Bae Suzy Profile: From Idol & “1st Love” to Recognized Actress

Suzy’s Biography

• Real Name: Bae Su-ji (배수지, stylized as “Bae Suzy”)
• Date of Birth: October 10, 1994
• Place of Birth: Munheung-dong, Buk -gu, Gwangju City, Korea
• Nationality: Korean
• Height: 168 cm
• Blood Type: AB
• Instagram: @skuukzky

Suzy’s Net Worth

In 2021, Chinese media outlet South China Morning Post reported that Suzy’s estimated net worth fall around 25 million USD. However, this number is expected to have increased exponentially, especially as Suzy has since assumed various other commercial contracts, notable acting projects. She was also announced as the house ambassador for luxury brand Dior in 2022.

Suzy’s Facts

Suzy’s family consists of her father, mother, older sister (born in 1992), and a younger brother born in 1996. She also had 2 dogs called Damon and Deji. She can speaking Korean and Chinese, attended the School of Performing Arts Seoul, and began her career as an online shopping model.

Suzy is known not only for her talents but also for her charming and relatable personality. A few quirks that fans adore? She doesn’t like eating vegetables, prefers karaoke nights with close friends, and is a self-proclaimed book lover. Despite her polished public image, Suzy has admitted to being a sleep-talker.

One interesting beauty tidbit is that Suzy laminated her two front teeth, but she has stated that she hasn’t undergone plastic surgery. She maintains a natural beauty that has earned her spots on TC Candler’s “100 Most Beautiful Faces” lists in both 2018 and 2019.

As for her ideal type, Suzy has mentioned actors Kang Dong Won and Lee Min Ki. Known for their charisma and talent, both stars reflect the qualities Suzy seems to admire—depth, charm, and a strong presence.

Suzy’s Personal Life

Confirmed Relationships

Lee Min-ho

Suzy and Lee Min-ho were confirmed to be an item in March 2015. However, around September 2015 and in August 2017, rumors surfaced about the two’s splitting up. It was in November 2017 that the two’s agencies at the time, JYP Entertainment and MYM Entertainment, confirmed that Suzy and Lee Min-ho broke up, stating that the two still remained as good friends without revealing the seasons.

Lee Dong-wook

In March 2018, Suzy and Lee Dong-wook confirmed their relationship, surprising many as the two has a 13-year age gap. However, just 4 months after in July 2018, it was announced that the couple have splitted due to busy schedules.

Dating Rumors

Throughout her careers, Suzy have faced various dating rumors, mostly with her co-stars.

Most recently, Suzy was rumored to be dating Park Bo-gum, who she starred together with in the 2024 movie “Wonderland“. However, Park Bo-gum have shot down these rumors himself, stating, “We’re just close friends. If given the chance, I’d like to work with her again in another project. But these rumors make things awkward. We’re really just close friends”.

Additionally, there were rumors of Suzy being in the relationship with “Start Up” co-star Nam Joo-hyuk after the two were spotted together during Nam Joo-hyuk’s rare vacation day from military service. However, as it turns out, Nam Joo-hyuk and Suzy actually met at the after party of the premiere for Suzy’s latest movie, “Wonderland”, and fellow cast members from “Start Up” were also there.

Surprising, one of Suzy’s most long-lasting dating rumors was with BLACPINK’s Rosé. This rumor first emerged in 2020, pointing out alleged “lovestagram” posts of the two female celebrities from 2019. Afterward, it was rekindled in November 2024 after Rosé released her solo album “rosie“.

Suzy’s Career

As an Idol

In 2009, Suzy auditioned for the Mnet show “Superstar K” and passed the preliminary round but was ultimately eliminated. However, she caught the eye of a scout from JYP Entertainment and soon became a trainee. Eventually, she debuted in March 2010, as a member of girl group Miss A.

Throughout her idol career, Suzy often appeared on variety shows and as the hosts of music programs such as MBC’s “Show! Music Core” and events like major award ceremonies. She also released OSTs for her dramas as well as collaboration tracks, notably a digital single titled “Dream” with EXO’s Baekhyun.

In early 2017, Suzy debuted as a soloist with the EP “Yes? No?”. The pre-release track for this EP, “Pretend”, even achieved an all-kill on music charts. She has since unveiled various other singles as a solo artist, with her most recent release being the 2025 track “Come Back”.

As an Actress

With her role in “Anna“, Suzy was praised for giving off a new charm that was completely different from her old image in this drama. Suzy’s performance left the public impressed by the character Yumi, who doesn’t give in easily even when she’s in a situation of losing everything.

In fact, with an interview with X-Sports News in 2013, Suzy shyly said, “My next goal is to become the nation’s female villain.”

And she has been able to portray various roles, from the people’s first love to the nation’s female villain. Let’s look back on Suzy’s past and present acting filmography.

Suzy debuted as a member of Miss A in 2010 and entered the path of becoming an actress with the KBS 2TV drama “Dream High” in 2011. In the drama, she played the role of Ko Hye-mi, a feisty and arrogant girl who entered Kirin Arts High School to become a popular singer due to her father’s business failure.

There was controversy over her acting skills due to her expressionless eye acting and constant blank tone when delivering lines, but she improved as each episode went by.

“There was a controversy over my acting skills during ‘Dream High’. I was criticized a lot at that time. So I was shocked and hurt a lot,” Suzy shared in the variety show ‘Happy Together’ in 2015. In the end, she won the Best New Female Artist award at the KBS Drama Awards and won the Best Couple trophy with Kim Soo-hyun.

She has also made her way to the big screen. In the movie “Architecture 101,” in which she worked with Lee Je-hoon, Suzy transformed into Seo-yeon, a first-year university student full of innocence and freshness.

Even though she was born in 1994, she expressed the emotions of a first year student in 1996 perfectly. The movie attracted more than 4 million viewers and Suzy became the nation’s first love.

She won the 48th Baeksang Arts Awards for Best New Actress in the Film category and the 33rd Blue Dragon Film Awards for Best Popular Star.

In the same year, the drama “Big” (2021), in which Suzy worked with Gong Yoo and Lee Min-jung, helped her take off her innocent image. She plays Jang Mary, a girl who has a passionate crush on Kang Kyung-joon (Shin Won-ho), who switched souls with Seo Yoon-jae (Gong Yoo).

In the 2013 drama “Gu Family Book,” Suzy played Dam Yeo-wool, a girl who trusted and loved Choi Kang-chi (Lee Seung-gi), a half-man-half-fox. With this role, she won the Best Actress Award and Best Couple Award in the mini-series section at the MBC Drama Awards.

Three years after “Architecture 101,” she returned to the big screen with the movie “The Sound of a Flower” (2015), where she played Jin Chae-seon, the first female singer of the Joseon Dynasty in 1867, when women were not allowed to sing Korean traditional music Pansori. Here, In addition to acting in dialect and male disguise, Suzy performed as a pansori singer after practicing for nearly a year before filming. The movie failed in box office, but it was a chance for Suzy to grow into an actress.

In the 2016 drama “Uncontrollably Fond,” she played the role of snobbish documentary producer Noel. The drama depicts circumstances lead to the separation of two childhood sweethearts, Suzy and Kim Woo-bin. Years later, fate decides to bring them closer when they work on a documentary.

In the 2017 drama “While You Were Sleeping,” she played the role of Nam Hong-joo, who can dream of an unfortunate incident that will happen to someone. Having cut his long hair for the first time since her debut, she showed off his improved acting skills as well as her amazing chemistry with Lee Jong-suk. Thanks to this work, she won the Best Actress Award in the SBS Drama Awards and together with Lee Jong-suk, she won the Best Couple Award.

In the drama “Vagabond” (2019) she reunited with Lee Seung-gi as Go Hae-ri, a black agent of the National Intelligence Service. She was dispatched to an overseas camouflage infiltration investigation, met Dalgun (Lee Seung-gi), and showed off her various charms through the process of digging up huge irregularities.

In the movie “Ashfall” (2019), she worked with veteran actors such as Lee Byung-hun, Ha Jung-woo, Ma Dong-seok, and Jeon Hye-jin. She played the role of Choi Ji-young, who struggles to survive in the midst of the last eruption of Mt. Baekdu.

Suzy also joined the 2020 drama “Startup,” which starring Nam Joo-hyuk and Kim Seon-ho. Suzy played the role of Seo Dal Mi, who has dreams of becoming Korea’s own Steve Jobs. She played a soft but confident character who pioneered her future without difficulty.

Ever since, Suzy has continued to make her mark in the acting industry, not only with her appearance in “Anna“, but also with future roles in the 2024 movie “Wonderland” and the 2023 drama “Doona!”.

With such mature acting after over a decade since her debut, Suzy has taken a significant step forward by transforming into a villain in a perfect way as if she were wearing a tailored suit.