Kim Ye-won (entertainer)

For other people named Kim Ye-won, see Kim Ye-won (disambiguation).

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Ye-won (born December 5, 1989), also known mononymously as Yewon, is a South Korean actress, singer and entertainer. She was a former member of K-pop girl group Jewelry from 2011 until disbanded in 2015.^[1][2][3][4] Alongside her singing career, she appeared on television in dramas, sitcoms and variety shows.^[5][6]

Kim Ye-won
Kim Ye-won in August 2017
Born	(1989-12-05) December 5, 1989 (age 35) South Jeolla Province, South Korea
Education	Myongji College – Applied Music
Occupations	Actress singer entertainer
Years active	2011–present
Agent	Andmarq
Musical career
Genres	K-pop
Instrument	Vocals
Labels	Star Empire
Formerly of	Jewelry
Website	Official Website
Korean name
Hangul	김예원
Hanja	金藝元
Revised Romanization	Gim Ye-won
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Yewŏn

Early life and education

Kim Ye-won was born in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. Kim attended Myongji College where she studied Applied Music. ^{[citation needed]}

Career

2011–2014: Debut with Jewelry, minor acting roles

Main article: Jewelry (band)

Yewon made her debut on 8 January 2011, with Star Empire Entertainment's girl group Jewelry.^[7] A digital single, "Back It Up" was released on January 27 along with its accompanying music video. Yewon made her first appearance on stage with the performance on M! Countdown.^[8]

On 20 September 2011, Yewon, together with bandmate Semi, formed a sub-unit called "Jewelry S". They debuted with "Ames Room Vol.2", the title track being the song "Forget It".^[9]

Soon after her debut with "Jewelry S", she was invited to join her first variety show as a cast member on "Invincible Youth". Yewon also landed her first acting role in the SBS Plus drama, Oh My God. Yewon also played some minor roles in "Standby" and "Reply 1997".

Yewon made her film debut in Gladiators of Rome with Korean dubbing.^[10]

2015–present: Disbandment of Jewelry, solo activities

On January 7, 2015, the group was officially confirmed as disbanded.^[11]

After the disbandment of the group, Yewon joined the reality programme titled We Got Married, pairing with Canadian-born singer and actor, Henry Lau.^[12][13]

In November 2016, Yewon left Star Empire Entertainment and joined Jellyfish Entertainment as an actress.^[14][15] She later signed Jellyfish Entertainment in November 2016.^[16]

On December 13, 2016, together with other Jellyfish Entertainment's artists such as Seo In-guk, VIXX, Gugudan, Park Yoon-ha, Park Jung-ah, Kim Gyu-sun, and Jiyul, released their Jelly Christmas 2016 single album with the song, "Falling", as part of their digital music channel project Jelly Box.^{[17][18][19][20][21]}

In 2018, Yewon joined the cast of What's Wrong with Secretary Kim.^[22]

In 2022, Kim signed a contract with Andmarq in May 2022.^[23]

Controversies

In March 2015, while filming the Korean TV show My Tutor Friend Lee Tae-im and Kim Ye-won had a fight, with Lee Tae-im reportedly swearing at Kim Ye-won. After the incident, Lee Tae-im claimed that Kim Ye-won initiated the fight by using informal speech to address her, as informal speech is considered rude to be used while addressing older people and seniors in Korean culture. Despite her claims, Lee Tae-im received public backlash, which caused her to withdraw from My Tutor Friend and other TV shows she was in. She publicly apologized to Kim Ye-won and announced hiatus.

However, less than a month later, video footage of Lee Tae-im and Ye-won quarreling began circulating on the Internet, proving Lee Tae-im's claims that Kim Ye-won used informal speech to address her. This caused the public sentiment to shift, with Kim Ye-won's remarks from the footage becoming a subject of various parodies. After the backlash, Kim Ye-won ultimately apologized to Lee Tae-im.^[24]

Discography

See also: Jewelry discography

Collaborations

Year	Song Title	Artist	Notes
2011	"Bad Habits"	Soul Dive feat. Yewon	Track 6 from EP Bad Habits
	"I Can Only See You"	Yewon and Hwang Kwanghee	Track 5 from Protect the Boss OST
	"5 Minute Standby"	Jiggy Dogg feat. Yewon	Single
2012	"Destiny Love"	Park Se-mi and Kim Ye-won	Standby OST Part 1 single
2016	"Falling" (니가 내려와)	With Seo In-guk, VIXX, Gugudan, Park Yoon-ha, Park Jung-ah, Kim Gyu-sun, Jiyul	Jelly Christmas 2016

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Gladiators of Rome 3D	Diana	voice, Korean dubbing

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2011	Oh My God	Kim Ye-won
2012	Oh My God 2
	Standby
	Reply 1997	Sung Song-joo	Cameo / Episode 3-4 and 9	[25]
2013	The Clinic for Married Couples: Love and War	Yoo Eun-chae	Episode 62 "Fair Love"	[26][27]
	Pure Love	PE trainee teacher	Cameo
	Miss Korea	Lee Young-sun
2014	Hotel King	Yoon Da-jung
	Plus Nine Boys	Music program host/radio DJ	Cameo (Episode 1)
2018	What's Wrong with Secretary Kim	Sul Ma-eum
	Feel Good to Die	Yoo-mi
2019	Class of Lies	Sin Hye-soo
2020	She Knows Everything	Women's society manager
2020–2021	Run On	Choi Tae-ri
2024	Wedding Impossible	Ahn Se jin

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2022	Narco-Saints	Wife	[28]

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2011-2013	Gourmet Road
2011	Idol Chart Show
	Star King
	Young Street	DJ		[29]
2011-2012	Invincible Youth - Season 2	Cast member		[30]
2012-2013	The Romantic & Idol - Season 2
2013	Awkward School
	Millionaire Game: My Turn
	Chuseok Special: Star Love Village
2014	A Celebrity Is Living in Our House
	Awkward School 2
	The Tree That Won't Fall Even If You Strike It 10 Times
2015	My House	Host
	Three Wheels
	Hiking with You
	We Got Married Season 4	Cast member	with Henry Lau	[31]
2016	Saturday Night Live Korea	Cast member

References

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24. Kang Eun-young (August 11, 2015). "[오늘의 눈] '욕설녀'에서 '피해자'로… 이태임 복귀가 가능했던 이유". Hankook Ilbo. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
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28. Kim Na-ra (September 14, 2022). "약쟁이 사모님', 걸그룹 출신이라고?"…김예원, 500 대 1 경쟁률 뚫고 '수리남' 캐스팅" [Your wife's,' you're from a girl group?"... Kim Ye-won casts 'Suriname' through 500 to 1 competition] (in Korean). My Daily. Retrieved September 14, 2022 – via Naver.
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31. Hwang, Hye-jin (3 March 2015). "Ye Won-Henry and Lee Jong Hyun-Gong Seung Yeon Couples to Begin We Got Married Life on March 14". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 5 March 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-05.

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