Jang Jin Young 장진영

It's a great pity that actress Jang Jin Young never had her own soompi thread before this that we can get to know her better and under a much different circumstances. Deepest condolences to her family and loved ones. A multiple award-winning movie actress for 'Sorum' and 'Singles', I really adore her in "Over the Rainbow'. Such a vivacious and talented actress,. she's gone too soon.

September 1, 2009

Actress Jang Jin-Young Dies at 35

Actress Jang Jin-young died Tuesday afternoon after battling stomach cancer for nearly a year.

Jang, 35, has been hospitalized in Seoul since her condition recently worsened. Doctors have been reportedly giving her morphine and other drugs to relieve the pain. Yedang Entertainment, her agency, said she died at 4:04 p.m. Jang was diagnosed with stomach cancer last September after having a health checkup to treat a simple stomach ulcer. She immediately stopped working and has since been fighting the disease.

Her deteriorating condition came as a surprise, as there had been reports she was getting better. Most recently, however, her condition went from bad to worse. The actress is best known for her role in "The Scent of Love'' as a woman dying of stomach cancer. She began her career as a model and participated in the 1993 Miss Korea beauty contest before making the switch to acting. Since making her film debut in 1998, Jang has received critical praise and won a number of awards for her work.

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Jang Jin-young (June 14, 1974 - September 1, 2009) was a South Korean actress and former model. She was diagnosed with stomach cancer in September 2008 and died at approximately 4:05 p.m. in Seoul St. Mary's Hospital on September 1, 2009.

Jang began her career as a model, and participated in the 1993 Miss Korea beauty contest, before making the switch into acting. After making her film debut in 1998, Jang received critical praise and won a number of awards for her work. She became only the second winner of two Blue Dragon Film Awards for Best Actress, having won in 2001 for Sorum, and again in 2003 for Singles. As of 2008, Jang was one of the highest paid stars in the Korean film industry, earning in the region of ₩400 million per film.

Career

Early work

Jang began her career as a model, and represented the Chungcheongnam-do province at the 1993 Miss Korea beauty contest. After making the transition into acting with appearances in a number of TV dramas, she received her film debut with a supporting role in the 1998 fantasy Ghost in Love. In 2000 she appeared in Kim Ji-woon's The Foul King, one of the biggest domestic hits of that year, and Jang's tough image in the film drew attention from critics, with Derek Elley of Variety saying that she "makes an impression as the lightly romantic, not-so-fragile daughter". Also that year, she had a role in the fire fighting film Siren.

Breakthrough and mainstream success

Jang as the abused, chain smoking Sun-yeong in Sorum (2001), her first starring role for which she won several awards.Jang's first starring role was in the 2001 psychological horror film Sorum, in which she was cast against type as Sun-yeong, a chain smoking abused wife. The part required her to look badly bruised and dishevelled, and she found the regimen of three packets of cigarettes per day to be quite gruelling, despite being a smoker herself. Both the film and Jang's performance received praise from critics, with Peter Y. Paik of The Film Journal commenting, "[Jang] Jin-young is utterly convincing in her portrayal of a battered wife, conveying both vulnerability and grit." Jang won Best New Actress at the Pusan Film Critics Awards, Best Actress at the Blue Dragon Film Awards, and also found success overseas, with award wins at several European film festivals.

In 2002, Jang co-starred with Lee Jung-jae in Over the Rainbow, a romantic comedy film in which her character helps an old college friend to recover his lost memory, and she was praised in a review at Koreanfilm.org for giving a "lively performance". The following year, Jang appeared alongside Park Hae-il in the more dramatic Scent of Love. Her next film, also released in 2003, was the light-hearted comedy Singles, based on a novel by Japanese writer Kamata Toshio. Jang headed an ensemble cast as Na-nan, a down on her luck woman on the verge of turning thirty, who she described as being "very close to my actual real-life self" in terms of her personality. Singles proved to be one of the big hits of that year, and also found favour with critics, with Jang in particular being lauded for her performance. Derek Elley of Variety wrote, "With her effervescent, ingenuous goofiness, Jang dominates the movie, and twins well with [uhm Jung-hwa]". Jang again won Best Actress at the Blue Dragon Film Awards, becoming only the second actress to win the award twice, and also received the Popular Star award.

Jang as aviation pioneer Park Kyung-won in the 2005 biopic Blue Swallow.For her next project, Jang was cast as the lead in Blue Swallow, a ₩9.7 billion biopic of aviation pioneer Park Kyung-won, which reunited her with Sorum director Yoon Jong-chan, and Singles co-star Kim Joo-hyeok. She worked on the film for some 15 months, during which time she was required to learn Japanese and overcome her fear of heights, and later said, "At every moment, I was pushing my limits. My experiences as [Park Kyung-won] taught me a lot and made me work even harder to live my life to the fullest." Released towards the end of 2005, the film found itself the subject of strong criticism, with Park seen by many as having been a pro-Japanese figure during the Japanese colonial rule of Korea, and it subsequently sold a disappointing 600,000 tickets at the Korean box office. Nevertheless, Jang received several award nominations for her role in the film, and won Best Actress at the 2006 Critic's Choice Awards.

In 2006, Jang appeared in the film Between Love and Hate, the directorial debut of actor/screenwriter Kim Hae-gon. She played the role of Yeon-ah, a carefree bargirl who embarks on a tumultuous love-hate relationship with slacker Young-woon (played by Kim Seung-woo), despite him being engaged to another woman. In order to give a realistic portrayal of a bargirl, Jang spent time touring underground bars and room salons, but had difficulty identifying with her character, saying, "I couldn’t easily understand why she had to act that way... I was embarrassed at times to stand in front of the camera and act like that." Her performance won Best Leading Actress at the Korean Film Awards, and she also received nominations at the Blue Dragon Film Awards and Baeksang Arts Awards.

Jang made a return to television in 2007, when she was cast as one of the leads in the SBS drama series Lobbyist, a ₩12 billion production about lobbyists and political conspiracies. Filming began in New York City on April 24, and in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre it was reported that the production company had taken out insurance policies on Jang and her co-stars over fears of related incidents. The series aired from October 10 until December 26, 2007.

In the media

In 2006, Movie Week magazine compiled a list of Korea's 25 most beautiful faces, which named Jang as the sixth most beautiful woman. The results were taken from a poll of 86 of the top domestic photographers.

Jang was one of the guests at the "Curtain Call" section of Star Summit Asia, a side event of the inaugural Asian Film Market to showcase established Asian stars for the international marketplace. Speaking at the press conference she professed a love for action films, and expressed a desire to one day star in a Chinese action film.

Health

Jang was diagnosed with stomach cancer on 22 September 2008, during a regular health check. She had been suffering from pains while eating, but had believed the cause to be a stomach ulcer. In a telephone interview aired on MBC's After News programme on 29 November 2008, Jang stated that she had been undergoing both Western medical treatments and traditional herbal remedies, and that her health was improving.

Jang Jin Young, truly a beautiful flower.. till the end..

Filmography

Movies

연애, 그 참을 수 없는 가벼움 Between Love and Hate (2006) <Official website> <Soompi thread> <Cine21>

청연 (靑燕) Blue Swallow (2005) <Official website> <Cine21>

싱글즈 Singles (2003) <Official website> <Soompi thread> <Cine21>

국화꽃 향기 Scent of Love / Scent of Chrysanthemums (2003) <Official website> <Soompi thread> <Cine21>

오버 더 레인보우 Over the Rainbow (2002) <Official website> <Soompi thread> <Cine21>

소름 Sorum (2001) <Official website> <Cine21>

반칙왕 The Foul King (2000) <Soompi thread> <Cine21>

싸이렌 The Siren (2000) <Cine21>

자귀모 Ghost in Love (1999) <Cine21>

TV Dramas/Sitcoms

로비스트 Lobbyist (SBS, 2007) <Official website> <Soompi thread> <DramaWiki>

흐르는 것이 세월뿐이랴 (MBC, 1999)

남자셋 여자셋 Three Guys and Three Girls / Three Men, Three Women (MBC, 1996~1999)

싱싱 손자병법 (KBS, 1998)

마음이 고와야지 Good Heart (MBC, 1998)

순풍 산부인과 Soonpoong Clinic (SBS, 1998)

내 안의 천사 Angel in Me (KBS, 1997)

Awards and Nominations

2001 Pusan Film Critics Awards - Best New Actress (Sorum)

2001 Blue Dragon Film Awards - Best Actress (Sorum)

2001 Festival de Cine de Sitges - Best Actress (Sorum)

2001 Director's Cut Awards - Best Actress (Sorum)

2002 Fantasporto International Fantasy Film Award - Best Actress (Sorum)

2002 Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema - Best Actress (Sorum)

2003 Blue Dragon Film Awards - Best Actress, Popularity Award (Singles)

2003 Korean Film Awards - Best Actress nominee (Singles)

2006 Baeksang Arts Awards - Best Actress nominee (Blue Swallow)

2006 Grand Bell Awards - Best Actress nominee (Blue Swallow)

2006 Korean Film Awards - Best Actress (Between Love and Hate)

2006 Blue Dragon Film Awards - Best Actress nominee (Between Love and Hate)

2006 Critics' Choice Awards - Best Actress (Blue Swallow)

2007 Baeksang Arts Awards - Best Actress nominee (Between Love and Hate)

2007 SBS Drama Awards - Best Actress in a Miniseries nominee (Lobbyist)

Links

yedang-jangjinyoung l daum.net-RUBYJINYOUNG l nate.com-jangjinyoung

Related topic at dramabeans.com l Jang Jin Young - Daum page

i just saw this on cyworld news. rest in peace~ its ironic she played a woman dying of stomach cancer. she will be cherished and loved

I can't believe. I just can't believe it...

Rest in peace, Jang Jin Young.

Rest in peace late Jang Jin Young. The Lobbyist was the first and last drama I watched in which she acted in.

Rest in peace! Jang Noona...

You are so brave, so beautiful...

Just like you went somewhere too far...

OMG ... really .... I cant believe it ~~~ I thought shes getting better .. & on planning to get married to her b/f ...

I feel so sorry for her ... gone through all the pain & suffering from the cancer ... & yet .. :tear:

but she was so brave ....

shes 1 of my favorite K-actresses ... beauty & talent plus personality ~

noona... rest in peace ...... we’ll always remember your healthy & beautiful look .... .........

(gone too soon indeed ... thank you rubie ^^ for starting the thread )

strange enough ... I found she resembles a bit of late Jung Da Bin in the 1st pic .....

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I just read about this. It's so cruel. And so ironical that of all types of cancer, it's one of which she has have been played suffering in a movie. so strange... RIP!

so sad the lead actress from Lobbyist, it's just so sad to know the bad news about her, Lobbyist was the only drama I watched for her, she was good..

Jang Jin Young RIP

Rest in peace, Jang Jin Young.

I will always remember you.

My heart goes to her family and boy friend.

I was just reading about her condition worsening over at KBS Global, only to find out that she has passed on this afternoon.

A great loss to the Korean Entertainment community.

She comes across to me as being very unassuming, girl-next-door, always with a smile on her face.

So sad to hear that she is no longer with us.

Condolences to her family members and friends.

Rest in Peace, Jang Jin Young.

Kim Myung MIn is currently in Hong Kong for a magazine photoshoot and when he heard the news, he was deeply saddened...

http://star.mt.co.kr/view/stview.php?no ... &outlink=1

KMM and JJY were co-stars in KMM's first film, Sorum (2001)

If I am not mistaken, the funeral will be held on September 5th.

rest in peace...

i really liked her in the lobbyist...i think she's really pretty and glamourous..

she's so young

Dear Jang Jin Young, rest in peace my dear.

She was one classy lady. So well suited with Song Il Guk in Lobbyist.

this is a very sad news.

Rest in peace, Jang Jin Young

A beautiful photo of her.

OMG I can't believe this, I thought she was getting better. This is terrible, terrible news. I feel gutted.

She's one of the best actresses in Korea (I'm not eulogizing, that is FACT) and one of my favorites. I loved her in Blue Swallow, Singles, Sorum, Over the Rainbow, The Foul King. I didn't like Scent of Love, but she was the best (the only good?) thing in it. She has had such wonderful talent and such a vibrant, charismatic screen presence.

I can't even bring myself to say "RIP" or "condolences" or "you'll be missed" yet because I can't accept that she's really truly gone and I'll never see her in another movie ever again. She was only 35. I don't understand.

i still remember her from scent of love....

may she rest in peace..

korea has lost another talented actress...

She is beyond all pain now...

She will be remembered and be truly missed..

May her soul rest in peace.

Oh my...I'm speechless......my deepest condolences to her family and friends...RIP....at least she's not in pain anymore..

9/1/09

Mr. Kim - JJY's boyfriend husband

Kim Min-Jong

Ahn Jae-Wook

Cha Tae-Hyun

Park Chul

Lee Byung-Hun

Kim Ji-Woon

Jeon Do-Yeon

Kim Joo-Hyuk (he starred with her twice, they had great chemistry together)

Kim Yoo-Mi

Hong Eun-Hee

Song Il-Gook

Kim Seok-Hoon

Lee Deok-Hwa

Kim Dong-Ho

Song Hye-Gyo

Oh Dal-Soo

Park Hae-Il

Kim Jung-Eun

Yoo Seon

Gong Hyo-Jin

Im Soo-Jung

Kim Ah-Joong

Han Ji-Min

Lee Seung-Yeon

Kim Sung-Min

Uhm Jung-Hwa

Jin Goo

Hwang Jung-Min

Uhm Ji-Won

Han Ji-Hye

Kang Rae-Yeon

Han Jae-Suk

Lee Eui-Jung

Jung Joon-Ho

Park Kyung-Rim

Lee Beom-Soo

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