Kang Eun-bi
Kang Eun-bi | |
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Born | Joo Mi-jin April 15, 1986 |
Other names | Song Eun-chae (송은채) |
Occupation | actress |
Years active | 2005 – present |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 주미진 |
Revised Romanization | Joo Mi-jin |
McCune–Reischauer | Ju Mijin |
Stage name | |
Hangul | 강은비 |
Revised Romanization | Gang Eun-bi |
McCune–Reischauer | Kang Ŭnpi |
Kang Eun-bi (born Joo Mi-jin on April 15, 1986) is a South Korean actress and online streamer.[1][2] In 2012, she changed her stage name to Song Eun-chae.[3] In 2016, she went back to using the name Kang Eun-bi.[4]
Career
[edit]Kang was inspired to become an actress in elementary school after seeing Jung Sun-kyung play the titular character of the 1995 drama Jang Hui-bin.[5] In middle school, she was cast by SM Entertainment, but her mother called the deal off after seeing their contract. Kang instead became a magazine model, drawn in by the prospect of earning money.[6] Kang was also active as an internet ulzzang, having been a famous figure on the Daum "Five Big Ulzzangs" community, and was named the best ulzzang on a program aired by cable TV channel Qwiny.[7][8]
Her first acting role was in the 2005 movie Wet Dreams 2, where she was picked out of 3,500 auditionees.[9] The same year, she appeared in the Drama City episode "Pokhara", her debut TV role.[10] She was also cast in the series Golden Apple, but she left during production as she was set to appear in Special of My Life, a show planned to share its time slot.[11] In the sitcom Rainbow Romance, the sixth installment of the Nonstop series, she played an immature college student majoring in dance, a subject which she had previous experience in. She had minored in ballet until her junior year of high school.[5]
In 2006, Special of My Life aired, in which Kang starred as the younger sister of Myung Se-bin's character, though she did not appear in the first few episodes.[12] Following Special of My Life, she starred alongside Yoon Eun-hye and Oh Man-seok as a country girl in the drama The Vineyard Man; for her part, she studied the Chungcheong dialect of Korean.[13] In 2007, she starred in the cable drama Sexi Mong as detective Kang Han-na.[14] The role, described as strong and sexy, was a departure from the cute characters she had played up to that point.[15] Her next role was in My Too Perfect Sons, where she played a single mother.[16]
In 2009, she made her debut as a singer with the single "Makin' Love", which she had prepared for 6 months.[17]
Kang started internet broadcasting on Avatar TV in 2016.[18] In November 2017, Kang opened an account on the South Korean streaming platform AfreecaTV.[19] She was awarded the Best Female Variety Streamer and the Best New Streamer award at the 2018 Afreeca TV BJ Awards.[2]
Filmography
[edit]Television series
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Network | Note | Ref. |
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2005 | Rainbow Romance | Kim Eun-bi | MBC TV | Sitcom | [5] |
2006 | Special of My Life | Yoon Ye-rin | [12] | ||
The Vineyard Man | Park Hong-yi | KBS1 | [13] | ||
2007 | Sexi Mong | Kang Han-na | Channel CGV | [15] | |
2008 | Cooking up Romance | Han Kye-sook | KBS2 | [citation needed] | |
2009 | My Too Perfect Sons | Choi Soo-hee | KBS1 | [16] |
Film
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Note | Ref. |
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2006 | Mr. Wacky | Choi Jin-joo | [citation needed] | |
2007 | Drawing paper (도화지) | Sang-won | [citation needed] | |
2014 | Wrestling | Eun-hee | [citation needed] | |
2015 | Lost Flower Eo Woo-dong | Hye-in / Eo Woo-dong | [20] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Song Eun-chae". HanCinema. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
- ^ a b 배우였던 강은비, BJ로 전향하게 된 사연. Segye Ilbo (in Korean). 2018-12-28. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ Park, Young-woong (October 1, 2012). 강은비, 송은채로 개명..아역 이미지 벗고파. Star News (in Korean). Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ^ 송은채→본명 강은비로 “신인시절, 악플때문에 방송도 고사” [화보]. Sports Dong-a (in Korean). 2016-08-03. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ a b c [쉘 위 토크] ‘레인보우 로망스’ 강은비 (in Korean). Sports Kyunghyang. 2005-11-14. Retrieved 2024-03-12 – via Naver.
- ^ 아프리카tv 강은비 bj "내가 SM 캐스팅 거절하고 잡지 모델이 된 이유". Daily Hankook (in Korean). 2018-10-05. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ 얼짱 모델 오디션, 연예인 등용문이 넓어졌다! -방송계 [창간특집] (in Korean). Mydaily. Retrieved 2024-03-12 – via Naver.
- ^ [케이블-위성 산책]최고얼짱 경연 오프라인 대회 생중계. The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). 2004-01-08. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ "강은비 "얼짱만 믿는 연기자 아니에요"" (in Korean). Segye Ilbo. Retrieved 2024-03-12 – via Naver.
- ^ 강은비 안방극장 데뷔 합격점. Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). 2005-08-11. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ 강은비, 편성문제로 '황금사과' 하차..고은아 투입. Star News (in Korean). 2005-09-21. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ a b "강은비,'내 인생의 스페셜' 언제 등장하나 궁금증 증폭" (in Korean). Newsen. Retrieved 2024-03-12 – via Nate.
- ^ a b Park, Jae-deok (2006-07-06). 강은비, 윤은혜-오만석과 '포도밭' 삼각관계. Joynews24 (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ Kang, Seung-hun (2007-10-22). 김지우 서영 강은비, '색시몽'서 섹시미 대결. Joynews24 (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ a b ‘몽정기2’ 강은비, 여고생 벗고 섹시 미녀 변신. The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). 2007-10-02. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ a b 강은비 “미혼모 모임 가입” 성숙 연기로 ‘안방 공략’. Sports Dong-a (in Korean). 2009-06-23. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ "[ChanMi's star news] Kang Eun-bi becomes a singer?". HanCinema. 2009-07-27. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ Yoon, Jin-geun (2018-05-15). “저도 별풍선 모아요” BJ 뛰어든 연예인 누가 있나…김성은부터 지오까지. Sports Kyunghyang (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ “배우에서 BJ 전향 성공했다”…강은비, ‘아프리카 시상식’ 2관왕 차지. Hankook Ilbo (in Korean). 2018-12-28. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ "어우동 송은채, 강은비에서 개명한 이유 살펴보니…". ET News (in Korean). December 9, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2019.