Jeong Eun-ji

Jung Eun-ji (; born Jung Hye-rim on August 18, 1993) is a South Korean singer-songwriter and actress, best known for being a member of the South Korean girl group Apink. Jung released her debut solo extended play Dream in 2016.

Jung made her acting debut in the critically acclaimed hit coming-of-age television series Reply 1997 in 2012. She won several awards for her role including the 49th Baeksang Arts Award for Best New TV Actress. She has since had roles in That Winter, the Wind Blows (2013), Lovers of Music (2014), Cheer Up! (2015), Untouchable (2017), Work Later, Drink Now (2021–2022), Blind (2022), Miss Night and Day (2024), and Pump Up the Healthy Love (2025).

Early life and education Jung Eun-ji was born as Jung Hye-rim in Haeundae District, 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 who is eight years younger than her.

Jung attended Shinjae Elementary School, Jaesong Girls' Middle School, and Busan Hyehwa Girls' High School. She traveled back and forth to Busan to continue her studies while promoting as an idol in Seoul. She graduated from high school in February 2012.

Career Pre-debut

In July 2004, Jung participated in the KBS Busan Nursery Rhyme Contest Fun Day and won the grand prize.

In February 2011, Jung passed the audition to become the main vocalist of Apink. On February 14, 2011, she moved to Seoul to start her debut preparation. She had not received any professional training prior to joining Apink, and trained for only two months with the group before debuting.

2011: Debut with Apink

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.

2012–2015: Solo activities, acting debut, and rising popularity 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".

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

In September 2012, Jung was cast in the Korean staging of the Hollywood film-turned-musical Legally Blonde, playing the lead role of Elle Woods. The show ran from November 16, 2012, to March 17, 2013.

In October 2012, Jung was then cast as the second female lead 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 2013 SBS Drama Awards.

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.

In 2014, she starred in another musical, the stage adaptation of 2004 series Full House. Afterwards, Jung starred in the romantic comedy series Lovers of Music, which depicts a female singer's struggles to become successful in the old-fashioned musical genre trot.

In 2015, Jung starred as the female lead in KBS2 high school drama Cheer Up! playing the role of a high school student who ranks at the bottom of her class.

2016–present: Solo debut, continuous solo activities, and acting resurgence 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. 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.

In 2017, Jung was cast in JTBC's action melodrama Untouchable which began airing on November 24.

In 2018, Jung was cast in the horror film 0.0MHz, based on the webtoon of the same name. On October 18, 2018, Jung released a music video for the single "Being There", from her third EP Hyehwa.

In 2020, Jung was cast in the musical Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812. On July 15, 2020, Jung released her fourth EP Simple, along with the title track "Away".

In 2021, Jung was cast in TVING's web series Work Later, Drink Now as Kang Ji-goo, an origami YouTuber. The series premiered at the Cannes International Series Festival 2022 from April 1 to April 6, 2022.

In September 2022, she starred in the mystery thriller television series Blind, portraying the role of a social worker.

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 had renewed her contract with the company for the 3rd time.

On July 31, 2023, Jung was confirmed to portray the role of Lee Mijin in the JTBC series Miss Night and Day.

On August 13, 2024, Jung surpassed 1.01 billion cumulative streams on Melon, Korea's largest music streaming platform, and was named a member of the "New Billions Club - Bronze Club." On the same day, she surpassed 120,000 daily streams compared to the previous day, putting her shoulder to shoulder with the top Korean artists representing each genre.

On May 2, 2025, IST Entertainment announced that its exclusive contract with Jung had recently come to an end after 14 years. Following this, Billions also shared an official statement that they had signed an exclusive contract with her.

In 2025, Jung starred in KBS2's romantic comedy Pump Up the Healthy Love opposite Lee Jun-young. Jung released the album Summer I with the lead single "I Love love" on August 11, 2026.

Discography

Extended plays + List of extended plays, showing selected details, selected chart positions, and sales figures Title Details Peak chart positions Sales KOR JPN USWorld Dream Released: April 18, 2016 Label: Plan A Entertainment Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming 3 — 13 KOR: 42,500 The Space Released: April 10, 2017 Label: Plan A Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 3 89 — KOR: 26,617 JPN: 829 Hyehwa Released: October 17, 2018 Label: Plan A Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 3 — — KOR: 17,773 Simple Released: July 15, 2020 Label: Play M Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 7 — — KOR: 26,045 Log Released: November 11, 2022 Label: IST Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 11 — — KOR: 19,331 Summer, I Released: August 11, 2026 Label: Billions Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 12 — — KOR: 12,586 "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles + List of singles, showing year released, selected chart positions, sales figures, and name of the album Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album KORCircle As lead artist "Hopefully Sky" 2016 1 KOR: 1,366,552 Dream "The Spring" 2017 2

KOR: 1,604,167 A Cube for Season #White "Know We're Going to Break Up" 29 KOR: 192,124 Little Giant "Short Hair" 1 KOR: 1,207,766 A Cube for Season #Blue "Break Up to Make Up" 2014 1 KOR: 803,627 A Cube for Season #Sky-Blue "Ocean" 2016 5 KOR: 407,547 Plan A' First Episode "Eyescream" 56 KOR: 36,927 "Visual Gangster" 5

Soundtrack appearances + List of songs, showing year released, selected chart positions, sales figures, and name of the album Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album KORGaon "All For You" 2012 1 KOR: 2,690,706 Reply 1997 OST "Just the Way We Love" 3 KOR: 1,428,802 Three Days OST "A Love Before" 2016 79 KOR: 27,570 Entertainer OST "You're My Garden" 2017 — Strong Girl Bong-soon OST "Stay With Me" 2018 — Suits OST "Ppang Ppang" 2019 — Sound of Music - The Birth of Music OST "A Song For Memorize" — "How's Your Night" 2020 41 She's My Type OST "To Me" — Start-Up OST Part 16 "Love Day (2021)" 2021 4 Romance 101 OST "A Cup of Life" — Work Later, Drink Now OST "Melody at First Sight" 2022 — Themselves OST "Stay" 2024 — Miss Night and Day OST "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Other charted songs Title Year Peak chart positions Album KOR "The Reason Why I'm Beautiful" 2016 97 Popular Music Crush Pt. 1 from Inkigayo Music Crush "Love is Like the Wind" 25 Dream "It's Okay" 71 "Love is" 80 "Home" 87 "First Farewell" 2017 23 The Space "First Love" 92 "Seoul's Moon" — "Manito" — Space Audi Project "Stay" 2020 — Simple "—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Composition credits All song credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association's database unless stated otherwise.

+ List of songs, showing year released, artist name, and name of the album Title Year Artist Album Composer Lyricist Arranger "Promise U" 2015 Apink Pink Memory "Hopefully Sky" 2016 Jung Eun-ji Dream "Dear (Whisper)" Apink Dear "That Spring, This Autumn" "First Love" 2017 Jung Eun-ji The Space "Moon of Seoul" "Miracle" 2018 Apink Miracle "For Hyehwa" Jung Eun-ji Hyehwa "Being There" "Seasons Change" "The Box" "Thinking About You" "B" "Farewell" "Sae-byuk" "Be With Me" 2019 Jung Eun-ji with 10cm "Everybody Ready?" 2020 Apink Look "Simple is the Best" Jung Eun-ji Simple "Away" "Whoo" "Stay" "Moisturising" "A Slow Child" "Dream" 2022 Apink Horn

Videography Music videos Title Year Director(s) Note "All for You" 2012 — Reply 1997 Ost "Love Day" — A Cube for Season #Green "A Year Ago" 2013 — A Cube for Season #White "Hopefully Sky" 2016 Joo Hee-sun "Ocean" — "The Spring" 2017 Mustache Film "Being There" 2018 Lee Young-hoon (Daysdaze Production) "Stay" — Suits Ost "Be with Me" 2019 — Special Clip "Away" 2020 BTS FILM "Log" 2022 — — "Meet Him Among Them" — Special Live "i love Love" 2026 이영훈 (NANANE STUDIO)

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2013 Saving Santa Shiny Animated, Korean dubbed 2017 My Pet Ozzy Carrie 2019 0.0 MHz So Hee Debut film

Television series Year Title Role Notes 2012 Reply 1997 Sung Shi-won 2013 That Winter, the Wind Blows Moon Hee-sun Reply 1994 Sung Shi-won Cameo (Episodes 16–17 & 21) 2014 Lovers of Music Choi Choon-hee 2015 Cheer Up! Kang Yeon-doo 2017 Untouchable Seo Yi-ra 2020 Backstreet Rookie Dae-Hyun's ex-girlfriend Cameo (Episode 1) 2022 Blind Jo Eun-gi 2024 Miss Night and Day Lee Mi-jin 2025 Pump Up the Healthy Love Mi-ran 2025 To the Moon Song Hae-Ri Cameo (Episode 1)

Web series Year Title Role Note 2021 Work Later, Drink Now Kang Ji-goo Season 1 2022–2023 Season 2

Television show Year Title Role 2017 Crime Scene 3 Cast member Law of the Jungle in New Zealand 2019 YOLO SOLO: Jung Eun-Ji's Sydney Sunshine Main cast Sound Of Music- The Birth of Music Cast member 2020 Friend's Song Fixed MC 2021 Soo Mi's Mountain Cabin Cast member 2022 Women in Mountain Mountaineers The Second World Judge 2024 Girls on Fire Judge/Producer

Radio show Year Title Role 2019–2022 Jung Eun-ji's Music Plaza DJ

Hosting Year Title Notes 2014 23rd Seoul Music Awards with Seo Kyung-seok and Eunhyuk 2014 K-Pop World Festival in Changwon with Kang Min Hyuk and KBS announcer Jo Hang Ri 2017 2017 Lunar New Year Special Idol Star Athletics Championships with Jun Hyun-moo and Lee Soo-geun 2022 17th Seoul International Drama Awards with Joo Sang-wook

Theatre Year Title Role 2012–2013 Legally Blonde Elle Woods 2014 Full House Han Ji-eun 2021 Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 Natasha June 4, 2017 June 5, 2017

Hyehwa Station (2nd Concert) Date Country City Venue October 13, 2018 South Korea Seoul Yonsei University Auditorium October 14, 2018 November 3, 2018 Daegu Kyungpook National University Auditorium November 10, 2018 Busan KBS Busan Hall November 28, 2018 Japan Tokyo Shibuya City Cultural Center Owada November 29, 2018 May 4, 2019 Taiwan Taipei Legacy MAX May 18, 2019 China Hongkong MacPherson Stadium May 19, 2019 June 9, 2019 Singapore Singapore Zepp@BigBox

Yeoreum (3rd Concert) Date Country City Venue Attendance August 3, 2019 South Korea Seoul Sangmyung University Gyedang Hall 3,000 August 4, 2019 August 17, 2019 Busan Sohyang Theater Shinhan Card Hall 1,000 September 22, 2019 Thailand Bangkok Show DC Ultra Arena Hall

Online Concert : How To Live (2020) Date Country City Venue July 26, 2020 South Korea Seoul Shinhan Card Fan Square

Travelog (4th Concert) Date Country City Venue December 10, 2022 South Korea Seoul SMTOWN COEX Artium December 11, 2022 January 14, 2023 Taiwan Taipei NTU Sport Center 1F February 5, 2023 China Hong Kong Star Hall KITEC October 4, 2023 MacPherson Stadium October 5, 2023 October 10, 2023 Taiwan Taipei Taipei International Convention Center (TICC)

Eunji's Bookstore (1st Fanmeeting) Date Country City Venue May 25, 2024 South Korea Seoul Ewha Womans University Samsung Hall June 15, 2024 Taiwan Taipei NTU Sport Center 1F June 29, 2024 China Hong Kong MacPherson Stadium June 30, 2024 July 7, 2024 Japan Tokyo Hokutopia Sakura Hall

Awards and nominations

+ Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination Award ceremony Year Category Nominee(s) / work(s) Result Asia Artist Awards 2021 Female Solo Singer Popularity Award Jung Eun-ji APAN Star Awards 2012 Best OST Jung Eun-ji Best Couple Acting Award, Actress Reply 1997 Rising Star Award 2013 Best Performance That Winter, the Wind Blows Baeksang Arts Awards 2013 Best New Actress – Television Reply 1997 Brand of the Year Awards 2020 Radio DJ of the Year Jung Eun-ji Gaon Chart Music Awards 2013 Songs of the Year – September "All For You" KBS Drama Awards 2014 Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Lovers of Music Best New Actress Popularity Award, Actress 2015 Cheer Up! 2025 Pump Up the Healthy Love Best Couple Award Jung Eun-ji Pump Up the Healthy Love Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Pump Up The Healthy Love KBS Entertainment Awards 2019 New DJ of the Year Award Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards 2014 Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Lovers of Music Korea Drama Awards 2012 Best Couple Jung Eun-ji Korea First Brand Awards 2019 Radio DJ Korea Grand Prize Awards 2021 10 People Who Shined Korea Jung Eun-ji Melon Music Awards 2012 Best OST "All For You" 2014 "It's You" Three Days 2016 Best Ballad Award "Hopefully Sky" 2017 Top 10 Artists Jung Eun-ji Folk/Blues Song "The Spring" 2021 Top 10 Jung Eun-ji Netizen Popularity Award Mnet Asian Music Awards 2012 Best OST "All For You" 2014 Best Collaboration "Break Up to Make Up" Song of the Year 2016 Artist of the Year Jung Eun-ji Best Female Artist Best Vocal Performance Female Solo "Hopefully Sky" Song of the Year 2017 Best Vocal Performance Female Solo "The Spring" Qoo10 Song of the Year 2021 Best OST "Love Day" Song of The Year SBS Drama Awards 2013 Best New Actress That Winter, the Wind Blows SBS MTV Best of the Best 2014 Best Collaboration "Break Up to Make Up" Seoul International Youth Film Festival Best Young Actress Lovers of Music Best OST by a Female Artist "It's You" Three Days Seoul Music Awards 2021 Best OST "Love Day" Style Icon Awards 2012 Top 10 Style Icon Jung Eun-ji Reply 1997 tvN10 Awards 2016 Best Kiss Made in tvN, Actress in Drama TVING Awards 2021 Womance of the Year Jung Eun-ji