Park Jeong-hwa

Park Jeong-hwa (born May 8, 1995), also known mononymously as Jeonghwa, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is best known as a member of EXID.

Park Jeong-hwa
박정화
Park in June 2018
Born
Park Jeong-hwa

(1995-05-08) May 8, 1995 (age 28)
Anyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
AgentJ-Wide Company
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Musical career
GenresK-pop
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active2012–present
LabelsBanana Culture
Member ofEXID
Korean name
Hangul
박정화
Hanja
朴正花
Revised RomanizationBak Jeong-hwa
McCune–ReischauerPak Chŏng-hwa
Signature

Biography

Park Jeong-hwa was born on May 8, 1995, in Anyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea. She was a JYP Entertainment trainee before joining Yedang Entertainment.[1]

Career

EXID

Park made her musical debut as a member of EXID on February 15, 2012, with the release of their debut single, "Whoz That Girl".[2]

Acting

Park made her acting debut as a child actress in a bit part in Wives on Strike (2004).[3] In 2005, she became a co-host of NATV's Freshful Children Congress.[4]

In 2015, she became a cast member in the variety television show Soulmates Returns.[5][6][7][8] In the same year, she portrayed Yook Ah-young in the drama Webtoon Hero Toondra Show as her first major leading role.[9][10][11] She also appeared in several music videos such as Wonder Girls' "Tell Me" (2007), Huh Gak and LE's "Whenever You Play That Song" (2011), I-Rex's "That You're My Girl" (2013), RK Kim Seong-hui's "10:10" and "You Are My Everything" (2014).[12][13][14][15][16]

On October 9, 2018, it was confirmed that Park would be cast in web drama Member of Society, and it is set to air in 2019.[17]

On October 11, 2019, it was confirmed that Park signed on with J-Wide Company to pursue her acting career.[18] In 2021, she appeared in an SBS hit drama One the Woman. She portrayed Park So-yi, a news anchor who is also mistress of Kang Mina's (portrayed by Lee Hanee) husband.[19][20]

Discography

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
KOR
"Alice"2017Full Moon
"A Gut Feeling"2018Non-album single
"Favorite"2020New Wave Vol.3 (Pinkmoon)
"Universe"New Wave Vol.4 (Pinkmoon)
"Home"2019Our Baseball Society OST
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2020Dragon Inn Part 1: The City of SadnessJi HyeMain Role[21]
2021Dragon Inn Part 2: The Night of the Gods[22][23]
2023Handsome GuysBoraSupport Role[24]
TBAFEVERHa YoungLead Role[25]

Television series

YearTitleRoleRef.
2004Wives on Strike[4]
2021One the WomanPark So-yi[20][19]
2023Man and WomanRyu Eun-jeong[26]

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2015Webtoon Hero Toondra ShowYook Ah-youngLead role
2017MaskLee Chae-ri/Anita
2018If Love Was Not TimelessWing-sze
2019Member of SocietySung Shi-eun
2023Mask GirlLee Ah-reum[22]

Variety shows

YearTitleRole
2005–2006Freshful Children CongressHost
2015Soulmates ReturnsCast
EXID's Showtime
2017The ShowMC
2018King of Mask SingerContestant as "Cruise of Endorphins" (Episodes 151)

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