Gong Hyo Jin, who was last seen playing a psychiatrist in the romantic comedy "It's Okay It's Love," is expanding her horizons. Next, she will play woman who wants to expand her horizons in a theater production of "Educating Rita." While the actress has a long resume in dramas and films, "Educating Rita" will be her first theater role.

As the acknowledged queen of such romantic comedies as "The Master's Sun" and "Pasta," Gong Hyo Jin's decision to act in this play has surprised some. It's not as if she needs to show she can do another kind of role.

Besides mastering the art of romantic comedy she has given strong performances in films such as the black comedy "Crush and Blush, where she played a woman with a crippling inferiority complex. She also played an angry young woman in "Family Ties," a tough girl who bosses her schoolmates in "Conduct Zero" and a single mom with an HIV diagnosed daughter in "Thank You."

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