# Ahn So-hee (안소희)
**Ahn So-hee** (안소희), known by the mononym Sohee, is a South Korean actress and singer, best known as a former member of the girl group [Wonder Girls](https://www.edgepedia.org/wonder-girls) and for her role in the 2016 zombie film *Train to Busan*.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3014842/) Born in 1992, she entered entertainment as a child, debuted as an actress in a 2004 short film, joined Wonder Girls in 2007, and has worked primarily as an actress since leaving the group's agency.[2](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10043550)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1992, South Korea; sources differ on the city, giving Seoul[3](https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/contents_view.htm?board_seq=388011&lang=c) or Gwangju[4](https://baike.sogou.com/v111092.htm) |
| Acting debut | YU Dae-eol's short film *The Synesthesia For Overtone Construction* (2004), playing a hearing-impaired girl[2](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10043550) |
| Wonder Girls | Joined in 2007 as the group's third member; debut single "Irony"[2](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10043550) |
| Agency change | Did not renew her JYP Entertainment contract at the end of 2013; signed with BH Entertainment in February 2014[2](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10043550) • [4](https://baike.sogou.com/v111092.htm) |
| Signature film role | Supporting role as Jin-hee in *Train to Busan* (2016)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3014842/) |
| Awards | Mnet 20's Choice Hot School Girl award (2008); JIMFF Star at the 13th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (2017)[3](https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/contents_view.htm?board_seq=388011&lang=c) |
| Current focus | Acting, including theater; she stated in 2026 that she no longer sings[5](https://www.tenasia.co.kr/article/2026032706164) |
## Early life and start in entertainment
Ahn So-hee entered the industry through auditions rather than an open casting call for a specific role. She passed an audition held by [JYP Entertainment](https://www.edgepedia.org/jyp-entertainment) to become a K-pop trainee, joining the company at age 12.[2](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10043550) Before that, in 2004, she had taken part in [SM Entertainment](https://www.edgepedia.org/sm-entertainment)'s 8th Teen Best Selection contest, where she placed second in the looks category, and an SM staff member who later moved to JYP brought her along.[6](https://d.namu.moe/w/%EC%95%88%EC%86%8C%ED%9D%AC)
Her first screen work came the same year, at age 12: she played a hearing-impaired girl in director YU Dae-eol's short film *The Synesthesia For Overtone Construction* (2004), which counts as her acting debut.[2](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10043550)
## Wonder Girls, 2007 to 2013
After about two years as a trainee, Ahn was introduced to the public in 2007 as the third member of Wonder Girls, a JYP Entertainment girl group that debuted with the single "Irony", in which she served as a dancer and vocalist.[2](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10043550) The group quickly became a cultural phenomenon, releasing one hit after another.[2](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10043550)
The 2007 song "Tell Me" turned South Korea toward the group, and Ahn stood at the center of that response; the public embraced the 17-year-old, and she picked up the label "national sister".[7](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/kofic/200_actors/An_Sohee.jsp) Within the group her official position was sub-vocalist, but her cute, petite image made her the group's most popular member and its visual focal point, according to KBS's profile; privately, the same profile describes her as quiet and introverted.[3](https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/contents_view.htm?board_seq=388011&lang=c) KBS also reports that she left high school when the group moved to develop in the United States.[3](https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/contents_view.htm?board_seq=388011&lang=c)
During her singing career she continued to act. Her first feature role came in *Hellcats* (released January 2008), a [romantic comedy](https://www.edgepedia.org/romantic-comedy) in which she played Kangae, an adolescent girl awakening to first love; the Korean Film Council's profile notes that she had prepared for acting alongside singing and dancing during her trainee days.[7](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/kofic/200_actors/An_Sohee.jsp) • [4](https://baike.sogou.com/v111092.htm)
At the end of 2013 she decided not to renew her contract with JYP Entertainment, effectively ending her musical career, and in February 2014 she signed with [BH Entertainment](https://www.edgepedia.org/bh-entertainment) to work as an actress.[2](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10043550) • [4](https://baike.sogou.com/v111092.htm)
## Acting career
Her post-group breakthrough on television came quickly: in 2014, the year after leaving JYP, she made a strong impression playing an aspiring actor in the romantic-comedy series *Heart to Heart*.[2](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10043550)
In 2016 she appeared in two films. She played the supporting role of Jin-hee, a high school student, in *Train to Busan*, the hit zombie film that KBS calls her most memorable work; later that year she co-starred with [Lee Byung-hun](https://www.edgepedia.org/lee-byung-hun) in *A Single Rider*, a drama co-produced by Warner Bros.[2](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10043550) • [3](https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/contents_view.htm?board_seq=388011&lang=c) KBS notes that at the film's premiere, nearly all of JYP Entertainment's artists turned out to support her, reflecting her personal connections in the industry.[3](https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/contents_view.htm?board_seq=388011&lang=c)
Her television work since then includes *Entourage* (2016), *Welcome to Waikiki 2* (2019), and *[Missing: The Other Side](https://www.edgepedia.org/missing-the-other-side)* (2020), in which she played Lee Jong-ah across 24 episodes from 2020 to 2023.[3](https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/contents_view.htm?board_seq=388011&lang=c) • [1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3014842/) Film credits include *Single Rider* (2017 release per IMDb) and *Real* (2017).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3014842/)
## Recent activity
Ahn has added stage work to her screen career. She began performing in theater in recent years and appeared in the two-person play *Geuttaedo Oneul 2* ("Then, Too, Today 2") through the month before a March 2026 interview, in which she described the production as physically and emotionally demanding, with one performer covering four roles.[5](https://www.tenasia.co.kr/article/2026032706164) In that interview she said she has shifted to focusing only on acting and no longer sings, though she misses standing on stage and has channeled that feeling into theater; she also said she planned a month-long stay in Europe to recharge.[5](https://www.tenasia.co.kr/article/2026032706164) Ten Asia frames this as a declaration of retirement from singing, nineteen years after her 2007 debut, with the group's official activities having ended in 2017.[5](https://www.tenasia.co.kr/article/2026032706164)
## References
1. [Sohee, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3014842/)
2. [AN So-hee, Korean Film Council (KOFIC) People Database](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10043550)
3. [安昭熙 (Ahn So-hee) star profile, KBS WORLD](https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/contents_view.htm?board_seq=388011&lang=c)
4. [安昭熙, Sogou Baike](https://baike.sogou.com/v111092.htm)
5. [안소희, 결국 은퇴 선언했다…데뷔 20년 차에 결단 "연기에만 집중" ('인생84'), Ten Asia (March 27, 2026)](https://www.tenasia.co.kr/article/2026032706164)
6. [안소희, Namu Wiki](https://d.namu.moe/w/%EC%95%88%EC%86%8C%ED%9D%AC)
7. [An Sohee, Korean Film Biz Zone (KoFiC Actors 200)](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/kofic/200_actors/An_Sohee.jsp)
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