Esom
Esom (이솜) is a South Korean actress and former model with a cool, unique charm, loved as the brave prosecutor Kang Ha-na in Taxi Driver and as Woo Soo-ji in Because This Is My First Life. She is with the agency Management MMM.
Beyond the screen.
Esom is a South Korean actress and former model with a cool, unique charm. Born on January 30, 1990, in Seoul, she first worked in fashion and then moved into films and dramas. She is 175 cm tall and is with Management MMM.
Early life
She was born in Seoul as Lee So-young; Esom is her stage name. In 2008, she won a model search on Mnet.
Career and breakthrough
She started acting around 2010, mainly in films. Scarlet Innocence (2014) brought her Best New Actress nominations, and Samjin Company English Class (2020) won her Best Supporting Actress at the Blue Dragon Film Awards.
Popular roles
In Because This Is My First Life (2017), she played Woo Soo-ji, a bold and funny office worker. In Taxi Driver (2021), she played Kang Ha-na, a sharp prosecutor.
Recent work
She continues into 2026 with Phantom Lawyer, playing Han Na-hyun.
A career, chapter by chapter.
Selected drama roles
- Taxi Driver — Kang Ha-na
- Because This Is My First Life — Woo Soo-ji
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