Cha Jung-won explained

Cha Jung-won

Native Name:

차정원

Birth Name:

Cha Mi-young

Birth Date:

18 October 1989^[1]

Birth Place:

Busan, South Korea

Years Active:

2014–present

Agent:

SARAM Entertainment

Module:

Child:	yes
Headercolor:	transparent
Hangul:	차정원
Rr:	Cha Jeong-won
Mr:	Ch'a Chŏngwŏn
Hangulborn:	차미영
Rrborn:	Cha Mi-yeong
Mrborn:	Ch'a Miyŏng

Cha Jung-won (born Cha Mi-young on 18 October 1989) is a South Korean actress and model. She landed her lead role in (2017) and Lawless Lawyer (2018).

Career

2012: Debut

Cha Jung-won made her acting debut in the film titled Horror Stories in 2012.

She landed her second role in the web drama, Loss:Time:Love and made a cameo appearance in All About My Mom. Her first supporting role came soon after, playing as Jung Seon-min in She Was Pretty in 2015.

2016-present: Breakthrough with lead roles

Jung-won landed her first lead role in the SBS drama, Kidnapping Assemblyman Mr. Clean in 2016, and in 2017. She had a cameo in While You Were Sleeping. She also played the lead role in Oh! Dear Half-Basement Goddesses, and supporting roles in Lawless Lawyer and My Absolute Boyfriend both in 2018.

On November 8, 2022, Cha signed an exclusive contract with Saram Entertainment.^[2]

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	Loss:Time:Life	Park Min-ji	Web drama
	All About My Mom	Eunha	Cameo
	She Was Pretty	Jung Seon-min	Supporting role
2016	The Master of Revenge	Chun Ja	Cameo
2016	Kidnapping Assemblyman Mr. Clean	Detective Park	Lead role
2017		Gong Na-yeon	Lead role
	While You Were Sleeping	Yoo Soo-kyung	Cameo
	Oh! Dear Half-Basement Goddesses	Pyo Eun	Lead role	^[3]
2018	Lawless Lawyer	Kang Yeon-hee	Supporting role	^[4]
2019	My Absolute Boyfriend	Bae Kyu-ri	Supporting role	^[5]

Other notes

She has a white Bichon Frise, and the dog's name is Rosie.
She is famous for her fashion and beauty sense.^[6] She spent three seasons on the fashion and beauty program MC.

Notes and References

Web site: Cha Jung-won at HanCinema. October 18, 2017. November 9, 2018. HanCinema.
Web site: Kim So-yeon . November 8, 2022 . 차정원, 사람엔터와 전속계약…조진웅·이하늬와 한솥밥[공식입장] ]. Cha Jung-won, an exclusive contract with Saram Entertainment... [Official position] . November 8, 2022 . Maeil Business . ko.
Web site: 'Oh! Dear Goddesses of Basement!' mirrors women in 20s, 30s via Greek Goddesses in Seoul. October 18, 2017. November 9, 2018. The Korea Herald.
Web site: Cha Jung-won Cast in TvN Drama "Lawless Lawyer". April 11, 2018. November 9, 2018. HanCinema. Osen.
Web site: [단독] 차정원, '절대 그이' 출연 확정…여진구·걸스데이 민아와 호흡]. July 4, 2018. November 9, 2018. Asia Economy. ko. July 13, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180713171501/http://stoo.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?sec=enter3&idxno=2018070412023154821. dead.
Web site: 이주연·황승언·차정원·기은세…스타일 좋은 4대 연예인 인스타그래머. April 22, 2021.