1. Ock Joo-hyun is a South Korean singer and musical theatre actress, known mostly for her role as the lead singer of the South Korean girl group Fin.
25 Facts About Ock Joo-hyun
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Ock Joo-hyun's popularity rose and she was able to perform on various music shows for a lengthy period with her singles "Catch" and "Sweet Rainyday".
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Ock Joo-hyun began her comeback performances the following weekend on the major TV music shows.
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In 2014, Ock Joo-hyun partnered with musical composer and director Frank Wildhorn, with whom she worked together in the musical "Monte Cristo", to release an English language album titled "Gold" with popular musical numbers.
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Ock Joo-hyun has received an award for "Best Radio DJ" during the MBC awards of 2005.
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Ock Joo-hyun obtained the main role in the Korean version of Tim Rice's musical Aida, starting on August 27,2005.
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Ock Joo-hyun has done television work as a permanent member on various variety shows.
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Ock Joo-hyun was featured in the first season of MBC's reality program, "I am a Singer" with other veteran stars of Korean music.
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Ock Joo-hyun has continued to further her "yoga celebrity" career, even helping to open up a yoga studio.
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In March 2009, it was revealed that Ock Joo-hyun would be teaching classes in music at Dong Seoul College.
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Ock Joo-hyun appeared in Tony Hawk's pro skater 2 as a playable character.
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Ock Joo-hyun has received much success as one of the most popular leading ladies of Korean musical theater.
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Ock Joo-hyun debuted in the role of Aida as the lead role in 2005.
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Ock Joo-hyun appeared as the leading female role in the Korean adaptation of Das Musical: Elisabeth, opposite JYJ's Junsu in 2012.
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Ock Joo-hyun received a Best Actress Golden Ticket Award and Korean Musical Award for this role.
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Ock Joo-hyun followed these acclaimed adaptations of European musical theater into a new role as "Mrs Danvers" in the musical "Rebecca," inspired by Hitchcock's movie of the same name.
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In 2014, Ock Joo-hyun starred as Elphaba in the first Korean production of "Wicked the Musical" and reprises the role of Danvers in "Rebecca" due to its popularity in South Korea.
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In 2016, Ock Joo-hyun starred in her first original role with Mata Hari.
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Ock Joo-hyun had stated that she had been one of the main inspirations for the character and songs of Mata Hari, and had sung high praises of her performances in his other musicals such as The Count of Monte Cristo.
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Ock Joo-hyun later reprised her role in the 2017 and 2022 production which had since been revised.
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In 2018, Ock Joo-hyun was cast as Anna Karenina for the Korean premiere.
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Ock Joo-hyun appeared at the curtain call for opening night, and sang a trio with Valeria Lanskaya and Sergey Lee.
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Ock Joo-hyun is a playable character in the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2.
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Ock Joo-hyun graduated from Kyung Hee University with Sung Yu-ri and Gong Yoo in February 2005.
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Allegedly Ock Joo-hyun had revealed herself to be in a long-term relationship with Jeff Chang, son of Korean media mogul.