Choi Yeo-jin - Wikipedia

South Korean-Canadian actress (born 1983) In this Korean name, the family name is Choi.

Choi Yeo-jin
Choi Yeo-jin in 2018
Born	(1983-07-27) July 27, 1983 (age 42)Seoul, South Korea
Education	Hanyang University - Theater and Film
Occupations	Model, actress
Years active	2001–present
Agent(s)	L & Jen Entertainment
Spouse	Kim Jae-wook ​(m. 2025)​
Korean name
Hangul	최여진
Hanja	崔汝珍
RR	Choe Yeojin
MR	Ch'oe Yŏjin

Choi Yeo-jin (Korean: 최여진; born July 27, 1983) is a South Korean-Canadian model-turned-actress.

Career

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Choi Yeo-jin was born in South Korea, but after her parents divorced, they emigrated to Canada when she was in the first year of middle school.[citation needed] She dreamed of becoming a ballerina, but had to give that up after her family went through some financial difficulties.[citation needed]

She debuted in the entertainment business via the Super Elite Model Contest held in Canada in 2001. Choi went on a leave of absence from George Brown College (she was majoring in Hotel Management) to pursue an entertainment career in Korea. She has since starred in several television series, like Dream High 2, and films, notably Surgeon Bong Dal-hee, Golden Bride, My Woman, More Charming by the Day and I Need Romance.[citation needed]

In 2012 she gained popularity due to her stint on reality show Dancing with the Stars, taking the top spot six times out of 11 competitions, and eventually winning. Choi said, "Viewers like my dancing more than my acting. I was kind of frustrated as an actress because I always played the same kind of characters and ended up projecting stereotypes, which could bore viewers. But now I'm much happier because I can turn into a glamorous dancer every time I get on stage."[1]

Personal life

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On June 1, 2025, Choi married her boyfriend in a cruise ceremony on the Bukhan River.[2]

Filmography

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Television series

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Year	Title	Role	Network
2002	Love Without Obstacle	Choi Yeo-jin	KBS2
	Honest Living	Choi Yeo-jin	SBS
2004	I'm Sorry, I Love You	Moon Ji-young	KBS2
2005	Biscuit Teacher and Star Candy	Noh Jem-ma	MBC
	Lawyers	Deborah Hong
2006	The Invisible Man	Jo Hyun-soo	KBS2
2007	Surgeon Bong Dal-hee	Jo A-ra	SBS
	Golden Bride	Ok Ji-young
	Capital Scandal	cameo ep 1	KBS
2008	My Woman	Jang Tae-hee	MBC
2009	Dream	Jang Soo-jin	SBS
2010	More Charming by the Day	Im Yeo-jin	MBC
2011	I Need Romance	Park Seo-yeon	tvN
2012	Dream High 2	Ahn Tae-yeon	KBS2
	To My Beloved	Baek In-kyung	jTBC
2013	Incarnation of Money	Jeon Ji-hoo	SBS
2014	Emergency Couple	Shim Ji-hye	tvN
	Righteous Love	Jang Hee-soo
2015	Riders: Catch Tomorrow	Ko Tae-Ra	E Channel, Dramacube
2015	The Lover	Choi Jin-nyeo	Mnet
2016	On the Way to the Airport	Song Mi-jin	KBS2
2017	Borg Mom	Boo Ti-Na	MBC
2018	Lovely Horribly[3]	Ki Eun-hyung	KBS2
2020	My Holo Love	Go Yoo-jin	Netflix
2021	Miss Monte-Cristo	Oh Ha-ra	KBS2

Film

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Year	Title	Role
2005	Seoul Raiders	Choi Sun-ah
	Love in Magic	herself
2006	Art of Fighting	Young-ae
	Detective Mr. Gong	Chinese food delivery girl
2008	Boy Director	Assistant
2015	My Sister, the Pig Lady	Yoo-ja
2017	Yongsoon	English teacher

Television show

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Year	Title	Notes
—N/a	Ya Shim Man Man	Panelist
2005–2006	Heroine 6	Cast member
2007–2009	Trend Report Feel: Season 2	Host
2011	Absolute Man: Season 1
	Racing Queen: Season 2
2012	Dancing with the Stars: Season 2	Contestant
2012–2013	Follow 美	Host
2013	Saturday Night Live Korea	Host, episode 38
	I'm a Super Model
	Super Dog
2014	A Celebrity Lives in My House
	Chuseok Special: Mirror of Health Returns	Host
2015	The Body Show
	Lady Action	Cast member
	Headliner
2016	Law of the Jungle
2020	Yacht Expedition: The Beginning	Cast
2021–2022	Goal Girl	Cast [4]
2022	Dating is Straight	Host [5]

Music video

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Year	Song title	Artist
2004	"Don't Be Happy"	MC the Max
	"A Name Called Parting"
2006	"Love Effect"	Placebo Effect
2009	"Not Even a Call"	Wax
	"My Girl"	Brian Joo feat. Supreme Team

Books

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Year	Title	Publisher	ISBN
2009	Trendsetter Choi Yeo-jin's Visual UP Project	Random House Korea	ISBN 9788925535258
2011	Choi Yeo-jin's Aloha Hawaii	Paper Book	ISBN 9788996497301

Awards and nominations

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Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2001	Supermodel Contest Canada (organized by Elite and JoongAng Ilbo)	—N/a	—N/a	Won
2007	SBS Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries[6]	Surgeon Bong Dal-hee	Nominated
		New Star Award	Surgeon Bong Dal-hee, Golden Bride	Won
2008	44th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Actress (TV)	Golden Bride	Nominated
	1st Korea Jewelry Awards	Sapphire Award	—N/a	Won
2010	MBC Entertainment Awards[7]	Excellence Award, Actress in a Sitcom/Comedy	More Charming by the Day	Won
2012	Dancing with the Stars	Season 2 winner	—N/a	Won
2015	4th APAN Star Awards	Best Dressed	—N/a	Won

References

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1. ^ "Choi Yeo-jin in Seventh Heaven as Dancing with the Stars Final Approaches". The Chosun Ilbo. 20 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
2. ^ Choi, Ji-yoon (2 June 2025). 불륜설 딛고…최여진, 돌싱과 크루즈 결혼식 [Overcoming rumors of an affair...Choi Yeojin, Dolsing and Cruise Wedding] (in Korean). Newsis. Retrieved 3 June 2025 – via Naver.
3. ^ [단독]최여진도 '러블리 호러블리' 합류, 라인업 윤곽 드러났다. Newsen (in Korean). June 1, 2018. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
4. ^ Oh Ji-won (June 8, 2021). 골때녀' 최여진→이미도, FC 액셔니스타 결성 (in Korean). YTN. Archived from the original on June 8, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2021 – via Naver.
5. ^ Kang Seon-ae (July 6, 2022). 싱글 남녀 소울메이트 찾는 '연애는 직진' 런칭...최여진·송해나·최윤영·유빈 출연 [Launch of 'Dating is straight forward' looking for single male and female soulmates... Starring Choi Yeo-jin, Song Hae-na, Choi Yun-young, and Yu-bin] (in Korean). SBS Entertainment News. Retrieved July 6, 2022 – via Naver.
6. ^ "2007 SBS 연기대상, 김희애-박신양 박빙 승부 전망". 20 December 2007.
7. ^ Hong, Lucia (30 December 2010). "Yoo Jae-seok wins grand prize once again at MBC Entertainment Awards". 10Asia. Archived from the original on July 2, 2013. Retrieved 2012-11-19.

External links

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• 최여진 (Choi Yeo-jin) on Cyworld (insideyeojin) (in Korean)
• Choi Yeo-jin at HanCinema
• Choi Yeo-jin at the Korean Movie Database
• Choi Yeo-jin at IMDb

v t e SBS Drama Awards for Best New Actress
1990s	Lee Young-ae (1993) Jung Seon-kyung and Hwang Soo-jung (1995) Im Sang-a (1996) Lee Tae-ran and Kim Hyun-joo (1998) Kang Sung-yeon and Jun Ji-hyun (1999)
2000s	Hwang In-young, Kim Min-hee and Kim Yoo-mi (2000) Gong Hyo-jin, Lee Yoo-jin and Lee Ji-hyun (2001) Han Eun-jung, Kim Jung-hwa, Kim Min-jung, Lee Yo-won, Park Sol-mi and Sung Yu-ri (2002) Choi Jung-won, Kim Tae-hee, Park Han-byul, Shin Min-a, So Yi-hyun and Yoo Min (2003) Eugene, Jeong Da-bin and Jo An (2004) Yoon Se-ah, Yoon Jung-hee, Lee Bo-young and Hyun Young (2005) Go Ara, Lee Ha-na, Claudia Kim, Yoon Ji-min and Park Si-yeon (2006) Choi Yeo-jin, Koo Hye-sun, Lee Ji-hyun, Lee Young-eun and Wang Bit-na (2007) Cha Ye-ryun, Chae Young-in, Han Hyo-joo, Im Jung-eun, Moon Chae-won and Yoon So-yi (2008) Park Shin-hye, Son Dam-bi, Lee Min-jung, Lee So-yeon and Lee Tae-im (2009)
2010s	Hahm Eun-jung, Han Chae-ah, Hwang Jung-eum and Nam Gyu-ri (2010) Goo Hara, Im Soo-hyang, Jin Se-yeon, Jeong Yu-mi, Seo Hyo-rim, Shin Hyun-been and Wang Ji-hye (2011) Go Joon-hee, Kwon Yu-ri, Park Hyo-joo, Park Se-young , Sulli and Yoon Jin-yi (2012) Jung Eun-ji, Kang So-ra, Kim Ji-won, Kim So-hyun, Kim Yoo-ri and Lee Da-hee (2013) Han Sun-hwa, Han Groo, Lee Yu-bi, Nam Bo-ra and Kim You-jung (2014) Gong Seung-yeon, Go Ah-sung, Lee Yul-eum, Lee Elijah and Lim Ji-yeon (2015) Lee Hye-ri, Bang Min-ah, Moon Ji-in and Yang Jin-sung (2016) Kim Da-som (2017) Lee Yoo-young (2018) Go Min-si and Keum Sae-rok (2019)
2020s	So Joo-yeon (2020) Choi Ye-bin, Han Ji-hyun and Roh Jeong-eui (2021) Jang Gyu-ri, Lee Eun-saem and Gong Sung-ha (2022) Kwon Ah-reum, Yang Hye-ji, Chung Su-bin (2023)
From 2001 to 2016, it was the New Star Award.