Jo Yuri

JO YURI also known as Jo Yuri Yuri is a South Korean actress and singer born on October 22nd 2001 in Busan South Korea She is known as a former member of the South KoreanJapanese girl group IZONE She is currently under the label WakeOne Entertainment In July 2017 Jo Yuri participated in Mnets reality television show Idol School where the nine final participants would debut with newly formed girl group Fromis 9 She finished in 15th place On May 2018 Jo Yuri participated in Mnets reality television show Produce 48 2018 where she finished in 3rd place As one of twelve successful participants she went on to be a part of the newly formed girl group IZONE On October 29th 2018 Jo debuted as a member of IZONE with the release of ColorIz On February 17th 2020 IZONE released their first Koreanlanguage studio album BloomIz on which Jo Yuri wrote and cocomposed the song Someday a subunit song sung by her Kim Chaewon and Choi Yena The group disbanded on April 29th 2021 upon the expiration of their contract On September 2021 WakeOne announced that Jo Yuri will be releasing her first single album titled Glassy on October 7th 2021 with title track of the same name Following her debut as a soloist Jo Yuri was nominated for Rookie of the Year at the 36th Golden Disc Awards Best New Female Artist at the 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards and Rookie of the Year at the 31st Seoul Music Awards Jo Yuri was cast in her first acting role the Playlist Studio web series Mimicus 2022 She also made a special appearance in episodes 7 and 10 of the second season of Work Later Drink Now 2021 portraying Si Eun a juvenile delinquent Jo Yuris performance was well received by critics such as Choi Hyejin writing for MT Star News who praised Jo Yuris natural acting and described the performance as short but leaving a strong impression On June 2023 it was announced that Jo Yuri had been cast in the second season of the Netflix television series Squid Game 2024 playing Kim Junhee No 222