Sung Yu-ri

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Sung Yu-ri
Background information
Birth name Sung Yuri
Born (1981-03-03) March 3, 1981
Tübingen, Germany
Origin South Korea
Genres K-pop, R&B
Occupations Singer, Actress
Years active 1998–present
Labels DSP Entertainment
(1998-2005)
SidusHQ
(2005-2010)
King Kong Entertainment
(2010-2014)
Fantagio
(2014-present)
Sung Yu-ri
Hangul 성유리
Hanja 成宥利
Revised Romanization Seong Yu-ri
McCune–Reischauer Sŏng Yuri

Sung Yu-ri (born March 3, 1981) is a South Korean singer and actress, the youngest member of currently inactive K-pop group Fin.K.L.[1]

Personal life

The daughter of a prominent professor of theology at the Presbyterian College & Theological Seminary in Seoul, Korea, she graduated from Kyung Hee University in February 2005.

Career

Sung first appeared in the miniseries "Bad Girls" which earned her the "Best New Actress" award. She followed it up with the popular series "Thousand Years Of Love" in which she portrayed both a modern woman and an ancient princess. In addition to her dramatic work, she has also co-hosted an entertainment show in 2004 and has been a catalogue model for various companies. Although she briefly returned to music for the Fin.K.L digital single in late 2005, she has returned to acting. In 2006 she played the lead role in two dramas, One Fine Day and Snow Queen in which she won high praises and awards for.

Sung, like all of her Fin.K.L group members, has left DSPent; she is now with Kingkong Entertainment after leaving SidusHQ, suggesting a choice of a permanent acting career and a challenge for acting skill.

In 2014, Sung signed with new management Fantagio, home to actors Ha Jung-woo and Yeom Jeong-ah.[2]

Filmography

Film

  • Rabbit and Lizard, 2009
  • Nuna, 2011
  • Runway Cop, 2012

TV Drama

Awards

  • 2013 SBS Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries (The Secret of Birth)
  • 2012 MBC Drama Awards: Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Production Drama (Feast of the Gods)
  • 2008 KBS Drama Awards: Best Couple Award with Kang Ji-hwan (Hong Gil-dong)
  • 2008 KBS Drama Awards: Popularity Award (Hong Gil-dong)
  • 2008 44th Baeksang Arts Awards: Popularity Award, TV (Hong Gil-dong)
  • 2006 KBS Drama Awards: Best Couple Award with Hyun Bin (The Snow Queen)
  • 2006 KBS Drama Awards: Popularity Award (The Snow Queen)
  • 2003 SBS Drama Awards: Netizen Award (Thousand Years of Love)
  • 2003 SBS Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Drama (Thousand Years of Love)
  • 2002 SBS Drama Awards: New Star Award (Bad Girls)
  • 2002 MBC Entertainment Awards: Best New MC

References

  1. ↑ Sung Yu-ri Makes Movie Debut Opposite Jang Hyuk
  2. ↑ Sung Yuri to Join Ha Jung Woo and Yeom Jung Ah’s Agency

External links

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