USC student Ji-young Yoo’s middle school foray into acting precipitated an acting career that resulted in a role in an A24 film. (Photo courtesy of Ji-young Yoo.)
What sparked years of roles in plays, commercials and now films for USC senior and actress Ji-young Yoo originally started just as a way to get an easy A.
“In middle school, I was required to take an art … A girl in my dance studio said she took acting class because the acting teacher is super easy,” Yoo said. “And then I took the class and ended up loving it.”
As Yoo expected, the class wasn’t intensive, but she still remembers performing a three-page long scene called “The Funeral.”