Jung Ryu Won [정려원], Korean Actress and Singer

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

Biography

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

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Dramas

• Princess Ja Myung Go (SBS, 2009)
• What Star Did You Come From (MBC, 2006)
• Autumn Shower (MBC, 2005)
• My Lovely Sam Soon (MBC, 2005)
• Hello Franceska (MBC, 2005)
• Papa Sea (MBC, 2004)
• Banjun Drama (SBS, 2004)
• Argon (MBC, 2003)
• Saxophone (KBS2, 2002)

[edit] Films

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

[edit] TV Commercials / Advertisements

• Neutrogena
• Maypole (clothing) (with Yoon Eun Hye)
• Giordano (clothing) (with Bi and Jang Dong Gun)
• Minute Maid (with Daniel Henney)
• Biotherm
• Soolsool (Korean Wine)
• Hankook Tire
• Sansachun
• Actyon

[edit] Music Video

• One by Epik High ft. Ji Sun from Loveholic

[edit] 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