Ham Eun-jeong

This is a Korean name; the family name is Ham.
Eunjeong
Birth name 함은정
(Ham Eun-jeong)
Also known as 은정
(Eunjung)
Born December 12, 1988 (1988-12-12) (age 23)
Seoul, South Korea
Genres Pop
Occupations Idol, Actress, Singer, Rapper, Dancer
Years active 1999 (1999)–present
Labels Core Contents Media
Associated acts T-ara
Korean name
Hangul 함은정
Hanja 咸恩靜
Revised Romanization Ham Eunjeong
McCune–Reischauer Ham Ǔnchǒng

Ham Eun-jeong (Hangul: 함은정) (sometimes stylized as Ham Eun Jung; born December 12, 1988) is a South Korean idol singer, rapper, dancer and actress. She rose to prominence with her status as a member of K-pop girl group T-ara.

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Biography

Eun-jeong was born in Seoul, South Korea. Her mother, a graduate of Ewha Womans University, is a former piano teacher who works as Eun-jeong's agent.[1] While attending seventh grade, Eun-jeong started taekwondo lessons and won three different competitions. Her mother made the decision to quit teaching and manage Eun-jeong's career upon her high school graduation in 2007. Later that year, Eun-jeong enrolled in Dongguk University, where she took performance courses.[2] She is an only child and has been quoted as explaining, "My mother had me 10 years after she was married to my father, which seems more hurtful. Upon watching several famous performers in the past, she wanted to become an actress. Now that I have, she is very pleased I have acting as a priority. She believes her original prayers were answered."[3]

In 1995, when Eun-jeong was seven years old, she participated in the "Little Miss Korea" pageant and won.[4] That same year, she appeared in the youth drama "신세대 보고서 어른들은 몰라요" ("Sinsedae Bogoseo Eoreundeureun Mollayo"), which aired on television.[3] Afterwards, she had several minor roles in movies and Korean dramas, along with being cast in a handful of commercial films.

Career

T-ara

Main article: T-ara

From the group's debut in July 29, 2009 until September 2010, she was the second leader of T-ara. She and Jiyeon are the only two members of T-ara to be trained in acting. Instead, the two switched over to singing despite their original intentions.[5][6] [7][8]

Acting

She appeared in SG Wannabe's music video "Gasiri" ("가시리") from their 2007 album Story In New York. Later, she would also be seen in FT Island's music videos of "Thunder" ("천둥"), "Only One Person" ("한사람만"), and "A Man's First Love Follow Him To The Grave" ("남자의 첫사랑은 무덤까지 간다"). Additionally, she starred in Davichi's music video "Time, Please Stop" ("시간아 멈춰라"; "Sigana Meomchwora") which was released on May 6, 2010.[9]

Eunjung played her first drama role in Coffee House, which aired on SBS from May 17, 2010 to July 17, 2010.[10][11][12][13][14] In July 2010, Eunjung was cast in her first movie role for the thriller White (화이트).[15][16] Directed by Kim Gok and Kim Sun, filming began in November 2010.[17] The film was released to South Korean cinemas on June 9, 2011. She also took part in the Asian drama Dream High in the role of Baek-Hee.

Television

Eunjung, along with 2AM's Jo Kwon and CN Blue's Jung Yong Hwa, had guest starred on Episode 7 of the popular SBS variety show Running Man which aired on August 22, 2010.[18]

In March 2011, she joined the cast of MBC's We Got Married and started full-fledged shooting before her virtual husband was confirmed[19]. Eunjung was paired up with actor Lee Jang-woo[20] who met eachother for the first time at the start of Season 3, replacing the leaving YongSeo couple.[21] Their couple names include "WooJung Couple" (Korean: "우정 커플"), meaning "friendship" named according to their friendly nature, and "Campus Couple" (Korean: "캐임붓 커플"), named because they had found out that they were both in the same acting major at the same college, Dongguk University.[22] The couple was featured in the music video for ZIA's "The Way I Am", released on Sep 29, 2011.[23]

Discography

Main article: T-ara discography

Soundtracks

Year Title Song Duration
2010 SBS Coffee House Coffee House OST 2:57

Other works

Year Title Song Duration Artist
2008 Colour Pink "Blue Moon" 3:32 Featuring. Song by Seeya, Davichi and Black Pearl
2009 N-Time (Single) "N-Time" 0:00 Featuring. Song by Hwang Jung Eum
2010 Wonder Woman (Single) "Wonder Woman" 3:38 With Hyomin, Seeya and Davichi.

Filmography

Television drama

Year Title Role Network
1995 A New Generation of Adults Jessica KBS
2004 Little Women Hyun Deuk (Young) SBS
2004 Age of Heroes Layla MBC
2004 Toji, the Land Bong Soon (Young) SBS
2006 Goong cameo SBS
2010 Coffee House Kang Seung Yeon SBS
2011 Dream High Yoon Baek Hee KBS
2011 King Geunchogo Jin Ah Yi KBS
2011 Queen Insoo Insoo (Young) jTBC

Television series

Year Title Role Other Notes
2010 SBS Running Man Guest -
2011–present MBC We Got Married Herself With Lee Jang Woo

Film

Year Title Role
1999 A-rong's Big Expedition Song-i
2002 Dodge Go! Go! Min Sang Mi
2002 Madeleine Song Hye (Young)
2005 The Beast and the Beauty Hae Mi
2006 Ice Bar Mi Sook
2006 World of Silence Min Hee
2008 Death Bell Kim Ji Won
2011 White: Melody of Death Eun Joo
2011 Gisaeng Ryung Cameo

Music video appearances

Year Song title Artist Role
2007 "Hate" Seeya Herself
2007 "Gashiri" SG Wannabe, KCM Herself
2007 "Thunder + Only One Person" F.T. Island Herself
2007 "A Man's First Love Follows Him to the Grave" F.T. Island Herself
2010 "Time, Please Stop" Davichi Herself
2010 "Page One" SG Wannabe& Ock Joo Hyun Herself
2010 "I Want to Know Goodbye" Hwang Ji Hyun Herself
2010 "Bbiribbom Bberibbom" Coed School Herself
2011 "The Way I Am" ZiA Herself and Lee Jang Woo

Awards

Year Awards
2010
  • 2010 SBS Drama Awards: New Star Award (Coffee House)
2011
  • 2011 MBC Broadcast Entertainment Awards: Variety Division - Rookie Award (We Got Married)

References

  1. ^ "티아라 은정 “이대 음대 나온 엄마께 죄송하고 감사해요” "I'm sorry, Mom, and thank you for your help". isplus. March 25, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2011. "...Because of Eun-jeong her mother had to end her music career. Eun-jeong revealed in a March 24th interview with Daily Sports, "She was a graduate from Ewha Womans' University with a degree in music, she quit giving piano lessons to become my manager. Back then I didn't know much, but now I feel sorry," she said."
  2. ^ (Korean) 티아라 은정 "가장 해보고 싶은 것은 액션 영화" (T-ara's Eunjung wants to act in action movies). Sportsseoul.com. July 4. 2010. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
  3. ^ a b (Korean) 티아라 은정 “이대 음대 나온 엄마께 죄송하고 감사해요” (Eunjung: "I'm sorry and thankful towards my mother"). ISplus. March 25, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  4. ^ (Korean) Baek Jieun: 티아라 은정, 가수 데뷔 전 드라마 '궁' 출연? 화제 (Eun-jeong debuted as an actor before a singer). SportsChosun.com. October 18, 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  5. ^ Lynn Kim & Jessica Kim: T-ara to become 7-member group. 10asia. July 16, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  6. ^ (Korean) 티아라, 은정→보람 리더 교체 왜? ("Why did T-ara change its leaders from Eunjung to Boram?"). StarNews. July 16, 2010. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
  7. ^ Lynn Kim & Jessica Kim: T-ara to become 7-member group. 10asia. July 16, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  8. ^ (Korean) 티아라, 은정→보람 리더 교체 왜? ("Why did T-ara change its leaders from Eunjung to Boram?"). StarNews. July 16, 2010. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
  9. ^ (Korean) 티아라 은정, 다비치 ‘시간아멈춰라’ 뮤비 출연 ‘불량 백설공주 변신’ (T-ara's Eunjung to appear as a 'Snow White turned bad' in Davichi's new music video). Newsen. May 3, 2010. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
  10. ^ (Korean) 함은정, "티아라 인기 업고 주인공 발탁? 너무 억울해요". Chosun.com. May 16, 2010. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
  11. ^ New drama brewing. Yonhap/JoongAng Daily. May 11, 2010. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
  12. ^ (Korean) 티아라 은정, '한효주 언니처럼 좋은 배우, 되겠죠?'. The Star. May 31, 2010. July 27, 2010.
  13. ^ Han Sang-hee: New drama to bring more than coffee. The Korea Times. May 16, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  14. ^ (Korean) ‘커피하우스’ 아쉬운 시청률 ‘신선한 장르+연기력 빛났다’(종영). Newsen/Joins.com. July 27, 2010. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
  15. ^ (Korean) 김기방 공포영화 ‘화이트’ 출연. Daum.net. July 7, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  16. ^ (Korean) ‘아이스크림소녀’ 최아라, 티아라 은정과 스크린 걸그룹 호흡. Daum.net. June 25, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  17. ^ (Korean) 함은정·메이다니·황우슬혜 등 공포영화 <화이트> 캐스팅. koreafilm.co.kr. June 23, 2010. July 27, 2010.
  18. ^ Jo Kwon, Eunjung, and Jung Yonghwa will run for Running Man. allkpop. Aug 16, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
  19. ^ (Korean) 티아라 은정, '우결' 전격출연 "차별화된 재미 선사할 것". Sports Today. March 30, 2011. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
  20. ^ (Korean) 티아라 은정 남편은 `동해야` 이장우..`우결` 출연 확정. Star News. March 30, 2011. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
  21. ^ (Korean) ‘우결’ 2/100 경쟁률 뚫은 가상커플 함은정 이장우 누구?. Newsen. March 30, 2011. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
  22. ^ (Korean) 티아라 은정 남편은 `동해야` 이장우..`우결` 출연 확정. Star News. April 9, 2011. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
  23. ^ ZIA reveals MV for “The Way I Am” featuring T-ara’s Eunjung & Lee Jang Woo. allkpop. Sep 29, 2011. Retrieved December 30, 2011.

External links

T-ara
Boram · Qri · Soyeon · Eunjung · Hyomin · Hwayoung · Jiyeon
Ji-ae · Jiwon
Studio albums
Repackaged albums
Extended plays
Reality TV shows
T-ara World · T-ara Dot Com · T-ara Dream Girls · T-ara's Hello Baby
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