Luna | |
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Luna at SMTOWN the Stage, in August 2015
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Native name | 박선영 |
Born |
Park Sun-young August 12, 1993 Seoul, South Korea |
Other names | Luna |
Education | Chung-Ang University |
Occupation | |
Years active | 2006–present |
Musical career | |
Genres | |
Instruments | Vocal |
Years active | 2009–present |
Labels | S.M. Entertainment |
Associated acts | |
Website | luna |
Luna | |
Hangul | 루나 |
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Revised Romanization | Runa |
McCune–Reischauer | Runa |
Birth name | |
Hangul | 박선영 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Bak Seon-yeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Pak Sŏn-yŏng |
Park Sun-young (born August 12, 1993), better known by her stage name Luna, is a South Korean singer, actress and presenter. She is best known as the main vocalist and lead dancer of South Korean girl group f(x). Luna made her solo debut with the extended play Free Somebody on May 31, 2016.
Luna was born as Park Sun-Young in Seoul, South Korea on August 12, 1993 to a family of classical vocal singers. She has an older brother and twin sister called Park Jin-young. Luna is the only member of family to not major in classical music.
In 2006, S.M. Entertainment recruited Luna after seeing her performing on an SBS television program, Truth Game. Luna later debuted as the main vocalist and lead dancer of South Korean girl group f(x) in September 2009. Aside from f(x)'s activities, Luna also made several solo appearances. In 2010, Luna appeared as the regular member of Star King for a long time and earned a Newcomer Award from the SBS Entertainment Awards for her appearance and effort. Later in the year, Luna recorded the song "Let's Go" alongside labelmates Sungmin, Seohyun and Jonghyun, for the purpose of increasing public participation in the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit. She released a duet with Super Junior's Yesung "And I Love You" for the soundtrack of KBS2 drama The President and a solo single "Beautiful Day" which served as the OST for drama Please Marry Me.
In 2011, Luna was reported to making her musical debut and would take on the character Elle Woods in Legally Blonde. In April, Luna started hosting music program The Show from MTV Korea along with Secret's Hyoseong. Luna was cast in the TV Chosun drama entitled Saving Mrs. Go Bong-shil as Seo In-young, a college student and youngest daughter of the title character, which was first aired in December 2011. It was her drama debut alongside SS501's Kim Kyu Jong.