Eugene (actress)
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Eugene in 2011 Metrocity fashion show
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| Born |
Kim Yoo-jin March 3, 1981 Seoul, South Korea |
| Other names | Eugene |
| Occupation | |
| Agent | C9 Entertainment |
| Spouse(s) | Ki Tae-young (m. 2011) |
| Children | Kim Ro-hee (b. 2015) |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | K-pop |
| Instruments | Vocal |
| Years active | 1997–present |
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| Website | Eugene |
| Eugene | |
| Hangul | 유진 |
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| Hanja | 柳真 |
| Revised Romanization | Yu-jin |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yu-chin |
| Birth name | |
| Hangul | 김유진 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Yu-jin |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Yu-chin |
Kim Yoo-jin (born March 3, 1981), professionally known as Eugene, is a South Korean singer, actress and presenter. She is best known as a member of South Korean girl group S.E.S.. She has currently released two solo albums and has gone on to star in TV dramas and movies and work as an MC in various shows and programs.
Eugene was born in Seoul, South Korea, but spent her childhood in Guam after moving there after elementary school. She attended Agueda I. Johnston Middle School from October 1992 until June 1995,John F. Kennedy High School from June until September 1997. She returned to Korea with her mother and younger sister some time in high school, and eventually graduated from Korea Kent Foreign School, Seoul in June 1999.
Eugene made her debuted with S.E.S. in 1997. S.E.S enjoyed tremendous success, becoming the top-selling K-pop girl group to date. The group broke up at the end of 2002 after Bada and Eugene parted ways from SM Entertainment, while Shoo stayed with SM Entertainment until 2006.
After S.E.S. broke up in late 2002, Kim starred in four Korean dramas: Loving You, Save The Last Dance for Me,Wonderful Life, and I Really, Really Like You. She also appeared in commercials and advertisements, and released two solo albums. My True Style, her first album, sold nearly 65,000 records and had one hit ballad, "The Best". Her second album 810303 sold a disappointing 19,000 copies. Although sales were low, the single "Windy" was successful.
Eugene made her theater debut in the musical adaptation of the film Innocent Steps, and her film debut in Unstoppable Marriage. After taking on the lead roles in the dramas One Mom and Three Dads, and Creating Destiny, Eugene starred in the television series King of Baking, Kim Takgu.
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