Career
After her breakout role in 2008"s Crush and Blush, Seo Woo continues to act in film and television, notably in Paju and The Housemaid, and the television dramas Tamra, the Island, Cinderella"s Sister and Flames of Desire. Seo Woo first became known to the public as the oddball 4D Girl in the popular "Ok me wa ka" commercial for a Lotte ice cream brand. After her debut in a supporting role the 2007 film My Son, she successfully auditioned for a part in the sitcom Kimchi Cheese Smile.
In 2009 Seo Woo took on the lead role in the cult favorite Tamra, the Island, a period drama set on Jeju Island.
Seo Woo continued to challenge herself, delivering a much-praised turn in arthouse film Paju, and landing a role opposite celebrated actress Jeon Do-yeon in The Housemaid, which screened in competition at the 2010 Cannes Festival. She and Moon Geun-young played siblings in the popular modern fairytale retelling Cinderella"s Sister, but Seo Woo later said she considers it her worst performance, despite being the character she worked hardest on.
Afterwards she played a complex character in the critically lauded melodrama Flames of Desire. In the family drama If Tomorrow Comes she played a cheerful daughter to veteran actress Go Doo-shim.
She next portrayed a calm yet brave art major in the fantasy-horror television movie Knock, about a magical mask passed down in a shaman family.
From 2013 to 2014, she played a Baekje-era femme fatale in the daily period drama The King"s Daughter, Soo Baek-hyang.