Jung Eun-ji

Singer

Birthday August 18, 1993

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Haeundae, Busan, South Korea

Age 30 years old

Nationality South Korea

Height 5′ 4″

#25248 Most Popular

1949

The role won her several awards, including the 49th Baeksang Arts Award for Best New TV Actress.

Jung performed in a Korean staging of the Hollywood film-turned-musical Legally Blonde, playing the lead role of Elle Woods.

1993

Jung Eun-ji (born Jeong Hye-rim, on August 18, 1993), better known mononymously as Eunji, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, actress, radio DJ, musical actress, and voice actress.

She is best known as a member of the South Korean girl group Apink.

Jung Eun-ji was born as Jeong Hye-rim in Haeundae, Busan on August 18, 1993.

Her name was legally changed to Jung Eun-ji when she was in middle school.

She has a younger brother named Jung Min-ki.

She attended Hapdo Kindergarten, Shinjae Elementary School, Jaesong Girls' Middle School and Hyehwa Girls' High School.

1997

Jung made her acting debut in the coming-of-age drama Reply 1997 in 2012.

Jung made her acting debut in Reply 1997, a 1990s nostalgic dramedy which became one of the highest-rated Korean series on cable television.

She played the female protagonist, a hardcore H.O.T. fan who becomes a TV drama writer.

Jung was complimented by critics and audiences for her comedic and emotional acting, which was impressive for a newcomer, as well as for her authentic Busan dialect.

2004

In 2004, Jung won the first place prize in the program Exciting Day Enjoyable Day (신나는 날 즐거운 날) hosted by the KBS network.

2010

In November 2010, Jung passed the auditions to become the main singer of Apink.

She had not received any professional training prior to joining Apink, and trained for only two months with the group before debuting.

2011

In March 2011, Jung was revealed to be the fourth member of Apink via an online video of her covering Jennifer Hudson's "Love You I Do".

Jung joined the rest of the group to film Apink News prior to their debut.

On April 21, 2011, Jung made her debut as a main vocalist of Apink on Mnet's M Countdown with two songs, "Mollayo" and "Wishlist", from the group's debut extended play Seven Springs of Apink.

Jung has collaborated with various artists for OSTs and promotional songs.

For the project A Cube for Season #Green, Jung Eun-ji and fellow Cube artist Yang Yo-seob, sang the duet track "Love Day".

2012

In August 2012, Jung recorded two promotional singles, "All For You" and "Our Love Like This" with Reply 1997 co-star Seo In-guk for the drama's soundtrack.

"All For You" became one of the best-selling singles of the year on the Gaon Single Chart.

The show ran from November 16, 2012, to March 17, 2013.

2013

She has since had roles in That Winter, the Wind Blows (2013), Trot Lovers (2014), Cheer Up! (2015), Untouchable (2017), Work Later, Drink Now (2021–2022) and Blind (2022) in addition to various voice acting roles.

In 2013 and 2014, Jung collaborated with label-mate Huh Gak for duets titled "Short Hair" and "Break Up To Make Up" respectively, which were well received by listeners and ranked atop major online music charts in Korea.

She released her first solo single titled "Its You" for the soundtrack of Three Days.

Jung was then cast in a supporting role in the 2013 melodrama That Winter, the Wind Blows.

For her role, she won Best Performance at the 2nd APAN Star Awards and New Star Award at the SBS Drama Awards.

2016

She released her debut solo extended play Dream in 2016.

On April 18, 2016, Jung debuted as a solo artist with the EP Dream, which consisted of six songs.

The title track "Hopefully Sky" is written by Jung, which recounts the times she spent with her father.

"Hopefully Sky" topped eight local music charts, and the album sold 30,000 copies upon release.

2017

In April 2017, Jung released her second EP The Space.

The title track "The Spring" and its accompanying music video was unveiled on April 10, and debuted within the top ten spots on local music charts.

From June 3 to 5, Jung held her first solo concert titled "Attic" at Ewha Womans University's Samsung Hall.

2018

On October 18, 2018, Jung released a music video for the single "Being There", from her third EP Hyehwa.

2020

On July 15, 2020, Jung released her fourth EP Simple, along with the title track "Away".

On October 30, 2022, IST Entertainment announced that the release of the remake album Log, which was originally scheduled to be released on November 2, has been postponed to November 11 due to the aftermath of the Seoul Halloween crowd crush.

On November 17, 2022, IST Entertainment announced that Jung would be holding "Travelog" solo concerts on December 10 and 11.

On April 28, 2023, IST Entertainment announced that Jung renewed her contract with the company.