3 Girl-group Actresses on the Go

Actresses from girl groups such as Han Sunhwa, Jung Soo-jung, and Nana are going back and forth between theaters and OTT. Each showed off their different charms in various genres and impressed the audience.

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Han Sunhwa performed a bouncy comedy act in "HoneySweet" which was released on the 15th of last month, playing Eun-sook, whose main specialty is 'over-immersion'. She was praised for playing such a good role in the movie, which surpassed 1 million viewers among masterpieces released at the same time. Based on her previous experience in several independent films, including "When Winter Comes", she is properly showing her performance.

Director Lee Han said, "Han Sunhwa is an actress who has her own energy", adding, "I met Han Sunhwa while looking for an actress who can make an impact in a short time".

Jung Soo-jung, who first knocked on the screen with the 2020 independent film "More Than Family", also took her first step into commercial films with "Cobweb" which will be released on the 27th of next month. As the latest work by director Kim Jee-woon from "The Age of Shadows" and "The Good, the Bad, the Weird", it was invited to the Cannes International Film Festival in May and Jung Soo-jung stepped on the red carpet for the first time in her life.

Based in the 1970s, she played rising star Han Yoo-rim in the movie, which depicts the story of a movie director (Song Kang-ho) struggling to make a masterpiece despite unfavorable conditions, alongside prominent seniors such as Song Kang-ho, Lim Soo-jung, Oh Jung-se and Park Jung-soo.

Director Kim Jee-woon said, "She accurately expressed her with error-free calculations, quickness, and interpretation of the movie and character", adding, "Through this movie, Jung Soo-jung will receive a new evaluation as an actress".

Actors from girl groups are also active in OTT. In particular, Nana performed impressively by dividing a main character with newcomer Lee Han-byeol and Go Hyun-jung on Netflix's "Mask Girl", which recorded 2.8 million cumulative viewing hours three days after its release on the 18th of last month. The drama depicts what happens when Kim Mo-mi, an office worker with an appearance complex, covers her face with a mask and acts as an Internet broadcast BJ "Mask Girl".

The satisfaction of living a new life and the pain of being imprisoned in prison are stably shown, and she is being evaluated as having met the character of her life. In particular, her performance to Son Dam-bi's "Saturday Night" as a showgirl in the drama has melted her strengths and charms as a girl group member into her character.