Jo made her acting debut in 2011 with a small role in the daily
sitcomI Live in Cheongdam-dong on cable channel
JTBC. This was followed by a hosting gig on the audition program Made in U (also on JTBC),[4] and an appearance in the Korean-Japanese co-production Koisuru Maison ~Rainbow Rose~.[5]
Jo was cast in her first film in 2014, as a troubled, seductive teenager who becomes obsessed with her gym teacher in the
erotic thrillerInnocent Thing.[11] Back on cable television, she played the leading role in romantic comedy series The Idle Mermaid, a modern retelling of The Little Mermaid set amidst the competitive Korean workplace.[12]
In 2018, Jo starred in Goodbye to Goodbye, based on a webtoon about the stories of two women. She played a university student who faces challenges as a single mother.[21][22] The same year, she starred in the romantic comedy drama My Strange Hero.[23]
In 2020, Jo starred in the romance drama Forest as a doctor.[24] The same year, she was cast in the fantasy drama Tale of the Nine Tailed as a television producer named as Nam Ji-ah.[25]
In February 2021, Jo signed with
KeyEast after the expiration of her contract from the former agency.[26] In 2021, she was cast in a new military themed drama Military Prosecutor Doberman which airs in 2022 as Cha Woo-in, a military prosecutor who hides her vengeful persona.[27]
In 2023, Jo starred in the series Destined With You as a civil servant who stumbles across a secret box that could be the key to ending a solitary lawyer's family curse.[28]
On January 3, 2024, it was announced that Jo would depart from KeyEast after her contract expiry at the end of January.[29] On February 16, Jo signed with new management agency XYZ Studio.[30]
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'메이드 인 유' 조보아·이다솜 등, 미녀군단 몰려온다 ['Made in U' Jo Bo-ah, Lee Da-som, and other beauties flock in] (in Korean). My Daily. Retrieved March 26, 2024 – via Naver.
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"조보아 '코리아 온 스테이지-남원 광한루' 단독 MC 맡는다" [Jo Boa to be the sole MC for 'Korea On Stage-Namwon Gwanghallu']. sportsworld (in Korean).
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^[포토] 2016 총선 사전투표 첫날, 홍보대사 조보아 "소중한 한표 부탁해요" [[Photo] On the first day of advance voting for the 2016 general election, public relations ambassador Jo Bo-ah "Please give us your precious vote."] (in Korean). GreenPost Korea. April 8, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
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"국세청, 이승기·조보아 등 1047명 모범납세자로 선정" [National Tax Service, Lee Seung-gi, Jo Bo-ah and others selected as exemplary taxpayers] (in Korean). Seoul Economic Daily.
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