“Business Proposal” star Seol In-ah: From an idol to trainee and a ‘slap girl’ to a successful actress with multiple talents
Recently, the actress has been selected as the MC for the 2022 “KBS Entertainment Awards”.
The 2022 “KBS Entertainment Awards” will be broadcast live on KBS2 at 9:15 p.m. (KST) on December 24. Moon Se-yoon and Seol In-ah, winners of the 2021 “KBS Entertainment Awards”, and Kang Chan-hee, who recently played in the drama “Under the Queen’s Umbrella,” have been confirmed as the MCs of h the award show.
Seol In-ah previously won the ‘Best New Actress’ Award and the Excellence Award for ‘Actress in a Serial Drama’ at the ‘KBS Drama Awards’ in 2018 and 2019.
Seol In-ah started acting with her debut in the KBS2 drama “The Producers” in 2015 with her striking performance as an anti-fan of Cindy (played by IU). In the drama, Seol In-ah explained her reason for becoming Cindy’s anti-fan, “I asked her [Cindy] to take a photo with me, but she refused, saying she had no makeup on.”
In 2016, the actress appeared on KBS 2TV’s entertainment program “A Look At Myself” and hit Jo Young-nam, a singer-songwriter of her grandfather’s age, on the cheek, which gave rise to her famous nickname “Jo Young-nam’s slap girl.” At that time, the entertainment program aired a scene where Jo Young-nam ran a “viewer counseling center” where he listened to citizens’ concerns with a hidden camera.
Seol In-ah told Cho Young-nam her concern, “I’m worried about continuing to fail from auditions,” acting as an aspiring actress and Cho Young-nam’s acting partner in a situational play.
The situational play was about punishing an unfaithful boyfriend, and Seol In-ah surprised viewers by hitting Cho Young-nam hard on the cheek, saying, “How can you cheat on me?” Afterwards, Seol In-ah apologized to Cho Young-nam 100 times.
In the past, Seol In-ah was trained to be an idol trainee. While her dream was to be an actress, she underwent training since second grade of middle school, following the company’s advice that “it is faster to become an actor after becoming a singer.” Seol In-ah spent three years and nine months as an idol trainee.
Seol In-ah recalled the trainee years and said, “I have never thought of the three years and nine months of my trainee life as wasted time. Not for becoming an actress, but these are the times that helped me in my life. I got used to it early in life, so I was really quick-witted, and I was able to learn singing, dancing, and acting, which helps [as an actress].”
Source: daum
