Jo Bo Ah

Jo Bo Ah

Background

Born

Jo Bo Yoon
August 22, 1991 (age 31)
Daejeon, South Korea

Education

Sungkyunkwan University (Performing Arts)

Occupation

Actress
Host
Model

Years active

2011-present

Agency

SidusHQ

Native name

Hangul

조보윤 (Jo Bo Yun)
조보아 (Jo Bo A)

Hanja

曹宝儿 (Jo Bo A)

Miscellaneous

Height

[1]

165cm (5’4″)

Weight

[2]

49kg (108lbs)

Zodiac

[2]

Leo

Blood Type

[1]
SNS

  

Jo Bo Ah (born Jo Bo Yoon on August 22, 1991) is a South Korean actress, model, and host.

Early life

Jo Bo Ah was born Jo Bo Yoon on August 22, 1991 in Daejeon, South Korea. Jo graduated from Sungkyunkwan University, majoring in Performing Arts.

Career

Jo made her acting debut in 2011 with a small role in the daily sitcom I Live in Cheongdam-dong on cable channel JTBC. This was followed by a hosting gig on the audition program Made in U (also on jTBC), and an appearance in the Korean-Japanese co-production Koisuru Maison ~Rainbow Rose~.

In 2012, Jo landed her first major role as a former rich girl who falls for a rocker in tvN’s coming-of-age series Shut Up Flower Boy Band. Later that year, she appeared in her first network TV series with a supporting role in the MBC period drama Horse Doctor.

In 2013, Jo and Kim Woo Bin hosted Mnet’s weekly music show M Countdown for two weeks (on April 4 and 11).

Jo was cast in her first film in 2014, as a troubled, seductive teenager who becomes obsessed with her gym teacher in the erotic thriller Innocent Thing. Back on cable television, she played the leading role in romantic comedy series The Idle Mermaid, a modern retelling of The Little Mermaid set amidst the competitive Korean workplace.

Jo tried a new genre in 2015 with the OCN police procedural The Missing, where she played a detective on the missing persons task force. She then joined the ensemble cast of the KBS weekend family drama All About My Mom, and starred in web series Love Cells 2, adapted from the webtoon of the same title.

In 2016, Jo starred in revenge melodrama Monster and romantic comedy series Sweet Stranger and Me. In 2017, she starred in romance melodrama Temperature of Love, and the two-episode drama special Let’s Meet, Joo-oh.

In 2018, Jo starred in Goodbye to Goodbye, based on a webtoon about the stories of two women. She played a university student who faces challenges as a single mother. The same year, she starred in the romantic comedy drama My Strange Hero.

In 2020, Jo starred in the romance drama Forest as a doctor. The same year she was cast in the fantasy drama Tale of the Nine Tailed as a television producer.

Filmography

Television series

Year

Title

Role

Network

2011

I Live in Cheongdam-dong

Bo Ah (Ep.10, 14-15)

JTBC

2012

Shut Up Flower Boy Band

Im Soo Ah

tvN

Koisuru Maison Rainbow Rose

Bo Ah

Tokyo TV

2012-2013

Horse Doctor

Seo Eun Seo

MBC

2014

The Idle Mermaid

Kim Ha Ni / Aileen

tvN

2015

The Missing

Jin Seo Joon

OCN

All About My Mom

Jang Chae Ri

KBS2
Love Cells 2

Ye Bom

Naver TV

2016

Monster

Do Shin Young

MBC

Sweet Stranger and Me

Do Yeo Joo

KBS2

2017

Temperature of Love

Ji Hong Ah

SBS
Drama Special: Let Us Meet

Lee Soo Ji

KBS2

2018

Goodbye to Goodbye

Jung Hyo

MBC

2018-2019

My Strange Hero

Son Soo Jung

SBS

2020

Forest

Jung Young Jae

KBS2

Tale of the Nine Tailed

Nam Ji Ah

tvN

Film

Year

Title

Role

2014

Innocent Thing

Ha Young Eun

Variety shows

Hosting

Music video appearances

Year

Song title

Artist

2016

“Remember That”

BtoB

2020

“Everybody Has”

Chungha

Awards and nominations

Trivia

Gallery

References