Ji-young Yoo

Ji-young Yoo
Born
SunHee Seo

c. 2000
Denver, Colorado, United States
OccupationActress
Years active2018–present

SunHee Seo[1] (born c. 2000), known professionally as Ji-young Yoo, is an American actress.

Early life and education

Yoo was born to Korean immigrants in Denver, Colorado.[2] She attended Colorado Academy.[3] After graduating, she attended the University of Southern California, where she majored in Cinema and Media Studies.[4] She also trained at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and the Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School & Camp.[5]

Career

Yoo began her career under her real name, and in 2018 appeared in Moxie,[3] and she performed ADR for Spider-Man: Far from Home.[4] Adopting her stage name by 2021, she was cast in the A24/Apple TV+ drama film The Sky Is Everywhere,[6] and alongside Nicole Kidman in the Amazon Prime series Expats.[7] In 2022, she was cast in Freaky Tales.[8]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2018 Moxie Casey As SunHee Seo
2022 The Sky Is Everywhere Sarah
2023 Smoking Tigers Hayoung
2024 Freaky Tales Tina
2025 Until Dawn † TBA Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2020 Sweet Home Lee Eun Yoo (voice) Recurring role, 10 episodes
2022 We Baby Bears Sheep Heads / Student 2 / Student 3 (voice) 1 episode, as SunHee Seo
2024 Expats Mercy Miniseries, 6 episodes

Awards

Yoo was awarded the award for Best Performance in a U.S. Narrative Feature at the 2023 Tribeca Festival for her performance in Smoking Tigers.[9]

In 2024, she was nominated for Gotham Awards 'Outstanding Performance in a Limited Series' for Expats (miniseries).[10]

References

  1. ^ "CA Senior Journal - Class of 2017". November 29, 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  2. ^ Ito, Robert (January 24, 2024). "This Expats Star Can't Believe She's Actually in It". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b Ventura, Amy (April 4, 2022). "SunHee Seo '17: On her way to Hollywood stardom". Colorado Academy. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  4. ^ a b O'Rouke, Jackie (December 17, 2020). "Ji-young Yoo on Taking Risks". Mud Magazine. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  5. ^ Bamigboye, Baz (June 7, 2024). "Breaking Baz: Expats Star Ji-Young Yoo On Her Career And Being "Happy" To Be Thrown In "Deep End" Shooting With Lulu Wang & Nicole Kidman". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  6. ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (January 14, 2021). "Ji-young Yoo Joins Apple And A24's The Sky Is Everywhere". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  7. ^ Otterson, Joe (May 25, 2021). "Amazon Series Adaptation of 'The Expatriates' Casts Ji-young Yoo". Variety. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  8. ^ Kroll, Justin (December 5, 2022). "Sky Is Everywheres Ji-young Yoo Joins eOne And Macro's Freaky Tales". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  9. ^ Toma, Adriana (June 15, 2023). "Announcing the 2023 Tribeca Festival Competition Winners". Tribeca Festival. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  10. ^ Davis, Clayton (2024-05-14). "'Baby Reindeer,' 'Shogun,' 'X-Men '97' and 'Black Twitter' Doc Lead Inaugural Gotham TV Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 2024-07-03.