Jo Min-su

In this Korean name, the family name is Jo.

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
Jo in 2014
Born	(1965-01-29) January 29, 1965 (age 58) Seoul, South Korea
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1983–present
Agent	Management Koo
Known for	Pietà
Korean name
Hangul	조민수
Hanja	趙敏修
Revised Romanization	Jo Min-su
McCune–Reischauer	Cho Min-su

Career

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

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Chung: Blue Sketch	Yu-mi
	Son of God	Jeon Bo-bae
1990	I'm Gonna Do Something Shocking	Jang-mi
1995	Man?	Mi-ah
2005	Boy Goes to Heaven	Ne-mo's mother	Cameo
2012	Pietà	Jang Mi-sun
2013	The Stone	Lee Tae-sam	Cameo
2014	Venus Talk	Lee Hae-young
2018	The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion	Doctor Baek
2022	The Witch : Part 2. The Other One	General Baek	^[10]
2023	Love Reset	Bo-bae

Television series

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

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2019–present	Diaspora Film Festival	Host	with Kim Hwan (2019–present) and Seon Jung-ah (2022)	^[11]

Music video

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

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1987	KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress		Won
1989	KBS Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress	Mount Jiri	Won
1990	26th Baeksang Arts Awards	Most Popular Actress (TV)		Won
2012	Korea Film Actor's Association^[12]	Achievement Award	Pietà	Won
	Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism	Okgwan Order of Cultural Merit		Won
	6th Asia Pacific Screen Awards^[13]	Best Actress		Nominated
		Jury Grand Prize		Won
	33rd Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Leading Actress		Nominated
	32nd Korean Association of Film Critics Awards^[14]^[15]	Best Actress		Won
	49th Grand Bell Awards^[6]^[16]			Won
	Cine 21 Awards			Won
2013	4th KOFRA Film Awards^[17]			Won
	23rd Fantasporto Director's Week^[18]			Won
	22nd Buil Film Awards			Nominated
	7th Asian Film Awards^[19]^[20]^[21]	Best Actress		Nominated
		People's Choice Awards		Won
	49th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Actress (Film)		Nominated
2018	27th Buil Film Awards^[22]	Best Supporting Actress	The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion	Nominated
	2nd China Korea International Film Festival			Won
2019	24th Chunsa Film Art Awards			Nominated
	55th Baeksang Arts Awards^[23]	Best Supporting Actress (Film)		Nominated
2021	8th Wildflower Film Awards^[24]	Best Actress	Jazzy Misfits	Nominated

References

1. Also romanized as Cho Min-soo or Jo Min-soo.
2. 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. Lee, Claire (30 October 2012). . 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.

External links

 

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