kim Dami”… ‘Witch 2’ came back bigger and stronger] (in Korean). My Daily. Retrieved May 12, 2022 – via Naver.
  11. ^ Kim Na-young (May 18, 2022). “조민수·김환, 제10회 디아스포라영화제 개막식 사회자로 선정” [Cho Min-soo and Kim Hwan selected as hosts for the opening ceremony of the 10th Diaspora Film Festival] (in Korean). MK Sports. Retrieved May 18, 2022 – via Naver.
  12. ^ Ji, Yong-jin (2 January 2013). “Korea Film Actor’s Association Holds Year-end Event”. Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
  13. ^ Jang, Sung-ran (27 November 2012). “Korean Films Shine in Asia-Pacific Region and Europe”. Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
  14. ^ Jang, Sung-ran (19 October 2012). “PIETA Wins a Triple Crown: KAFC Announces winners of KAFC Awards”. Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  15. ^ Ji, Yong-jin (9 November 2012). “PIETA, Critics’ No.1 Choice”. Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  16. ^ Lee, Jin-ho (31 October 2012). “Lee Byung Hun and Jo Min Su Become the Best Actor and Actress at the Daejong Film Awards. enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  17. ^ Ji, Yong-jin (1 February 2013). “PIETA Regarded as the Best Film in 2012 by Reporters”. Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
  18. ^ Conran, Pierce (12 March 2013). “Multiple Awards for Korean Films at Fantasporto”. Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
  19. ^ “Cho Min-soo Named Most Popular Actress at Asian Film Awards”. The Chosun Ilbo. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
  20. ^ Lee, Sun-min (20 March 2013). “Pieta’s Cho Min-soo awarded for role”. Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  21. ^ Conran, Pierce (21 March 2013). “CHO Min-soo Picks up People’s Choice Award for Favorite Actress”. Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
  22. ^ [23회 부산국제영화제] 부일영화상. Busan.com (in Korean). 20 September 2018.
  23. ^ Cho, Yeon-gyeong (April 5, 2019). 55회 백상예술대상 영화부문 최종 후보 공개. Is Plus (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  24. ^ Lee Nam-kyung (April 20, 2021). “제8회 들꽃영화상’ 10개 부문 후보작 공개…홍상수X김민희도 후보(공식)”. MBN (in Korean). Retrieved May 21, 2021.

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