Jihae | |
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Born | Jihae Kim February 7, 1989 Seoul, South Korea |
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Years active | 2007–present |
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Hangul | 김지혜 |
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Revised Romanization | Gim Ji-hye |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Chihye |
Jihae Kim (born February 7,1989), [1] better known by the mononym Jihae,is a South Korean singer and actress. [2] [3] She debuted as a singer in 2007 and has since released four full-length albums. As an actress,she has appeared in the miniseries Mars (2016),the film Mortal Engines (2018) the Netflix series Altered Carbon , [4] [2] and the HBO series Succession . [5]
Jihae was born in Seoul,South Korea. [3] As the daughter of a diplomat,she grew up in Nigeria and Sweden. She attended Emory University,where she graduated with a degree in political science. [6]
Jihae began her career as a model,appearing in ads for the women's clothing brand Eileen Fisher. [6]
In 2007,she released her first album,My Heart Is an Elephant. A video for the album featured filmmaker Michel Gondry playing percussion using kitchenware and musician Lenny Kravitz playing the guitar and bass. [7] Jihae released her second album,Elvis is Still Alive,in 2008. [8]
In 2009,Jihae launched her own music label and multimedia company,Septem.[ citation needed ]
In 2010,Jihae co-created a rock opera,Fire Burning Rain,with Academy Award-winning playwright/director John Patrick Shanley,based on her concept album of the same name. [9] She released her fourth album,Illusion of You,in 2015. She co-produced the album with Dave Stewart of Eurythmics,as well as Stuart Matthewman and Jean-Luc Sinclair. [10] The album includes a song cowritten by Leonard Cohen. [11]
Jihae had her first major acting role in 2015,when she played twin sisters Joon and Hana Seung in the National Geographic miniseries Mars. [4] In 2018,she played Anna Fang in the film Mortal Engines. [2]
In 2012,Jihae and Dave Stewart recorded the song,"Man to Man,Woman to Woman," which was chosen by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the theme song for the 2012 Hours Against Hate campaign to combat bigotry. Jihae and Stewart performed the song at a concert in London on July 24. [12]
Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
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2009 | 2B | Singer (as Jihae Kim) | [18] |
2018 | Mortal Engines | Anna Fang | [19] |
Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
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2016–2018 | Mars | Joon Seung &Hana Seung | [20] |
2020 | Altered Carbon | Takeshi Kovacs | [21] |
2021 | Succession | Berry Schneider | [5] |
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