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Uhm Jung-hwa

Uhm Jung-hwa
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Birth name Jeong-hwa Eom (엄정화)
Nationality Coree du sud
Birth 17 august 1969 (54 years)

Uhm Jung-hwa (Hangul: 엄정화; hanja: 嚴正化; born August 17, 1969) is a South Korean actress, singer, and lingerie designer. Uhm began her career as a chorus member of MBC, one of the three major South Korean broadcasting companies, from 1987 until 1990. She made her film debut in a 1991 to 1994 film Marriage Story, and released her first studio album Sorrowful Secret the same year.

Considered to be one of the most influential women and the evergreen in the Korean entertainment industry, many of Korean female artists recognise her as their role model.

Biography

Early life
Uhm was born in Jecheon, North Chungcheong, South Korea. She is the second child of Yoo Gyeong-sook and Uhm Jin-ok, a music teacher who died in a motorcycle accident when she was six. Her younger and only brother Uhm Tae-woong is an actor. Following her father's death, her family struggled with financial difficulties.


Music career
1990s
Uhm Jung-hwa officially debuted as a singer in 1993 with her first studio album Sorrowful Secret. By the mid-90s she established herself as one of the top Korean female singers and entertainers, with a series of hit singles: "Sad Expectation" (Hangul: 슬픈 기대; RR: Seulpeun Gidae), "A Love Only Heaven Permits" (Hangul: 하늘만 허락한 사랑; RR: Haneulman Heorakan Sarang), "Rose of Betrayal" (Hangul: 배반의 장미; RR: Baeban-ui Jangmi), and "Tell Me" (Hangul: 말해 줘; RR: Malhae Jwo).

Uhm's fourth studio album, Invitation, introduced a new mature side of the singer. The music video for its title track caused a lot of controversy due to its suggestive nature. Invitation quickly became one of the highest selling albums of the year and received positive reviews from critics and fans.

She released two of her most recognizable singles of her career, "Poison" and "Invitation" (Hangul: 초대; RR: Chodae). She remained successful the following year, in 1999, with her fifth studio album 005.1999.06


2000s-present
During the 2000s, Uhm Jung-hwa began to focus more on her acting career and committed herself to taking a variety of acting roles. She also began to pursue and experiment with different musical genres, in particular electronica. In 2004, she released her double album Self Control, which featured songs composed by Jung Jae-hyung, Fractal and Roller Coaster. Music critics praised Uhm for her ability to reinvent her image and sound.

After a two-year break from the music scene, she released her ninth studio album Prestige. Throughout the year she released two singles, "Come 2 Me" and "Song of the Wind" (Hangul: 바람의 노래; RR: Baram-ui Norae), each enjoyed positive critical reception. In early 2007, she won a Korean Music Award for Best Electronic Dance Record.

In the summer of 2008, she released her first EP titled D.I.S.C.O with help from her longtime friend Yang Hyun-suk of YG Entertainment. The lead single "D.I.S.C.O" featured T.O.P, a member from the popular boy band Big Bang. The EP was one of the best-selling albums by a female artist in 2008, and was further promoted by the digital single "D.I.S.C.O Part 2" which was a remix version of "D.I.S.C.O" and featured G-Dragon, the leader of Big Bang.


Acting career
Uhm Jung-hwa has established herself as one of South Korea's top actresses. She is known for her roles in the films Marriage Is a Crazy Thing, Singles, Princess Aurora, Dancing Queen and Haeundae, which became one of the highest grossing movies in Korea. She has won two Baeksang Arts Awards for Best Actress, in 2002 for Marriage Is a Crazy Thing and again in 2012 for Dancing Queen.


Fashion line
Uhm launched her new clothing and lingerie line, "Corner Suite" and "ZHUM in New York", which made $10M USD within 3 months of its release. "Corner Suite" became an instant hit when the line debuted on online markets. The line immediately sold out. Future plans include putting her line of clothes on more home shopping channels, as the demand for it is great.


Health
Uhm Jung-hwa was diagnosed with thyroid cancer but fully recovered after surgery in May 2010. Uhm said she felt a little afraid leading up to the surgery, but rather than being discouraged by the pain she was experiencing, she made up her mind to dedicate herself to helping others by inspiring them. "I want to use my talent and influence in a meaningful way," she said.

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Filmography of Uhm Jung-hwa (18 films)

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Actress

Wonderful Nightmare, 2h3
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Uhm Jung-hwa, Song Seung-heon, Ra Mi-ran, Kim Sang-ho, Seo Shin-ae, Go Soo-hee
Roles Yeon-woo
Rating70% 3.5435253.5435253.5435253.5435253.543525
Yeon-woo is a successful lawyer who is killed in an automobile accident. She wakes in heaven to find that her death was a clerical error and it was actually an old woman with the same name who was meant to die.
Venus Talk
Venus Talk (2014)
, 1h49
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Uhm Jung-hwa, Moon So-ri, Jo Min-Soo, Lee Geung-young, Lee Sung-min, Lee Jae-yoon
Roles Jung Shin-hye
Rating60% 3.0486953.0486953.0486953.0486953.048695
Shin-hye (Uhm Jung-hwa) is a capable, successful TV producer, sometimes derided as a "gold miss" for still being single in her forties. Her protege-turned-longtime boyfriend, the current chief of their TV network, just left her for a younger woman who also happens to be Shin-hye's junior colleague.
Montage
Montage (2013)
, 1h59
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Kim Sang-kyung, Uhm Jung-hwa, Park Chul-min, Jo Hee-bong, Yu Seung-Mok, Gi Ju-bong
Roles Ha-kyung
Rating73% 3.697513.697513.697513.697513.69751
A kidnapper disappeared 15 years ago without a trace. Five days before the case's statute of limitations expires, someone anonymously leaves a flower at the crime scene. A few days later, another kidnapping takes place using the same method on a similar target. Three people team up to solve the case before it's too late: the grandfather (Song Young-chang), who lost his granddaughter right in front of him, the mother (Uhm Jung-hwa), who has been searching for the person who abducted her daughter 15 years ago, and the detective with a guilty conscience (Kim Sang-kyung), who puts everything into this long-unsolved case.
In My End Is My Beginning, 1h27
Directed by Min Gyoo-dong
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Uhm Jung-hwa, Kim Hyo-jin, Hwang Jeong-min, Kim Kang-woo, Choi Min-sik, Lee Hwi-hyang
Roles Lee Jung-ha
Rating54% 2.7153252.7153252.7153252.7153252.715325
Jung-ha (Uhm Jung-hwa) is left alone and heartbroken after her husband Jae-in (Hwang Jung-min) dies in a car accident. Her grief sharpens when she learns after his death that he had been cheating on her with her friend Na-ru (Kim Hyo-jin). As a novelist, Jae-in had been looking for new stimulation to rouse him from his boring routine, and the secrecy and risk of his affair with Na-ru inspired his work. After Jae-in's funeral, Na-ru goes to Jung-ha, begging for forgiveness, saying that she will do anything if only Jung-ha will let her stay at her house. Jung-ha refuses at first, but eventually they begin living together. The strange co-habitation arrangement between Jung-ha and Na-ru and its complicated web of love, hate, lust, and guilt, develops into a lesbian relationship, leading to a new way of life.
Top Star
Top Star (2013)
, 1h54
Directed by Park Joong-hoon
Genres Drama
Actors Uhm Tae-woong, So Yi-hyun, Kim Min-joon, Kim Su-ro, Lee Joon-hyuk, Lee Yeong-hoon이영훈
Roles Herself, presenter at the Blue Dragon Film Awards (cameo)
Rating63% 3.182623.182623.182623.182623.18262
Tae-sik is the talent manager of top celebrity Won-joon, but he has long wanted to be an actor. He unexpectedly gets his chance when Won-joon becomes involved in a hit and run accident and Tae-sik takes the fall instead by claiming he was the driver. In exchange, Won-joon promises to give Tae-sik a small role in his next film. But Tae-sik's acting career soon takes off after he gets out of jail, and his success and stardom starts to threaten and eclipse Won-joon's. Tae-sik's popularity finally overtakes Won-joon's, but his pure passion for acting turns into greed and ego. As he loses touch with his roots, he neglects the relationships he formed on the way up. Now, in order to maintain his fame, Tae-sik will stop at nothing to stay on top.
Dancing Queen, 2h4
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Hwang Jeong-min, Uhm Jung-hwa, Ma Dong-seok, Ra Mi-ran, Lee Hyori, Lee Han-wi
Roles Uhm Jung-hwa
Rating63% 3.195533.195533.195533.195533.19553
Dancing Queen tells the story of Uhm Jung-hwa, who shares the name of the actress who plays her. In the film, Uhm is a girl who dreamed about becoming a singer when she was young but had to put her dream aside when she married Hwang Jung-min, who also uses his real name. Although Hwang is a lawyer, he is always worrying about paying the rent.
Bestseller
Bestseller (2010)
, 1h57
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Uhm Jung-hwa, Ryoo Seung-ryong, Lee Sung-min
Roles Baek Hee-soo
Rating60% 3.047273.047273.047273.047273.04727
Baek Hee-soo has been a bestselling author for the past 20 years. But her reputation gets destroyed overnight when she is accused of plagiarizing a competition entry she'd previously judged. Battling depression and writer's block in the two years since, Hee-soo accepts the suggestion of her longtime publisher friend to stay at a remote country home in a small, rural town with her daughter Yeon-hee, where she'll be able to write in peace. Then Yeon-hee tells her mother that a mysterious, invisible woman in the house has been telling her stories, and Hee-soo turns those fascinating stories into a new book. It becomes an instant bestseller, but Hee-soo's regained fame doesn't last long as she becomes embroiled in another plagiarism scandal, with rumors swirling that the contents of her book are from a novel that had been published 10 years ago. To prove her innocence, Hee-soo sets out to uncover the truth and find who her daughter was talking to.
Tidal Wave
Tidal Wave (2009)
, 2h
Directed by Yoon Je-kyoon
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes La fin du monde, Disaster films, Films about earthquakes
Actors Sol Kyung-gu, Ha Ji-won, Lee Min-Ki, Kang Ye-won, Park Joong-hoon, Uhm Jung-hwa
Roles Lee Yu-jin
Rating56% 2.8042452.8042452.8042452.8042452.804245
Located on the southeastern tip of the Korean Peninsula, Haeundae district of Busan, South Korea draws one million visitors to its beaches every year. Several years ago, Man-sik, a Haeundae local, lost Yeon-hee's father due to his mistake in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake while deep-sea fishing together at the Indian Ocean. Because of this, for years, Man-sik wasn't able to become involved with Yeon-hee, who runs an unlicensed seafood restaurant, despite her attempts to start a relationship (Yeon-hee doesn't know that her father was killed due to Man-sik's mistake.).
Five Senses of Eros, 2h10
Directed by Hur Jin-ho, Min Gyoo-dong
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Jang Hyuk, Shin Se-kyung, Kim Kang-woo, Cha Soo-yeon, Kim Su-ro, Uhm Jung-hwa
Roles Lee Jung-ha
Rating51% 2.567022.567022.567022.567022.56702
A man is attracted by the woman sitting across from him on a train ride to Busan. He gets off the train after her, even though it's not his stop. He gets her phone number. A few days later the man plans to meet the woman for the second time.
Insadong Scandal, 1h49
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Kim Rae-won, Uhm Jung-hwa, Hong Soo-hyun, Im Ha-ryong, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Jung-tae
Roles Bae Tae-jin
Rating60% 3.0025453.0025453.0025453.0025453.002545
A fabled painting from royal palace was discovered after 400 years. Once properly restored, it could fetch at least $40 million in the international auction market. Bae is the owner of the gallery which possesses the painting. She scouts top-tier restoration artist Lee to work on the painting. With Lee's expert stroke, the controversy surrounding the painting is slowly unveiled. As the painting's true form is restored, art experts in Korea hold a collective breath. Little do they know that they're only a part of a bigger scheme.
For Horowitz, 1h48
Genres Drama
Actors Uhm Jung-hwa, Park Yong-woo, Kim Bo-ra, Jung In-gi, Kim Hee-jung
Roles Kim Ji-su
Rating66% 3.3403853.3403853.3403853.3403853.340385
Kim Ji-soo is a 30-year-old single woman who once dreamed about becoming a world-class pianist, but ends up opening a small neighborhood piano school on the outskirts of Seoul, where she teaches children to play.
Seducing Mr. Perfect, 1h47
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Uhm Jung-hwa, Daniel Henney, Lee Sung-min
Roles Min Joon
Rating64% 3.2435453.2435453.2435453.2435453.243545
Min-june (Uhm Jung-hwa) is a believer in true love and always very dedicated to her current boyfriend. However, men always break up with her - her latest boyfriend ends their relationship on his birthday. Distracted by the latest break-up, she bumps into a car and a man steps out of it - who turns out to be her new boss, Robin Heiden (Daniel Henney). Heiden has very clear ideas about a relationship and love: both are a game of power and Min-june seeks advice from him, as she doesn't want to get dumped again. However, when she starts to treat men like Heiden treats women, she realizes that she prefers her older behavior, even if that means that she gets dumped again; she doesn't see love as a game of power and never will. Heiden, who has to deal with his own heartbreak, as he loved a woman so much that she had to shoot him to get the message across that she wasn't interested in him, starts to soften at Min-june's attitude towards life. He eventually falls in love with her and both get into a real relationship and a happy ending of their own.
Princess Aurora, 1h46
Directed by Bang Eun-jin
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Uhm Jung-hwa, Moon Sung-keun, Kwon Oh-joong, Hyun Young, Choi Jong-won, Kim Yong-gun
Roles Jung Sun-jung
Rating64% 3.2404953.2404953.2404953.2404953.240495
A strange series of murders begin to take place in Korea. There seems to be no connection between the victims, only a small sticker depicting a character from the popular "Princess Aurora" cartoon series is found at every crime scene.
All for Love, 2h9
Directed by Min Gyoo-dong
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Uhm Jung-hwa, Hwang Jeong-min, Im Chang-jung, Im Chang-jung, Seo Young-hee, Kim Su-ro
Roles Hur Yu-Jung
Rating67% 3.3794753.3794753.3794753.3794753.379475
A lovely week in the lives of these people. An elderly woman (Oh Mi-hee) rents a coffee shop from a gruff theater owner (Joo Hyun).
Singles
Singles (2003)
, 1h50
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Jang Jin-young, Uhm Jung-hwa, Lee Beom-soo, Kim Joo-hyuk, Han Ji-hye, Song Jae-ho
Roles Dong-mi
Rating63% 3.19443.19443.19443.19443.1944
Na-nan, soon to turn 30, is at a crossroads in her life. She has been dumped by her boyfriend, then gets demoted at work from designer to restaurant manager. For support she relies on her best friend, promiscuous party girl Dong-mi, who shares an apartment with the shy and studious Jeong-joon. Eventually Na-nan attracts the attention of Su-heon, and the two start dating. But when she learns that Su-heon is being transferred to the United States, she must choose between making a go of her career as a restaurateur, or starting a new life overseas.