Seo Joo-hyun (born June 28, 1991), who uses the stage name Seohyun, is a South Korean singer, dancer, actress, TV presenterand promotional model. She is the youngest member of the South Korean girl group Girls' Generation.
Seohyun was born on June 28, 1991, in Seoul, South Korea. As an elementary school student, Seohyun was discovered by a talent staff while riding in a subway train, who encouraged her to audition for SM Entertainment. In 2003, Seohyun auditioned and joined the company under the SM Casting System. She is known for singing children's songs for her audition unlike other applicants who usually sing pop and dance songs. She attended Seoul Middle School and Daeyoung High School, then transferred to Jeonju Arts High School, from which she graduated on February 9, 2010. She currently attends Dongguk University with fellow Girls' Generation member, Yoona, majoring in acting. She is also an accomplished pianist.
In 2010, Seohyun was appointed by the Seoul Metropolitan Office as Korea's Goodwill Ambassador for Student Fitness.In 2012, Seohyun was appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nation 2012 Yeosu Expo.On October 11, 2011, Seohyun was inaugurated as a UNICEF envoy at Changseong-Dong, Seoul. In the past, Seohyun has worked with UNICEF for the “Help Children in Africa” project.
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In 2007, Seohyun was chosen as a member of the group Girls' Generation. The 9-member girl group debuted on August 5, 2007.
In 2012, Seohyun, along with fellow Girls' Generation members Taeyeon and Tiffany, formed a sub-unit called Girls' Generation-TTS. The trio released their first album titled "Twinkle" on April 30, 2012.
Solo releases[edit]
Seohyun released various singles with Jessica and Tiffany — the first called Oppa Nappa (Korean: "오빠 나빠", Bad Older Brother)and the second titled Mabinogi (It's Fantastic!), a theme song for a video game.
On February 17, 2009, Seohyun sang a duet with trot singer Joo Hyun-mi called JjaRaJaJja (Korean: "짜라자짜"). The song earned a nomination at the 2009 M.net Asian Music Awards for Trot Music of the Year.
She sang the song S.E.O.U.L with Super Junior's Kyuhyun, Ryeowook, Sungmin and Donghae and fellow Girls' Generation members Taeyeon, Jessica, Sooyoung and Sunny. She also sang the promotional song for Caribbean Bay with her fellow members Taeyeon, Jessica, Tiffany, Sunny, and members of the boy band 2PM.
She sang MBC drama Kim Soo Ros official soundtrack, entitled, It's Okay Even If It Hurts (Korean: 아파도 괜찮아요), which was released on June 25, 2010.
In October 2010, Seohyun was one of the twenty idols from different South Korean groups that recorded the song, "Let's Go", for the purpose of increasing public participation in the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit. She provided vocals along with labelmates Sungmin, Jonghyun and, Luna.
In 2011, she was a featured artist for TVXQ's fifth studio album, Keep Your Head Down with the song Journey. The song Journey also became the official soundtrack for the drama series Paradise Ranch. On October 11, Seohyun released a digital single "Dreams Comes True" together with Donghae for 2011 Asia Song Festival. This was a project by UNICEF, as the profit was donated to East Africa . On October 25, 2011, Seohyun released a digital single together with Kim Hyun Joong entitled The Magic of Yellow Ribbon, which became the theme song of the commercial The Face Shop.
On February 13, 2012, Seohyun and Brown Eyes' singer Yoon Gun released a duet called Don't Say No. On April 16, 2012, Seohyun sang the soundtrack for the SBS drama Fashion King, which starred fellow Girls' Generation member Yuri, with the song entitled I'll Be Waiting.
Seohyun made her acting debut in the drama "Passionate Love" in which she had a supporting role. Seohyun played the role of Han Yoo Rim, the first love of the male lead, portrayed by actor Sung Hoon. The drama premiered on September 28, 2013.
Seohyun will make her musical theatre debut in the upcoming musical, Moon Embracing the Sun, which was adapted from a novel of the same name. She will play the lead role alongside Kyuhyun of Super Junior. The production will begin in 2014.
Seohyun made her acting debut in the drama "Passionate Love" in which she had a supporting role. Seohyun played the role of Han Yoo Rim, the first love of the male lead, portrayed by actor Sung Hoon. The drama premiered on September 28, 2013.
Seohyun will make her musical theatre debut in the upcoming musical, Moon Embracing the Sun, which was adapted from a novel of the same name. She will play the lead role alongside Kyuhyun of Super Junior. The production will begin in 2014
Apart from her appearances with other Girls' Generation members on various shows, she partnered with singer and actor Jung Yong Hwa, who is the main singer of the idol bandCN Blue, as a virtually married couple for MBC's TV show We Got Married. The two became known as the YongSeo Couple. The couple first met on 11 February 2010, and filmed their final episode on White Day, 14 March 2011, and left the show on April 2, 2011, when their final episode aired.
Seohyun, along with fellow Girls' Generation members Tiffany and Taeyeon, is an MC on MBC's Show! Music Core since February 4, 2012 She was also an MC for 2012 Gayo Daejun together with Lee Joon, Boom and Lee Hwijae
Seohyun and Taeyeon served as voice actors for the Korean version of the animation Despicable Me. Seohyun dubbed the character Edith, while Taeyeon's role was Edith's older sister Margo.She is going to reprise her voice acting role as Edith for Despicable Me 2.
Seohyun and Sunny are going to lend their voices for the new MBC variety show Real Men as the show's narrators.
Seohyun co-wrote two songs from their 4th Korean Studio album, I Got a Boy. She co-wrote "Baby Maybe" with fellow group members Yuri and Sooyoung and "XYZ" with Yuri. She is the fifth member of her group to write songs which have been released as official album tracks after Yuri, Sooyoung, Tiffany and Jessica.
