Han Groo
| Han Groo | |
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| Born |
Min Han-geu-ru May 29, 1992 Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea |
| Occupation | Actress, singer |
| Years active | 2011-present |
| Agent | Climix |
| Spouse(s) | (m. 2015) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 한그루 |
| Revised Romanization | Han Geu-ru |
| McCune–Reischauer | Han Gŭru |
| Birth name | |
| Hangul | 민한그루 |
| Revised Romanization | Min Han-geu-ru |
| McCune–Reischauer | Min Han-gŭ-ru |
Han Groo (born Min Han-geu-ru on May 29, 1992) is a South Korean actress and singer.
Han Groo was born in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. When she was in fourth grade, her family moved to the United States where she studied at Acacia Elementary School in California, and Ladera Vista Junior High School in California. Han Groo excelled at her academic studies—to the extent that she won a U.S. President's Education Award in 2003. She also had an extensive background in dancing since middle school, winning prizes at several competitions for hip-hop dance, jazz dance and tap dance.
After four years in the US, her family moved again, this time to China, where Han Groo entered the Beijing International Art School. She became fluent in both English and Mandarin Chinese, while continuing to dance and engage in various activities such as horse riding, martial arts, swordmanship, and golf. Han Groo's family stayed in China for another four years before returning to Korea.
Han Groo's father is a TV commercial director and her mother used to be a professional model, which made her familiar with and naturally drawn to show business from a very early age. Upon her return to Korea, the aspiring actress signed with the management agency Climix Academy. But at her agency's suggestion, she launched a singing career in 2011 with the EP GROO ONE, followed by the single My Boy. She was nominated as Best New Female Artist at the 2011 Mnet Asian Music Awards. Han Groo later admitted that acting was her real passion from the beginning, but she had wanted to grab whatever opportunities available to her. However, she found it difficult to stand out as a singer given the huge level of competition in Korea's music industry, especially among girl groups riding the coattails of the K-pop revolution.
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