Park Ji-yeon
Park Ji-yeon |
|---|
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 박지연 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 朴智妍 |
| Revised Romanization | Park Jiyeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Park Chiyŏn |
Park Ji-yeon (Korean: 박지연, often simply Jiyeon) (born June 7, 1993) is a Korean singer and actress. She rose to prominence as a member of the Korean girl group T-ara and for appearing on several television shows hosted by Korean Broadcasting System, Seoul Broadcasting System, and Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation.
Early life
Park was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea.[1][2] She has a sister, who is four years older, named Hyomin. Park briefly attended Seoul Arts High School and Hyehwa Girls' High School. She was later quoted as explaining that while enrolled, she attended erratically; eventually, she "gave up a normal high school life" although "misses being a high school girl sometimes" and forsook attending university due to her busy acting schedule and career.[3]
Career
Early work
Park has professed an interest in modeling. In 2008, she was featured in several pictorials and advertisements for SMART with Korean boyband SHINee.[4]
Park collaborated with Davichi and SeeYa on the digital single "Female Generation/Forever Love", which was released in June 2009, becoming the first member of T-ara to be made known. She appeared in SG Wannabe's music videos "Saranghae" and "My Love is Crying" from their 2009 album, Gift From SG WANNABE.
T-ara
In 2009, she entered the Smart Model Contest. Soon after getting the part, she auditioned at the Mnet Casting System and joined the company. T-ara debuted on July 28, 2009, marking her feature musical debut at age 16.
Acting
Park made an appearance on the highly-ranked KBS television show Master of Study as Na Hyun Jung, a heavily burdened love-stricken high school girl who joins a special class consisting of five under-performing students who share the goal of being accepted to the fictional Cheonha National University (Chunha Dae).[5]
She also appeared in the film Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp, released in July 2010.
Filmography
Films
- Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp as Sehee (2010)
Television
- Aeja's Older Sister, Minja as Maeng Na Yeon (2008)
- Soul as Yoon Doo Na (2009)
- High Kick Through The Roof as herself (2009)
- Master of Study as Na Hyun Jung (2010)
- Heroes as herself (2010)
- Jungle Fish 2 as Se-yul (2010)
References
- ^ Template:Ko icon 티아라 지연, '악성루머'에도 '엠카'서 MC 활약 '눈길' "T-ara's delay: Malicious rumors, the MC, and prying eyes" Navar News. October 10, 2010. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
- ^ Template:Ko icon 엠카 MC 나선’ 티아라 지연, 음란채팅 루머에도 '씩씩' "T-ara: Facing obscene rumors, yet remain courageous" Navar News. October 9, 2010. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
- ^ Template:Ko icon 뉴스인용|제목=그룹 티아라 지연, 김태희 닮은 외모로 네티즌 시선집중 "T-ara group". April 21, 2009. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
- ^ Template:Ko icon '음중' 새 4MC 온유·민호·지연·수지, 무난한 데뷔 "The 4 MCs and Park Ji-yeon's debut". Navar News. October 30, 2010. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
- ^ "Jiyeon in TV Drama". The Korea Times. November 23, 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2010.