[HanCinema's News] Jin Ki-joo returns with "From Now On, Showtime!"
By William Schwartz | Published on
Jin Ki-joo has come a long way. The thirty-three year old actress made her debut in 2015, making her most notable appearance in the 2015 short time-travel drama "Splash Splash Love" as the second lead. But the widely acclaimed film "Little Forest" greatly boosted her profile, and Jin Ki-joo shortly earned the lead in "Come and Hug Me" in 2018. After middling reception to that melodrama and "The Secret Life of My Secretary" in 2019, Jin Ki-joo's career was again on a downswing.
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But "Homemade Love Story" brought Jin Ki-joo into the spotlight once again, and now she has another chance to play a leading lady in a mainline television drama with the upcoming "From Now On, Showtime!" that deals with magic and ghosts. It's a cheerful story for the lateblooming actress, who worked for three years after college as a Samsung consultant while taking acting classes on the side to pursue her dream before an unexpected opportunity came in the form of her briefly becoming a supermodel.
Jin Ki-joo is an example of the odd arcs a career in the South Korean entertainment industry. If awkward as an actress in her twenties, in her thirties Jin Ki-joo now expresses the perfect blend of traits for a family-friendly performer, with a light sense of humor that mixes well with fundamental sincerity and a try-hard attitude. These are traits Jin Ki-joo has in common with the role she has in "From Now On, Showtime!" as a hot-blooded policewoman. "From Now On, Showtime!" begins airing on April 23rd.
Written by William Schwartz
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Staff writer. Has been writing articles for HanCinema since 2012, having lived in South Korea from 2011 to 2021. He is currently located in the Southern Illinois. William Schwartz can be contacted via william@hancinema.net, and is open to requests for content in future articles.