Da-bin Jeong

She also garnered several Korean television awards for her roles in such sitcoms like "The Summer Typhoon" (SBS, 2005); "She is Nineteen (SBS,2004); "Attic Cat" (MBC, 2003); "New Nonstop 2 & 3" (MBC 2002-3); "Trio" (MBC 2002); "The Full Sun" (KBS, 2001); and "Taeyangun Gadukhe" (KBS, 2001).

In 2004, she starred in a Korean high school romantic comedy called "Geunomeun Meoshitosda", or 'He Was Cool'. In that movie, she played an outgoing, spunky, comical and animated -- yet very naive, awkward and infatuated -- schoolgirl named Han Ye-won -- which was to become her signature role.

Among her awards was the 2004 SBS Year-end Award for her role in "She is 19", as well as the 2004 New Star Award.

In 2003, she was awarded the MBC Best Actress Award in a Miniseries for "Attic Cat". Jeong Da-bin also did numerous television commercials for Korean companies like DNS, BYC, LG Monitor, GS-25 Mart, CJ Jelly, Korea Telecom (KT), and GameTube, among others.

Born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, Jeong Da-bin, whose real name is Jung Hye-sun, was mostly known for playing ever cheerful and effervescent every girl roles. Known primarily for playing schoolgirl types, she gained quite a popular following in Taiwan as well particularly for her roles in numerous "Korean wave" miniseries. She attended Yongdok Girls High School and Gongguk University for two years where she majored in Drama. Her first breakout role was in the Korean fantasy movie "Danjeogbiyeonsu" in 2000 where she played alongside Kim Yun-jin, the star of the miniseries "Lost".