Kwon Mina

Kwon Min-ah
Kwon Mina at Psychokinesis VIP premiere in January 2018
Native name 권민아
Born Kwon Min-ah
(1993-09-21) September 21, 1993
Busan, South Korea
Occupation
  • Singer
  • actress
Musical career
Genres K-pop
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • bass guitar
Years active 2012–present
Labels FNC Entertainment
Associated acts
Korean name
Hangul 권민아
Hanja 權珉娥
Revised Romanization Gwon Min-a
McCune–Reischauer Kwŏn Mina

Kwon Min-ah (born September 21, 1993), better known by the mononym Mina, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is best known as a member of the girl group AOA. Mina has acted in television dramas, including Modern Farmer (2014) and All About My Mom (2015).

Early life

Mina was born on September 21, 1993, in Busan, South Korea.[1] She auditioned for FNC in 2009, and her family moved from Busan to Seoul soon after.

Her father died of cancer on November 29, 2014. Due to his death, Mina took some time off from career activities and did not participate in some promotions for "Like a Cat"[2]

Career

AOA

On July 30, 2012, Mina made her debut as a member of AOA on Mnet's M! Countdown with the song "Elvis" from their debut single album, Angels' Story.[3] She is also part of band unit AOA Black, established in 2013.[4]

Solo career

In 2013, Mina debuted as an actress with the KBS2 drama special Adolescence Medley, where she played Yoon Jin-yeong.[5] In February 2014, she played the younger role of Kim Hee-sun's character, Cha Hye-won, in the KBS drama Wonderful Days.[6] Mina had her first lead role in the SBS weekend drama Modern Farmer, which aired from October to December 2014.[7]

On February 26, 2015, Mina appeared in the music video for solo singer Shade's song "Bad".[8] In May, Mina made her debut as an MC with Y-Star's variety show Gourmet Road.[9] In August, she was appointed as co-MC on Weekly Idol with Apink's Hayoung and VIXX's N, starting from September 2.[10] On September 9, Mina and Nam Joo-hyuk appeared in the music video for solo singer Kangnam's song "Chocolate".[11] On December 5, she joined the cast of the KBS weekend drama All About My Mom, starting from episode 33. She played Go Aeng-doo, a pretty and innocent, yet mysterious young lady.[5][12]

In March 2016, Mina starred in the seven-part web drama Click Your Heart, produced by her agency FNC Entertainment, where she played a cheerful, but clumsy, 18-year-old high school student who forms friendships and love triangles with four boys.[13] In 2017, she has been casted in the remake of 1986's horror movie Woman's Wail,[14] and in the hospital drama Hospital Ship as a nurse.[15] She compiled an essay collection of quotes and wisdom that are personally meaningful to her titled Stars Don't Lose Their Way at Night that was published on November 1, 2017.[16]

Mina won the Hallyu Star Award at the 10th Korea Drama Awards for her role in Hospital Ship.[17][18]

In February 2018, it was revealed that Mina will also join the cast of KBS weekday drama Queen of Mystery 2 as police officer Shin Na-ra.[19] The same year, she was cast in the web drama Wind-Bell[20][21] and in Loss Time Life, the remake of a Japanese drama of the same name.[22]

Discography

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2018 Woman's Wail Supporting role

Television series

Year Title Role Network Notes
2013 Adolescence Medley Yoon Jin-yeong KBS2 Supporting role
2014 Wonderful Days young Cha Hae-won
Flower Grandpa Investigation Unit Han Seul-hee tvN Cameo
Modern Farmer Lee Soo-yeon SBS Supporting role
2015 All About My Mom Go Aeng-doo KBS2
2016 Click Your Heart Mina MBC Every 1
Naver TV Cast		 Lead role
2017 Hospital Ship Yoo Ah-rim MBC Supporting role
2018 Queen of Mystery 2 Shin Na-ra KBS2
Sweet Revenge 2 Herself xtvN Cameo
Wind-Bell Yeo-jin Viki Lead role
Loss Time Life So-jin UMAX Lead role

Reality show

Year Title Role Network Note
2013Cheongdam-dong 111HerselftvN[23]

Variety show

Year Title Role Network Notes
2015Gourmet RoadMCY-Star

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2017 10th Korea Drama Awards Hallyu Star Award
Hospital Ship
 Won
36th MBC Drama Awards Best New Actress Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "AOA Profile on FNC Official Website".
  2. ↑ Sung So-young (December 1, 2014). "Mina takes personal time". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  3. ↑ Park HyunMin (September 2, 2012). "[Interview Part I] AOA Lands on Earth on Angel Wings and Guitars". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  4. ↑ Lee KyungNam (July 11, 2013). "AOA to Launch Band Unit AOA Black". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Yi, Yoonjung (November 24, 2015). "AOA Mina to Join Drama 'All About My Mom'". BNT News. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  6. ↑ Jin Eun-soo (July 16, 2014). "AOA's Mina cast in 'Modern Farmer'". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  7. ↑ An So-hyoun (July 11, 2014). "[Exclusive] AOA's Mina Cast as Lead in Drama 'Modern Farmer'". enews World. CJ E&M. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  8. ↑ "[MV] Shade(그늘) _ Bad(나쁜 짓)". YouTube. February 25, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  9. ↑ Lee Hye-rin (May 1, 2015). '식신로드' AOA 민아, 녹화 중 졸음 밀려와 '폭소'. OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  10. ↑ Ghim, Sora (August 13, 2015). "N, Ha Young And Mina Join 'Weekly Idol' As Fixed Members". BNT News. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  11. ↑ Kim Yu-jin (September 9, 2015). "Kangnam releases 2nd teaser video of 'Chocolate'". K-Pop Herald. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  12. ↑ Oh Su-jeong (November 24, 2015). AOA 민아, '부탁해요 엄마' 합류…최태준·조보아와 삼각관계. TV Daily (in Korean). Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  13. ↑ Lee Woo-young (March 17, 2016). "Viewers to choose ending in new Web drama 'Click Your Heart'". The Korea Herald. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  14. ↑ Cheon, Seol-hwa (May 22, 2017). 조여정 X 이유영, 전설의 사극 공포 영화 '여곡성' 리메이크판 주연 유력 [[Exclusive] Jo Yeo-jeong and Lee Yu-yeong to star in the legendary horror movie "Woman's Wall". AOA's Mina, Joo Da-young confirmed too]. Star Daily News (in Korean). Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  15. ↑ Choi, Na-young (June 15, 2017). [단독] AOA 민아, MBC '병원선' 합류..연기돌 입지 굳힌다 [AOA's Mina joins MBC "Hospital Ship"]. News Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  16. ↑ Park, So-hyun (October 23, 2017). AOA 권민아, 에세이 작가 변신…'별은 밤에도 길을 잃지 않는다' 출간 (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
  17. ↑ "[단독] AOA 민아, MBC '병원선' 합류..연기돌 입지 굳힌다" (in Korean). Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  18. ↑ "AOA's Mina and KARA's Gyuri win big at 2017 Korea Drama Awards". SBS PopAsia. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  19. ↑ "[공식입장] AOA 권민아, '추리의 여왕2' 출연 확정..철부지 경찰" (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  20. ↑ "아이돌스타 진영·민아, 서울시 웹드라마 '풍경' 주인공". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). October 1, 2018.
  21. ↑ "AOA's Minah cast in web drama". Korea JoongAng Daily. October 3, 2018.
  22. ↑ "[공식]AOA 민아, '로스타임라이프' 주연 확정…송유빈과 커플 호흡" (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  23. ↑ Kwon Soo-bin (November 12, 2013). "FT Island and CN Blue to Appear in a FNC Reality Drama". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
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