1. Hwang Jung-eum, is a South Korean actress and singer.
21 Facts About Hwang Jung-eum
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Hwang Jung-eum first gained recognition for her role in the sitcom High Kick Through the Roof.
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Hwang Jung-eum debuted with K-pop girl group Sugar in 2002 as a lead vocalist, but left the group in 2004 to pursue a solo career.
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Hwang Jung-eum officially made her acting debut in the television drama The Person I Love in 2007.
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Later that year, Hwang Jung-eum rose to mainstream stardom when she appeared in the daily sitcom High Kick Through the Roof.
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Hwang Jung-eum was ranked 18th on Forbes Korea's Top 40 Celebrities in 2011, and was among the Top 7 Female Commercial Stars in Korea, as compiled by Ilgan Sports.
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In February, 2010, Hwang Jung-eum hosted MBC's Star Dance Battle alongside Kim Shin-young, Oh Sang-jin, and Shin Bong-sun.
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Hwang Jung-eum then began to commit to acting in television series.
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In 2013, Hwang Jung-eum was cast in crime comedy Incarnation of Money.
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The drama resulted in Hwang Jung-eum winning multiple awards at the 2013 KBS Drama Awards.
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In 2015, Hwang Jung-eum reunited with some of her former costars, namely Ji Sung from Secret Love, for the romantic comedy series Kill Me, Heal Me; then with Park Seo-joon from Kill Me, Heal Me and Go Joon-hee from Listen to My Heart for another romantic comedy, She Was Pretty.
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Ize magazine named her as one of the 10 Persons of the Year and Hwang Jung-eum was selected as Gallup Korea's Television Actor of the Year in 2015.
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Hwang Jung-eum was cast in her first big screen leading role in the 2015 romantic comedy film My Sister, the Pig Lady, which was screened at the 39th Montreal World Film Festival as part of their World Greats selection.
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Less than a month after her marriage, Hwang Jung-eum was cast in the 2016 romantic comedy series, Lucky Romance.
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Hwang Jung-eum then reunited with Namkoong Min in the 2018 romantic comedy The Undateables, with whom she had starred alongside seven years ago in Listen to My Heart.
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In 2022, Hwang Jung-eum accepted an offer to star in well-known screenwriter Kim Soon-ok's upcoming 2023 SBS crime mystery drama The Escape of the Seven.
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Hwang Jung-eum later confirmed this in an interview with KBS2's Entertainment Relay.
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On January 7,2016, Hwang Jung-eum announced her upcoming marriage to Lee Young-don, with the wedding ceremony to be held in February.
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In February, 2017, Hwang Jung-eum was confirmed to be four months pregnant with her first child and gave birth to a son on August 15,2017.
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On October 12,2021, Hwang Jung-eum's agency announced that she was pregnant with her second child and expected to give birth the following year.
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On February 22,2024, it was confirmed that Hwang Jung-eum had filed for divorce from her husband for a second time.