Actress Seo Woo was doing well in her career two years ago until she suddenly became inactive. During a guesting on a TV show the "Flames of Desire," the star reveals the reason for her absence in the South Korean entertainment scene.
In her appearance in the health-related TV program "How to Eat and Live Well" of Korea’s national television network SBS, Seo revealed that she had genetically inherited an illness from her mother which has caused her body to feel weak.
“My mother has an autoimmune disease. I inherited my weak immune system from her. While I was working I felt a lot of fatigue and pain, so I decided to take some time off for my health,” the 31-year-old star disclosed as quoted by Soompi.
She further stated that the said disorder had also affected her mental condition.
Autoimmune disease is a disorder which causes an abnormal organ growth and changes in organ function in the immune system, depending on its type that affects the patient.
Meanwhile, Seo, born Kim Moon-joo, started her career in 2007 when she played a supporting role in the film "My Son". A year later, she appeared in the award-winning film "Crush and Blush."
Since then, she became the directors’ pick and her career began to bloom. She starred in various movies like "Paju" and "The Housemaid". She also portrayed in TV dramas including "Cinderella’s Sister" (2010), "Glass Mask" (2012), and "The King's Daughter, Soo Baek-hyang" (2013).
Seo has recently signed a contract in the Seoul-based management agency Cube Entertainment on June 2016.
