
Acting
Aug 4, 1985
Seoul, South Korea
Shin So-yul
Acting
Biography
Shin So-yul (born August 5, 1985) is a South Korean actress. Shin began acting in 2006, and appeared in supporting roles in films and television series such as Hello My Love, Jungle Fish 2, and Penny Pinchers. Her breakthrough would come in 2012 with the popular cable dramedy Reply 1997. In 2013, she received acting nominations from the Baeksang Arts Awards and the Grand Bell Awards for her risqué role in romantic comedy film Whatcha Wearin'?, and became one of the hosts of talk show Talk Club Actors. Shin played the leading role in the 2014 daily drama Love & Secret. In recent years, Shin became recognized for her supporting roles in various television dramas.
Feature Films (27)

Reporter Na-yeong and her partner investigate a series of mysterious deaths and a perplexing case where her source was allegedly already dead at the time of their interview. Together they end up confronting a terrifying truth.
The Ghost Station

Over the course of a single day in four vignettes, a group of interconnected artists, novelists, and filmmakers have a series of interactions, some planned, some by chance. In a Hong Sangsoo-esque fashion, the protagonists in this conversational film muse over love, life, longing and art.
Long Day

Ji-woong is a loser who can't find a job so he lies to his mother for money, but one day she abruptly cuts him off and he becomes homeless. That same day, salvation arrives in the form of Hong-sil who's extremely stingy. Her hobby is visiting the bank to make savings deposits, and her specialty is selling empty glass bottles and old newspapers for cash.
Penny Pinchers

In-ah (Son Eun-seo), Yoo-ri (Oh Da-eun) and Nana (Shin So-yul) are 3 women who are attractive enough to be called the 3 Angels. They decide to bring out the passion inside them as much as they want and go on a trip to Okinawa. On the first day, Yoo-ri easily falls in love with a gentle and attractive young man Min-seok and calm-looking In-ah feels dangerously attracted to a fund manager who is about to get married to Sarah. Sarah looks at her in a queer way. Nana who wants to make a memory she can't forget, is asked to for a threesome by Yoo-ri's boyfriend Min-seok...
Private Island

Yoon-jung accidentally calls a stranger, instead of her boyfriend, and has phone sex with the unknown man. When Yoon-jung's relationship with her boyfriend turns sour, Yoon-jung meets Hyun-seung, the stranger she had phone sex with.
Whatcha Wearin'?

Lee Gong-jin, a young tailor, helps the Queen with her dress and both fall in love with each other. However, his success catches the ire of Jo Dol-seok, the royal tailor, who vows retribution.
The Royal Tailor

Ha-Jin (Yoon Jin-Seo), Yoo-Jin (Shin So-Yul), Tae-Suk (Kim Da-Hyun) and Kyoung-Chul (Lee Si-Yeon) all attended the same high school. Due to an unsavory incident, Yoo-Jin disappeared. 10 years later, these four people are now at the same place. The next day, Yoo-Jin, who is a budding novelist using the pen name of "Jin-Jin," is found dead. The other three are now suspects. Veteran detective Dae-Sik (Kim Min-Sang) tries to solve the case.
Jin Jin

In the children’s ward, there are children whose last opportunity is organ transplantation. Even when they say that dying is only a wish, they build affectionate friendships without losing their smiles. Fathers of these two children fight desperately to save them, and they face only one last choice…
Two Heart

An escaped convict and a woman, who both contracted HIV from the same man, fall in love.
Lovers Vanished

A Beijing professor returns to his stomping grounds for a friend's funeral. Reflecting on the past, he meets a tea shop owner who sparks feelings of love in a time of pain.
Gyeongju

A popular high school student, who is the top student of her class, mysteriously dies. Six of her friends who graduated from the same elementary school attempt to track down the reasons for her death. While the six friends try to find the truth behind her death, they struggle with teenage hardships and academic pressures.
Jungle Fish 2
Television & Series (28)

An aspiring fashion designer lands the job of her dreams in the luxurious but shallow world of Cheongdam-dong, and discovers that it will take more than hard work to succeed in this business.
Cheongdam Dong Alice

Gil Oh-so, an employee at a cleaning company, meets Jang Seon-gyul, the boss of the company. The two are diametric opposite when it comes to cleanliness. With the help of Oh-sol, Seon-gyul faces his mysophobia and falls in love with her.
Clean with Passion for Now

As a teen, Shi Won was obsessed with a boy band. Now 33 years old, Shi Won and her friends are reviving their memories as their school reunion nears.
Reply 1997

A business drama about mergers and acquisitions between companies. When Kim Do Hyun passes the bar exam at the top of his class, he's offered a dream job as top aide to Yoo In Hye, daughter to one of the richest and most powerful men in South Korea. As he becomes more ambitious, Do Hyun is about to find out just how cut throat In Hye's world is, and also just how much he's about to lose, including his long-time girlfriend Lee Jung Yeon.
Midas

In 1994, college students were crazy about college basketball, and Korea's hip-hop artists; with students from various countryside areas attending college in Seoul, they mingle together for true friendship, love and lots of fun at a boarding house.








