Park Jeong-hwa

In this Korean name, the family name is Park.

Park Jeong-hwa
박정화
Park in June 2018
Born	Park Jeong-hwa (1995-05-08) May 8, 1995 (age 29) Anyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Occupations	Singer actress
Agent	J-Wide Company
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Musical career
Genres	K-pop
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2012–present
Labels	Banana Culture
Member of	EXID
Korean name
Hangul	박정화
Hanja	朴正花
Revised Romanization	Bak Jeong-hwa
McCune–Reischauer	Pak Chŏng-hwa
Signature

Park Jeong-hwa (Korean: 박정화; born May 8, 1995), also known mononymously as Jeonghwa, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is a member of the South Korean girl group EXID.

Biography

Park Jeong-hwa was born on May 8, 1995, in Anyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea. She was a JYP Entertainment trainee before joining Yedang Entertainment.[1]

Career

EXID

Main article: EXID

Park made her musical debut as a member of EXID on February 15, 2012, with the release of their debut single, "Whoz That Girl".[2]

Acting

Park made her acting debut as a child actress in a bit part in Wives on Strike (2004).[3] In 2005, she became a co-host of NATV's Freshful Children Congress.[4]

In 2015, she became a cast member in the variety television show Soulmates Returns.[5][6][7][8] In the same year, she portrayed Yook Ah-young in the drama Webtoon Hero Toondra Show as her first major leading role.[9][10][11] She also appeared in several music videos such as Wonder Girls' "Tell Me" (2007), Huh Gak and LE's "Whenever You Play That Song" (2011), I-Rex's "That You're My Girl" (2013), RK Kim Seong-hui's "10:10" and "You Are My Everything" (2014).[12][13][14][15][16]

On October 9, 2018, it was confirmed that Park would be cast in web drama Member of Society, and it is set to air in 2019.[17]

On October 11, 2019, it was confirmed that Park signed on with J-Wide Company to pursue her acting career.[18] In 2021, she appeared in an SBS hit drama One the Woman. She portrayed Park So-yi, a news anchor who is also mistress of Kang Mina's (portrayed by Lee Hanee) husband.[19][20]

Discography

For Park's works with EXID, see EXID discography.

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		KOR
"Alice"	2017	—	Full Moon
"A Gut Feeling"	2018	—	Non-album single
"Favorite"	2020	—	New Wave Vol.3 (Pinkmoon)
"Universe"		—	New Wave Vol.4 (Pinkmoon)
"Home"	2019	—	Our Baseball Society OST
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2020	Dragon Inn Part 1: The City of Sadness [ko]	Ji Hye	[21]
2021	Dragon Inn Part 2: The Night of the Gods [ko]		[22][23]
2024	Handsome Guys	Bora	[24]
TBA	FEVER	Ha Young	[25]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2004	Wives on Strike [ko]		[4]
2021	One the Woman	Park So-yi	[20][19]
2023–2024	Between Him and Her	Ryu Eun-jeong	[26]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2015	Webtoon Hero Toondra Show [ko]	Yook Ah-young
2017	Mask	Lee Chae-ri / Anita
2018	If Love Was Not Timeless [zh]	Wing-sze
2019	Member of Society	Sung Shi-eun
2023	Mask Girl	Lee Ah-reum	[22]

Television show

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2005–2006	Freshful Children Congress	Host
2015	Soulmates Returns	Cast
	EXID's Showtime
2017	The Show	MC
2018	King of Mask Singer	Contestant	As "Cruise of Endorphins" (Episode 151)

References

1. Park, Hyun-min; Lee, Ju-ahn (March 20, 2012). "[Interview] Will EXID Become the Next Big Thing?". CJ E&M enewsworld. Mwave. Archived from the original on November 27, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
2. "EXID reveals debut MV, "Whoz That Girl"". AllKpop. February 15, 2012. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
3. "'러브게임' EXID 출연, 라디오서도 '위아래' 역주행 댄스". 10asia (in Korean). December 9, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
4. "싱싱 꿈나무국회". National Assembly Television. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
5. Park Ji Ryun (March 4, 2015). "EXID's Hani, Nicole, Seo Kang Jun and More Join 'Soulmates Returns'". Newsen. CJ E&M. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
6. Danbi Hong, Grace (March 16, 2015). "SUJU-M Henry Coaches ′Soulmates Returns′ Female Contestants on How to Text Men". Mwave. Archived from the original on November 20, 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
7. Sora, Ghim (March 3, 2015). "Who Is The Girl That Captivated Four Men?". bntnews. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
8. Woorim, Ahn (March 10, 2015). "'Soulmates Returns' Holds Its Press Conference". bntnews. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
9. "BTOB's Ilhoon to make his acting debut as lead in 'Tundra Show'!". allkpop. June 24, 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
10. "EXID's Jeonghwa to star in webtoon drama 'Tundra Show'". allkpop. June 16, 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
11. "EXID's Jeonghwa grades herself on her first acting through 'Tundra Show'". allkpop. June 24, 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
12. 신사동 호랭이의 EXID "우리는 주입식 걸그룹 아니다" (인터뷰) [Shinsadong Tiger's EXID says, "We are not another cheesy girl group" (Interview)]. Xports News (in Korean). February 28, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
13. 유승호 '그 노래를 틀 때마다' 뮤비, 박정화와 연인포스 3단콤보 '누나 질투유발'. TV Daily (in Korean). December 8, 2011. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
14. "신예 남성 5인조 아이렉스(I.REX) "니가 내 여자란 걸" 티저 공개" (in Korean). polinews. October 18, 2013. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
15. RK Kim Seong-hui (June 25, 2014). RK金承熙_You are my everything_官方完整版MV(Official Full MV) (video). YouTube. Event occurs at 4:24. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
16. RK Kim Seong-hui (May 19, 2014). RK金承熙_10:10_Official MV_緯來「來自星星的你」台灣唯一指定片頭曲 (video). YouTube. Event occurs at 4:08. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
17. "[단독] EXID 정화, 야구 소재 웹드라마 '사회인' 주연 발탁" (in Korean). NAVER. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
18. "EXID's Hani in talks to sign with Sublime Artist Agency as a singer/actress". October 10, 2019.
19. Lee Min-ji (June 23, 2021). "원더우먼' EXID 출신 박정화 캐스팅, 아나운서 변신(공식)". Newsen (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
20. Oh Ji-won (June 14, 2021). "[단독] EXID 출신 정화, '원 더 우먼' 출연…첫 지상파 드라마". YTN (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
21. S. Nam (February 8, 2021). "EXID's Jeonghwa Talks About Her Big Screen Debut, Getting Advice From Hani, And More". soompi.
22. Inaas Fatima Khan (August 18, 2023). "Mask Girl: EXID member Park Jung Hwa to appear with Go Hyun Jung and Nana in upcoming drama; agency confirms". PinkVilla. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
23. PARK JUNG-SUN (February 14, 2021). "EXID's Junghwa makes her action debut on the silver screen". Korea JoongAng Daily.
24. Jeon Hwa (September 30, 2020). "[단독]EXID 출신 배우 박정화, 이성민X이희준과 영화 '핸섬 가이즈' 호흡" (in Korean). Star News.
25. Oh Ji-won (May 12, 2022). "하니와 함께 JYP에서 제명당했던 5년차 연습생의 현재" (in Korean). Daum.
26. Chaeyeon Kim (August 22, 2023). "EXID 박정화, '마스크걸' 다음은 '남과여'..통통 튀는 매력 [공식]" (in Korean). OSEN. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

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