Park Soo-young (Hangul: 박수영; born September 3, 1996 in Jeju Island, South Korea), also famously known by the Stage Name "Joy," is a South Korean singer and actress. She is a member of the massively successful South Korean girl group Red Velvet. Apart from being a musician, she is also a TV personality, having starred in reality shows like We Got Married and the Korean edition of The Masked Singer; as well as a growing list of high-profile Korean Dramas such as The Liar and His Lover and Tempted.
She's nicknamed "Sexy Dynamite" and "Miss Korea," the latter because she once shared that as a kid, she thought she'd eventually compete in beauty pageants.
Selected filmography
- Tempted (2018) as Eun Tae-hee (lead role)
Discography
- "Always In My Heart" with Lim Seul-ong
- "Young Love" with Yook Sung-jae of BtoB (co-written by Joy and Yook Sung-jae)
- "First Christmas" with Doyoung of NCT
- Red Velvet's discography
- various songs for K-Drama soundtracks
- 안녕/Hello, special album (2021)
Tropes:
- Brainy Brunette: To the point that a scientist (serving as the fact-checker on the variety show "Trick & True") has dubbed Joy a genius.
- Friend to All Living Things: She absolutely loves animals, though dogs are possibly her favorites.
- A Girl and Her X: Joy and her dog, Haet-nim, a Maltese.
- Lighter and Softer/Tamer and Chaster: In Red Velvet, she's Ms. Fanservice. The group has lots of dark, creepy music videos and concepts. In her solo releases, however, over which she had great creative control, she projects a sweet, innocent image.
- Ms. Fanservice: She plays this role in Red Velvet. It's used to great effect in their music videos.
- Shameless Fanservice Girl: Ironically for someone whose drama roles are demure Reluctant/Innocent Fanservice Girls, she's quite well-known for being this in real life.
- Stage Name: Joy for Park Soo-young.
- Statuesque Stunner: Downplayed. She's 5′6″. Above-average height for women, and especially prominent next to the other members of Red Velvet.
