Actress Go Yoon-jung is making a comeback to the small screen through tvN ‘Someday, I Will Be a Wise Resident’ and is receiving favorable reviews.She is showing off more mature acting skills than her previous work ‘Moving’, where she played a high school student with superpowers, and it seems to be quelling the negative public opinion that the drama faced before it even aired due to the aftermath of the medical strike.

Go Yoon-jung plays the role of Oh Yi-young, a first-year resident in obstetrics and gynecology who appears calm but has a warmer inner self than anyone else in ‘Someday, the Life of a Wise Resident’, which first aired on the 12th.

From the beginning, he was criticized by the professor, kept making mistakes, and always said “I’m sorry”, which drew sympathy from young adults, and he caught people’s attention as a character that was 180 degrees different from the unrealistic fantasy character he showed in his previous work, “Moving.”

In particular, he seemed to have no pride or affection for his job, to the point that he had no choice but to start his residency life due to his overdraft, but the scene where he sheds tears of relief at having saved a baby’s life after unexpectedly giving birth in the hallway in front of the delivery room raised expectations for his character who will grow into a true doctor.

Since this drama deals with the story of immature residents, unlike the previous work ‘Hospital Playlist’ which portrayed experienced doctors, there are evaluations that Go Yoon-jung has properly portrayed an immature character with potential for growth.

Thanks to this, the drama gained popularity after only two episodes, surpassing 4% in viewership ratings and also ranked first in the most-watched TV shows on Netflix and Tving.It also ranked high on the Kinolights chart, an integrated theater OTT(online video service)platform.

In the second half of the year, she is aiming for the global stage with romance.This is through the Netflix drama ‘Can This Love Be Translated?’ scheduled to be released in the fourth quarter.It is a new work by the Hong sisters(Hong Jeong-eun and Hong Mi-ran), who wrote ‘Fantasy Couple’, ‘The Greatest Love’, ‘Master’s Sun ‘, and’ Hotel Del Luna’.

In the drama, Go Yoon-jung will play the role of Cha Moo-hee, a global top star with an unpredictable charm, and will portray a heart-fluttering romance with Kim Seon-ho, who plays Joo Ho-jin, a multilingual interpreter.


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