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Jamie Chung is a versatile American actress and former reality television personality. Jamie Chung was cast as a member of the 2004 MTV reality series “The Real World: San Diego.” Later, through her appearances on her spin-off show, “Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno II.”
Early life
Jamie Chung was born in San Francisco, California, United States, on April 10, 1983. His full name is Jamie Jilynn Chung and he has American nationality.
She has an Aries zodiac sign and is currently 40 years old. Furthermore, he belongs to Asian ethnicity and follows the Christian religion.
Caption: Jamie Chung’s childhood photo with her parents and sister (Source: Facebook)
He was born to his father Tony Chung, although his mother’s name has not been made public. He grew up with her older sister Jean. The two sisters were raised in the Korean tradition in the Ingleside neighborhood of San Francisco and were required to speak only Korean at home.
Meanwhile, his parents are first-generation Korean immigrants. They moved to the United States in 1980 and opened a burger joint called Tony’s in the predominantly Italian neighborhood of North Beach.
Jamie Chung – Education
Chung attended Commodore Sloat Elementary School before moving to Aptos High School, where he graduated in 1997. In 2001, he completed his graduation from Lowell High School.
As a child, she experienced identity issues, was bullied at school, and struggled to fit into American culture. At the same time, she fought hard to speak Korean well and attended Korean lessons throughout her academic life.
In 2001, he joined the University of California, Riverside. There, she became a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and supported herself with two jobs, including one as a waitress at a small bar. She graduated there in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in economics.
Career
When Jamie Chung was still working at the bar as a waitress, she got her breakthrough when MTV held a casting call for “The Real World” in 2003. Thanks to the casting director’s support, she participated in the audition and was selected for its Fourteenth Season. based in San Diego, working there from January 6 to June 29, 2004.
She was then cast on the spin-off game show, Real World/Road Rules Challenge, as a cast member for that show’s 2005 season, “The Inferno II.” The show aired from March 7 to June 20. Although her team won the challenge, it had a serious impact on her career.
He moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. Initially, she began her acting career with several minor roles in television and movies, including Cordy Han in ten episodes of “Days of Our Lives,” a Hooters girl in the 2007 comedy “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.” ” and in episodes of “CSI: NY” and “Veronica Mars.”
Discovery
She landed her first major on-screen role as Heavan Kogo, the lead in the ABC Family television miniseries “Samurai Girl” in 2008. She was then cast in the award-winning 2009 television movie “Princess Protection Program,” in which appeared as Chelsea Barnes.
Subtitle: The poster for the ABC Family television miniseries, Samurai Girl (Source: IMDb)
The actress appeared in three films; starring as Chi Chi in “DragonBall Evolution”, as Clarie Wen in “Sorority Row” and as Ginny Bai in “Burning Palms” in 2009. In 2010, she appeared in the comedy film “Grown Ups” in which she played the role of Amber Hilliard.
She landed a role in two movies called “The Hangover Part II” and “Sucker Punch” in the year 2011. Her other major role was that of Nima in the 2012 action thriller movie “Premium Rush”. That same year she appeared in films such as “The Man with the Iron Fists,” “Eden,” and “Knite Fight.”
She played the role of Mulan in a total of 12 episodes of the fantasy adventure drama television series “Once Upon a Time.” In 2014, she played Janice Channing in 13 episodes of “Believe.” She was equally successful on the big screen, releasing five films that year called “Flight 7500,” “Bad Johnson,” “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For,” “Rudderless,” and Big Hero 6″ (voice role) . .
He continued his successful acting journey.
She played Olivia in seven episodes of “Resident Advisors” in 2015. That same year, she appeared in two films, “Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong” and “A Year and Change.” In 2016, she appeared in six episodes of Gotham and participated in two films, “Flock of Dudes” and “Office Christmas Party.” That same year, she was cast as attorney Lana Harris in “Miranda’s Rights,” which for some reason was not televised on NBC.
He voiced the animated character Go Go Tomago in the animated television series “Big Hero 6: The Series.” She appeared in a total of 45 episodes from November 2017 to February 2021. Similarly, she played the recurring role of Clarice Fong/Blink in a total of 29 episodes of the television series “The Gifted.”
Recent works
In 2019, she voiced Rose Trefgarne in the computer-animated science fiction television series “Sherwood.” She continues to appear on the big screen in films such as “Band Aid” (2017), “1985” (2018), “DC Showcase” (2019), “Dangerous Lies” (2020) and “The Misfits” (2021). ).
Later in 2020, she played Ji-Ah, a seemingly naive Korean nursing student, in the HBO horror drama series “Lovecraft Country.” She played the recurring role of Molly Park in the crime drama series “Dexter: New Blood.” In the series, she appeared in a total of seven episodes. In addition to acting, she writes for her fashion blog, What the Chung?
Awards
Chung and her Sorority Row co-stars won the Female Stars of Tomorrow award from the 2009 ShoWest trade show on April 2, 2009. At the 2012 Seattle International Film Festival, she received the Golden Space Needle Award for Best Actress for Eden .
Net worth 2024
According to various online websites, Chung’s net worth is estimated to be around $1 million. While her annual salary plus other income is not revealed. Her main source of income comes from her acting roles in television series and movies, as well as her voice roles.
civil status
On October 31, 2015, Jamie Chung exchanged vows with Bryan Greenberg at El Capitan Canyon Resort, Santa Barbara, California.
Meanwhile, her husband is also an actor by profession and they started dating in 2012. Until now, the couple has not shared any children and lives a comfortable lifestyle.
Body measurements
Caption: Jamie Chung posing for a photo (Source: Instagram)
This American actress is 5 feet 4 inches (1.65 m) tall and weighs around 110 pounds (50 kg). Furthermore, she has dark brown eyes with hair of the same color and her body measurement is 33-23-34 inches.
Jamie Chung – Social Media
On her Instagram page ‘@jamiejchung’ she has more than 1.4 million followers. Likewise, he has more than 762 thousand followers on his official Facebook page and is not present on Twitter.
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