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This is Nana | 나나

A guide to idol, actress, and model Nana

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About Nana

Name: Im Jinah (임진아)
Birthday: September 14, 1991
Hometown: Cheongju, South Korea
Agency: Pledis Entertainment

Nana (나나) is an award-winning South Korean idol, actress, and model who debuted in November of 2009 as a new member of girl group After School and the sub-units Orange Caramel and After School Red. Prior to debut Nana was active as a model and participated in the 2009 Asia Pacific Super Model Contest. She graduated from the Seoul Institute of the Arts and is a licensed makeup artist as well. Since 2015 Nana has been more active as a sucessful actress but has expressed a desire to return to performing on stage.Nana is the longest-staying artist in Pledis (there's a bit of a joke between Pledis artist fandoms that she's the real CEO of the company). She has a close relationship with her junior labelmates (NUEST, Seventeen), treating them to meals and showing her support through social media posts frequently. Nana mentored labelmates Gfriend prior to their debut, helping them with facial expressions, and was seen singing along to BTS' hit single 'Dynamite'.Here's a clip of Nana admitting Nuest, Seventeen, and BTS as the only male groups she knows heheBelieve it or not, Nana's popularity began on Tumblr! While she was known in Korea, her recognition was much higher internationally. In 2013, TC Candler (the creator of the Annual Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Faces of the Year) listed Nana as the 2nd most beautiful face in the world. She ranked 1st in 2014 & 2015 and has remained in the Top 10 since (8th in 2020) while also topping the list of the 30 Most Beautiful Faces of the Decade in 2020. While Nana has earned hate throughout her career, in recent years the Korean public have come to recognize and appreciate Nana's beauty and many talents!

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Nana's Career

Nana started her career as a 3rd generation member of girl group After School with the release of their successful second EP, Because of You, in November of 2009. Less than a month after debut, Nana won her first music show award on SBS's Inkigayo. After School is known as one of the top performance groups in K-pop, ranked 5th in BIllboard's list of the Top 10 K-pop Girl Groups of the Past Decade. In June of 2010 Nana, along with two other After School members (Raina and Lizzy) formed a sub-unit called Orange Caramel and debuted with the EP, Magic Girl. Their hit single "Catallena" was 20th on Billboard's 100 Best K-pop songs of the 2010s Decade. During her career as an idol, Nana has sold over 22 million physical and digital copies!In 2015, Nana debuted as an actress in the Chinese remake of the Korean drama Queen Inhyun's Man called Love Weaves Through a Millennium. Nana earned her first Korean role and 'Rookie of the Year Award' in 2016 as "Kim Dan" in the remake of American t.v. series, The Good Wife. That same year she was casted as the only female lead in the film The Swindlers alongside Hyun Bin, Park Sungwoong, and Yoo Jitae. The film topped the box offices 3 weeks in a row, became the 10th highest-grossing Korean film of 2016 despite being released in late November. Since then Nana has had a successful acting career, winning over 10 awards including two 'Excellence Awards' at the KBS Drama Awards. She's starred as detective Do Hyunjin in crime-thriller Kill It, prosecutor Seo Yeonah in the legal drama Justice, and as Assemblywoman Goo Sera in the political rom-com Into the Ring. Her latest drama Oh! My Ladylord, a rom-com about a top actress and successful writer living together, premiered in March.In 2022, you can see Nana in her first Netflix drama, "Glitch" as well as a film titled "Confession", based on the Spanish project "The Invisible Guest".

Newer kpop fans may recongnize Nana from the viral "Ha!" meme seen around Twitter, Tumblr, and even TikTok or as a member of the SBS variety show Roommate. A large part of Nana's career comes from her background in modeling. While promoting in Japan, Nana was seen at multiple Tokyo GIrls Collection fashion shows and was a fixed paenlist on the Japanese fashion t.v. show Tokyo Brand New Girls. She was also a particpant on the Chinese fashion competition Muse Dress and has modeled for many magazines and brands.

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Solos & Features

Close Your Eyes (2010)
Eyeline (2012)
This Person (2012)
Ma Boy 3 (2013)
Sleeping Forest (眠れる森) (2013)
Our Memories in Summer (2020)

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