Jeong Ryeo-Won was born January 22, 1982 with the birth name Jung Yeo Won. She is a South Korean singer who turned into an actress. She was a member of a former girl band named Chakra.
Religion: Christian
Nicknames: "Hot Dog", "DaRamJue" (squirrel)
Childhood dream: College professor, pharmacist, judge
Hobbies: Music, watching movies, sketching, drawing character
Things she does well: Piano, gymnastics
Personality: Casual, happy, peppy
Habit: Fond of shaking her leg
Early life
Jeong Ryeo Won is the second child of the three children. Jeong was born in Korean but she immigrated with her family to Brisbane, Australia when she was 12 years old. She was an ordinary girl next door who wanted to be either a translator or a professor.
"In the first few years in Australia, I couldn't get along with Australian students," Jung admits. "Since there were few Asians in the neighborhood, the Australian students were very curious about me, but they also bothered me. When I was in sixth grade, I was standing at a pedestrian crossing one day and a car stopped. The driver rolled down the window and spat at me, shouting, 'Go home!' “
"At first, I didn't even understand what he said. I had never been abused for being yellow before." Since then, she studied English hard. "I thought, 'Hang in there and you'll soon be able to hold your own in English,' and I made progress quickly. One year later, I gave a speech as a representative of Asian graduates and talked about my experience of discrimination. I got a big round of applause."
Jeong was an international business major before she came to Korea. While visiting her mother’s country in the summer of 1999, she was discovered on the street and this changed her life, and her career path.
Grade School: JoongPyun Elementary
High School: McGrager State High
University: Griffin University --> GoRyu University
Career
On a trip to Korea in 1999, she was discovered by an agent who invited her to the K-pop group named 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 split up of the girl group, 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 previous year, in which she was a cast in none of the roles. She even doubted her decision of becoming an actress. Looks like she did the right decision to pursue it!
TV Series
- Cain and Abel (SBS, 2008)
- What Star Did You Come From (MBC, 2006)
- Autumn Shower (MBC, 2005)
- My Lovely Sam-Soon (MBC, 2005)
- Hello Franceska (MBC, 2005)
- Saxophone (KBS, 2002)
Movies
- Hello Ani (2007)
- My Boyfriend is Type-B (2005)
- Emergency 19 (2002)
Commercial Advertisements
- Maypole (clothing)
- Giordano (clothing)
- Minute Maid (with Jung Ryu Won)