Kim Se-jeong
Kim Se-jeong was born in Gimje, North Jeolla, South Korea on August 28th, 1996 and is the Pop Singer. At the age of 27, Kim Se-jeong biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Kim Se-jeong (born August 28, 1996), better known by the mononym Sejeong, is a South Korean singer and actress.
She is best known as the runner-up contestant in Produce 101, a former member of the girl group I.O.I, and as a member of Gugudan and its subgroup Gugudan Semina.
She was a co-host of the variety show Talents for Sale in 2016 and played the leading role in the teen drama, School 2017.
Early life and education
Kim Se-jeong was born on August 28, 1996, in Gimje, North Jeolla Province, but moved to Anyang, Gyeonggi where she stayed with her mother and older brother at her aunt's house. Her parents split when she was a child, leaving her mother to single-handedly raise her and her brother. She has previously stated that she did not contact her father until she was in her third year of middle school. Kim is currently studying practical music at Hanyang Women's University.
Personal life
Before her debut, Kim participated in track and field competitions in elementary and middle school and was part of the Theatre Club in her high school. Kim passed Jellyfish Entertainment's auditions through a competition of 3,000 to 1 ratio, thus becoming a trainee. She majored in Practical Music and was a trainee for two years before joining Produce 101. While being a trainee on the show, Kim earned the nickname “God Sejeong” for consistently ranking first place and never ranking below second place. Since then, the nickname has been widely used for Kim excelling in various fields.
Kim is oftentimes called the icon of "Flower Way" through broadcasts and media after her famous speech to her mother, "I will only let you walk on the flower road from now on," during the first elimination round of Produce 101 where she won first place. Her first solo song "Flower Way" was based on the letter Kim wrote for her mother in Talents for Sale where she was a host.
Career
Kim appeared on the second season of competition television show K-pop Star 2 in 2012. She did not make it to the second round of ranking, but Yang Hyun-suk brought her back to the casting round, where Kim performed a duet of Taeyang's "I Want A Girl" with fellow contestant Jo Yoo-min. Kim and contestants Nicole Curry and Lee Soo-kyung were mixed in the final casting round by Yang, who included them in the mix. She was disqualified from the tournament at the end of the round.
Kim Na-young and Kang Mi-na appeared on Jellyfish Entertainment alongside fellow trainees Kim Na-young and Kang Mi-na on the reality survival competition Produce 101 in January 2016, where they competed for the opportunity to debut in a Mnet project girl group. In the first episode of the series, the three three three children were assigned to "Group A," and Kim received the first-place ranking on several episodes, earning the nickname "God Sejeong." The scheme came to an end on April 1, 2016, and the final line-up of I.O.I, which was made up of the top 11 poll winners, was announced. Kim was the runner-up contestant, receiving 525,352 votes, before officially becoming a member of the I.O.I. They debuted on May 4, 2016 with the album Chrysalis' lead single "Dream Girls." I.O.I.I.I.I.V.I.I.I.I.M.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I. Members were recalled to their respective companies at the end of their employment.
Kim will not be participating in I.O.I.I.I's unit promotions, according to YMC Entertainment, but the agency will instead debut and promote with its new upcoming girl group. Kim and her fellow I.O.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.A.I.I.I.I. member Kang Mi-na officially debuted as members of South Korean girl group Guang Dai, the lead single "Wonderland" on June 28, 2016. Kim performed in Jellyfish Entertainment's music channel project Jelly Box on November 23, 2016 and released the single "Flower Way," which was released by Zico, as well as a music video. On the Gaon Digital Chart, the single debuted at number two. Kim received her first music program award as a solo artist on "Flower Way" on November 30, making her one of the fastest soloists to win in a music competition. Kim performed "If Only" on the soundtrack of The Legend of the Blue Sea on January 12, 2017. She collaborated with Lee Tae-il of Block B on the digital single "I Like You, I Don't," which debuted at number 8 in the Gaon Music Charts later this year. Kim also collaborated on "Star Blossom" for the SM Station Season 2 music project, which was also produced by NCT's Doyoung.
Kim, on top of singing, has established herself as a "ace" in variety shows by appearing on various television shows, including her multiple streaks in popular entertainment franchises. Kim Jong-kook, Lee Seo-jin, and Noh Hong-chul, where she showcased a variety of talents on the show and earned the nickname 'Variety Cheat Key'. In the 15th KBS Entertainment Awards, she will receive a "Rookie Variety" award. In March 2017, she became the head of the Jungle family in Sumatra, Indonesia, under the leadership of Kim Byung-man. Kim starred in several episodes on television, earning her the producers' "survival ace" tag. On the 11th SBS Entertainment Awards, she was given the Best Challenge Award. Kim Jong-min, Lee Sangmin, Kim Byung-man, and others joined the Boat Horn Clenched Fists crew on a fishing mission in Imjado, an island in South Jeolla Province, where she served with Law of the Jungle and others. Later on, Kim demonstrated her physical abilities and was dubbed "Wonder Sejeong" when she joined the Boat Horn Clenched Fists crew on a fishing mission.
Ra Eun-ho, the bubbly and charismatic lead of KBS2's teen drama School 2017, where she received a "Best New Actress" award at the 31st KBS Drama Awards in July 2017. "Believe in this Moment" was also sung by her band Guergudan, who wrote the song "Believe in this Moment." Kim will be a recurring cast member of Netflix's first Korean variety show Busted in September 2017. Among variety veterans Yoo Jae-suk, Kim Jong-min, Lee Kwang-soo, Ahn Jae-wook, actor Park Min-young, and fellow idol Oh Se-hun. With Lee Seung-gi joining the cast in its second season, the variety show ran for three seasons. Kim also became the first special co-host of Baek Jong-won's Get It Beauty, alongside Honey Lee, Lee Se-young, and Sandara Park in January 2018.
Kim and fellow Jellyfish Entertainment artist LEO of VIXX were selected to perform "We, the Reds" for the South Korea national football team during the 2018 World Cup Tournament. In June 2018, she was one of the members of MDRS' team led by Kim Byung-man for their third time working together, with actress Ha Ji-won and 2 PM Nichkhun for tvN's sci-fi variety series Galileo: Awakened Universe, which explores the possibility of life on Mars. All the participants travelled to Utah, United States, for the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS), the country's largest and longest-running Mars simulation center. They were the first Korean entertainment crews to set foot on the Research Station.
With Kim and fellow Produce 101 alumnists Mina and Nayoung, a Guguan SeMiNa subgroup was established in June 2018. They debuted with the single "SeMiNa" on July 10, 2018. Kim released "Lover" on the back of Mr. Sunshine's soundtrack in September 2018.
Kim took her second leading role in the mystery romantic-comedy film I Wanna Hear Your Song in 2019, where she played a timpanist who lost her memories due to traumatic events. On the 2019 KBS Drama Awards, she will win the K-Drama Hallyu Award for her role. Kim released the single "Tunnel" in conjunction with Dingo Music on December 2, 2019, followed by her first self-written and composed extended play titled Plant, which was released on March 17, 2020, after a year of hiatus as a singer and three years since her solo debut song, "Korean." On The Show for her single, she received her second music award show trophy. Except for the lead single, she wrote and composed all of the tracks from her EP. Kim sang of "All of My Days" for the soundtrack of Crash Landing on You, which debuted at number 50 on the Gaon Digital Chart, followed by "What My Heart Says" for the soundtrack of Record of Youth. On August 17, 2020, she and her husband "Whale" were announced.
Kim then performed her first female lead in Return: The Promise of the Day, an original army musical about the digging of the remains of the heroic soldiers who died fighting their country during the Korean War. She was accepted to star in the fantasy thriller The Uncanny Counter, where she appeared as Do Ha-na on July 15, 2020. Kim and her co-stars were trained in an action school to prepare for their respective roles before filming the drama. The drama went on to become the highest-rated OCN show of all time, and its immense success led to a cancellation of season 2. Kim contributed to the drama's OST by writing and composing "Meet Again," a hit on the Gaon Digital chart, which ranked at 147. After two years of inactivity, Jellyfish Entertainment officially ended Gullyfish Entertainment on December 31, 2020, and Kim signed her Gullyfish Entertainment as a solo artist and actress on May 11, 2021.
Kim was in the middle of preparing for a comeback on March 9, 2021. Kim released "Warning," her second self-written and composed EP, on March 29, 2021. She was also featured on MC Mong's Flower 9 album later this year with the song "Can I Go Back." Kim will make her second musical appearance in Red Book, a cultural drama about women's advancement in the Victorian period, on April 5, 2021. Anna was the protagonist of the story and defied all odds against misogyny of women in the Victorian period. Kim appeared on television from June 7 to August 24, 2021, a total of 28 shows. Red Book Musical has received a viewer rating of 9.9 out of ten and currently has the highest viewer rating of the top 2021 Musicals. At the 2022 Korean Musical Awards, the musical will win the Best Picture Award and Best New Musical Actress nomination for Kim.
Kim and the I.O.I members celebrated their fifth anniversary with "Yes, I Love It!" on May 4, 2021. Kim collaborated with Municon on July 23, 2021, a digital single that is a recreation of the same song performed by Japanese singer TEE's. Kim hosted the 2021 MBC Entertainment Awards with Jun Hyun-moo and Lee Sang-yi at the end of 2021.
Kim returned to the small screen in February 2022 as the female lead in SBS' Business Proposal alongside Ahn Hyop. Kim will appear in the television series Today's Webtoon alongside Choi Daniel and Nam Yoon-su in March. Kim's first solo fan meeting had been scheduled at Yes24 Live Hall on March 26, but it was postponed to April 23, after she tested positive for COVID-19. On November 4 and 6, Kim will have her first overseas fan gathering in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Bangkok, Thailand. Kim will hold a fan meeting in Japan on November 11.