Jamie Chung
Jamie Jilynn Chung (born April 10, 1983 in San Francisco , California ) is an American actress who gained fame primarily for the television station MTV , where she appeared in The Real World: San Diego , the 14th season of The Real World and in the subsequent spin-off Real World / Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno II , the tenth season in total. After her time at MTV, her fame increased mainly through appearances in various internationally known television series and films such as Chuck and Larry - Wie Feuer und Flamme ,Beautiful to the death , princess protection program , Dragonball Evolution , Grownups or Sucker Punch clearly too.
life and career
Jamie Chung was born in 1983 in San Francisco , California, as a second generation Korean American. She grew up in a traditional family in her hometown. After finishing school, she worked in two parallel jobs, for example, she worked as a waitress in a sports bar in Riverside , alongside her studies at UC Riverside, where she also belonged to the women's student association Kappa Kappa Gamma . Young Chung was discovered in the sports bar by those in charge of the station MTV and invited to a casting for the fourteenth seasons of The Real World , which was produced at the end of 2003 under the title The Real World: San Diego . After a successful casting, she was included in the final cast of the series, where she was seen in the 14th season in around 27 episodes alongside seven other show participants, including Frankie Abernathy, who died in 2007 at the age of 25 was. After she was seen in around 16 episodes in the spin-off of the series, which ran under the title Real World / Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno II , in 2005, her real acting career began. Before that, however, in 2004 she was in 2 Punk Rock 4 This: The Real World San Diego Reunion , a show hosted by Vanessa Minnillo , where the eight participants of the reality show reported on their experiences and impressions of the show.
She had her first more demanding role in a well-known television series in 2006 when she was seen in an episode of Veronica Mars . Her breakthrough in the film and television business finally began in 2007. While she was seen in a supporting role in the film Katrina , she had a recurring role in the long-term soap opera Zeit der Sehnsucht , where she appeared in a total of ten episodes in the same year was used. In 2007 she also had a role in Chuck and Larry - How Fire and Flame and in an episode each of Emergency Room - The Emergency Room and CSI: NY . Furthermore, she was seen in a recurring role for two episodes in Greek in 2007 and was used again in an episode in 2008, but in a different character. She finally celebrated major success in 2008 with the six-part miniseries Samurai Girl , in which she played the leading role of Heaven Kogo .
In 2009 she had it on film roles in Dragonball Evolution , where she starred as Chi Chi , Princesses Protection Program and Beautiful Too Death ( Sorority Row ). Chung, along with her fellow actors Briana Evigan , Leah Pipes , Rumer Willis , Audrina Patridge and Margo Harshman, received the ShoWest Award in the Female Star of Tomorrow category at the ShoWest Convention . She also appeared in an episode of Castle that year . The film year 2010 was also very successful. So she was used in a major role in the film Burning Palms that year and, in addition to an appearance in an episode of Grey's Anatomy , also played a role in the movie Grown Ups. In 2011 she was seen in the films Sucker Punch and Hangover 2 in leading and essential supporting roles. From 2012 to 2014, Chung was in the second and third seasons of the fantasy series Once Upon a Time , in which she played the role of Mulan .
Chung can also be seen in video games. Her first corresponding role was in 2009 as Commander Takara Sato in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3: The Uprising .
Jamie Chung has been married to her fellow actor Bryan Greenberg since October 31, 2015 , with whom she has been dating since 2012 and engaged since December 2013.
Filmography (selection)
- 2006: Veronica Mars (TV series, episode 3x09)
- 2007: Katrina (TV movie)
- 2007: Chuck and Larry - Wie Feuer und Flamme ( I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry )
- 2007: Emergency Room - The emergency room ( ER , TV series, episode 14x05)
- 2007: Zeit der Sehnsucht ( Days of Our Lives , TV series, 10 episodes)
- 2007: CSI: NY (TV series, episode 4x09)
- 2007–2008: Greek (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2008: Samurai Girl (miniseries, 6 episodes)
- 2009: Dragonball Evolution
- 2009: Castle (TV series, episode 1x03)
- 2009: Princess Protection Program ( Princess Protection Program )
- 2009: Beautiful to the Dead ( Sorority Row )
- 2010: Burning Palms
- 2010: Grown Ups ( Grown Ups )
- 2010: Grey's Anatomy (TV series, episode 7x10)
- 2011: Sucker Punch
- 2011: Hangover 2 ( The Hangover: Part II )
- 2012: Knife Fight - The Greed for Power (Knife Fight)
- 2012: Premium Rush
- 2012: The Man with the Iron Fists
- 2012: Eden
- 2012–2013, 2015–2016: Once Upon a Time - Once Upon a Time ... ( Once Upon a Time , 12 episodes)
- 2013: Hangover 3 ( The Hangover: Part III )
- 2013: Believe (TV series, 13 episodes)
- 2014: Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
- 2014: Flight 7500 ( 7500 )
- 2015: A Year and Change
- 2015: Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong
- 2015: The normal student madness ( Resident Advisors , TV series, 7 episodes)
- 2016: Gotham (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2016: Office Christmas Party
- 2016: Flock of Dudes
- 2017: Band Aid
- 2017: Kung Fu Yoga
- 2017: Casual (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2017: Visa Vows - The Wedding Expenses Credit Card (short film)
- since 2017: Baymax - Robowabohu in series ( Big Hero 6: The Series , TV series, voice of Go Go )
- since 2017: The Gifted (TV series)
- 2018: 1985
- 2019: Sherwood (TV series, 10 episodes, Voice of Rose Trefgarneo )
- since 2020: Lovecraft Country (TV series)
Synchronous role
- 2009: Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3: The Uprising
- 2014: Baymax - Huge Robowabohu ( Big Hero 6 , voice of Gogo Tomago )
Award
- 2 × Young Hollywood Award in the Action Star and Female Action Star categories : 2009
- 1 × ShoWest Award in the Female Star of Tomorrow : 2009 category (together with Briana Evigan , Leah Pipes , Rumer Willis , Audrina Patridge and Margo Harshman )
- Special Jury Recognition in the category Best Actress of the SXSW Film Festival for Eden
- Golden Space Needle Award for Best Actress Seattle Film Festival for Eden
Web links
- Jamie Chung in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official Homepage of Jamie Chung (English)
- Jamie Chung on TV.com (English)
- Jamie Chung on BuddyTV.com (English)
- Jamie Chung on the homepage of Maxim (English)
- Jamie Chung's profile of The Real World in 2004 (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jamie Chung on FamilyTreeLegends.com , accessed January 31, 2011
- ↑ Sorority Row remake scares its own star (English). accessed on January 31, 2011
- ↑ Cast of 'Sorority Row' to Receive Female Stars of Tomorrow Award ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed January 31, 2011
- ↑ Sorority Row cast named Showest Female Stars Of Tomorrow , accessed January 31, 2011
- ↑ The Stars on Red Alert 3 Uprising have been determined , accessed on January 31, 2011
- ↑ Jamie Chung and Bryan Greenberg Get Married in Glamor on Halloween - See the Photos , accessed March 18, 2016
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Chung, Jamie |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chung, Jamie Jilynn (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1983 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | San Francisco , California, United States |