Yoon So-yi (born Moon So-yi on January , ) is a South Korean actress.
She debuted as a print and commercial model, then began acting in Ryoo
Seung-wan's action-comedy film Arahan in , followed by Shadowless
Sword in . Yoon has had leading roles in television dramas, notably in
Goodbye Solo (), Glass Castle (), Hero (), and Warrior Baek Dong-soo
().Yoon So-yi made her entertainment debut as a model in Graffiti
Magazine in . After a few years of print and commercial modeling, she
auditioned for Ryoo Seung-wan's action comedy Arahan in . Based on a
popular South Korean comic, Arahan explored the consequences of
unleashing an ancient evil spirit into a modern city, with Yoon's
character part of a hidden school of ancient masters who train a naive
young policeman to fight this evil force. Yoon underwent strict
training for six months in a film action school, where she had to
overcome her phobia of heights. The film was a relative commercial
success, with one review describing her as "tall and attractive in an
excellently non-cutesy way." She received a Best New Actress
nomination at the Blue Dragon Film Awards.Yoon next starred in the TV
drama Say You Love Me, a dark, twisted love story between four people.
This led to a friendship with her co-star Kim Rae-won, with whom she
starred in a series of advertisements for Samsung Digital Plaza. When
Kim later launched his own management company Bless Entertainment, she
would also join his stable of stars.After playing Jung Joon-ho's love
interest in The Twins, Yoon was cast in Shadowless Sword, a wuxia
martial arts epic set in ancient China. In the role of a beautiful
young swordswoman who protects the future king, Yoon said that she was
inspired by Anita Mui in The Heroic Trio, and that the strong-willed
female character appealed to her. She learned wushu for three months
in Korea, then wire action from the Chinese stunt team.
She debuted as a print and commercial model, then began acting in Ryoo
Seung-wan's action-comedy film Arahan in , followed by Shadowless
Sword in . Yoon has had leading roles in television dramas, notably in
Goodbye Solo (), Glass Castle (), Hero (), and Warrior Baek Dong-soo
().Yoon So-yi made her entertainment debut as a model in Graffiti
Magazine in . After a few years of print and commercial modeling, she
auditioned for Ryoo Seung-wan's action comedy Arahan in . Based on a
popular South Korean comic, Arahan explored the consequences of
unleashing an ancient evil spirit into a modern city, with Yoon's
character part of a hidden school of ancient masters who train a naive
young policeman to fight this evil force. Yoon underwent strict
training for six months in a film action school, where she had to
overcome her phobia of heights. The film was a relative commercial
success, with one review describing her as "tall and attractive in an
excellently non-cutesy way." She received a Best New Actress
nomination at the Blue Dragon Film Awards.Yoon next starred in the TV
drama Say You Love Me, a dark, twisted love story between four people.
This led to a friendship with her co-star Kim Rae-won, with whom she
starred in a series of advertisements for Samsung Digital Plaza. When
Kim later launched his own management company Bless Entertainment, she
would also join his stable of stars.After playing Jung Joon-ho's love
interest in The Twins, Yoon was cast in Shadowless Sword, a wuxia
martial arts epic set in ancient China. In the role of a beautiful
young swordswoman who protects the future king, Yoon said that she was
inspired by Anita Mui in The Heroic Trio, and that the strong-willed
female character appealed to her. She learned wushu for three months
in Korea, then wire action from the Chinese stunt team.
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