Jung So-min as Yu Mary in SBS’s Would You Marry Me? (우주메리미)

In SBS’s Friday–Saturday rom-com Would You Marry Me? (우주메리미), Jung So-min charms viewers as Yu Mary, delivering a grounded, laugh-out-loud performance that feels wonderfully true to life. Below is a quick, all-in-one guide to her profile, filmography highlights, and a closer look at Mary’s character arc and relationships.

Jung So-min as Yu Mary in SBS’s Would You Marry Me? (우주메리미)

Actor Profile: Jung So-min

• Birth name: Kim Yoon-ji
• Birthday: March 16, 1989 — born in Seoul, South Korea
• Height / Blood type: 163 cm / A
• Training: Accepted at the top of her class into the Acting Department, School of Drama, Korea National University of Arts
• Debut: 2010 SBS drama Bad Guy (as Hong Mo-ne)
• Breakout in rom-com: Playful Kiss (2010) as Oh Ha-ni

Selected Filmography Highlights

• TV dramas:
  D-Day · Because This Is My First Life · The Smile Has Left Your Eyes · Alchemy of Souls · Behind Your Touch
• Films:
  Twenty · Daddy You, Daughter Me · Homme Fatale · 30 Days

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Across both the big and small screens, Jung So-min is loved for nuanced emoting, razor-sharp comic timing, and “everyday” characters you root for.

Character Spotlight: Yu Mary

Yu Mary runs a one-woman design studio, Mary Design—CEO in title, employee in practice. Hailing from Yeosu, she’s frank, hardworking, and impossibly warm-hearted. She can’t stand injustice and, when pushed, her Jeolla-do dialect bursts out—one of many touches that make her feel real and endearing.

Mary hits rock bottom when, a month before her wedding, her fiancé Kim Woo-joo (the ex) betrays her. She loses love and a future home, then gets tangled in a lease scam. Fate flips the script when she wins a department-store event for a newlyweds-only townhouse. The catch? You must be married to move in. So Mary proposes a 90-day “contract marriage” to a different Kim Woo-joo—our male lead.

Why viewers love her: She’s scrappy yet soft, pragmatic yet romantic. Jung So-min plays Mary with lived-in warmth and breezy humor, turning a survival premise into a story about self-respect, second chances, and found family.

Relationship Map & Chemistry Notes

• Kim Woo-joo (Choi Woo-shik)
  The fourth-generation heir to heritage bakery Myeongsundang. Their marriage starts as a paperwork fix and matures into tender, slow-burn affection as they learn (and unlearn) each other’s scars.
• Yoon Jin-kyung (Shin Seul-gi)
  Woo-joo’s closest confidante and a family-medicine doctor. Her quiet protectiveness and subtle jealousy bring a delicate triangle and emotional grounding to Mary’s journey.
• Baek Sang-hyun (Bae Nara)
  A department-store executive tied to the event that changes Mary’s life. His attention toward Mary and friction with Woo-joo add corporate-romance tension.
• “Ex” Kim Woo-joo (Seo Beom-jun)
  Mary’s former fiancé. His return upends the “fake newlyweds” equilibrium and forces Mary to confront what she truly wants.

Performance Notes: Why This Role Matters for Jung So-min

• A new peak in “life-like” rom-com acting: She embodies a paycheck-to-paycheck creator with dignity and spark—never pity, always agency.
• Comedy with weight: The banter lands, but so do the bruises; Mary’s resilience feels earned, not written.
• Mature heroine energy: Compared to earlier rom-coms, this is a steadier, steelier Jung So-min—still bright, now even bolder.

Quick Takeaways

• A lovable, realistic heroine you’ll cheer for
• Satisfying slow-burn chemistry with Choi Woo-shik
• Everyday struggles turned into hopeful, feel-good romance

Choi Woo-shik as Kim Woo-joo in SBS’s Would You Marry Me? (우주메리미)

 

Shin Seul-ki as Yoon Jin-kyung in SBS’s Would You Marry Me? (우주메리미)

 

SBS Drama Would You Marry Me? (우주메리미) – Series Overview