Hyun Young

Hyun Young (born Yoo Hyun-young on September 6, 1976) is a South Korean entertainer.^[11] She has worked as a model, TV show host, actress, singer, instructor for Public Relations and Personal Financial Planning at colleges, companies.^{[12][13][14][15]} Educated at Yong In University and Korea University,^[16] she is known for her unusual, almost cartoon-like voice.^[17]

Career

Television

Hyun Young appears in numerous Korean television shows, and was mainstay on KBS's variety show, Heroine 6, since 2005 until the show's final episode in 2007. For her work on various shows, she won the 2006 Best Female Star award (for variety/comedy) on both the MBC and KBS Entertainment Awards. Since 2007, she has acted as one of the team leaders for the variety show Jiwhaza! ("Burst! Mental concentration"), airing on SBS. She is also one of the main 5 stars on KBS's High-Five, part of its Happy Sunday line-up. She was also part of Introducing a Star's Friend as a presenter.

Music

Hyun Young has recorded the Korean version of "Dragostea din tei" (otherwise known as the Numa Numa song), titled "Nuna's Dream" ("누나의 꿈"); the "Numa Numa" lyrics are changed to "Nuna Nuna" (the Korean term used by males for an older woman) in 2006.^[18] The album did not achieve great sales, nor was the song officially promoted and sung on the music charts. Hyun Young instead sung it on the variety shows she appeared on, which allowed it to become somewhat popular as a novelty song with its own novelty dance (called the "Nuna Nuna" dance). Her video for the single became the most watched music video in 2006, according to M.net.^[19] In May 2007, Hyun Young released her second single "Love Revolution" ("연애 혁명"), a cover of Morning Musume's "Renai Revolution 21".^[20]

Personal life

Hyun Young married Choi Won-hee at the Sheraton Grande Walkerhill Hotel on March 3, 2012; her husband works at a multi-national financial firm.^[21][22][23] She gave birth to their first child on August 16, 2012.^[24][25]

During a 2013 investigation into propofol abuse among celebrities, Hyun Young admitted to getting doctor-prescribed injections 42 times between February and December 2011.^[26] She was not indicted, and was instead ordered to pay an ₩8 million fine.^[27][28]

Variety show appearances

• 1997 – SBS 이주일 투나잇 쇼 (Week Tonight Show)
• 2002 – MBC 여자를 말한다 (A Woman Says)
• 2005 – 여러분! 고맙습니다 (Your Thanks)
• 2005 – KBS 해피 선데이: 여걸 식스 (Happy Sunday: Heroine 6)
• 2005 – KBS 쇼 파워 비디오 (Power Video Show)
• 2006 – MBC 섹션 TV 연예 통신 (Section TV)
• 2006 – SBS 헤이헤이헤이 2 (Hey Hey Hey 2)
• 2006 – SBS 슈퍼 아이 (Super Eye)
• 2007 – KBS 하이-파이브 (High-Five)
• 2008 – KBS 이 맛에 산다 (Delicious Quiz: A Taste of Life)
• 2011 – SBS Running Man episode 31

Filmography

Films

• 2003 – First Amendment
• 2004 – Father and Son: The Story of Mencius
• 2004 – A Moment to Remember
• 2005 – Marrying the Mafia II (cameo)
• 2005 – Princess Aurora
• 2005 – The Art of Seduction
• 2006 – The Legend of Seven Cutter
• 2006 – Now and Forever (cameo)
• 2006 – Aachi & Ssipak (voice)
• 2006 – My Wife Is a Gangster 3
• 2007 – The Perfect Couple
• 2009 – Fortune Salon
• 2011 – Marrying the Mafia IV: Unstoppable Family

Television dramas

• 1997 – SBS Wind's Love
• 2003 – SBS Fairy and Swindler
• 2005 – SBS Biscuit Teacher and Star Candy
• 2005 – SBS Fashion 70's
• 2005 – MBC Hello Franceska Season 3
• 2005 – MBC The Secret Lovers
• 2006 – SBS Bad Family
• 2010 – SBS OB/GYN Doctors
• 2011 – KBS2 Baby Faced Beauty
• 2011 – SBS Living in Style (cameo)

Discography

Singles

• March 9, 2006 – "Nuna's Dream" ("누나의 꿈")
• May 2007 – "Love Revolution" ("연애 혁명")

Albums

• April 28, 2006 – Hyun Young's Gayo Remix : Best of Club Gayo Hits ^[29]

Bibliography

• Smart Financial Habit (Korean: 현영 언니가 들려 주는 똑똑한 경제 습관)
  Published on October 2008, ISBN 978-89-352-0765-7^[30][31][32]

• Diary of Financial Technology (Korean: 현영의 재테크 다이어리 : 재테크 전문가도 깜짝 놀란 현영의 재테크 비법)
  Published on May 2008, ISBN 978-89-352-0742-8^{[33][34][35][36][37]}

References

External links

• Hyun Young at HanCinema
• Hyun Young at the Internet Movie Database