Yoon Bo-mi (Korean: 윤보미; born August 13, 1993), known mononymously as Bomi, is a South Korean singer, actress and host. She is best known as a member of the South Korean girl group Apink. Yoon made her acting debut with a cameo role in the 2012 television series Reply 1997, she then starred in various television series such as Because This Is My First Life (2017), Please Don't Date Him (2020), and gained attention through her supporting role in Queen of Tears (2024).
Yoon Bo-mi was born in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea on August 13, 1993. She has one older sister and a younger brother.[1] She was trained in the martial art of Taekwondo from the age of five and is a holder of a third degree black belt.[2] She attended Youngshin Girls High School and later on, Korean Arts High School; from where she graduated in February 2012. Upon graduation from high school, she decided to postpone her further studies in college to concentrate on her music career.[3]
Yoon was formally introduced as a member of Apink through the group's reality show, Apink News.[4] Yoon debuted with Apink on Mnet's M! Countdown performing their songs "I Don't Know (몰라요; Mollayo)", and "Wishlist" which were included on their debut EP Seven Springs of Apink.[5]
2012–present: Solo activities, ChoBom, and raising popularity[edit]
In 2012, Yoon, along with Apink co-member Chorong had a cameo role in the television series Reply 1997, where she portrayed the teenage version of Moon Jeong-mi, the deceased mother of Yoon Yoon-jae.[6]
Yoon was an MC on the variety show Weekly Idol from July 17, 2013,[7] to July 8, 2015.[8] In late 2013, she appeared in K-Hunter's "Marry Me" music video and was featured in hip-hop group M.I.B's song "Let's Talk About You".[9][10]
In 2014, she joined the cast of the variety show The Human Condition.[11]
Yoon during fan meeting in December 2014
In early 2015, Yoon was cast in MBC's Real Men female special.[12][13] On May 11, she was featured in David Oh's debut song "I Know, I Know".[14] and on June 16, she released a duet with Im Seulong titled "Lovely" for variety show Some Guys, Some Girls.[15] On September 24, she was featured in Yoon Hyun-sang's digital single "Let's Eat Together", she also starred in the music video.[16] In September 2015, she was cast in KBS' 10-episode web television series Love Profiler K as top star Yuna,[17] which aired in November on Naver.
In March 2020, Yoon was a lead cast member in the web television series Oppa Will Date Instead.[21] In October, she joined the cast of the television series Please Don't Date Him, which stars Song Ha-yoon and Lee Jun-young. The multi-part television series aired on South Korea's MBC network on November 10, 2020.[22]
In June 2022, Yoon alongside with Chorong formed Apink's new sub-unit called "ChoBom", they released their first single album Copycat on July 12.[23] In August 2022, Yoon made her musical debut in Wonder Ticket.[24]
On April 28, 2023, IST Entertainment announced that Yoon did not renew her contract with the company but will still be part of Apink.[25] On the same day, Yoon signed an exclusive contract with Choi Creative Lab.[26]
In February 2024, Yoon was cast in tvN's series Queen of Tears portraying the role of Secretary Na.[27] The series later became the highest viewership in tvN's history with 24.9% in the last episode,[28] and also gained global popularity with 400 millions accumulative views on Netflix.[29]
^Park Ji-ryeon (August 3, 2014). 윤보미 박은지 '인간의조건' 탈모-피부 정복 미션합류 (in Korean). Newsen. Archived from the original on February 3, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
^에이핑크 초롱X보미, 7월12일 유닛 초봄 데뷔앨범 발매 [공식] [Apink Chorong X Bomi, Unit Early Spring Debut Album Released on July 12th [Official]]. Newsen (in Korean). June 20, 2022. Archived from the original on June 20, 2022. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
^ abKim, Hyeon-jeong (August 10, 2022). "윤도현→윤보미·유회승 '원더티켓', 오늘(10일) 티켓 오픈" [Yoon Do-hyun → Yoon Bomi and Yoo Hoe-seung 'Wonder Ticket', tickets open today (10th)] (in Korean). X-ports News. Archived from the original on August 10, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022 – via Naver.
^Lee, Tae-soo (April 28, 2023). 에이핑크, 정은지만 남고 소속사 IST 떠난다..."팀 활동 유지" [Apink, Jung Eun-ji will leave the agency IST... "Keeping the Team Active"]. Yonhap News (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 1, 2023. Retrieved April 28, 2023 – via Naver.
^Lee, Nam-kyung (April 28, 2023). 박초롱·윤보미·김남주·오하영 전속계약, 초이크리에이티브랩과 체결 "앞으로도 에이핑크"(전문)[공식] [Cho-rong Park, Bo-mi Yoon, Nam-joo Kim, and Ha-young Oh signed exclusive contracts with Choi Creative Lab.]. MBN Star (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 28, 2023. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
^ abHwang Soo-yeon (May 3, 2023). "에이핑크 윤보미, '제발 그 남자 만나지 마요' 출연 확정..금사빠 문예슬役" [[Exclusive] Bomi Yoon joins 'Queen of Tears'... Breathing with Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Ji-won] (in Korean). X-ports News. Archived from the original on May 3, 2023. Retrieved May 3, 2023 – via Naver.
^Lee, Kyung-ho (April 29, 2024). 김수현♥김지원 '눈물의 여왕', 현빈♥손예진 '사불' 넘기까지① [★FOCUS] [Kim Soo-hyun ♥ Kim Ji-won 'Queen of Tears', Hyun Bin ♥ Son Ye-jin 'Crash Landing on You' ① [★FOCUS]] (in Korean). MT Star News. Retrieved May 1, 2024 – via Naver.
^Yoon, Sang-geun (May 1, 2024). '눈물의 여왕' 누적 시청4억 눈앞..넷플릭스2위-로튼토마토 93% ['Queen of Tears' reaches 400 million cumulative views...2nd place on Netflix - Rotten Tomatoes 93%] (in Korean). MT Star News. Retrieved May 1, 2024 – via Naver.
^Baek Ji-eun (August 11, 2021). "[공식] 우태운X아이원, 새 싱글 '백신' 에이핑크 윤보미 피처링" [[Official] Woo Tae-Woon X I-One, featuring Apink Yoon Bomi for new single 'Vaccine']. Sports Chosun (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on August 11, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
Season 1; Lee Da-gyeom (May 26, 2022). "파격 연애 리얼리티 '에덴' 론칭...이홍기·윤보미·시미즈 3MC" [Unprecedented love reality 'Eden' launched... Hongki Lee, Bomi Yoon, Shimizu 3MC] (in Korean). Star Today, Maeil Economic Daily. Archived from the original on May 26, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022 – via Naver.
^Han, Ah-jin (June 24, 2022). "몬스타엑스 민혁-형원-주헌 등K팝 주역 한 자리에...'X: 신세계' 화제!" [MONSTA X's Minhyuk, Hyungwon, Jooheon, and other K-pop protagonists in one place... 'X: New World' topic!] (in Korean). fnnews. Archived from the original on June 24, 2022. Retrieved June 24, 2022 – via Naver.
^Yoon Sung-yeol (March 14, 2022). "마마무 휘인→에이핑크 윤보미·오하영 '꿈꾸라' 스페셜 DJ [공식]" [Mamamoo's Wheein → Apink's Bomi Yoon, Hayoung Oh, 'Dream' Special DJ [Official]] (in Korean). MT Star News. Archived from the original on March 14, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022 – via Naver.
^"2020 브랜드 고객충성도1위 브랜드". BCLI KCFORUM (in Korean). April 27, 2020. Archived from the original on April 27, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
