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Jo Bo-ah. Photo from XYZ Studio's Instagram account

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Korean actress Jo Bo-ah expecting first child

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1764037667541New Project 7.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Jo Bo-ah. <em>Photo from XYZ Studio&#x27;s Instagram account</em></span></span></span></div><p>South Korean actress Jo Bo-ah is expecting her first child, her management company announced Tuesday.</p><p>XYZ Studio confirmed the 34-year-old star&#x27;s pregnancy following reports by media outlets, according to Korean entertainment news portal <a href="https://www.soompi.com/article/1800378wpp/jo-bo-ah-announces-pregnancy"><strong>Soompi</strong></a>.</p><p>&quot;Actress Jo Bo-ah is expecting a child,&quot; the company said in the statement translated into English and published in full by Soompi.</p><p>&quot;We ask that you watch over her with warm blessings, and we ask for your generous understanding that we cannot share further details including her due date,&quot; it added.</p><p>Bo-ah, who has 1.5 million Instagram followers, is known for her leading roles in dramas such as &quot;Forest,&quot; &quot;Tale of the Nine Tailed,&quot; &quot;Military Prosecutor Doberman&quot; and &quot;Destined With You.&quot;</p><p>The actress married a non-celebrity in October 2024.</p><p>Earlier this year, Bo-ah starred in Netflix&#x27;s period mystery series &quot;Dear Hongrang,&quot; portraying the daughter of an influential clan who searches for her long-lost half-brother.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/movies-series/2025/5/20/why-lee-jae-wook-jo-bo-ah-chose-to-star-in-k-drama-dear-hongrang-1355"><strong>READ: Why Lee Jae-wook, Jo Bo-ah chose to star in K-drama ‘Dear Hongrang’<br/></strong></a></div><p>She was also set to star in the Disney+ series &quot;<a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/8/26/kim-soo-hyun-cho-bo-ah-to-star-in-thrilling-disney-series-1305"><strong>Knock Off</strong></a>,&quot; which was supposed to come out this year but was postponed due to <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2025/3/31/emotional-kim-soo-hyun-denies-underage-dating-accusation-2345"><strong>controversies</strong></a> surrounding lead actor Kim Soo-hyun.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T-am5ihb31E?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><strong></strong><br/></div>

<p>South Korean actress Jo Bo-ah is expecting her first child, her management company announced Tuesday.</p>

South Korean actress Jo Bo-ah is expecting her first child, her management company announced Tuesday.