Jo Eun-ji

This article is about an actress. For the field hockey player, see Cho Eun-ji.

In this Korean name, the family name is Jo.

Jo Eun-ji (Korean: 조은지; born February 10, 1981) is a South Korean actress. She debuted in the gritty Im Sang-soo film Tears,^[1] and has since become better known for her supporting roles on film and television, such as in The President's Last Bang,^[2] My Scary Girl, Forever the Moment,^[3] The Concubine, and The Villainess. She was also the leading actress in the indies Driving with My Wife's Lover,^[4] and Sunshine Love.^[5]

Jo Eun-ji
Jo in 2019
Born	(1981-02-10) February 10, 1981 (age 44) South Korea
Other names	Cho Eun-ji
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2000–present
Agent	Prain TPC
Spouse	Park Jung-min ​ (m. 2014)​
Korean name
Hangul	조은지
Hanja	趙恩智
RR	Jo Eunji
MR	Cho Ŭnji

Personal life

Jo Eun-ji married Park Jung-min, CEO of talent agency Prain TPC, on May 24, 2014. They met in 2006 when Park became Jo's manager, and they began dating in 2009.^{[6][unreliable source?][7]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Tears	Ran
2002	A.F.R.I.K.A.	Young-mi
	Who R. U.?	Choi Bo-young / ID: "Porn Queen"
	A Bizarre Love Triangle	Bae Eun-hee
2004	The Hotel Venus	Soda
2005	The President's Last Bang	Banquet guest
	Mr. Housewife	Beautician	Cameo
2006	My Scary Girl	Baek Jang-mi
2007	Driving with My Wife's Lover	So-ok, Joong-shik's wife
	Femme Fatal	Eun-ji	Cameo
2008	Forever the Moment	Oh Soo-hee
2009	Why Did You Come to Our House?	Fellow homeless woman	Cameo
	Yoga	In-soon
	Short! Short! Short! 2009: Show Me the Money[8]	Park Eun-shil	segment: "Hundred Nails and a Deer Antler"
	Fish Boy	Ji-hyun
	Fly, Penguin	Art teacher	Cameo
	Girlfriends	Hyun-joo
2010	Petty Romance	Awards ceremony secretary	Cameo
2012	The Concubine	Geum-ok
	정지우x김무열x조은지 Project		Short film
	Confession of Murder	Choi Kang-sook
2013	Running Man	Park Sun-young
2014	The Target	Park Soo-jin
	How to Steal a Dog	Chae-rang's mother
2015	Sunshine Love	Kim Jung-sook
2017	The Villainess	Kim Sun
	True Fiction	Ji-eun	Special appearance
2021	Perhaps Love	Debut as director	[9]
2022	Day and the Moon	Mag-ha	[10]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Network
2003	The Bean Chaff of My Life	Seo Kyung-sun	MBC
2004	More Beautiful Than a Flower	Je-in	KBS2
	Lovers in Paris	Lee Yang-mi	SBS
2005	18 vs. 29	Yoo Hye-won	KBS2
2007	Two Outs in the Ninth Inning	Kim Choon-hee	MBC
2010	Personal Taste	Lee Young-sun	MBC
2014	The Greatest Marriage	Park Seon-nyeo	TV Chosun
2015	Beating Again	Na Ok-hyun	JTBC
	Let's Eat 2	Hong In-ah	tvN[11]
	Oh My Venus	Lee Hyun-Woo	KBS2
2016	Entertainer	Site manager (Guest appearance, Ep. 10)	SBS
	Madame Antoine	Yoo-seon / Emma (Special appearance)	JTBC
2021	Lost	Sun-gyu
2023	Strangers Again	Kang Bi-chwi	ENA[12]

Discography

Year	Song title	Artist	Notes
2002	"Bed's End" (Original Version)	Jo Eun-ji and Gong Hyo-jin	Track from A Bizarre Love Triangle OST
2009	"Milkyway"	HybRefine [ko] feat. Jo Eun-ji	Single

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2001	22nd Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best New Actress	Tears	Nominated
2007	6th Korean Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Driving with My Wife's Lover	Nominated
2008	16th Chunsa Film Art Awards	Best New Actress	Forever the Moment	Won
	7th Korean Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated
2013	49th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Supporting Actress	The Concubine	Won	[13]
2022	58th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Director	Perhaps Love	Won	[14][15]
	Chunsa Film Art Awards 2022	Best New Director		Nominated	[16]
	31st Buil Film Awards	Best New Director		Nominated	[17]
	Beautiful Artist Awards (Shin Young-kyun Arts and Culture Foundation)	New Artist Award		Won	[18]
	58th Grand Bell Awards	Best New Director		Nominated	[19]
	43rd Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best New Director		Nominated	[20]
	9th Korean Film Producers Association Award	Best New Director		Won	[21]