Ham Eun-jeong

Ham Eun-jung
Ham at 2015 Summer K-pop Festival
Native name	함은정
Born	Ham Eun-jung (1988-12-12) December 12, 1988 (age 28) Seoul, South Korea
Other names	Elsie
Occupation	Singer actress
Years active	1995–present
Musical career
Genres	K-pop R&B Electropop
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2009–present
Labels	MBK Entertainment
Associated acts	T-ara T-ara N4

Hahm Eun-jung (born December 12, 1988), better known by the mononym Eunjung, also known as Elsie, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is best known for being a member of South Korean girl group T-ara. In May 2015, she made her solo debut as Elsie with mini album I'm Good.

Eun-jung was born in Seoul, South Korea. Her mother, a graduate of Ewha Womans University, is a former piano teacher who works as Eun-jung's agent. While attending seventh grade, Eun-jung started taekwondo lessons and won three different competitions. Her mother made the decision to quit teaching and manage Eun-jung's career upon her high school graduation in 2007. Later that year, Eun-jung enrolled in Dongguk University, where she took performance courses. She is an only child and has been quoted as explaining, "My mother had me 10 years after she was married to my father, which seems more hurtful. Upon watching several famous performers in the past, she wanted to become an actress. Now that I have, she is very pleased I have acting as a priority. She believes her original prayers were answered."

In 1995, when Eun-jung was seven years old, she participated in the "Little Miss Korea" pageant and won. That same year, she appeared in the youth drama "", which aired on KBS. Afterwards, she had several minor roles in movies and Korean dramas, along with being cast in a handful of commercial films.

Eun-jung's acting debut was in Hello, My Teacher! where she appeared as a high school student who was unfairly cheated out of a grade which could have put her above the top 40 point. She also appeared in the horror film Death Bell, where she plays a student who was murdered by her own teacher.

Eun-jung also appeared in music videos, namely SG Wannabe's music video "Gasiri" ("가시리") from their 2007 album Story In New York. Later, she would also be seen in FT Island's music videos "Thunder" ("천둥"), "Only One Person" ("한사람만"), and "A Man's First Love Follow Him To The Grave" ("남자의 첫사랑은 무덤까지 간다").

Eun-jung original trainee to be an actress along with Jiyeon. She later debut as a member of T-ara in July 2009 and became the first leader for the group started from July 29, 2007 to September 2010.