Joy, whose real name is Park Soo-young (박수영), was born on September 3, 1996, in Jeju, and is a South Korean singer, dancer, and actress who is a member of the group Red Velvet. A graduate of Seoul Performing Arts High School, she joined SM Entertainment after passing an audition in 2012.
On August 1, 2014, she made her debut with Red Velvet with the single Happiness. The group has developed a musical identity that blends two distinct styles: «Red,» which is energetic and bold, and «Velvet,» which is more elegant and sophisticated. In 2015, Joy appeared on the show We Got Married alongside Yook Sung-jae, a member of BTOB, which has helped boost her popularity.
She began her acting career in 2017 with the lead role of Yoon So-rim in The Liar and His Lover, a series for which she also performs several songs. In 2018, she played Eun Tae-hee in the romantic drama Tempted, alongside Woo Do-hwan.
At the same time, she has been taking on more and more musical and television projects, particularly in Pajama Friends, Get It Beauty and Handsome Tigers. In 2020, she achieved musical success with Introduce Me to a Good Person, from the soundtrack of Hospital Playlist.
On May 31, 2021, Joy officially launched her solo career with the album Hello. She is also returning to television in The One and Only (2021–2022), in which she plays Seong Mi-do, and then takes on the lead role of An Ja-yeong in the rural romance Once Upon a Small Town (2022).
In August 2025, she continued her musical career with her second solo album, From JOY, with Love. In 2026, she returned to romantic comedy with A One-of-a-Kind Romance, playing the lead role of Kong Yu-il, while continuing her activities with Red Velvet.
