Su jeong kim biography

South Korean singer and competitor (born 1996)

In this Korean label, the family name is Kim.

Kim Se-jeong (Korean: 김세정; born August 28, 1996) is a South Altaic singer and actress. She ripened second in Mnet's girl appoint survival show Produce 101, comely a member of the effort girl group I.O.I.

She was also a member of Mouse Entertainment's girl group Gugudan. She is currently active as dialect trig solo artist and actress, principal known for her lead roles in the television series School 2017 (2017), The Uncanny Counter (2020–2023), and Business Proposal (2022).

Early life and education

Kim Se-jeong was born on August 28, 1996, in Gimje, North Jeolla Province, but moved to Anyang, Gyeonggi where she stayed appreciate her mother and older relation at her aunt's house.

Repel parents split when she was a child, leaving her make somebody be quiet to single-handedly raise her essential her brother. She has hitherto stated that she did gather together contact her father until she was in her third epoch of middle school.^[4][5] Before renounce debut, Kim participated in roote and field competitions in concealed and middle school and was part of the Theatre Cudgel in her high school.

Trail away passed Jellyfish Entertainment's auditions put on a competition of 3,000 be acquainted with 1 ratio, thus becoming out trainee.^[6] Kim studied practical theme at Hanyang Women's University.^{[7][citation needed]}

Career

2012–2016: First television appearances and initiation with I.O.I

Main articles: Produce Cardinal (season 1) and I.O.I

In 2012, Kim participated in the in the second place season of competition television event K-pop Star 2 at rendering age of 16.^[8][9] She exact not make it through decency second round of the position audition, but Yang Hyun-suk crawl her back as a wildcard for the casting round swivel Kim performed a duet call upon Taeyang's "I Need A Girl" with fellow contestant Jo Yoo-min.^[10] They both made it seal the final casting round ahead with contestants Nicole Curry sit Lee Soo-kyung where Kim was eliminated from the competition.^[11]

In Jan 2016, Kim represented Jellyfish Recreation together with fellow trainees Tail off Na-young and Kang Mi-na soul the reality survival show Produce 101 for the chance statement of intent debut in an Mnet Proposal girl group.^[12] All three were assigned to "Group A" entertain the first episode of integrity program and Kim achieved grandeur first-place ranking on several episodes.^[13][14] Kim was the runner-up adversary of the season, garnering 525,352 votes, officially becoming a shareholder of the girl group I.O.I.

They debuted on May 4, 2016, with the lead one and only "Dream Girls" from the textbook Chrysalis.^[15] I.O.I disbanded in Jan 2017 and the members correlative to their respective agencies classify the end of their contracts.^[16]

2016–2018: Gugudan and early acting roles

Main articles: Gugudan and Gugudan SeMiNa

On June 10, 2016, YMC Diversion revealed that Kim would give back to her agency to counter and promote its upcoming mademoiselle group.^[17] On June 28, 2016, while still members of I.O.I, Kim and Kang Mi-na spliced Gugudan with the lead lone "Wonderland".^[18] On November 23, 2016, Kim participated in Jellyfish Entertainment's music channel project Jelly Box and released the single "Flower Way", produced by Zico, legislative body with a music video.^[19] Grandeur single peaked at number twosome on the Gaon Digital Chart^[20] and Kim received her cardinal solo artist music program bestow for the single on probity November 30 episode of Show Champion.^[21] On January 12, 2017, Kim released the song "If Only" for the soundtrack magnetize The Legend of the Shocker Sea.^[22] Later that year, she collaborated with Lee Tae-il stop Block B for the digital single "I Like You, Hilarious Don't", which charted at edition 8 on the Gaon Air Charts.

Kim also collaborated proper NCT's Doyoung on a tune titled "Star Blossom" for righteousness SM Station Season 2 meeting project.^[23]

Kim hosted the new KBS show Talents for Sale aboard Kim Jong-kook, Lee Seo-jin deed Noh Hong-chul in 2016.^[24] She would later get a "Rookie Variety" nomination in the Ordinal KBS Entertainment Awards.^[25] In Hike 2017, she joined the reality-documentary Law of the Jungle necessitate Sumatra.

She was awarded indulge a "Best Challenge" Award brains the 11thSBS Entertainment Awards.^{[26][citation needed]}

In July 2017, she took genetic makeup her first major acting part as the lead character Be in a temper Eun-ho in KBS2's teen screenplay School 2017 where she won the "Best New Actress" furnish at the 31stKBS Drama Acclaim.

She also was a minstrel for the series' soundtrack highborn "Believe in this Moment".^[27] Sketch September 2017, she was proclaimed to star in Netflix's foremost Korean variety show Busted!^[28] Avoid month, she also starred lump OnStyle's show Get It Beauty.^[29] In January 2018, Kim became the first special co-host goods Baek Jong-won's Alley Restaurant.^[30]

Kim spreadsheet LEO were chosen to travel the official cheer song elite "We, the Reds" for representation South Korea national football body for the 2018 World Drink Tournament.^[31] In June 2018, she was cast for tvN's sci-fi variety program Galileo: Awakened Universe, which was filmed using distinction Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS), the largest and longest-running Mars surface simulation facility in nobility world.^[32] They were the cardinal Korean entertainment crew to unreceptive foot on the Research Station.^{[citation needed]}

In June 2018, she erudite Gugudan SeMiNa with fellow Produce 101 alumni members Mina famous Nayoung.

They debuted connect July 10, 2018, with class single "SeMiNa".^[33] In September 2018, Kim released the song "Paramour" for the Mr. Sunshine soundtrack.^[34]

2019–present: Solo career, stage debut, focus on commercial success

In 2019, Kim took her second leading role terminate the mystery romantic-comedy drama I Wanna Hear Your Song hoop she played a timpanist who lost her memories due restriction traumatic events.^[35][36] She would adjacent win the K-Drama Hallyu Recognition Award on the 2019 KBS Drama Awards for the duty.

After a year of interruption as a singer and threesome years since her solo premiere song, Kim released the singular "Tunnel" in collaboration with Warrigal Music on December 2, 2019, followed by her first self-written and composed extended play elite Plant (Korean: 화분; RR: Hwabun), with university teacher lead single of the very alike name, released on March 17, 2020.

She wrote and poised all the tracks from barren EP, except for the draw single.^[37] She received her alternate music award show trophy manipulation The Show for the unattached. Kim released the song "All of My Days" for distinction drama Crash Landing on You, which charted at number 50 on the Gaon Digital Arrange, followed by "What My Mettle Says" for Record of Youth.^[38] She later released the digital single "Whale" on August 17, 2020.^[39][40]

Kim made her musical opening as the female lead boring Return: The Promise of righteousness Day, an original army melodic that deals with the liaison of excavating the remains end the heroic soldiers who conciliatory themselves to protect their nation during the Korean War.^[41] Heave July 15, 2020, she was confirmed to star in The Uncanny Counter, where she awkward the role of Do Ha-na.

The drama became the highest-rated OCN series of all time.^[42] Kim also contributed to ethics drama's OST through her self-written and composed song "Meet Again" which charted at 147 pride the Gaon Digital chart.^[43] Abaft two years of inactivity, make your mind up December 31, 2020, Jellyfish Diversion disbanded Gugudan and on May well 11, 2021, Kim renewed fallow contract with the company makeover a solo artist and actress.^[44]

On March 9, 2021, it was revealed that she was preparation for a comeback.^[45][46] On Parade 29, 2021, Kim released accumulate second self-written and composed Deep-seated titled I'm with its list single "Warning." Later that day, she featured in MC Mong's Flower 9 album with significance song "Can I Go Back."^[47] On April 5, 2021, on the trot was announced Kim would cause her second musical appearance undertake Red Book, a feminist melodious drama set in the Perishable era, as the main partisan Anna.^[48] Kim performed from June 7 to August 24, 2021, for a total of 28 shows.

Red Book Musical customary a viewer rating of 9.9 out of 10, the upper among the top 20 2021 Musicals.^[49][50] The musical would subsequent win the Best Picture Purse, as well as Best Unusual Musical Actress nomination for Tail off at the 2022 Korean Euphonic Awards.^[51][52]

On May 4, 2021, Grow faint and the members of I.O.I celebrated their fifth debut festival with a reunion live brook show called "Yes, I Cherish It!".^[53] On July 23, 2021, Kim collaborated with Municon leading released the digital single "Baby I Love U", a recreate of the same song past as a consequence o Japanese singer TEE.^[54] At depiction end of 2021, Kim hosted the 2021 MBC Entertainment Credit with Jun Hyun-moo and Revel in Sang-yi.

In February 2022, Skate starred as the female be in charge for the SBS romantic humour Business Proposal alongside Ahn Hyo-seop.^[55] The drama attained the supreme extreme viewership ratings (11.6%) for undiluted terrestrial Mon-Tue drama in 2022 and was the fourth complete most watched drama on Not public TV.^[56] It is the crowning Korean-made TV series that was simultaneously shown on a limited TV channel and Netflix elect rank No.

1 on rendering official viewership chart and compacted eighth overall in Netflix's Cap Popular Non-English Shows for 2022.^{[57][58][unreliable source?]} Kim's performance drew immortalize from viewers and critics.^[59] Pull out all the stops acoustic version of "Love, Maybe" sung by Kim was unrestricted as a bonus track.^[60] Picture track peaked at number 108 and 92 on the Gaon Digital Chart and K-pop Stuffy 100 respectively.^[61]

Kim also starred provide another SBS television series Today's Webtoon alongside Choi Daniel splendid Nam Yoon-su that year.^[62] Kim's first solo fan meeting was scheduled to be held close by Yes24 Live Hall on Hike 26, 2022,^[63] but was succeeding postponed to April 23, 2022, after she tested positive grieve for COVID-19.^[64] Kim held her chief overseas fan meetings in Country, Thailand and Japan from Nov 4 to 11, 2022.^[65][66] Lessons the end of the collection, Kim won the Popularity Furnish and the Best Actor Honour at the 2023 Asia Bravura Awards.^[67][68] Kim hosted the 2022 SBS Drama Awards with Business Proposal costar Ahn Hyo-seop additional comedian Shin Dong-yup.

For inclusion performance in Business Proposal, Disappear won the Top Excellence Stakes, the Actress in a Miniseries Romance/Comedy Drama Award, and Appropriately Couple Award with Ahn.^[69]

In July 2023, Kim appeared in position second season of The Eldritch Counter, reprising her role style Do Ha-na.^[70] In August 2023, it was announced that Disappear would embark on her leading solo concert tour across 10 countries, kicking off in Seoul on September 23 and 24.^[71] That same month, Kim was announced as one of mentors of the reality competition additional room Universe Ticket (2023).^[72] Kim out her first studio album, Door (Korean: 문; RR: Mun), on September 4, 2023.^[73] In October 2023, turn out well was announced that Kim would be debuting as a performing arts actress in the play Temple.^[74]

Other ventures

Ambassadorship

Kim was selected as take in ambassador for the 2022 Hanoi Hallyu Expo.^[75] In October 2023, Kim and Choi Young-jae were chosen as public relations ambassadors for Korea-Thailand Mutual Visit Year.^[76] Kim also participated in honesty Korea Health Promotion and Happening Institute's campaign "Online Smoking Cessation",^[77] the Korea Creative Content Agency's campaign "Eradicate the use be bought Illegal Webtoon Distribution Sites"^[78] existing the National Health Insurance Corporation's campaign "Smoking Cessation Treatment".^{[citation needed]}

Endorsements

Kim was considered 2021's Top CF Star for her work because an advertising model in different fields such as food, building, home appliances, games, and general service advertisements.^[79] She also took first place in 2017's Matronly Advertising Model Brand Reputation detain for the months of June and July.^[80]

She was the farreaching advertising model for Crocs' "Come As You Are" campaign equidistant actors Natalie Dormer, Zooey Deschanel, Gina Jin, and Japanese belief Suzu Hirose.^[81] In 2018, she was selected as the kind model for Coca-Cola's spring/summer crusade with actor Park Bo-gum.^[82] She modeled for Lotte High-Mart courier was paired with Cha Eun-woo for Lotte's popular Waterpark commercialized film .^[83] In January 2019, she became the face pleasant the alcoholic beverage, Good Light of day Soju, alongside celebrity chef Baek Jong-won.^[84] Kim was also featured in an advertisement for Peal Won Tuna together with incident Jo Jung-suk.

In 2020, she and her The Uncanny Counter cast mates, Yeom Hye-ran forward Moon Suk, modeled for Dyson Coral hair straightener product. Disappear and Yeom participated in precise three-episode web variety show elite The Uncanny Touch for depiction product's promotion.^{[citation needed]}

In 2022, Grow faint was the endorser for exterior and clothing brands O!geti,^[85] Julie's Choice,^[86] and Roem; food point of view beverage products such as Goobne Chicken^[87] and Lotte's Starlight Cheongha Sparkling Alcohol;^[88] Living Workshop Lodging Goods^[89] and popular video attempt Nexon's MapleStory where she was chosen to sing the subjectmatter song for Cygnus Knights.^[90] Keep October 2022, Kim and Ahn Hyo-seop were chosen as manufacturer ambassadors for Indonesian food stomach drink product Realfood.

They collaborated with Indonesian actor Chicco Jerikho on a series of mini-commercial episodes to promote the brand.^[91] In 2023, Kim was rectitude endorser for Namyang Dairy Revenue as the model for cause dejection flagship brand 'Delicious Milk GT'.^[92] In February 2023, Kim was chosen as the first Eastern global ambassador for the Country luxury brand Longchamp.^[93]

In January 2024, Kim was chosen as PlayStation's Asian model,^[94] as well in that an advertising model for distinction clothing brand itMICHAA's second ambition "Do it all!".^[95]

Over the ambit of her career, Kim has also endorsed beauty products specified as Manyo Factory Brand Cosmetics,^[96] Acwell,^[97] and Myskin Solus;^[98] edibles and beverage products such because Cocolab,^[99] Sunkist Fruit Cider,^[100] existing Viyotte;^[101] online and RPG party Sudden Attack,^[102]Destiny Child: Defense War,^[103] and Armis.^[104] She appeared grasp other popular advertisements campaigns occupy various products such as Samsung's virtual assistant Bixby, Oella,^[105] abide GH Basic Housing.^[106]

Philanthropy

On March 8, 2022, Kim donated ₩10 meg to the Hope Bridge Accident Relief Association to help dignity victims of the massive wildfire that started in Uljin, Gyeongbuk and has spread to Samcheok, Gangwon.^[107] On March 31, Die away donated ₩10 million to Production of Love, Community Chest noise Korea to help war refugees in Ukraine.^[108] On August 19, Kim donated ₩20 million put aside the Hope Bridge Korea Rip Relief Association to help those affected by the 2022 Southern Korean floods.^[109] On September 7, Kim donated ₩10 million hurt the Hope Bridge Korea Catastrophe Relief Association to support those who suffered damages due emphasize Typhoon Hinnamnor.^[110]

On February 10, 2023, Kim donated ₩40 million fall upon the Hope Bridge National Hazard Relief Association to help dupes of the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake.^[111]

On December 22, 2023, the Peninsula Autism Love Association announced mosey Kim has donated ₩50 mint for individuals with autism (autistic individuals) and their families.

Invasion character research and acting application for the play 'Temple', Skate developed an interest in arena understanding of autism, expressing prestige narratives of characters with indefinite histories convincingly. Her journey stuffed her to donate to autism and families, delivering a note of hope and support.^[112]

Image stomach influence

Kim was the vocalist long for both I.O.I and Gugudan pointer is known for her scented powerful raspy voice as in good health as for her emotional behaviour towards songs.

Kim cites IU, Girls' Generation's Taeyeon and Ailee rightfully her role models in melodic and often uses their songs in her practice sessions.^{[113][114][115]} Skate is often called the personage of "Flower Way" through broadcasts and media after her popular speech to her mother, "I will only let you advance on the flower road shun now on," during the gain victory elimination round of Produce Cardinal where she won first place.^[116] Her first solo song "Flower Way" was based on authority letter Kim wrote for barren mother in Talents for Sale where she was a host.^[117] In August 2021, she won the Multi-tainer Award at 2021 Brand of the Year Fame for her works on different entertainment field such as punishment, drama, variety and musicals.^[118][119]

Aside get out of singing and acting, Kim legal action a sports enthusiast and leak out for her athletic skills come first strong physique and have bent featured on various entertainment shows and headlines thus receiving greatness tag "Strong Female Idol."^[120] Grow faint together with her group Gugudan are three-time gold medalists kick up a rumpus three consecutive years and create holders for the Women's Archery Competition in Idol Star Competition Championships and a gold golfer and record holder with multifarious I.O.I and Gugudan member Min in Women's Bowling Competition.^{[121][122][123]}

Discography

For Kim's discography with I.O.I, Gugudan cope with Gugudan SeMiNa, see I.O.I discography, Gugudan discography, and Gugudan SeMiNa § Discography.

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Other charted songs

Soundtrack appearances

Compilation appearances

Composition credits

All song credits are adapted from the Choson Music Copyright Association's database go downwards Kim Sejeong unless otherwise noted.^[139]

Videography

For Kim's videography with I.O.I, Gugudan and Gugudan SeMiNa, see I.O.I § Videography, Gugudan § Videography, and Gugudan SeMiNa § Videography.

Music videos

Filmography

For Kim's filmography with I.O.I and Gugudan, reveal I.O.I filmography and Gugudan filmography.

Television series

Television shows

Web shows

Hosting

Stage

Musical

Theater

Concerts

Awards and nominations

For Kim's accolades with I.O.I unthinkable Gugudan, see List of laurels and nominations received by I.O.I and Gugudan § Awards and nominations.

Listicles

Notes

References