Jo Bo-ah

Actor · Born August 22, 1991 (35) · Daejeon, South Korea

Cho Bo-ah (born Jo Bo-yoon on August 22, 1991) is a South Korean actress. She played leading roles in Shut Up Flower Boy Band (2012) and The Idle Mermaid (2014).

Biography from TMDB.

Born: August 22, 1991 (35)
From: Daejeon, South Korea
Works as: Actor
Titles: 11 on MovieCove · 29 credits in all
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 13% in 30 days

What are Jo Bo-ah's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

48%

Self

23%

Morality

18%

Survival

5%

Power

4%

Ideas

3%

Family bonds6 Romantic love3 Identity2

Roles they play

6 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 2 of 6 analyzed roles.

Hero

2 of 6

Herald

1 of 6

Shadow

1 of 6

Ally

1 of 6

Threshold guardian

1 of 6

Heraldas Im Soo-ah in Shut Up Flower Boy Band (2012)
Shadowas Young-eun in Innocent Crush (2014)
Heroas Nam Ji Ah in Tale of the Nine Tailed (2020)
Allyas Cha Woo-in in Military Prosecutor Do Bae Man (2022)
Heroas Aeng-cho in Destined with You (2023)
Threshold guardianas Jae-i in Dear Hongrang (2025)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

6

Melancholic

5

Warm

3

Romantic

3

Hopeful

4

Other

5

How their films linger

Hopeful4 Bittersweet3 Cathartic3 Feel-good2 Haunting2

How their films end · 1 with a twist

Bittersweet8
Tragic1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jo Bo-ah's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (5).

Also on these channels

CJ ENM Selects3 titles, show their 3 titles on CJ ENM Selects
KOCOWA3 titles, show their 3 titles on KOCOWA

Subscription and free streaming for Jo Bo-ah's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

29 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 7 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Cashero(2025)
Show 3 episodes · as Lee Hwa-jin
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
Dear Hongrang(2025)
Show 11 episodes · as Sim Jae-yi
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
The Divorce Insurance(2025)
Show 1 episode · as Monk
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows
Destined with You(2023)
Show 16 episodes · as Lee Hong-jo
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Show 3 episodes · as Nam Ji-a
Military Prosecutor Do Bae Man(2022)
Show 16 episodes · as Cha Woo-in
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Korea On Stage - Namwon Gwanghallu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Show 1 episode · as Main Role
Tale of the Nine Tailed(2020)
Show 16 episodes · as Nam Ji-a
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
2020 트롯 어워즈 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Forest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Show 32 episodes · as Jung Young-Jae
My Strange Hero(2018)
Show 32 episodes · as Son Soo-Jung
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Goodbye to Goodbye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Show 40 episodes · as Jung-Hyo
Master Key (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Temperature of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Show 40 episodes · as Ji Hong-A
Let Us Meet, Joo Oh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
as Lee Soo JI
The Man Living in Our House(2016)
Show 16 episodes · as Do Yeo Ju
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
Monster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Show 50 episodes · as Do Shin-Young
All About My Mom(2015)
Show 54 episodes · as Jang Chae-Ri
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Missing Noir M (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Show 10 episodes · as Jin Seo-joon
Love Cells (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Show 23 episodes · as Ye-bom
Idle Mermaid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Show 10 episodes · as Ha Ni
Innocent Crush(2014)
as Yeong-eun
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
The King's Doctor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Show 50 episodes · as Seo Eun-seo
Shut Up Flower Boy Band(2012)
Show 16 episodes · as Im Soo-ah
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Law of the Jungle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Show 4 episodes · Actor
Running Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Show 1 episode · Actor
KBS Drama Awards (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Show 1 episode · as Host
Knock-Off (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Show 1 episode · as Song Hye-jung
고분고분한 킬러 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Show 1 episode · as Lee Hwa-ra

Career shape

Star power in the 94^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 29 titles, 27 of them dated from 1987 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Innocent Crush (2014)

$726K worldwide

Highest rated

Tale of the Nine Tailed (2020)

Midcredits 91^st

Film career

Top draw in 3 MovieCove titles.

2014Screen debut· Innocent Thing

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting29 of 29 · 68^th

By decade

1980s1 · acting2010s16 · acting2020s10 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Is Jo Bo-ah's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films

Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 23 · mild

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Jo Bo-ah work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jo Bo-ah's MovieCove titles; Lee Hye-young shares the most, 2.

Lee Hye-young2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Lee Hye-young