Park Gyu-ri

Park Gyu-ri (; born May 21, 1988), known by her mononym Gyuri, is a South Korean singer, actress, and radio personality. She is a member of South Korean girl group Kara.

Life and career 1988–2002: Early life and career beginnings Park Gyu-ri was born on May 21, 1988, in Seoul, South Korea. She became a child actress with her first television appearance in the 1995 series Today is a Nice Day, in which she played the girlfriend of Kang Ho-dong's brother. In 2001, Park appeared as the teenage version of Kim Jung-eun's character in Ladies of the Palace.

2007–2010: Breakthrough with Kara She debuted as part of the four-member girl group Kara on March 29, 2007. As the leader of the group, Park came up with its name, which comes from the Greek word chara (, lit. "joy"). Kara underwent a number of lineup changes, but gained commercial success.

In 2009, she became a permanent guest on the reality television show Star Golden Bell.

Park featured in a duet with Hong Kyung-min titled "Day After" on his tenth album Special Edition, released on February 4, 2010. On April 21 that year, it was announced that she would become a radio DJ alongside Shindong on the MBC talk show ShimShimTapa after Kim Shin-young left. Their first broadcast aired on May 5, 2010. On September 26, 2011, Park announced that she would no longer DJ the show due to her busy schedule. Her last broadcast was on October 2, 2011.

2011–present: Solo activities and rising popularity On January 19, 2011, Park was the only member of Kara to remain with their label DSP Media during a contract dispute in which the other members released a statement announcing they were terminating their contract with their label. The contract dispute was later resolved. She was the voice of Kate in the Korean dub of Alpha and Omega, released in February 2011. On May 7, Park gave a lecture on her career in the entertainment industry at Seo Woon High School in Incheon, and on July 13, she hosted the "Music Bank in Tokyo K-Pop Festival". On July 15, she joined the cast of 200 Pounds Beauty Musical, which was shown in Japanese theaters. In November, Park was diagnosed with vocal fold nodules, but nevertheless continued to rehearse for the musical. She also hosted the "Seoul-Tokyo Music Festival 2011" on November 9. The musical ran for six performances in Korea from December 6–17. According to the show's production company, Show Note, the musical brought in significantly higher numbers of male audience members than average. Following the musical's successful run, Park underwent vocal cord surgery on February 21, 2012.

In 2012, she co-hosted the 26th Golden Disc Awards at the Osaka Dome in Japan.

On February 23, 2013, she hosted the Yang Yang K-Pop Festival at Naksan Beach. On June 2, Park hosted SGC Super Live 2013 in Tokyo.

In 2014, she was cast in the film Two Rooms, Two Nights.

On January 15, 2016, Park's contract with DSP Media expired. However, she stated that Kara had not disbanded even though its members were now under separate agencies, and that they hoped to collaborate on an album when the opportunity arose in the future. She then joined Motion Media to pursue a career in acting. The same year, Park was cast in the historical drama Jang Yeong-sil.

In 2018, she was cast in the film Miyak.

Discography

As a featured artist Year Album Single Artist Duration 2010 MBC Music Travel LaLaLa Live Vol. 7 "Gil (Road)" No Brain feat. Gyuri, SeungYeon & Nicole 04:00 MBC Music Travel LaLaLa Live Vol. 11 "Bingeul Bingeul" No Brain feat. Gyuri & KARA 03:55 Hong Kyung Min Vol. 10 – Special Edition "Day After" Gyuri & Hong Kyung-min 03:21 N/A "If U Cannot" Park Jung-min feat. Gyuri 03:43 G20 Seoul Summit 2010 Project Album "Let's Go" Gyuri, Changmin, Jun. K, Bumkey, Gayoon, Kahi, ANNA, JunHyung, G.NA, Luna, LaLa Seohyun, IU, G.O, Min, Jaekyung, Jonghyun, Jieun, Seo In-guk, Son Dam-bi & Sungmin 03:34 2014 W Foundation Campaign "Talk About Love" Various artists 04:56 2015 The Little Prince 6th Single "The Little Prince" Gyuri & From the Airport 03:34 "Return" 03:24 One Dream One Korea Project "One Dream One Korea" Various artists 04:56 2017 The Boy Who Jumped "Night And Day" Gyuri & From the Airport 03:34

Soundtrack appearances Year Soundtrack Track Duration Notes 2010 Daemul OST "My Love" 04:23 Duet with Kang Ji-young 2011 200 Pounds Beauty OST "Maria" 03:21 "Beautiful Girl" 01:55 City Hunter OST "Look Only At You" 04:13 Bravo, My Love! OST "Indecisive" 03:36 Duet with Cho Hyun-young 2012 Tasty Life OST Part 2 "I Love You More Than The Soul" 03:48 The Great Seer OST "Breaking Fate" 03:59 2013 Nail Shop Paris OST "I Will Wait For You" 03:46 Galileo 2 OST "Kiss" 04:14 "The Most Loved" 05:46 "Anata Ga Iru Kara" 04:22 2014 Inspiring Generation OST "Dream A Little Dream Of Me" 02:55 "Rolling In The Deep" 03:50 Secret Love OST "First Love" 03:30 Duet with Han Seung-yeon Blade Man OST "Hello" 03:02 "Goodbye Days" 04:32 Duet with Han Seung-yeon "Hush Hush; Hush Hush" 04:31 2015 "Sakura" 05:35 "Endless Rain" 06:35 2016 Two Rooms, Two Nights OST "Spring Now" 03:36

Charted singles Title Year Peak positions Sales Album KOR "그대만 봐요" (Look Only At You) 2011 73 KOR: 208,717 City Hunter OST Special "Daydream" 2012 163 Kara Solo Collection "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2011 Alpha and Omega Kate Voice-over for the Korean-dubbed version 2015 Sweet Jung Won 2016 Jang Yeong-sil Joo Bu-ryeong

Theatre and radio Musical theatre Year Title Role 2011 200 Pounds Beauty Jenny 2023 Dream High Yoon Baek-hee

Radio shows Date Name Notes September 23, 2009 – April 14, 2010 Super Junior's Kiss the Radio Fixed guest DJ with Kang Ji-young May, 2009 – August, 2009 Donggo Dongrak Radio Collaboration January, 2009 Starry Night Radio May 5, 2010 – October 3, 2011 MBC ShimShimTaPa with Shindong January, 2010 – April, 2010 SS501 Music High with SS501's Park Jungmin

Ambassadorship 7th Ulju Mountain Film Festival Ambassador (2022) with Um Hong-gil

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2017 2017 Korea Drama Awards Hallyu Star Award: Lovers in Bloom