Jung Ryu Won

Jung Ryu Won (born January 21, 1981) is a South Korean singer turned actress. She is the ex-member of now disbanded girl group Chakra.

The second of three children, Ryeo Won was born in Korea but emigrated to Brisbane, Australia at the age of 12 with her family. She studied at MacGregor State High School and graduated there.

Ryeo Won was an international business major before she came to Korea, but it was the day she was cast on the street while visiting her mother’s country in the summer of 1999 that changed her life, and her career path.

She originally wanted to be a translator or a professor, but on a trip to Korea in 1999, was discovered by an agent who cast her into the K-pop group Chakra. She was one of the exotic female foursome Chakra, but she confessed she felt like she was wearing uncomfortable clothes all those years when she was in the group. After the girl group disbanded, she made a successful debut as a full-time TV actress in MBC’s “My Lovely Samsoon.” She said she had to go through 11 auditions in the last year, in which she was cast in none of the roles. She even doubted her decision to become an actress.

Other Information

• Name: 정려원 / Jung Ryu Won (Jeong Ryeo Won)
• Real name: 정여원 / Jung Yu Won (Jeong Yeo Won)
• Nicknames: “Hot Dog” and “DaRamJue” (squirrel)
• Profession: Actress and singer
• Birthdate: 1981-Jan-21
• Birthplace: South Korea
• Height: 168cm
• Weight: 45kg
• Star sign: Aquarius
• Blood type: B

Television

• Ja Myung Go (SBS, 2009) – A love story about Princess Nak-rang who fell in love with a spy from Goguryeo. She tore the drums of her country so that Goguryeo could attack her country, Nangnang-guk, without warning. However, Nak-rang’s love story with Hodong is further complicated due to the fact that Nak-rang’s older sister Ja Myung is in love with Hodong as well. Princess Ja Myung, fighting to save her nation, finally pierces her sword towards her beloved Prince Hodong…
• What Star Did You Come From (MBC, 2006)
• Autumn Shower (MBC, 2005)
• My Lovely Sam-Soon (MBC, 2005) – Kim Sam Soon (Kim Sun Ah) is a baker who has a talent in making pastries and cakes. On Christmas Eve, she caught her boyfriend, Min Hyun Woo (Lee Kyu Han), cheating on her and breaks up on the same night. On that same night, she accidentally went into the men’s restroom and met Hyun Jin Hun (Hyun Bin), a somewhat callous fellow but sometimes considerate guy. By sheer coincidence, Jin Hun needs a baker for his restaurant Bon Appetit and Sam Soon is unemployed. Sam Soon is hired as the restaurant’s chief baker and the two fights like cat and dog. Nevertheless, they started to have feeling for each other and Sam Soon agreed to post as Jin Hun’s girlfriend so his mother would leave him alone. Things got complicated when Jin Hun’s ex-girlfriend Yoo Hee Jin came back from the States intending to win him back.
• Hello Franceska (MBC, 2005)
• Papa Sea (MBC, 2004)
• Banjun Drama (SBS, 2004)
• Argon (MBC, 2003)
• Saxophone (KBS2, 2002)

Movies

• Castaway on the Moon (Wandering Mr Kim) (2009)
• Two Faces of My Girlfriend (2007)
• My Boyfriend is Type-B (2005)
• Emergency 19 (2002)

Awards

• 28th Blue Dragon Film Festival: Best New Female Performer Award for Two Faces of My Girlfriend (2007)
• 2006 MBC Drama Awards: PD Award
• 2005 MBC Drama Awards: Excellence Award for My Lovely Sam-Soon
• 2005 MBC Entertainment Awards: Excellence Award for My Lovely Sam-Soon

Links

• Watch Free Drama

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