Jeon So-min

Not to be confused with the Korean-Canadian singer Jeon So-mi or the Korean singer Jeon So-min.

In this Korean name, the family name is Jeon.

Jeon So-min (Korean: 전소민; born April 7, 1986) is a South Korean actress. Jeon made her debut in 2004 with sitcom Miracle. In 2006, she made her big-screen debut through the film, Cinderella. Jeon played her first leading role in the television series Princess Aurora, she received recognition for her role at the 2013 MBC Drama Awards, where she won the "Best New Actress Award".

Jeon So-min
Jeon So-min in 2017
Born	(1986-04-07) April 7, 1986 (age 39) Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Education	Dongduk Women's University (Broadcasting and Entertainment)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2004–present
Agent	Studio Santa Claus
Korean name
Hangul	전소민
Hanja	全昭旻
Revised Romanization	Jeon So-min
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏn Somin
Signature

Her other notable performances include the daily drama Tomorrow Victory (2015), romantic comedy drama Something About 1% (2016), medical thriller Cross (2018), romantic comedy drama Top Star U-back (2018), Review: Notebook of my Embarrassing Days (2018), Birthday Letter (2019) and Big Data Romance (2019).

Jeon joined variety show Running Man as a regular cast member from April 2017 to October 2023, where she achieved international recognition. She also appeared in the first two seasons of variety show Sixth Sense.

Early life

Jeon So-min was born on April 7, 1986.^[1] Her hometown is at Goyang, Gyeonggi Province. Jeon has a younger brother, Wook-min.^[2] Before Jeon's official debut in the acting industry, she had been working as a fashion magazine model on her second year of high school.^{[citation needed]} She graduated from Dongduk Women's University, majoring in Broadcasting and Entertainment.^[3]

Career

In April 2017, Jeon joined Running Man as a regular cast member.^[4]

In January 2020, Jeon published her first book titled You Can Call Me After a Drink.^[5]

In April 2020, it was announced that Jeon has signed with King Kong by Starship.^[6]

In October 2020, Jeon starred in The Name.^[7]

In May 2022, Jeon renewed her contract with King Kong by Starship.^[8]

On October 23, 2023, King Kong by Starship announced that Jeon will be stepping down from Running Man due to her needing some time to recharge and focus in her acting. Her last recording took place on October 30, 2023.^[9][10]

On May 8, 2024, King Kong by Starship announced that Jeon's exclusive contract won't be renewed, ending her 4 years collaboration with the agency.^[11]

In July 2024, Jeon signed with new agency Studio Santa Claus Entertainment.^[12]

Other ventures

Ambassadorship

Year	Title	Ref.
2010	Recycling Your Bicycle Promotional Ambassador	[13]
2011	41st Earth Day Public Relations Ambassador	[14]
2013	5th Ambassador for Climate Change Week	[15]
2014	6th Ambassador to the Climate Change Week	[16]
	Boryeong Mud Festival Public Relations Ambassador	[17]
2015	Suncheon Bay Animal Film Festival Ambassador	[18]
2016	Public Relations Ambassador of the "Four Great Social Policies: Sexual Violence, School Violence, Domestic Violence and Bad Food Distribution"	[19]
2019	Personal information protection campaign promotional ambassadors with mobile carriers	[citation needed]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2006	Cinderella	Hye-won		[20]
2011	Help Me		Short film	[21]
2012	Love Call	Soo-ah		[22]
2013	Sun Cream		Short film	[23]
2019	Shall We Do It Again [ko]		Cameo	[24]
2020	THE NAME	Seo Ri-ae		[7]
2022	2037	Jang Mi		[25][26]
TBA	Eighteen Youth	Hee-joo		[27]
	Only God Knows Everything	Soo-yeon		[28]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2004	Miracle			[29]
	Drama City: "Father of the Ocean"		One-act drama
2007	The Great Catsby	Choi Soo-yeon		[30]
2008	One Mom and Three Dads	Nam Jong-hee		[31]
	East of Eden	Lee Ki-soon		[32]
2010	Joseon X-Files	Choi Eui-sin	Cameo (Episode 6)	[33]
	Jungle Fish 2	Ahn Ba-woo's dating partner	Cameo (Episode 3)	[34]
2010–2011	Finding Mr. and Ms. Right	Young-hwa		[35]
2011	Baby Faced Beauty	Lee Jin-hee	Cameo (Episode 7 and 9)	[36]
	Drama Special: "Yeongdeok Women's Wrestling Team"	Cha Yeon-hee	One-act drama	[37]
	KBS HDTV Literature Hall: "Gwangyeom Sonata"	Nam Jeong-yeon		[38]
2011–2012	Insu, the Queen Mother	Jang Nok-soo	Cameo (Episode 56–58 and 60)	[39]
2013	Princess Aurora	Oh Ro-ra		[40]
2014	Endless Love	Kim Se-gyung		[41]
	Mother's Garden	Baek Song-i	Cameo (Episode 16)	[42]
	More Than a Maid	Dan-ji		[43]
2015	Late Night Restaurant	Hye-jin	Cameo (Episode 13)	[44]
2015–2016	Tomorrow Victory	Han Seung-ri		[45]
2016	Drinking Solo	Kim Won-hae's sister-in-law Jin Jung-suk's blind date partner	Cameo (Episode 10)	[46]
	Something About 1%	Kim Da-hyun		[47]
2017	My Secret Romance	Girl in the Club	Cameo (Episode 1)	[48]
	Idol Drama Operation Team	Herself	Cameo (Episode 1 and 8)	[49]
	The Bride of Habaek	Patient	Cameo (Episode 4)	[50]
	Single Wife	TV Host	Cameo (Episode 1)	[51]
2018	Cross	Go Ji-in		[52]
	Drama Special: "Review Notebook of My Embarrassing Days"	Do Do-hye	One-act drama	[53]
	Top Star U-back	Oh Kang-soon		[54]
2019	Drama Special: "Birthday Letter"	Kim Jae-yeon		[55]
	Drama Stage: "Big Data Dating"	Ahn Bit-na	One-act drama	[56]
2021	Drama Special: "Hee-soo"	Hwang Joo-eun	Four-act drama	[57]
2021–2022	Show Window: The Queen's House	Yoon Mi-ra		[58]
2022	Cleaning Up	Ahn In-kyung		[59]
2023	Delivery Man	Ghost	Cameo (Episode 4)	[60]
2024–2025	Sorry Not Sorry	Ji Song-yi		[61]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2021	So I Married the Anti-fan	Kim Da-hyun	Cameo (Episode 11)	[62]

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2017	Living Together in Empty Room	Cast member	With Brave Brothers and Yang Se-chan (Episode 1–7)	[63]
2017–2023	Running Man			[64]
2020–2021	Sixth Sense		Season 1–2	[65][66]
2022–2023	The Skip Dating	Host		[67]

Hosting

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2019	25th Dream Concert	With Leeteuk and Gongchan	[68]
2021	2020 APAN Music Awards	With Kim Jong-kook	[69]
2022	2022 K Global Heart Dream Awards	With Lee Yong-jin	[70]

Music video appearances

Year	Song title	Artist	Ref.
2004	"How Much"	Turtles	[citation needed]
2011	"Just Looking at You Is Nice"	No Reply [ko]	[71]
	"Sun & Star"	Joosuc [ko]	[72]
2013	"Atlantis Princess"	Lena Park	[73]
2021	"Be With Me"	Soran	[74]

Discography

Singles

Title	Year	Album	Ref.
"He_Starlight" (Kim Dong-wan feat. Jeon So-min)	2014	Non-album single	[75]
"Confession, Come Out Now" (with Soran and Yoo Jae-suk as JeonSoran and Yoo Jae-suk)	2019	Running Man Fan-meeting: Project Running 9	[76]
"I Like It" (with Running Man members)	2019

Narrations

Title	Year	Album	Ref.
"Blue & Blue" (Choi Botton Narr. Jeon So-min)	2021	Normal Blue	[77]
"I Love You" (Choi Botton Narr. Jeon So-min)		Normal Red	[78]
"Why Not Cut Long Hair" (Choi Botton Narr. Jeon So-min)		Normal Black	[79]

Composition credits

Title	Year	Artist	Album	Notes	Ref.
"Blue & Blue"	2021	Choi Botton	Normal Blue	As lyricist	[80]
"I Love You"			Normal Red		[81]
"Romantic"
"Why Not Cut Long Hair"			Normal Black		[79]
"Let's Be Forever"			Normal White		[82]
"One Room"		Lee Ki-chan	Non-album single		[83]
"Witness"	2024	Choi Jung-in			[84]

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee(s) / Work(s)	Result	Ref.
Asia Artist Awards	2020	Popularity Award (Actress)	Jeon So-min	Nominated	[85][better source needed]
Asia Model Awards	2014	Drama Star Award	Princess Aurora	Won	[86]
	2017	Popular Star Award	Jeon So-min	Won	[87]
Brand Customer Loyalty Awards	2019	Actress Brand Loyalty Leader		Won	[88]
KBS Drama Awards	2018	Best Actress in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama	Review Notebook of My Embarrassing Days	Nominated	[89]
	2021	Best Actress in Drama Special/TV Cinema	Hee-soo	Won	[90]
Korea Drama Awards	2014	Excellence Award, actress	Princess Aurora	Nominated	[91]
	2022		Show Window: The Queen's House	Won	[92]
Korea First Brand Awards	2018	Female Commercial Model Award	Jeon So-min	Won	[93]
	2020	Best Multi-Entertainer	Running Man and The Sixth Sense	Won	[94]
	2021	Best Multi-Entertainer (Female)	Jeon So-min	Won	[95]
MBC Drama Awards	2013	Best New Actress	Princess Aurora	Won	[96]
	2016	Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	Tomorrow Victory	Nominated	[97]
SBS Entertainment Awards	2017	Rookie Award, Variety	Running Man	Won	[98][unreliable source?][99]
		Best Couple Award	Jeon So-min (with Lee Kwang-soo) Running Man	Won
	2018	Top Excellence Award in Variety Category	Running Man	Won	[100][101]
		Excellence Award in Variety Category		Nominated
		Best Couple Award	Jeon So-min (with Lee Kwang-soo) Running Man	Nominated
	2020	Golden Content Award	With Running Man members	Won	[102]
Seoul International Drama Awards	2022	Best Actress	Hee-soo	Nominated	[103]