Kim Ji-sook | |||||||||||
Native Name: | 김지숙 | ||||||||||
Native Name Lang: | ko | ||||||||||
Birth Date: | 18 July 1990 | ||||||||||
Birth Place: | Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | ||||||||||
Education: | Hanyang Women's University | ||||||||||
Agent: | STARIT Entertainment | ||||||||||
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Kim Ji-sook (; born July 18, 1990), known mononymously as Jisook, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is a former member of South Korean girl group Rainbow.
Kim graduated from Changhyeon High School . She was active in a rock band during high school and won the top prize for singing at the Suwon General Arts Festival.[1] At a practical music academy, she joined Rainbow at recommendation of Kim Sung-hee, a former member of Kara.[2] Kim graduated from Hanyang Women's University, also Kim Sung-hee's alma mater.
See main article: Rainbow (girl group).
On November 12, 2009, Rainbow released their first music video "Gossip Girl", alongside their EP of the same name.[3] On January 12, 2012, Kim debuted as a member of the Rainbow subunit Rainbow Pixie alongside groupmates Seungah and Hyunyoung with "Hoi Hoi".[4]
In June 2012, Kim released "Shall We Fall in Love?" for the soundtrack of I Love Lee Taly with Min Hoon-ki.[5]
Kim was the 2015 Gyeonggi Provincial Police Agency (now Gyeonggi Provincial Southern Provincial Police Agency) Public Relations Ambassador.[6]
On October 27, 2016, it was confirmed that Rainbow would disband on November 12 with the end of the members' contracts.[7]
On February 15, 2017, Dmost Entertainment announced that Kim had signed with them.[8]
In August 2017, Kim made her solo debut with Baesisi, the title track of the same name featuring BTOB's Jung Il-hoon.[9] In January 2019, DMOST stated that Kim was to make a comeback the next month.[10]
In November 2019, Rainbow reformed on the group's tenth anniversary.[11] They released the EP Over the Rainbow on November 14.
In 2021, Kim was cast in Imitation, a television series about idols in the entertainment industry, as Eun-jin, a talented stylist.[12]
Kim's mother passed away in 2012 of an undisclosed illness; her mother had hidden the severity of the illness as Kim had been promoting at the time.[13]
Kim enjoys photography. She took the debut profile pictures for I.B.I, a girl group formed by five former Produce 101 contestants.[14] Kim also held a charity gallery from February 5 to February 25, 2015, at Gallery Illum in the Chungmuro district of downtown Seoul.
Kim was cast with boyfriend Lee Doohee in Don't Be Jealous .[15] They announced their marriage plans for on the show;[16] [17] they later announced the date as October 31, 2020.[18]
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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KOR | ||||
"Shall We Fall in Love?" | 2012 | — | I Love Lee Taly Original Soundtrack | |
"Secret Love" | 2013 | — | Secret Love OST | |
"My Hero" | 2014 | — | Can We Fall in Love, Again? OST | |
"I Love You" | 2014 | — | Blade Man OST | |
"Baesisi" | 2017 | — | Baesisi |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
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20?? | Quickness (The Power to Discover Rankings) | MC | |||
2012 | Strong Heart | Guest | Episodes 117–118, 155–158. | ||
20?? | Entertainment Weekly | Reporter | KBS2 | ||
20?? | Lord of the Game | JTBC | |||
20?? | 100 People's Choice - Best Ramen | Member of fixed panel | MBC EVERY1 | ||
20?? | Gifted and Talented Exploration Team | Member of fixed panel | SBS | ||
20?? | Pretty Avengers | Onstyle | |||
2016 | I Live Alone | Guest | Ep. 160 (Guest), 165 (Appearance) | ||
2017 | Song Ji-hyo's Beauty View | Guest | Episode 3 | ||
King of Mask Singer | Participant | Episode 115; "Flood of Music, Oasis of My Heart" | [19] | ||
20?? | Idol Tour | MC | MBC Music | ||
2017–2018 | A Man Who Feeds The Dog Season 2 | Guest | Channel A | ||
2017 | The Different Class | JTBC | |||
2019 | Feast on the Street | KBS1 | |||
2020 | Live Happy Dream Lotto 6/45 | Guest | MBC, Episode 889 | ||
2021 | Imitation | Eun-jin | Supporting role |