Kwon Mina

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Kwon Min-ah
권민아
Kwon at the 2018 Winter Olympics Cheer Concert, in September 2016
Born
Kwon Min-ah

(1993-09-21) September 21, 1993 (age 30)
Busan, South Korea
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
Musical career
GenresK-pop
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • bass guitar
Years active2012–present
LabelsFNC Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul
권민아
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGwon Min-a
McCune–ReischauerKwŏn Mina

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Kwon Min-ah (born September 21, 1993), better known by the mononym Mina, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is best known as a member of the girl group AOA. Mina has acted in television dramas, including Modern Farmer (2014) and All About My Mom (2015).

Early life

Mina was born on September 21, 1993, in Busan, South Korea.[1] She auditioned for FNC in 2009, and her family moved from Busan to Seoul soon after.

Her father died of cancer on November 29, 2014. Due to his death, Mina took some time off from career activities and did not participate in some promotions for "Like a Cat"[2]

Career

AOA

Main article: AOA (band)

On July 30, 2012, Mina made her debut as a member of AOA on Mnet's M! Countdown with the song "Elvis" from their debut single album, Angels' Story.[3] She is also part of band unit AOA Black, established in 2013.[4]

Solo career

In 2013, Mina debuted as an actress with the KBS2 drama special Adolescence Medley, where she played Yoon Jin-yeong.[5] In February 2014, she played the younger role of Kim Hee-sun's character, Cha Hye-won, in the KBS drama Wonderful Days.[6] Mina had her first lead role in the SBS weekend drama Modern Farmer, which aired from October to December 2014.[7]

On February 26, 2015, Mina appeared in the music video for solo singer Shade's song "Bad".[8] In May, Mina made her debut as an MC with Y-Star's variety show Gourmet Road.[9] In August, she was appointed as co-MC on Weekly Idol with Apink's Hayoung and VIXX's N, starting from September 2.[10] On September 9, Mina and Nam Joo-hyuk appeared in the music video for solo singer Kangnam's song "Chocolate".[11] On December 5, she joined the cast of the KBS weekend drama All About My Mom, starting from episode 33. She played Go Aeng-doo, a pretty and innocent, yet mysterious young lady.[5][12]

In March 2016, Mina starred in the seven-part web drama Click Your Heart, produced by her agency FNC Entertainment, where she played a cheerful, but clumsy, 18-year-old high school student who forms friendships and love triangles with four boys.[13] In 2017, she has been casted in the remake of 1986's horror movie Woman's Wail,[14] and in the hospital drama Hospital Ship as a nurse.[15]

Discography

Main article: AOA discography

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2017 Woman's Wail Supporting role

Television series

Year Title Role Network Notes
2013 Adolescence Medley Yoon Jin-yeong KBS2 Supporting role
2014 Wonderful Days young Cha Hae-won KBS2 Supporting role
Flower Grandpa Investigation Unit Han Seul-hee tvN Cameo
Modern Farmer Lee Soo-yeon SBS Supporting role
2015 All About My Mom Go Aeng-doo KBS2 Supporting role
2016 Click Your Heart Mina MBC Every 1
Naver TV Cast 		Lead role
2017 Hospital Ship MBC Supporting role

Reality show

Year Title Role Network Note
2013 Cheongdam-dong 111 Herself tvN [16]

Variety show

Year Title Role Network Notes
2014 Weekly Idol Guest MBC Every 1 Ep. 154 with AOA
2015 Gourmet Road MC Y-Star
Hello Counselor Guest KBS with Choa
2015-2016 Weekly Idol co-MC MBC Every 1 with N and Oh Ha-young
2016 Weekly Idol Guest MBC Every 1 Ep. 251 with AOA

Music video appearances

Year Music video Artist Role
2015 "Bad" Shade Main role
"Chocolate" Kangnam

References

  1. ^ "AOA Profile on FNC Official Website".
  2. ^ Sung So-young (December 1, 2014). "Mina takes personal time". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  3. ^ Park HyunMin (September 2, 2012). "[Interview Part I] AOA Lands on Earth on Angel Wings and Guitars". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  4. ^ Lee KyungNam (July 11, 2013). "AOA to Launch Band Unit AOA Black". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  5. ^ a b Yi, Yoonjung (November 24, 2015). "AOA Mina to Join Drama 'All About My Mom'". BNT News. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  6. ^ Jin Eun-soo (July 16, 2014). "AOA's Mina cast in 'Modern Farmer'". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  7. ^ An So-hyoun (July 11, 2014). "[Exclusive] AOA's Mina Cast as Lead in Drama 'Modern Farmer'". enews World. CJ E&M. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  8. ^ "[MV] Shade(그늘) _ Bad(나쁜 짓)". YouTube. February 25, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  9. ^ Lee Hye-rin (May 1, 2015). '식신로드' AOA 민아, 녹화 중 졸음 밀려와 '폭소'. OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved August 14, 2015. {{cite web}}: Invalid |script-title=: missing prefix (help)
  10. ^ Ghim, Sora (August 13, 2015). "N, Ha Young And Mina Join 'Weekly Idol' As Fixed Members". BNT News. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  11. ^ Kim Yu-jin (September 9, 2015). "Kangnam releases 2nd teaser video of 'Chocolate'". K-Pop Herald. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  12. ^ Oh Su-jeong (November 24, 2015). AOA 민아, '부탁해요 엄마' 합류…최태준·조보아와 삼각관계. TV Daily (in Korean). Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  13. ^ Lee Woo-young (March 17, 2016). "Viewers to choose ending in new Web drama 'Click Your Heart'". The Korea Herald. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  14. ^ Cheon, Seol-hwa (May 22, 2017). 조여정 X 이유영, 전설의 사극 공포 영화 '여곡성' 리메이크판 주연 유력 [[Exclusive] Jo Yeo-jeong and Lee Yu-yeong to star in the legendary horror movie "Woman's Wall". AOA's Mina, Joo Da-young confirmed too]. Star Daily News (in Korean). Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  15. ^ Choi, Na-young (June 15, 2017). [단독] AOA 민아, MBC '병원선' 합류..연기돌 입지 굳힌다 [AOA's Mina joins MBC "Hospital Ship"]. News Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  16. ^ Kwon Soo-bin (November 12, 2013). "FT Island and CN Blue to Appear in a FNC Reality Drama". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved March 26, 2016.

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