Yoon Joo

Yoon was a 3rd Dan taekwondo player until middle school, when she ended her sport training due to an injury.^[2] She then attended Anyang Arts High School [ko] to learn acting.^[3] After graduating from Suwon Women's University [ko] with a degree in acting, Yoon got her first role in the 2010 theater play Catch him.^[4] In the same year, Yoon played the main role in the movie Bad Blood [ko], after she was introduced to the audition by a person who worked with her on the play Catch him.^[5] However, the film was not released for two years after filming, during which Yoon struggled to make money while work on various part-time jobs such as serving in a coffee shop to move out of her parents' house who were against her career choice.^[6][7] In November 2012, Bad Blood was released and her performance received positive reviews.^[8][9] The Seoul Shinmun evaluated her performance, saying, "Yoon's strong acting is impressive as she plays a shocking and complex character in her debut which attracted our attention."^[10] Fashion magazine Arena Homme + named Yoon as the 2013 promising rookie actress.^[11]