Jeong Eun Chae

Other Name: 정은채, 정솔미, Jung Eun Chae, Jeong Sol Mi, Jung Sol Mi

Age: 38

Birthday: November 24, 1986

Nationality: South Korea

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Jung began her career as a model, then made her acting breakthrough in Nobody's Daughter Haewon (2013). In 2013, she released an EP of indie-folk songs she composed herself, the self-titled Jung Eun Chae. Jung Eun Chae spent 8 years living in London, starting from middle school senior year when she was 15-year-old. Due to the influence of her older brother who works at a production company, Chorokbaem Media, Jung became interested in pursuing an acting career after she returned to South Korea. Jung Eun Chae debuted as a commercial model. A string of memorable commercials has earned her a CF Model of the Year title at the 2011 6th Asia Model Festival Awards. She uses a stage name instead of her real name "Jung Sol Mi" because of the similarity with a veteran actress Park Sol Mi. She made her acting debut after passing the audition for the supernatural thriller film Haunters (2010). She's under KeyEast Entertainment. 10 years ago, she dated singer Jung Joon Il who was married at the time. They both acted in the 2011 film “Play.” Someone describing themselves as his wife posted on his fan cafe in 2012 to say that his affair was the reason for their divorce. He cheated on her with another woman from late 2009 to mid-2010, however he promised it would not happen again and they got married. He cheated again after their marriage and then requested a divorce. On April 16, 2020, WikiTree had published a report about the affair. It came out ahead of the premiere of her drama “The King: Eternal Monarch” on April 17, 2020. Jung Joon Il’s representatives said that he never hid the fact that he was married from her..