Park Ji-yeon | |
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Born | Seoul, South Korea | June 7, 1993
Education | Lila Art High School |
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Agent | AnB Group |
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Genres | K-pop |
Instrument | Vocals |
Years active | 2007–present |
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Website | Jiyeon's Partners Park Official Page |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 박지연 |
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Revised Romanization | Bak Ji-yeon |
McCune–Reischauer | Pak Chiyŏn |
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Park Ji-yeon (born June 7, 1993), referred to as Jiyeon, is a South Korean singer and actress. [3] She debuted as a member of girl group T-ara in July 2009. Apart from her group's activities, she has also starred in various television dramas such as Soul (2009), Master of Study (2010), Dream High 2 (2012), Triangle (2014), she also starred in various films such as Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp (2012), Encounter (2015). She debuted as a solo artist with her first EP, Never Ever , on May 20, 2014, making her the first T-ara member to debut as a solo artist.
Park was born in Seoul, South Korea, on June 7, 1993, [4] from a Korean family. [5] [6] She briefly attended Hyehwa Girls' High School and graduated from Lila Art High School in 2012. [7] She didn't attend university to focus on her career.
She and Hahm Eun-jung are the only two members of T-ara to be trained in acting. Instead, the two switched over to singing despite their original intentions. [8] [9]
Park has expressed an interest in modeling. In 2007, when she was 15 years old, she was featured in several pictorials and advertisements for clothing company Smart with Korean boy band SHINee. [10] She collaborated with Davichi and SeeYa on the digital single "Women's Generation", which was released in May 2009, making her the first member of T-ara to appear in public. She appeared in SG Wannabe's music videos "I Love You" and "Crybaby" from their 2009 album, Gift from SG Wannabe . Early on, the Korean media dubbed her as "Little Kim Tae-hee" due to her close resemblance to Kim. [11] Park auditioned at the Mnet Casting System and joined the company in 2008. She subsequently debuted with T-ara on July 29, 2009.
In 2007, Park starred in Lobbyist. In 2008 Park starred in Ae-ja and Min-ja, in 2009 Park starred in Soul. The same year, Park starred in High Kick! 2, In 2010, Park starred in Master of Study , a Korean screen adaptation of Japanese manga Dragon Zakura . [12] That same year, she played the leading role in horror film Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp [13] and starred in the youth drama Jungle Fish 2 . [14] On December 29, 2009, the actress was rushed to the emergency room in Seoul due to schedule overload. [15]
In October 2010, Park became the host for MBC's Show! Music Core , alongside Bae Suzy, Choi Min-ho and Onew. [16] She also became a cast member of SBS's variety show Heroes . [17] In 2011, Park was cast in the Korean dub of the animated film, Gnomeo and Juliet . [18] In 2012, she was cast in the teen drama Dream High 2 , starring Kang So-ra, Got7's JB and Jin-young, 2AM's Jinwoon, Sistar's Hyolyn, and Park Seo-joon. [19] [20]
Park made her solo debut in May 2014, [21] [22] releasing the title track "Never Ever" (also known as "1 Minute 1 Second"). [23] [24] The music video ranked number one on China's biggest music video site YinYueTai for two weeks straight. [25] In June, Park was cast in MBC's television series Triangle , starring as the potential wife for Im Si-wan's character. [26] The same month, she began hosting SBS MTV's The Show alongside Lee Hye-ri. [27]
In May 2015, Park was cast in the Korean-Chinese film Encounter alongside actor Lee Dong-gun. [28] [29] In July 2015, she collaborated with 2BiC's Jun-hyung on the song "Summer Love". [30] In 2016, Park was cast in the web drama My Runway alongside Kang Dong-ho. [31] The drama was released on Netflix in December 2016. [32] In February 2017, it was announced that Park would be making her solo comeback after three years with a new album. [33] However, album preparations were later cancelled due to T-ara's controversy resurfacing. [34] [35]
In early 2018, Park and her fellow T-ara members departed from MBK Entertainment following the expiration of their contracts. She later signed with Chinese agency Longzhen Culture Development in May 2018. Park and Vietnamese singer Soobin Hoàng Sơn have released music videos for the Korean version and Vietnamese version of their collaboration track, "Between Us". [36] Jiyeon signed with Partners Park in November 2018 for her domestic activities. [37] On November 26, it was revealed that Park would release a digital single in mid December, as a thank you gift for fans. On December 22, 2018, Park released music videos for the Korean and Chinese version of her winter ballad track "One Day". [38] On April 2, 2019, Park was cast in the KBS2's mystery, romantic comedy drama I Wanna Hear Your Song alongside Yeon Woo-jin, Kim Se-jeong and Song Jae-rim. [39] On December 26, 2019, Park released her second EP Senpass, a portmanteau of "Sense" and "Compass". The EP consists of five-track including the title track "Take A Hike". [40]
On October 7, 2020, it was announced that actress Park will star in a new web drama called “ Next Door Witch J”. She'll take the role of Seo Je Yi as a beauty creator. [41] In that same month of 2020, the news had been revealed that the actress will star another TV series called Imitation alongside Jung Ji-so, Lee Jun-young, Jeong Yun-ho which will air on KBS2 in the first half of 2021. [42] On July 12, 2021, Park left Partners Park after her contract expired. [43] On February 18, 2022, Park signed an exclusive contract with AnB Group. [44] On July 13, 2022, it was announced that Jiyeon will hold her first solo fan meeting, RE:BLoom at 7 pm on the 30th at Yundang Art Hall. [45] On July 15, it was announced that Jiyeon would be releasing the 2022 version of the song "Rolling", which she sang 12 years ago for the OST of God of Study. [46]
Park became one of the first girl group members to achieve both nationwide and international success for her acting projects, namely God of Study (2010), Death Bell 2 (2010), Dream High 2 , (2012) and Triangle (2014) most of which were licensed and exported overseas. In 2011, Chosun named her as "The best acting-idol" along with co-star Lee Joon following her first dubbing role in Gnomeo and Juliet. [47] In 2010, Sports Seoul ranked Jiyeon as the second best female idol-actress from expert perspective. [48]
Jiyeon frequently topped the most visited and popular Cyworld pages (old popular social platform at the time) since her debut with hundreds of thousands of weekly views. [49] In 2017, Forbes China placed her at twenty-five at its "Global Idol Chinese Popularity" list. [50] In a poll conducted by King Choice in 2020, Park was voted fifth in their list of popular female K-pop celebrities. [51]
Shortly after her debut as a singer/actress, Jiyeon was revealed to be a child model who has been active in the industry long before her debut. Jiyeon has modeled for various brands and shopping malls prior to her debut including SMART uniform advertisement for which she won the "Model of the Year" (Daesang) award in 2008, the commercial featured other k-idols including F(x)'s Victoria, Shinee's Taemin. Park also won the silver award at the APM Model Contest in 2007. [52]
In 2009, Jiyeon was chosen as cover model for the "Love Song" compiliation album, a popular 2000s original soundtrack album which sold over 2,000,000 copies in South Korea alone. Jiyeon was chosen as model again the following year. [53] [54] In 2010, Jiyeon was selected as a public relations ambassador of the National Pension Service by The Ministry of Health and Welfare. According to the national tax service the Ministry of Health and Welfare and affiliated organization, Jiyeon was paid a total of ₩55 million to advertise the service ranking, the highest among female celebrities. [55] In August 2016, Jiyeon worked as an advertising model with a cosmetic brand for about ₩360 million (₩30 million per month), the product was a personalized mask pack. [56] In 2024, Park, along with senior singer Uhm Jung-Hwa, have been selected as muses for “COMEONSTYLE”, reportedly the largest shopping festival held by CJ ONSTYLE. The festival will be hosted by both singers in a form of an online show from the 5th to the 14th of April of the same year. [57]
On February 10, 2022, Park announced in a handwritten letter via personal SNS that she and baseball player Hwang Jae-gyun will get married in the winter of the same year. [58] They married in a private ceremony on December 10 at Shilla Hotel. [59] The ceremony was attended by the couple's closest family and friends, IU and Lee Hong-ki sang the congratulatory song. [60] [61] According to Chosun, the couple's apartment located in Lotte World Tower, South Korea's tallest tower and 6th in the world, is worth ₩37B (approximately $28M), the most expensive reported celebrity house of all time in the country. A house-tour episode of the apartment aired on May 29 on tvN's Doctor Freehan. [62]
Award | Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result | Ref. |
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APM Model Contest | 2007 | Silver Award | Herself | Won | |
Baeksang Arts Awards | 2010 | Popularity Award - Movie | Death Bell 2:Bloody Camp | Nominated | [63] |
2011 | Popularity Award - TV | Master of Study | Nominated | [64] | |
2012 | Popularity Award - TV | Dream High 2 | Nominated | [65] | |
Baidu Entertainment Awards | 2015 | Popular Artist Award | Herself | Nominated | |
Bugs Music Awards | 2010 | Variety Star Award | Heroes | Nominated | |
Cable TV Broadcast Awards | 2015 | Cable TV Star Award | The Show | Won | [66] |
China Powerstar Awards | 2017 | Most Influential Female Foreign Artist | Herself | Nominated | [67] |
2018 | Nominated | [68] | |||
2019 | Nominated | [69] | |||
Drama Beans Awards | 2010 | Best Use of an Idol Star | Master of Study | Nominated | [70] |
Gaon Chart Music Awards | 2014 | Social Star Award | Never Ever | Nominated | |
KBS Drama Awards | 2010 | Best New Actress | Master of Study | Nominated | [71] |
Best Couple Award with Yoo Seung-ho | Nominated | ||||
Melon Music Awards | 2009 | Song of the Year (Daesang) | "Women's Generation" | Nominated | [72] |
Mnet 20's Choice Award | 2010 | Most Influential Artist | Herself | Nominated | [73] |
Mnet Media Awards | Most Cute and Gorgeous Lady | Heroes | Nominated | ||
National Pension Service | Talent Ambassador | Herself | Won | [74] | |
Seoul Music Awards | 2014 | Bonsang Award | Never Ever | Nominated | [75] |
Popularity Award | Nominated | ||||
Hallyu Special Award | Nominated | ||||
Seoul International Drama Awards | 2012 | Best Popular OST | Superstar | Nominated | [76] |
Seoul International Youth Film Festival | 2014 | Best Young Actress | Triangle | Nominated | |
Smart Model Contest | 2008 | Model of the Year ㅡ Daesang | Herself | Won | [77] |
Yahoo Asia Buzz Awards | 2010 | Most Popular Asian İdol | Herself | Nominated | |
2015 | Nominated | [78] | |||
YinYueTai V-Chart Awards | Best Female Singer - Korea | Never Ever | Won | [79] | |
Favorite Artist of the Year | Nominated |
Publisher | Year | List | Rank | Ref. |
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Sports Seoul | 2010 | Idol-Actor Ranking from expert perspective | 8th | [80] |
The Chosun Ilbo | 2012 | Best Acting-Idols according to experts | 7th | [48] |
Forbes China | 2017 | Global Idol Chinese Popularity Ranking | 25th | [50] |
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