Kim Ye-won (entertainer)

2011–2014: Debut with Jewelry, minor acting roles

Yewon made her debut on 8 January 2011, with Star Empire Entertainment's girl group Jewelry.^{[7][unreliable source?]} A digital single, "Back It Up" was released on January 27 along with its accompanying music video. Yewon made her first appearance on stage with the performance on M! Countdown.^{[8][unreliable source?]}

On 20 September 2011, Yewon, together with bandmate Semi, formed a sub-unit called "Jewelry S". They debuted with "Ames Room Vol.2", the title track being the song "Forget It".^{[9][unreliable source?]}

Soon after her debut with "Jewelry S", she was invited to join her first variety show as a cast member on "Invincible Youth". Yewon also landed her first acting role in the SBS Plus drama, Oh My God. Yewon also played some minor roles in "Standby" and "Reply 1997".

Yewon made her film debut in Gladiators of Rome with Korean dubbing.^[10]

2015–present: Disbandment of Jewelry, solo activities

On January 7, 2015, the group was officially confirmed as disbanded.^[11]

After the disbandment of the group, Yewon joined the reality programme titled We Got Married, pairing with Canadian-born singer and actor, Henry Lau.^[12][13]

In November 2016, Yewon left Star Empire Entertainment and joined Jellyfish Entertainment as an actress.^{[14][unreliable source?][15][unreliable source?]} She later signed Jellyfish Entertainment in November 2016.^[16]

On December 13, 2016, together with other Jellyfish Entertainment's artists such as Seo In-guk, VIXX, Gugudan, Park Yoon-ha, Park Jung-ah, Kim Gyu-sun, and Jiyul, released their Jelly Christmas 2016 single album with the song, "Falling", as part of their digital music channel project Jelly Box.^{[17][18][19][unreliable source?][20][unreliable source?][21]}

In 2018, Yewon joined the cast of What's Wrong with Secretary Kim.^[22]

In 2022, she signed a contract with Andmarq in May 2022.^[23]

Collaborations

Film

Television series

Web series

Television shows