Jung Eun-ji

This is a Korean name; the family name is Jung.
Jung Eun-ji
Background information
Native name 정은지
Birth name Jung Hye-rim (한국어: 정혜림)
Also known as Eunji
Born August 18, 1993[1]
Haeundae, Busan, South Korea
Genres K-pop
Occupation(s) Singer, actress
Instruments Vocals, piano
Years active 2011–present
Labels
Associated acts Apink
Korean name
Hangul 정은지
Revised Romanization Jeong Eun-ji
McCune–Reischauer Chŏng Ŭn-ji
Birth name
Hangul 정혜림
Hanja 鄭慧林[2]
Revised Romanization Jeong Hye-rim
McCune–Reischauer Chŏng Hye-rim

Jung Eun-ji (Korean: 정은지; born Jung Hye-rim, on August 18, 1993), is a South Korean idol singer and actress. She is a member of the girl group Apink, and has acted in television dramas including Reply 1997 (2012), That Winter, The Wind Blows (2013) and Trot Lovers (2014).

Early life

Jung Eun-ji was born as Jung Hye-rim[3] in Haeundae, Busan,[4] on August 18, 1993.[5] She attended Hapdo Kindergarten, Shinjae Elementary School, Jaesong Girls' Middle School and Hyehwa Girls' High School.[6] In 2004, Jung won the first place prize in the program Excited Day Enjoyable Day (신나는 날 즐거운 날) hosted by the KBS network.[7]

Jung Eun-ji on April 11, 2014

Apink, singing career

Main article: Apink

In November 2010, Jung passed the auditions to become the main singer of Apink.[8] She had not received any professional training prior to joining Apink, and had trained for only six months with the group.[8]

On April 21, 2011, Jung made her debut as a member of Apink on Mnet's M! Countdown with two songs, "Mollayo" and "Wishlist", from the debut extended play Seven Springs of Apink.[9]

For the project A Cube for Season #Green, Jung Eun-ji and fellow Cube artist Yang Yo-seob, sang the duet track "Love Day."[10] In August 2012, Jung recorded two promotional singles, "All For You" and "Our Love Like This" with Reply 1997 co-star Seo In-guk for the drama's soundtrack.[11][12]

In 2014, Jung sang "It's You" for the soundtrack of Three Days. The song rose to number 1 on various music charts such as Bugs, Soribada, and Daum Music shortly after its release on March 5.[13][14]

Acting

Jung made her acting debut in Reply 1997, a 1990s nostalgic dramedy which became one of the highest-rated Korean series on cable television.[15] She played the female protagonist, a hardcore H.O.T. fan who becomes a TV drama writer.[16] Jung was complimented by critics and audiences for her comedic and emotional acting, which was impressive for a newcomer, as well as for her authentic Busan dialect.[16][17] The role won her several awards, including the 49th Baeksang Arts Award for Best New TV Actress.[18]

Jung performed in a Korean staging of the Hollywood film-turned-musical Legally Blonde, playing the lead role of Elle Woods.[19] The show ran from November 16, 2012 to March 17, 2013.[20][21]

Jung was then cast in a supporting role in the 2013 melodrama That Winter, The Wind Blows.[22] She won Best Performance at the 2nd APAN Star Awards and New Star Award at the SBS Drama Awards.[22][23]

In 2014, she starred in another musical, the stage adaptation of 2004 series Full House.[24] Afterwards, Jung was cast in the leading role in romantic comedy series Trot Lovers, which depicted a female singer's struggles to become successful in the old-fashioned musical genre trot.[25][26]

Discography

Main article: Apink discography

Soundtrack appearances and solo performances

Year Song Album Sales
(Digital download)		 Artist
2012 "Love Day" A Cube For Season #Green 1,604,167+[27] with Yang Yo-seob
"All For You" Reply 1997 OST 2,499,273+ [27] with Seo In-guk
"Just the Way We Love" 1,428,802+[27]
2013 "A Year Ago" A Cube for Season #White 300,616+[28][29][30] with Kim Nam-joo, Jang Hyun-seung
"Short Hair" A Cube for Season #Blue 1,207,766+[31] with Huh Gak
"Know We're Going to Break Up" Little Giant 192,124+
"Fanta Time" Fanta Time N/A with Lee Kwang-soo, Niel[32]
"One Minute Ago" Barefooted Friends OST N/A with Kang Ho-dong[33]
"Saving Santa" Saving Santa OST N/A Solo
"Christmas Song" Cube Entertainment Family N/A with Cube Entertainment artists
2014 "Break Up to Make Up" A Cube for Season #Sky-Blue 803,627+ with Huh Gak
"It's You" Three Days OST 417,438+[34] Solo

Filmography

Television dramas

Year Title Role Network
2012 Reply 1997 Sung Shi-won tvN
2013 That Winter, The Wind Blows Moon Hee-sun SBS
Reply 1994 Sung Shi-won (cameo, episodes 16-17, 21) tvN
2014 Trot Lovers Choi Choon-hee KBS2

Films

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Saving Santa Shiny animated, Korean dubbed

Musical theatre

Year Title Role
2012-2013 Legally Blonde Elle Woods
2014 Full House Han Ji-eun

Awards and nominations

Year Award Nominated work Category Result
2012 5th Korea Drama Awards Reply 1997 Best Couple (with Seo In-guk)[35] Won
5th Style Icon Awards Reply 1997 Top 10 Style Icons (with Seo In-guk)[36] Won
14th Mnet Asian Music Awards "All For You"
Reply 1997		 Best OST (with Seo In-guk)[37] Won
1st K-Drama Star Awards "All For You"
Reply 1997		 Best OST (with Seo In-guk)[38] Won
Reply 1997 Best Couple (with Seo In-guk)[38] Won
Reply 1997 Rising Star Award[38] Won
Reply 1997 Acting Award, Actress Nominated
4th MelOn Music Awards "All For You"
Reply 1997		 Best OST (with Seo In-guk)[39] Won
2013 2nd Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards "All For You"
Reply 1997		 Songs of the Year
(Digital Awards [September])
(with Seo In-guk)[40]		 Won
49th Baeksang Arts Awards Reply 1997 Best New TV Actress[41] Won
Reply 1997 Popular TV Actress Nominated
2nd APAN Star Awards That Winter, The Wind Blows Best Performance[42] Won
SBS Drama Awards That Winter, The Wind Blows Best New Actress[43] Won
2014 16th Seoul International Youth Film Festival Trot Lovers Best Young Actress Won
"It's You"
Three Days		 Best OST by a Female Artist Nominated
22nd Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards Trot Lovers Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Won
16th Mnet Asian Music Awards "Break Up to Make Up" Best Collaboration (with Huh Gak)[44] Nominated
Song of the Year (with Huh Gak)[44] Nominated
6th MelOn Music Awards "It's You"
Three Days		 Best OST[45] Nominated
MTV Best of the Best "Break Up to Make Up" Best Collaboration (with Huh Gak) Won
KBS Drama Awards Trot Lovers Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Nominated
Best New Actress Nominated
Popularity Award, Actress Won

References

  1. ↑ Jung Eun-ji biography:
    • "Apink Profile". Official Korean website (in Korean). Retrieved September 22, 2014.
    • "Apink Biography". Official Japanese website (in Japanese). Retrieved October 31, 2014.
    • Although her official name is Jeong Eun-ji, this article prefers the more commonly used name, Jung Eun-ji.
  2. ↑ Kim Min-sung (김민성) (March 11, 2013). 생활연기 펼치는 타고난 연기돌 ‘그 겨울’ 정은지 [김민성의 ★필] [The yeongi-dol with innate talent who is acting scenes set in daily life 'That Winter' Jung Eun-ji [Kim Min-sung's ★-file]] (in Korean). mydaily. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  3. ↑ "allkpop Radar: Eunji". Allkpop. October 21, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Apink's Jung Eunji Might Be Losing Her Special Talent". Soompi. November 15, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
  5. ↑ 정은지. Naver (in Korean). July 1, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
  6. ↑ Kim, Jung-hee (September 29, 2013). 에이핑크 정은지 "부산, 늘 그립고 가고 싶어…" [Apink Jung Eun-ji "Busan, it's always nostalgic and I want to go there..."]. BUVI News (in Korean). Retrieved December 12, 2013.
  7. ↑ Jeon, Hyung-jin (September 6, 2012). 정은지, 알고보니 과거 동요대회서 최우수상 [Jung Eun-ji, actually first place in a past melody singing contest]. My Daily (in Korean). Retrieved December 12, 2013.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Apink takes you on a tour through their dorm life". Allkpop. May 30, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Apink releases debut EP, "Seven Springs of Apink"". Allkpop. April 18, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  10. ↑ "B2ST's Yoseob and Apink's Eunji release MV for Love Day". Allkpop. March 13, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
  11. ↑ Lee, Hye-ji (September 6, 2012). "Respond 1997 couple Seo In-guk, A PINK's Eunji's duet song reigns atop Gaon Chart". 10Asia. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  12. ↑ Jeon, Su-mi (September 5, 2012). "Jung Eun Ji and Seo In Guk Continue Success of Reply 1997 with a Duet All-Kill". enewsWorld. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  13. ↑ "Apink's Eunji lends her voice for new drama Three Days with the song It's You". Allkpop. March 5, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Apink's Eunji tops real-time charts with It's You from Three Days OST". Allkpop. March 6, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Nostalgic Drama Puts Apink's Jung Eun-ji in the Spotlight". The Chosun Ilbo. September 15, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Lee, Kyung-nam (September 17, 2013). "Kim Soo Ro Praises Apink's Jung Eun Ji for Her Acting in Reply 1997". enewsWorld. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
  17. ↑ "Apink's Eunji spends the night on the streets?". Allkpop. July 31, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
  18. ↑ `백상예술대상` 당신의 귀에 콕 박힌 스타의 말말말? [Baeksang Arts Awards Words words words of celebrities that stuck with you?]. WOW한국경제TV (in Korean). May 9, 2013. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
  19. ↑ Ho, Stewart (September 25, 2012). "Apink's Jung Eun Ji Cast as Lead of Legally Blonde Musical". enewsWorld. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  20. ↑ Sunwoo, Carla (September 26, 2012). "Jung Eun-ji cast in Legally Blonde". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  21. ↑ "Apink's Eunji takes on musical Legally Blonde as next acting project". Allkpop. September 25, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 "That Winter, The Wind Blows Jung Eun Ji's Fashion Sense that Expresses the Personality of her Character". KDramaStars. March 27, 2013. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
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  24. ↑ Hong, Grace Danbi (March 5, 2014). "B2ST Yang Yo Seop, Apink Jung Eun Ji, VIXX Leo, Joo, and More to Star in Musical Full House". enewsWorld. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
  25. ↑ Jin, Eun-soo (May 20, 2014). "Lover of Trot cast announced". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  26. ↑ Jeon, Su-mi (May 19, 2014). "Apink′s Jung Eun Ji Confirmed for Trot Lovers". enewsWorld. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
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  28. ↑ "2013 Week 2 Gaon Download Chart".
  29. ↑ "2013 Week 3 Gaon Download Chart".
  30. ↑ "2013 Week 4 Gaon Download Chart".
  31. ↑ "2013 Top 100 Gaon Download Chart".
  32. ↑ "Enjoy a 'Fanta Time' with TEEN TOP's Niel, Apink's Eunji, and Lee Kwang Soo". Allkpop. June 17, 2013. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  33. ↑ "Barefoot Friends unviels 1st OST My Story, My Song featuring songs by UEE, Yoon Si Yoon, & Kang Ho Dong". Allkpop. August 19, 2013. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  34. ↑ "First Half 2014 Top 100 Gaon Chart".
  35. ↑ "Winners At The 5th Korea Drama Awards". Manila Bulletin via Yahoo!. October 5, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
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  38. ↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 "K-Drama Star Awards winners + Kim Hyung Jun shares his feelings on winning". Allkpop. December 9, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
  39. ↑ "Winners from the 2012 MelOn Music Awards!". Allkpop. December 14, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
  40. ↑ "Winners from the 2nd Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards". Allkpop. February 13, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
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  44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 "MAMA 2014 Nominations". Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  45. ↑ "Taeyang, IU, god and More Receive Awards at 2014 MelOn Music Awards". Soompi. Retrieved November 15, 2014.

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