Gianna Chung (English-speaking viewers often pronounce her last name as Jun) is an example of how a spectacular appearance in tandem with talent and hard work paves the way in life and leads to the fulfillment of a dream. However, in childhood, the actress dreamed not of cinema, but of heaven. She dreamed of becoming a stewardess, but the stars had planned for her differently. Read about this curvy career of Gianna Chung in our article. We will also tell whether this beauty is married and has children. After all, her stage career began in 2000, and then the actress five years (from 2008 to 2013) ezla screens. The film star doing now and what are its plans? also see below on this.
Biography
Wang Ji Hyun was born (these are the real name and surname of the actress) on October 30, 1981 in Seoul (Republic of Korea). When she became popular with domestic and Chinese audiences, the girl took on the creative pseudonym Jung Ji Hyun. In 2009, the actress changed him to a more acceptable for the English-speaking audience Gianna Chung. When the girl was only sixteen years old, a friend persuaded her to star in the women's magazine Ecole. The flight attendant’s career will wait, thought Wang Ji Hyun and agreed. So began her modeling career. The very next year, 1998, Wang Ji Hyun invited a respected Samsung company to star in a commercial for printers. Then she repeatedly collaborated with this company. In particular, Gianna starred in a series of Anycall ads promoting mobile phones. In small commercials, the girl revealed her acting talent, creating a convincing image of a cheeky girl.
Start a movie career
The period when the debutants play episodic roles in films, the actress was short-lived. She only managed to star in the image of a high school student in love with the doctor in the television series “Enchant my heart” (1998), when tempting offers fell upon her. And already at the end of the same year, Gianna Chung, whose photo was previously flaunted only on billboards, became the main character of the melodrama White Valentine directed by Yang Yoon Ho. Her partner on the set was the same “doctor," actor Park Sin Yang. The film appeared on the screens in 1999. At the same time, Jong won the Peksan Award as an aspiring actress. She also starred on television in the TV series Happy Together and in the melodrama Love Overcoming Time. But the image of the wayward girl is given to her the most. Therefore, the starry hour of the actress comes when the comedy “She with Strangenesses” appears on the screens, where Gianna played the main role. In the English box office, the film is called My sassy girl, which means "My wayward girl." For this image, the actress was awarded one of the most prestigious awards in the country - the Big Bell. She got her as the best female actor.
Gianna Chung: filmography
Following the release of this picture, the actress began a black streak in life . In whatever films starred Gianna Chung, all of them at the box office were not successful. The Table for Four (2003) failed, and even the collaboration with Kwak Jae Young in Meet My Girl did not live up to expectations. But the actress did not abandon her hopes. Moreover, she entered the European cinema market. In 2005, she participated in the action-packed drama "Daisy", which was shot in the Netherlands. The “Man Who Was Superman” did not arouse interest either - only five hundred thousand viewers watched it in Korea. Gianna’s first English-language work was the role of a schoolgirl in the thriller Blood. The last vampire. " But this film was also a failure. The same fate befell the “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan”. The actress realized that she needed to pause, and for four years she retired from the set.
Last works
Gianna Chung returned to work in the cinema at the end of 2011 and tried herself in a secondary, but still prominent role in the movie "Thieves." She played in tandem with the famous actor Yi Jung Jae. Perhaps the "star" of the partner determined the success of the picture. Released in June 2012, it gathered twelve million viewers and became the most successful film of the year in Korea. No less successful was the role (also of the second plan) in the film "Berlin". It was released at the beginning of 2013. At the end of the same year, the actress took part in the series "My Love from the Star." In it, she performed in her favorite role of a whacky girl. For this role, the girl received the Peksan Prize. And finally, this year the movie “Attempt” was released. More than eleven and a half million viewers have already watched it.
Gianna's personal life
The actress uses her popularity one hundred percent. In parallel with serious films, she starred in commercials dedicated to shoes, cookies, refrigerators, wine. But such a busy schedule did not prevent her from engaging in the device of her personal life. On April 13, 2012, at the Seville Silla Hotel, the actress married the businessman Chew Joon Hyuk. Gianna Jung and her husband had no children for a long time. But at the premiere of "Attempts" (July 2015), the actress hinted that she was in an interesting position. The couple expects the first-born in February.