Birth name 함은정
(Ham Eun-jeong)
Also known as 은정
(Eunjung)
Born December 12, 1988(age 22)
Seoul, South Korea
Genres Pop,
Occupations idol, Actress, Singer, Dancer
Years active 1999–present
Labels Core Contents Media
Associated acts T-ara
Korean name
Hangul 함은정
Hanja 咸恩靜
Revised Romanization Ham Eunjeong
McCune–Reischauer Ham Ǔnchǒng
Eunjeong was born in Seoul, South Korea. Her mother, a graduate of Ewha Womans University, is a former piano teacher who works as Eunjeong's agent. While attending seventh grade, Eunjeong started taekwondo lessons and won three different competitions. Her mother made the decision to quit teaching and manage Eunjung's career upon her high school graduation in 2007. Later that year, Eunjung enrolled in Dongguk University, where she took performance courses. She is an only child and has been quoted as explaining, "My mother had me 10 years after she was married to my father, which seems more hurtful. Upon watching several famous performers in the past, she wanted to become an actress. Now that I have, she is very pleased I have acting as a priority. She believes her original prayers were answered."
In 1995, when Eunjung was seven years old, she participated in the "Little Miss Korea" pageant and won. That same year, she appeared in the youth drama "신세대 보고서 어른들은 몰라요" ("Sinsedae Bogoseo Eoreundeureun Mollayo"), which aired on television. Afterwards, she had several minor roles in movies and Korean dramas, along with being cast in a handful of commercial films.
