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
Born	(1981-02-10) February 10, 1981 (age 43) 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
Revised Romanization	Jo Eun-ji
McCune–Reischauer	Cho Ŭnji

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]

Personal life

Jo Eun-ji wed 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][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 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]

References

1. Elley, Derek (19 November 2000). "Tears". Variety. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
2. "K-FILM REVIEWS: 그때 그사람들 (The President's Last Bang)". Twitch Film. 24 July 2005. Archived from the original on 2014-10-16. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
3. "Handball "Sleeper" Tops Box Office for Third Week". The Chosun Ilbo. 30 January 2008. Archived from the original on 2017-07-11. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
4. Paquet, Darcy. "Driving With My Wife's Lover". Koreanfilm.org. Archived from the original on 2007-01-20. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
5. Elley, Derek (3 October 2013). "Sunshine Love". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 2014-10-25. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
6. "Actress Jo Eun Ji Weds Her Manager". Soompi. 24 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-06-28. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
7. "Jo Eun Ji got married with Park Jung Min, her boss". Innolife. 25 May 2014. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
8. Lee, Hyo-won (3 September 2009). "Money Comes Up Rather Short". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
9. Kang Da-yoon (October 12, 2021). "장르만 로맨스' 조은지 감독 "공식 첫 일정, 많이 감격스러워"" ['Genre Romance' Director Jo Eun-ji "I am very moved by the first official schedule] (in Korean). My Daily. Archived from the original on November 22, 2021. Retrieved October 12, 2021 – via Naver.
10. Lee, Chang-gyu (September 28, 2022). "유다인X조은지 '낮과 달', 10월 개봉 앞두고 메인 포스터 공개" [Yoo Da-in and Jo Eun-ji's 'Day and the Moon' main poster released ahead of release in October] (in Korean). X-ports News. Archived from the original on October 2, 2022. Retrieved October 2, 2022 – via Naver.
11. Hong, Soo Jung (23 January 2015). "Let′s Eat 2 Confirms Cast with B2ST′s Yoon Du Jun, Seo Hyun Jin and More". eNewsWorld. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
12. "Jo Eun-ji in "Can We Be Strangers?"". HanCinema. TV Report. November 30, 2022. Archived from the original on December 9, 2022. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
13. Ji, Yong-jin (13 May 2013). "RYU Seung-ryong Wins Grand Prize at Baeksang Arts Awards". Korean Film Council. Archived from the original on 2021-05-10. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
14. Ahn Byung-gil (April 11, 2022). "58회 백상예술대상 후보 공개…영광의 주인공은?" [58th Baeksang Arts Awards nominations revealed... Who is the hero of glory?] (in Korean). Sports Kyunghyang. Archived from the original on May 10, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2022 – via Naver.
15. Tae Yuna (May 6, 2022). "조은지, 배우 아닌 감독으로 신인상 "스스로 갇혀있을 때 있어" [백상예술대상]" (in Korean). Ten Asia. Archived from the original on May 6, 2022. Retrieved May 6, 2022 – via Naver.
16. Lee Ji-yul (August 26, 2022). "제27회 춘사국제영화제 각 부문별 후보자 공개" [The 27th Chunsa International Film Festival nominees for each category revealed]. Beyond Post (in Korean). Archived from the original on October 31, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
17. Nam, Yoo-jung (August 28, 2022). "헤어질 결심 브로커 둘 다 8개 부문 후보 올라" [Decision to break up and Broker both nominated for 8 categories] (in Korean). Busan Ilbo. Archived from the original on August 28, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022 – via Naver.
18. Yang Jeong-woo (October 11, 2022). "아름다운예술인상'에 마동석·신구·이우석·하춘화·조은지" [Ma Dong-seok, Shin Goo, Lee Woo-seok, Ha Chun-hwa, Jo Eun-ji for 'Beautiful Artist Award] (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. Archived from the original on October 11, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2022 – via Naver.
19. Park, Jae-hwan (October 12, 2022). "제 58회 대종상 영화제 내달 9일 개최... '헌트' 12개, '헤어질 결심' - '한산' 11개 부분 노미네이트" [The 58th Daejong Film Festival to be held on the 9th of next month... 12 nominations for 'Hunt', 'Decision to break up' - 11 parts for 'Hansan] (in Korean). KBS Media. Archived from the original on October 23, 2022. Retrieved October 12, 2022 – via Naver.
20. Kim, Hyun-rok (November 7, 2022). "헤어질 결심, 43회 청룡영화상 13개 부문 최다 후보…한산 헌트 10개 후보[공식]" [Decision to break up, the most nominations in 13 categories at the 43rd Blue Dragon Film Awards... 10 candidates for Hansan and Hunt [Official]. SporTV News (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 8, 2022. Retrieved November 7, 2022 – via Naver.
21. Kim Kyung-hee (December 5, 2022). "한국영화제작가협회상, 마동석-탕웨이 주연상, 이정재 감독상 수상" [Korean Film Producers Association Award, Ma Dong-seok-Tang Wei Best Actor Award, Lee Jung-jae Best Director Award]. iMBC (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 5, 2022. Retrieved December 5, 2022 – via Naver.

External links

• Jo Eun-ji at HanCinema
• Jo Eun-ji at IMDb 
• Cho Eun-ji at the Korean Movie Database
• Jo Eun-ji at Cyworld (in Korean)
• Jo Eun-ji at Prain TPC (in Korean)