KOREAN STARS
JANG
NARA
PROFILE
Name: 장나라 / Jang Na Ra
Nicknames: Jang Nan Han Ya? (It means “Are You playing around?”)
and Tweety
Chinese name: 张娜拉 / Zhang Na La
Profession: Actress and singer
Birthdate: 1981-Mar-18
Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea
Height: 160cm
Weight: 45kg
Star sign: Pisces
Blood type: A
Family: Parents, a brother and grandmother
Talent agency: Pure Entertainment
Education: Chungang University (Theater and Art degrees)
Hobbies: Cross-stitch
Specialty: Ocarina, dance and flute
Languages: Korean, Mandarin and English
Religion: Christianity
Jang
Na-ra / 장나라, is a South Korean singer and actress. She
also sings in Chinese, and is known in China by her transliterated Chinese name
(simplified Chinese: 张娜拉; traditional Chinese: 張娜拉; pinyin: Zhāng Nàlā)
As a
child, Jang spent most of her childhood in her birthplace, Seoul, but appeared with her father in a play, Les Misérables, in her primary school days,
thus sparking her interest to become an actress. Jang also went on to become an
advertisement model for some television advertisements in her high school days
before entering into the Department of Theater, the Faculty of Fine Arts
at Chungang University in March 2000.
Music Career
Jang
moved into a singing career by signing a contract with SM Entertainment, however SM Entertainment had
dropped Jang due to assumptions that Jang would have lesser or no popularity
than other competing artists. Despite SM's opinion, Jang released her first
album with the title song, "Burying My Face In Tears". The album sold
300,000 copies in the process. Her pop ballad style song, Confessionand
the April Story, was ranked at the top in various music charts.
Thus, this resulted in Jang holding an MC job at MBC's music show, Music Camp. Jang was also the MC
of talk show Love Story.
Acting Career
and also has a successful
acting career, in which she appears in a TV sitcom "New Nonstop" with famous South Korean young stars such as Park Kyung-lim and Yang Dong Geun. Together with Jang Hyuk, she also played the leading role in a TV
drama, "Successful Story of a Bright Girl", which recorded high
audience rating.
In recent years, she
starred in a drama in China, called "Bratty Princess". Being the lead
actress, she has attracted much affection from Chinese-speaking fans and has
become quite popular in Chinese-speaking countries in Asia. She has also released
a few Chinese-language CDs. Her first Chinese album was a huge success and it
featured her previously released Korean songs translated into Chinese. The
Chinese versions of "Sweet Dream", "It's Probably Love" and
"I'm A Woman Too" have become very popular on radio throughout Asia.
She has performed many concerts in China, often singing both Korean and Chinese
songs. Recently she released another Chinese album called "Kung Fu".
The video for the song featured her in red qipao (Chinese women traditional dress),
fighting villains, and dancing with a cute panda. She is also in the 2008
Olympic song "Beijing Welcomes You", as the only non-Chinese ethnic singer. In the middle of
this year Jang Nara decided to ended her 6 year of hiatus by taking a leading
role as Lee Seo Young who is 34 year old mistaken for being 25 in a rom-com
"Baby Faced Beauty". This on-going drama also a mark for her to start
her come back status in K-Drama world.She is a relative of bang Min-ah,from the
Girl's Day girl group of Dream tea Entertainment.
TV Shows
Diao Man Qiao Yu Yi (2011)
Iron Masked Singer (2010)
Size 55 (TBA, 2009)
Good Morning Shanghai (2007)
Banjun Drama (SBS, 2005)
My Bratty Princess (CCTV, 2005)
Dou Kou Nian Hua
Hello! Balbari (KBS2, 2003)
Nonstop 2 (MBC, 2001)
TV Series Theme Songs
Fan Zhe Ba, My Bratty Princess opening theme song (2005) with Alec
Su
Tian Bian, My Bratty Princess insert song (2005)
Albums
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Information
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Tracks
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1st
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§ Title: The First Story
§ Released: 21/6/2001
§ Sales: 323,168
§ Language: Korean
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1. 고백 (Confession)
2. 눈물에 얼굴을 묻는다 (Burying My Face In Tears)
3. 연 (Yun)
4. Make it Right
5. 물고기자리 (Pisces)
6. 4월이야기 (April Story)
7. 눈물에 얼굴을 묻는다 (Burying My Face In Tears, String Version)
8. Gloomy Sunday
9. Blue
10. 약속 (Promise)
11. My Pain
12. 지독한 사랑 (Vicious Love)
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2nd
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§ Title: Sweet Dream
§ Released: 2/10/2002
§ Sales: 411,253
§ Language: Korean
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1. Sweet Dream
2. 아마도사랑이겠죠 (Amado Sarangigetjyo, "Perhaps Love")
3. 혼자서도 잘해요 (Honjaseodo Jalhaeyo, "I Can Do It Well By
Myself")
4. Pinekiss
5. 철부지 (Cheolbuji, "A Mere Child")
6. Ending
7. I'll be there for you
8. 뙈지아가 (Ttwaejiaga, "Pig Baby")
9. 물망초 (Mulmangcho, "A Forget-Me-Not")
10. 사막한가운데서 (Samakhangaundeseo, "In The Middle of the
Desert")
11. Snowman
12. 다시 받아주겠니? (Dasi
Badajugenni? "Can You Accept Me Again?")
13. 바람아 멈추어다오 (Barama Meomchueodao, "Please Stop the Wind")
14. 아마도 사랑이겠죠 (Amado Sarangigetjyo, "Perhaps Love") (Radio
edit)
15. Snowman (Radio edit)
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3rd
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§ Title: The Third Story
§ Released: December 2003
§ Sales: 161,103
§ Language: Korean
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1. We
2. 별이 빛나는 밤에
3. 기도 (Last Pray)
4. 10년이 지난 후 나는
5. 그게 정말이니?
6. 나도 여자랍니다
7. 키키
8. My Boy
9. 약속
10. 늘 그래왔듯이
11. Say Good-Bye
12. 눈물로 남을텐데
13. 그게 정말이니 (Band ver.)
14. 별이 빛나는 밤에(Ver.2)
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4th
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§ Title: My Story
§ Released: December 2004
§ Sales: 28,940
§ Language: Korean
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1. Intro
2. 달팽이 (Snail)
3. 겨울일기 (Winter diary)
4. I Love School
5. Always
6. 이젠 괜찮아요 (Now no problem at all)
7. 혹시라도 (Perhaps)
8. 모시는 글 (Mosin Gul)
10. 사랑하기 좋은 날 (Good Day to Love)
11. 겨울일기 (Bossa Nova.ver) (Winter diary)
12. 나 (I)
13. Make it right
14. 飛不起來(페이부치라이)
(중국드라마'은색연화'주제가) (Cannot fly—Chinese soap opera ' Silver time passage '
Theme song)
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5th
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§ Title: She
§ Released: February 23, 2007
§ Sales: N/A
§ Language: Korean
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1. 사랑 부르기 (Calling out love)
2. 마음을 잃다 (Losing one's mind)
3. You & I
4. 손톱 (Fingernails)
5. 가면무도회 ft. HaHa (A Masquerade)
6. 사랑을 향합니다 (Towards love)
7. Everything for you
8. Tonight
9. 이젠 말해볼까 (Shall we talk about it now?)
10. 당신의 모든 것을 사랑합니다 (I love everything about you)
11. 사랑 부르기 (Acoustic Ver.) (Calling out love)
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6th
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§ Title: Dream of Asia
§ Released: March 27, 2008
§ Sales: N/A
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CD 01 [Korean / Japanese / English]
1. 신기루 (Mirage)
2. Jump!!Jump!!
3. 흉터 (Scar)
4. 미련한 미련이란 것이 (Stupidity What Is Stupidity)
5. Thinkin’ Of You
6. 거짓말쟁이 (Liar)
7. Long Good-Bye
8. 달맞이 꽃 (Evening Primrose)
9. 눈의 아이 (Snow Child)
10. 결혼할래요 - feat. 박묵환 / Park Moon Hwan
11. Shining Day
12. Fairytale [English Version]
13. 신기루 (しんきろう)
[Japanese Version] (Mirage)
14. Jump!!Jump!! [Japanese Version]
15. We [Japanese Version]
CD 02 [Mandarin / Cantonese]
1. 우리들의 꿈 / 我們的夢想 / Wo Men De Meng Xiang (Our Dream)
2. 독신주의 / 獨身主意
3. 신기루 / 海市蜃樓 / Hai Shi Shen Lou (Mirage)
4. Jump!!Jump!! / 跳!跳! / Tiao!Tiao!
5. 남은 건 추억뿐 / 只剩下從前
6. 나를 따라 해 봐 / 跟我走 / Gen Wo Zou (Follow Me)
7. 못된 성질 / 大脾氣 / Da Pi Qi
8. 멈춘 사랑 / 停愛 / Ting Ai
9. 조금만 / 一点点 / Yi Dian Dian
10. 달빛은 내 마음을 대신해 / 月亮代表我的心 / Yue Liang Dai Biao Wo De Xin [Cantonese Version]
11. 달빛은 내 마음을 대신해 / 月亮代表我的心 / Yue Liang Dai Biao Wo De Xin [Mandarin Live Version]
(Teresa Teng Co
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Others
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§ Title: Jang Nara and Friends
§ Released: April, 2003
§ Sales: N/A
§ Language: Korean
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1. 오 해피데이 (영화‘오 해피데이’삽입곡)
2. 피노키오
3. 그날이후 (영화 ‘오 해피데이’ 삽입곡)
4. friend (Solo Version)
5. and
6. lately
7. Will be mine
8. luv n u
9. today
10. friend (Duet Version)
11. 부디
12. 그래요
13. 아무것도 아닌 이야기
14. 다시
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§ Title: 一张
§ Released: February 1, 2005
§ Sales: N/A
§ Language: Chinese
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1. 风儿啊！请你停下来 (Wind, please stop)
2. 全世界下雨 (The whole world is raining)
3. 娜拉In China
4. 飞不起来 (Unable to fly)
5. Sweet Dream
6. 恋爱宣言
7. 我也是女人 (I am also a woman)
8. 甜蜜蜜 (Sweet)
9. 可能是爱情 (It's probably love)
10. Ends
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§ Title: Gong Fu
§ Released: December 21, 2005
§ Sales: N/A
§ Language: Chinese
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1. 对不起不爱你 (Sorry, I don't love you)
2. 功夫
3. 爱上你全部 (Loving all of you)
4. 我要你崇拜
5. 梦飞翔
6. Everyday
7. 危险恋人
8. 天边
9. 出乎预料
10. 烦着呢
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§ Title: Ladylike
§ Released: December 29, 2006
§ Sales: N/A
§ Language: Korean
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1. 안 행복해 (I’m not happy)
2. 그렇담 Good-bye (Then good-bye)
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§ Title: It's Alright (Ah Hyeon Dong's Madam OST)
§ Released: February 14, 2008
§ Sales: N/A
§ Language: Korean
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1. It's alright
2. It's alright(instrumental)
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§ Title: Wind From The End Of The Sky (Dong Yi OST)
§ Released: June 15,2010
§ Sales: N/A
§ Language: Korean
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1. 천애지아 (하늘 끝에 이르는 바람) (Wind From The End Of The Sky)
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Movies
Charity and other
activities
Jang does some charity
work such as sending free powdered milk to the hungry North Korean children. She also works with the FHI Charity
organization.
Recently, Jang held a
fund-raising concert for child patients of leukemia in China. The Jang Foundation was
established from the money raised during Jang's fan club meeting at her June 9
concert in Beijing, which was held to mark the 15th year of Korean-Chinese
diplomatic relations. Twelve hundred seats at the concert venue sold out early.
After the concert on stage, a leading Chinese charity organization appointed
Jang as a goodwill ambassador, making her the first foreigner to receive such
an honor.
In June 2010, Jang was
appointed as an associate professor at the Beijing Huajia University (北京华嘉学院).
In 2011, Jang was
appointed as Seoul’s Gangnam-gu’s ambassador to promote tourism in the area.
Awards
- 2001 MBC Best MC Award
- 2003 Singer of the Year (Korea)
CCTV-MTV Music Honors
- 2002 KBS Music Awards
- 2002 SBS 10 Best Star
- 2002 KMTV Music Award
- 2002 MBC Golden Disk Award
- 2002 MBC Singer Award
- 15th International Chunsa Film
Festival: Hallyu Grand Award
- 2010 Asia Star Award
- 2011 KBS Drama Award Best
Actress of Mini Series
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