Profil Jessica

 

Background information
Birth name	Jessica Jung Jung Soo-yeon
Also known as	Ice Princess, Sica, SicaChu, Ahjumma, Sergeant Sic
Born	April 18, 1989 (age 22) San Francisco, California
Genres	Pop, R&B, dance-pop
Occupations	Singer, Dancer, Actress, Model
Instruments	Singing
Years active	2007 – present
Labels	SM Entertainment
Associated acts	Girls' Generation, SM Town, Krystal Jung
Website	Official website Signature of Jessica.

Early life

Jessica Jung was born on April 18, 1989 in San Francisco, California. She auditioned at the SM Entertainment Casting System and joined the company in 2000. She had been trained for seven years as a trainee before debuting with Korean girl group Girls' Generation.

Her younger sister, Krystal Jung, is a member of the Korean girl group f(x), also created by SM Entertainment.

Career

Girls' Generation

Jessica was the first member to be signed with SM Entertainment in 2000. In 2007, she was chosen as a member of the group Girls' Generation. The 9-member girl group debuted on August 5, 2007.

The group has released three full albums, three mini-albums, and various singles. Their 2009 hit single "Gee" holds the record for being the longest running #1 song on KBS's Music Bank, having held the #1 chart ranking for 9 consecutive weeks. That year also saw the group winning various awards, including consecutive Artist of the Year (Daesang) awards at the Seoul Music Awards, Golden Disk Awards, Melon Music Awards, and the Korean Cultural Entertainment Awards.

Girls' Generation began a foray into the Japanese music scene in late 2010, with the Japanese remakes of their 2009 Korean hits "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" and "Gee".

On October 27, 2010, the group released their third Korean mini-album, Hoot, which consisted of five songs.

Solo singing career

In addition to her group activities, Jessica released two singles with Seohyun and Tiffany: "Oppa Nappa" (Hangul: "오빠 나빠", lit. Bad Older Brother) and "Mabinogi (It's Fantastic!)". Jessica collaborated with 8Eight for the song "I Love You" from their 2nd album Infinity which was released on March 3, 2008. (Though she is not the one in the mv, she is the one singing the harmony and adlibs.)

In addition, she had various duets — one with Shinee member, Onew, called "One Year Later", and one with Park Myung-soo, "Naengmyeon". She sang the "Seoul Song" with Super Junior's Leeteuk, Sungmin, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook and Kyuhyun and fellow group members Taeyeon, Sunny, Sooyoung, and Seohyun.

Jessica released a digital single titled "Sweet Delight" on October 13, 2010.

She also participated in the soundtrack of KBS drama Romance Town with the song "Because Tears Are Overflowing" (Korean: 눈물이 넘쳐서 ). The song was released on May 18, 2011.

Acting career

Jessica made her musical theatre debut in the South Korean production of Legally Blonde, alongside Lee Ha-nui and Kim Ji-woo; the production opened on November 14, 2009.

She had a cameo role on SBS TV Oh My Lady! in March 2010.

Modeling

Along with Girls' Generation, Jessica has been featured as a model for numerous advertisements, endorsements, and campaigns including Haptic Motion , LG, Samsung, Domino's Pizza, Elite Uniform, J.estina bags and many others.

In early 2011, Jessica modeled for Dior Cosmetics with bandmates Hyoyeon, Yuri, Tiffany, Sooyoung and Sunny.

Jessica had her first runway for Lee Juyoung’s fashion show for the 2011/12 Seoul Fashion Week at Seoul’s SETEC Center on March 29, 2011. Jessica wore the line, Resurrection by Juyoung, from the designer who created pieces for Marilyn Manson, The Black Eyed Peas and Lady Gaga.

In 2011 she also modeled for Levi's in a Marie Claire issue ,was the cover of an 17# anniversary Ceci issue, for W magazine, Cosmopolitan magazine, and Singles magazine.

Guest appearance on TV show

In May 2010, Jessica became a regular guest on the show Happy Birthday until she withdrew on June 7, 2010 due to Girls' Generation's overseas activities.

She was also a regular guest on the show Star King, with fellow band member Yuri.

In 2009 she took a special part on the show Infiny Challenge, for their summer special, in which she was chosen to sing a duet with one of the mc's Park Myoungsoo.

And along with Girl's Generation, they had a variety of reality shows, which include: Girls go to School, Factory Girl, Hello Baby, Horror Movie Factory and Cheer Up.

Personal life

Jessica stands 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) and weighs 45 kg (99 lb; 7.1 st). She speaks English, Korean, Japanese & basic Chinese. Her hobbies include playing soccer & boxing. She enjoys dancing and singing. She used to be recognized aesthetically by her long bleached blonde hair which is not commonly seen in non-occidentals; specifically of Asian descent. She has since dyed her hair brown. Her well known nickname is 'Ice Princess' but she also has many other nicknames derived from several aspects of her appearance and the linguistic structure of her name.

Discography

Solo discography

Year	Title	Song	Duration	Artist
2008	Roommate	Oppa Nappa	03:45	Duet with Seohyun & Tiffany
	It's Fantastic	It's Fantastic	03:40	Duet with Seohyun & Tiffany
2009	Olympic Duet Song Festival	NaengMyun	03:41	Duet with Park Myeong Soo
2010	Sweet Delight	Sweet Delight	03:20	Solo
2011	Romance Town OST	Because Tear Are Overflowing	04:46	Solo

Filmography

Television drama

Year	Title	Role
2008	Unstoppable Marriage	as Bool Gwang Dong (seven princess) (cameo)
2009	Taehee, Hyekyo, Jihyun!	English teacher (cameo)
2010	Oh My Lady!	Herself (cameo)

Television series

Year	Title	Role
2007	Cutie Honey, Mini Musical	A bully along with Yuri, Hyoyeon
2010	Happy Birthday	Host

Music video appearances

Year	Song	Artist	Role
2007	"Love Is Late, I'm Sorry"	Kim Jo Han	Herself
2009	"Super Girl"	Super Junior-M	Herself
	"S.E.O.U.L."	Super Junior and Girls' Generation	Female photographer

Musical theatre

Year	Title	Role
2009–2010	Legally Blonde	Elle Woods (Lead Role)