Jessica SNSD

Jessica

Background information

Birth name Jessica Jung
Also known as Jessica
Born April 18, 1989 (1989-04-18) San Francisco, California
Genres Pop
Occupations Singer, model, dancer, Musical theatre
Instruments Singing
Years active 2007 (2007)–present
Labels SM Entertainment
Associated acts Girls' Generation, SM Town

Biography

Jessica was born in San Francisco, California on April 18, 1989.

She auditioned at the SM Entertainment Casting System and joined the company in 2000.

Her younger sister, Krystal Jung, is a member and one of the lead vocalists of girl group f(x).

Career
Girls' Generation
Jessica is a member of the group Girls' Generation which debuted on August 5, 2007.

Solo activities

In addition to her group activities, Jessica released two singles with Seohyun and Tiffany: Korean: "오빠 나빠" ("Oppa Nappa", "Bad Older Brother") and "Mabinogi (It's Fantastic!)". In May 2008, she with fellow members Tiffany and Yoona and DBSK had a commercial for an upcoming CF for Haptic Motion.

In addition, she had various duets — one with Shinee member, Onew, called "One Year Later", and one with Park Myeong-su, "Naengmyeon".

She also sang the "Seoul Song" with Super Junior's Leeteuk, Sungmin, Donghae, Siwon, and Kyuhyun and fellow group members Taeyeon, Sunny, Sooyoung, and Seohyun. Furthermore, she participated in a music video for Kim Jo-han.

She was featured in Super Junior-M's music video for the song titled 'Super Girl' which was released on September 14, 2009

Jessica made her musical debut in the Korean production of Legally Blonde: the Musical, alongside Honey Lee and Kim Ji-woo; the production opened on November 14, 2009.

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

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 sang and starred in the CF for Caribbean Bay with fellow members Taeyeon, Seohyun, Tiffany and Yuri and with 2PM.

Filmography
Television

* MBC "TaeHee, HyeKyo, JiHyun " (cameo)
* "Happy Birthday" (Variety show)
* SBS "Oh My Lady!" (as herself)

Musical

* "Legally Blonde: the Musical" (as Elle Woods)

cr : wikipedia