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Biography
- Name: Cha Joo-young (차주영)
- Date of Birth: June 5, 1990
- Place of Birth: Ichon-dong, Yongsan- gu, Seoul
- Height: 171 cm (5’6)
- Religion: Catholic (Baptismal name: Leoncia)
- Instagram: @jooyoungthej
Facts
Cha Joo-young often received offers to debut as a celebrity because of her pretty appearance from childhood, and always wanted to learn modern dance and major in dance, but she gave up due to her father’s opposition.
It is known that the actress has been exercising and maintaining their body shape since childhood through kendo and modern dance.
During middle school, she studied abroad at an international school in Malaysia at her father’s request, where she studied English hard as well as developed self-reliance and independence. She is also fluent in Japanese, Chinese, and French.
According to her close friends Lim Ji-yeon, Park Sung-hoon , and Kim Gun-woo, Cha Joo-young has an elegance that radiates from her even in everyday life. However, she is extremely introverted and shy, so there are days she doesn’t even walk 50 steps.
Later on, she went to study in the United States, majoring in business administration. She even worked as an intern at a securities firm during college, but kept thinking about her dream to become a celebrity and eventually decided to pursue this path. According to the actress, pursing acting was the first time she chose something for herself in her life, hence her late acting debut at the age of 26.
Career
Cha Joo-young acted for the 1st time on the movie “Dr. Frost”, but made her official debut in 2016 with the K-drama adaptation of the famous webtoon “Cheese in the Trap”.
Cha Joo-young earnestly asked her parents to give her time until she turned 30. Before she turned 30, she built her career by appearing in “The Gentlemen of Wolgyesu Tailor Shop”, “Jugglers”, “Wok of Love” and was recognized for her acting skills.
Above all, her father was said to support his daughter’s choice as he called Cha Joo-young by her characters’ names. Afterwards, Cha Joo-young appeared in “The Spies Who Loved Me” and “Chimera”. She also made her name known by playing “Grim Reaper” Han Ji-hyun, Cho Tae-sub (Lee Geung-young)’s secretary, in “Again My Life.
In Watcha’s original series “Alice, the Ultimate Weapon”, she showed a wide acting spectrum by playing Yang Yang, CEO Jang (Yang Hyun-min)’s assistant.
However, it was not until 2022, when she starred as stewardess Hye-jeong in the Netflix blockbuster “The Glory”, did Cha Joo-young truly rose to fame. The actress also viewed it as an important benchmark of her career, saying, “My acting life is divided into before and after Hye-jeong”.
At the time, the actress received immense praise for a scene where she revealed her bare chest, showing off a bold performance.
Ever since, Cha Joo-young has been nailing leading roles via works such as “The Real Has Come!”, “The Heavenly Idol”, and most recently, “The Queen Who Crowns”.
Controversies
Poor acting
While she was greatly praised for her performance in “The Glory”, Cha Joo-young’s acting in her next work, “The Real Has Come!”, draws contrary response.
Excessive nude scenes
Cha Joo-young’s latest work, “The Queen Who Crowns”, is known to have been praised for its clever tactic of releasing 2 versions – a 15+ (less explicit) one for TV broadcast, and a 19+ one for OTT.
However, Cha Joo-young herself was questioned, as the public found her acting repertoire to mostly be associated with nude scenes rather than acting skills.
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