Maxine Koo, who majored in economics and English literature at Cornell University, expressed her strong desire to nurture her acting career here.
“I liked Korea ever since watching the drama ‘My Name is Kim Sam-soon.’ I really like Korean entertainers and therefore want to become an actress here,” she said.
Koo starred in a fashion program “Launch My Life,” where she serves as a translator for Yoo Ah-in, a popular Korean actor playing the program’s title role.
In 2009, Koo starred in “Global Talk Show,” a popular KBS program that featured a panel of foreign women talking about their experiences in Korea.
Last year, Koo played one of the main roles for the seventh season of a hugely popular “Bad Girls’ Diary,” a reality cable show depicting a luxurious lifestyle of girls born to the wealthy families.
Koo can speak Cantonese, Mandarin, Shanghai dialect, English, French, Japanese and Korean, partly due to her experience of living in different countries including Canada, the United States, China, France and Japan.
Koo came back to Korea after working at a firm on Wall Street in the U.S. and Lehman Brothers in Japan.
“People think I have everything but having a good background doesn’t mean you have a happy life. Without my background, I am just the girl next door. I want to make my dreams come true and live in Korea for a long time,” said Koo.
