This weekend, the Korean drama “Love Next Door” has come to its final episodes. The two main actors Jung Hae In and Jung So Min continue to maintain their leading positions in the hottest TV actors of the week.
Besides their roles in the film, the private lives of the cast were also discussed throughout the time the film aired. In particular, information about Jung So Min's family background and education was brought up with much attention.
The role of Bae Seok Ryu that Jung So Min plays in "Love Next Door" is a girl who constantly tries to work and earn money to support her family, to the point of exhaustion due to stomach cancer.
But in real life, Jung So Min comes from a wealthy family. Her father is the director of a famous private company and is listed among the richest businessmen in Korea.
Jung So Min had a good educational background from a young age. In high school, she studied ballet and traditional Korean dance, while her father wanted her to follow the business path.
After graduating from high school, despite her passion for dancing, Jung So Min enrolled in the acting department of Korea National University of Arts (K-ARTS), thinking that studying acting would complement her ability to express emotions on stage.
Jung So Min secretly enrolled in acting class because she was worried that she wouldn't pass K-ARTS, but she excelled and became the valedictorian of the acting class. One of her classmates was actor Lee Je Hoon.
The beauty born in 1989 admitted that pursuing acting made the relationship between her and her father unhappy for 9 years, since So Min debuted in the TV series "Bad guy" in 2010. But he gradually changed, and is now a full supporter of his daughter's career.
When she first debuted, Jung So Min was nicknamed "little Yoon Eun Hye" because of her innocent, pure features like her senior. However, during the early years of her career, despite playing many leading roles, Jung So Min still could not stand out.
Jung So Min once described the first 5 years of her career as a dark tunnel, she felt she had no talent for acting.
After many efforts, it was not until 2017 that Jung So Min's acting career took off, with the films "My father is strange" and "Because this is my first life".
In 2022, Jung So Min made a breakthrough when she played the female lead in the historical drama "Alchemy of Souls" part 1. Her absence in part 2 made many viewers regretful.
In "Love Next Door" aired this year, Jung So Min still received positive feedback about her acting ability, she was even rated higher than Jung Hae In.
However, many opinions say that the unimpressive script of "Love Next Door" has wasted Jung So Min's talent.
