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Jeon Soo-kyung

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Jeon Soo-kyung is a South Korean actress and musical theatre legend signed to Will Entertainment, loved as Wang Bang-wool in Chicago Typewriter.

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South Korean actress Jeon Soo-kyung, musical star known for Chicago Typewriter
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01 / A closer look

Beyond the screen.

Jeon Soo-kyung is a South Korean actress and a legend of Korean musical theatre, known to drama fans as Wang Bang-wool in Chicago Typewriter (2017).

She is 173 cm tall, weighs 53 kg, and is signed to Will Entertainment.

Early life

Born on July 12, 1966, in Seoul, she made her film debut in 1989 and soon found her home on the musical stage.

Career and breakthrough

She starred in Korean productions of Mamma Mia!, Chicago, Guys and Dolls, The Life and Kiss Me, Kate.

Popular roles

In Chicago Typewriter, she played the warm editor Wang Bang-wool, and in Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) (2021) she played Lee Shi-eun.

Recent work and why fans love them

She stays busy with Strong Girl Nam-soon (2023), My Merry Marriage (2024) and When the Stars Gossip (2025).

02 / The journey

A career, chapter by chapter.

Selected drama roles

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03 / Their screen stories

Stories to find them in.

Selected credits in the Oxfea collection.

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