Kwon So-hyun

Kwon So-hyun
Kwon So-hyun
권소현
	Kwon So-hyun in March 2016
Born	August 30, 1994 (age 30); Incheon, South Korea
Education	Dongguk University – Department of Theatre and Film
Occupations	Actress; singer;
Years active	2005–present
Agent	Management Oreum
	Musical career
Genres	K-pop
Instrument	Vocals;
Years active	2005–2016
Labels	Cube; 935; The CNT;
Formerly of	Orange; 4Minute; United Cube;
Korean name
Hangul	권소현
Hanja	權昭賢
Revised Romanization	Gwon So-hyeon
McCune–Reischauer	Kwŏn Sohyŏn

Kwon So-hyun (Korean: 권소현; born August 30, 1994), known mononymously as Sohyun, is a South Korean actress and singer. She was known as a former member of South Korean girl group 4Minute, under Cube Entertainment, and also a former member of the South Korean girl group, Orange. Before June 15, 2016 (end of her contract with Cube), Kwon left 4Minute and the record label along with members Nam Ji-hyun, Heo Ga-yoon, and Jeon Ji-yoon.

Early life

Kwon was born in Incheon, South Korea, on August 30, 1994.^[1] She attended Kumho Junior High School and Pungmoon Girls' High School, graduating from the latter in February 2013.^[2] She was ranked fourth in her class.^[3] In November 2014 was revealed that Kwon was accepted into Dongguk University's Department of Theatre and Film.^[4]

Kwon debuted as a member of the group Orange in 2005 when she was 12 years old. The band released their debut album, titled We Are Orange with the title track "Our Star". The group disbanded in late 2005 due to cyber bullying and anti-fan internet cafes against the group.^[5]

In middle school, Kwon began registering for audition academies. There, she met a representative of an agency and became a trainee in less than two months. Kwon was grouped together with the other 4Minute trainees, filling the vacancy caused by Soyou's departure.

Career

4Minute and solo activities

In June 2009, Kwon made her debut as the youngest member of the girl group 4Minute under Cube Entertainment, with their single "Hot Issue".

Aside from being a member of 4Minute, Kwon has had small cameo roles on television and also participated in several variety shows. Kwon starred in Teen Top's music video, "Going Crazy" where she played the role of L.Joe's love interest. She was also one of the celebrity guests together with 2AM's Jinwoon for the documentary A Pink News which aired on the Korean cable channel TrendE.

Kwon, along with 11 other female idols, took part in the 2013 KBS Lunar New Year variety show, "Princess Project – Resurrection of the Royal Family", a spin-off based on the 2012 MBC hit drama The Moon That Embraces the Sun.^[6]

Kwon was selected as a "Special MC" for Weekly Idol's Second Idol Awards.^[7] She later reprised her role in the episodes featuring 2YOON and Huh Gak, alongside BtoB's Ilhoon.

Kwon, along with teammates Heo Ga-yoon and Nam Ji-hyun, took part in the archery segment of the 2013 Idol Star Athletics-Archery Championships.^[8] The team later competed in another archery competition against Sistar on Dream Team in June.^[9]

On June 5, 2013, Kwon and Heo took part in the ceremonial first pitch for the LG Twins against the Doosan Bears. Heo threw the first ball whilst Kwon was on the plate to bat.^[10]

On October 22, it was announced that Kwon will play the lead in the movie Hwanggu, in which she plays a spirited young college student who supports her boyfriend as struggles to win the national taekwondo title and also the prejudices of a multi-ethnical family he experiences, having a Korean mother and Filipino father.^[11]

On January 13, 2014, Kwon took part in an archery competition in 2014 Idol Star Athletics Championship. She went to the final round and won gold medal against Sistar's Bora.

On December 17, 2014, was revealed that Kwon will be in a special project girl group of composers Hyung Don and Defconn's new project group for Hitmaker, together with G.NA, After School's Lizzy and Kara's Youngji.^[12] The MV teaser for Hitmaker's first project girl group Chamsonyeo, was released on February 12, 2015. The song is called "Magic Words" and was officially released on February 20.^[13]

Post-disbandment and acting career

After the disbandment of 4Minute, Kwon left Cube Entertainment and joined 935 Entertainment.^[14] She switched to TheCNT three years later.^[15] She made a cameo appearance as a victim in Criminal Minds and landed more substantial roles in the romantic comedy The Secret Life of My Secretary and the thriller Class of Lies.

Discography

Extended plays

Title	Album details
We Are Orange	Released: 2005 Label: Unknown Format: CD, digital download

Featured songs

Year	Album	Song	Duration	Artist
2014	Brave Brothers' Anniversary Album	"Only Gained Weight"	3:10	Duet with Hyuna and Gayoon
2015	Non-album single	"Magic Words"	3:34	With Lizzy, G.NA and Youngji as Chamsonyeo

List of songs written Sohyun

Year	Album	Song	Lyrics		Music
Year	Album	Song	Credited	With	Credited	With
2016	Act. 7	"Blind"	Yes	Jenyer Hyuna	No	Im Kwang-wook Ryan Kim Hunnykilla Amanda Moseley

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2005	Love in Magic		Cameo
2014	Hwanggu	Misoo
2017	The Love that's Left	Kim Dal-nim
2019	Birthday	Eun-bin
	Black Money	Park So-hyun
	A Little Princess	Jin-joo
2020	Run Boy Run	Ji-woo
2022	That Winter, I	Hye-jin		^[16]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2003	Jewel in the Palace		Cameo
2004	Jang Gil San
2004	Lovers in Paris
2005	Sweet Buns	High School Student
2009	High Kick Through The Roof	Herself
2017	Criminal Minds	Kwon Yoo-jin
2019	The Secret Life of My Secretary	Ha Ri-ra		^[17]^[18]
2019	Class of Lies	Seo Yoon-ah
2022	Love All Play	Chun Yu-ri		^[19]
2022	The Killer's Shopping List	Lee Kyung-ah		^[20]
2023	My Perfect Stranger	Lee Eun-ha		^[21]