'Why Osujae?' Joo-yeon Ji and Hyun-jin Seo's Rivalry Performance

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Iseul] Actress Ji Ju-yeon is playing a rival to Seo Hyun-jin in the SBS Friday-Saturday drama Why Oh Soo-jae? (written by Kim Ji-eun, directed by Park Soo-jin and Kim Ji-yeon).

Ji Ju-yeon portrays Jung Hee-young, the wife of Min Young-bae (played by Kim Sun-hyuk), who was a professor at Seojoong University Law School and a rival to Oh Soo-jae at TK Law Firm, once considered a candidate for the next lead attorney but ultimately failed. Although she comes from a wealthy family and has perfect credentials, she constantly keeps an eye on Oh Soo-jae (played by Seo Hyun-jin) for some reason and nitpicks at every opportunity.

In the first episode aired on the 3rd, Ji Ju-yeon appeared opposing Oh Soo-jae, and in episodes 3 and 4, she became furious when Director Baek Jin-gi (played by Kim Chang-wan) appointed Oh Soo-jae as the center director. Later, she witnessed Oh Soo-jae leaving a hotel suite with SP Partners’ Yoon Se-pil (played by Choi Young-joon) alongside her husband, and mistakenly showed a clumsy side by assuming Oh Soo-jae had a boyfriend with assets worth 7 trillion won.

A representative from her agency, InCompany, said, "Jung Hee-young, played by Ji Ju-yeon, is a smart and seemingly perfect law school professor but also has clumsy and scatterbrained traits. Please look forward to her role as a villain who is not entirely disliked."

Why Oh Soo-jae? recorded a viewership rating of 10.5% in the metropolitan area and 10.1% nationwide for its fourth episode.

Meanwhile, Ji Ju-yeon is also active as an MC on Dong-A TV’s Trendy Talk following her role in the play King Lear.

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