Kim Jae-kyung
Kim Jae-kyung | |
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김재경 | |
Born | Kim Jae-kyung December 24, 1988 Seoul, South Korea |
Occupations |
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Relatives | Kim Jae-hyun (brother) |
Musical career | |
Genres | K-pop |
Instrument | Vocals |
Years active | 2009–present |
Labels | DSP Media (2009–2016) Namoo Actors (2016–present) |
Website | Naver |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 김재경 |
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Revised Romanization | Gim Jae-gyeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Chae-gyŏng |
Kim Jae-kyung (born December 24, 1988) is a South Korean actress. Before transitioning to acting full-time, she was a member and leader of the South Korean girl group Rainbow.[1]
Biography
Jae-kyung was born in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea on December 24, 1988. She studied at Deungchon High School and Dongduk Women's University, where she majored in Fashion Design. She was a trainee at JYP Entertainment before switching to DSP Media.[2] Her brother is N.Flying's Jaehyun.
Career
Pre-debut
While under DSP Media, in 2007 she was asked if she wanted to debut as a member of Kara. Jaekyung turned the offer down because she thought she would be happy with her Rainbow members.[3] In 2007 Jaekyung was asked to join SM Entertainment, hinting at the possibility that she may have joined Girls' Generation.[3] In 2008, she appeared in SS501's song "A Song Calling For You" music video before debuting as a Rainbow member.
Rainbow
Jae-kyung debuted as leader of girl group Rainbow. On November 12, 2009, Rainbow's released mini album "Gossip Girl". The group's first broadcast performance of "Gossip Girls" was held at MBC's music show Show! Music Core on November 14, 2009 .
Rainbow Blaxx
Jaekyung, Woori, Seungah, and Hyunyoung debuted as Rainbow Blaxx, the second official sub-unit of Rainbow, was formed in 2014. The group released their first mini-album titled RB Blaxx on January 20, 2014.
Solo activities
In the year 2010, she became a cast member in the variety television show Honey Jar.[4] In the same year, she also became a cast member in the school variety show 100 Points Out of 100. On March 31, 2012, her major leading role, she portrayed Na Yoo-mi in the JTBC's drama Monster.[5] In the year 2012, she became a cast member in the variety television show Law of the Jungle W.[6][7] In December 2013, she was confirmed for tvN's new reality program, The Genius: Rule Breaker, with 12 other representative figures from different fields of work such as TV personalities, politicians, gamblers, and more. She was the second person eliminated.[8]
She was then cast in a supporting role in the 2014 drama Inspiring Generation. In 2014, she has also been a main in Quiz of God 4.[9] On January 12, 2014, she was a guest on Running Man. In 2015, she entered the main cast of tvN's Always Cantare 2.[10] In 2016, she became a host on Beauty Bible, alongside Jessica Jung. In December 2016, Kim signed with new management agency Namoo Actors to start afresh as an actress.[11]
Discography
Rainbow
Solo artist
Year | Song Title | From Album | Duration | Artist |
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2010 | I Love You, I Like You | Secret Agent Miss Oh OST | 3:28 | With Cho Hyun-young |
2011 | You and I | City Hunter OST | 3:35 | Solo |
2014 | Maybe | Quiz of God 4 OST | 3:32 | Solo |
2015 | Is It the Start? | Noble, My Love OST | 3:35 | With Sung Hoon |
Filmography
Films
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2010 | Heartbeat | Girl group member | Cameo |
2021 | Way Station | Jia | [12] |
Television dramas
Year | Title | Network | Role | Notes |
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2010 | Dae Mul | SBS | Herself (Rainbow) | Cameo |
2012 | Monster | JTBC | Na Yoo-mi | |
Family | KBS2 | Yoon Yoo-mi | Cameo | |
2013 | Reply 1994 | tvN | Jun Ji-hyun | Cameo |
2014 | Inspiring Generation | KBS2 | Meiling | |
Quiz of God Season 4 | OCN | Im Tae-kyung | ||
Turning Point | MBC | Maeng Ran-young | ||
My Lovely Girl | SBS | Radio DJ | Cameo | |
2016 | Madame Antoine: The Love Therapist | JTBC | Jyoo Ni | |
2018 | Miracle That We Met | KBS2 | Mao | Special appearance |
Life on Mars | OCN | Han Mal-sook | [13] | |
Bad Papa | MBC | Cha Ji-woo | [14] | |
2019 | The Secret Life of My Secretary | SBS | Veronica Park | [15][16] |
Web drama
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2015 | Noble, My Love | Cha Yoon-seo | Leading role |
Television series
Year | Title | Network | Notes |
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2010 | Honey Jar | MBC | main cast |
2010–2011 | 100 Points Out of 100 | KBS2 | main cast |
2012 | Law of the Jungle W | SBS | main cast |
2013–2014 | The Genius: Rule Breaker | tvN | contestant |
2015 | Get It Beauty | OnStyle | co-host |
2015 | Always Cantare 2 | tvN | main cast |
2016 | Beauty Bible | KBS | co-host with Jessica Jung |
2017 | King of Mask Singer | MBC | Contestant as "A Monstrous Net" (Episode 101)[17] |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2018 | MBC Drama Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama | Bad Papa | Won | [18] |
References
- ^ "Rainbow's biography at Universal Music Japan website" (in Japanese). Universal Music Japan. n.d. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
- ^ "Rainbow's Kim Jae Kyung Shares a Doll Face Selca". Soompi. December 30, 2012. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
- ^ a b "Jaekyung reveals she also turned down an offer to join SM Entertainment".
- ^ Kim, Hyun-rok (July 29, 2010). "'꿀단지' 미녀 3인방 '주목!'" (in Korean). starnews. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
- ^ 레인보우 재경, 종편 드라마로 연기자 데뷔 (in Korean). Nate. March 14, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
- ^ "Rainbow's Kim Jae Kyung is all over pork belly after shooting Law of the Jungle W". Korea.com. November 3, 2012. Retrieved August 17, 2015.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "Rainbow's Jaekyung shows her bare face on 'Laws of the Jungle W'". allkpop. December 18, 2012. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
- ^ Kim, Ka-young (December 3, 2013). "'더지니어스2' 재경 "출연진 보고 내 부족함 느껴…우뇌 사용할 것"" (in Korean). TV report. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
- ^ Jeon, Su-mi (April 30, 2014). "Super Junior's Donghae Says Ryu Deok Hwan was a Huge Help in Acting for God's Quiz 4". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
- ^ Ghim, Sora (June 9, 2015). "Will The Members Of 'Always Cantare' Season 2 Be Successful?". bntnews. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
- ^ "Kim Jae-kyung signs with Lee Joon-gi's agency". Kpop Herald. December 21, 2016.
- ^ Kang Min-kyung (January 20, 2021). "순수함 느낄 수 있어"..'간이역', 김동준X김재경이 전할 휴식 같은 ♥[종합]". star.mt (in Korean). Retrieved January 20, 2021.
- ^ "김재경, '라이프 온 마스' 출연…츤데레 걸크러시 변신". TenAsia (in Korean). April 27, 2018.
- ^ "Kim Jae-kyung cast in 'Bad Papa'". Kpop Herald. June 18, 2018.
- ^ Kim Ji-won (January 16, 2019). "김재경, '초면에 사랑합니다' 캐스팅…영화 제작사 대표役". Ten Asia Hankyung (in Korean).
- ^ "Kim Young-kwang, Jin Ki-joo, Kim Jae-kyung, Moo Jin-sung Line Up for Office Romance". Hancinema. January 16, 2019.
- ^ Yoon Joon-pil (March 5, 2017). "레인보우 김재경, '복면가왕'에 떴습니다…발레리나 2R 진출". TenAsia (in Korean). Retrieved March 5, 2017.
- ^ Jung, Yu-jin (December 31, 2018). 소지섭 ‘데뷔 23년 만에 첫 대상’(mbc연기대상)[포토엔HD] [So Ji-sub Soo'First Debut in 23 Years' (mbc Drama Awards)[Photo and HD]]. Newsen (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 31, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2020 – via Naver.