Nam Gyu-ri (; born April 26, 1985) is a South Korean singer and actress. She was the leader of the
Korean
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female trio
SeeYa. In 2009, Nam Gyu-ri had a contract dispute with the group's management company and left the group.
[ Lee, Mi-hye]
오락가락 남규리, 씨야 합류 끝내 무산…네티즌 “원래 말 안됐다” (''Flip-Flopping Nam Gyuri; Plans to Return to SeeYa Dissolve...Netizens Say "It Didn't Make Sense Initially"'')
. '' Joins.com''/''Newsen''. August 13, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2009. Nam has also acted, most notably in the film ''
Death Bell
''Death Bell'' () is a 2008 Korean horror film. The only Korean horror film released over the summer of 2008, it is the first feature by former music video director Chang, who also co-wrote the screenplay. ''Death Bell'' stars Lee Beom-soo in his ...
'' and the drama ''
49 Days
''49 Days'' () is a 2011 South Korean television series starring Lee Yo-won, Nam Gyu-ri, Jo Hyun-jae, Bae Soo-bin, Jung Il-woo, and Seo Ji-hye. It aired on SBS from March 16 to May 19, 2011 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 ( KST) for 20 epis ...
''.
Career
Nam was born in
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...
,
South Korea
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. She graduated from Kyunghee University specializing in Theater and Film (Department of Theater and Film).
In April 2009,
Core Contents Media
MBK Entertainment (), was a South Korean entertainment company established by Kim Kwang-soo.
The company was originally founded in 1999 as GM Planning. The company was absorbed by Mnet Media in 2006, following Kim Kwang-soo joint with CJ Group a ...
, SeeYa's management company, announced that Nam Gyu-ri had violated the terms of her contract by refusing to perform her engagements as a member of SeeYa; the company also stated that it would potentially take legal action against Nam. Although the company later announced that she would return, it was eventually revealed that the issues could not be fully resolved, and Nam left again.
In leaving the group permanently, Nam released a statement through her lawyers in which she said that she "could not possibly" return to SeeYa. In the statement, Nam announced that the reason for her departure was that she was more interested in pursuing an acting career than singing. Because it was impossible to pursue both paths, she had decided that she needed to give up working with the group.
For this reason, she declined offers from all record companies that were interested in recruiting SeeYa, and would henceforth make a new beginning as an actor and not a singer.
Shortly after finding new management, however, Nam resumed her singing career as a solo artist. Her new management company, Eyagi Entertainment, has confirmed that Nam would pursue a solo career in both acting and singing. Despite the fact that Nam stated she would not pursue her singing career as a solo singer, she managed to contribute in
Ivy
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's comeback album "I Be.." in 2009.
In 2011, Nam returned to SeeYa temporarily during the group's promotion of its final album. SeeYa officially disbanded on January 30, 2011.
In 2014, Nam signed with
SidusHQ
iHQ Inc., doing business as SidusHQ () is one of the leading talent management agencies in South Korea. It was founded in January 2001 by Teddy Hoon-tak Jung. The company is involved in talent management (artist content), and TV drama/music prod ...
, one of South Korea's most famous talent agencies.
In November 2018, Nam signed with new agency KORTOP Media, founded by veteran drama producer Go Dae-hwa.
In 2020, Nam acted as the second lead in ''
Kairos
Kairos ( grc, καιρός) is an ancient Greek word meaning 'the right, critical, or opportune moment'. In modern Greek, ''kairos'' also means 'weather' or 'time'.
It is one of two words that the ancient Greeks had for 'time'; the other bei ...
'', acting as a violinist and a sociopath who was secretly having an affair behind her husband's back while acting as a good wife and mother. She received favourable reviews for her acting of the villain in the drama.
In May 2022, Nam signed with My Company after her contract with her former agency expired.
Discography
Singles
Soundtrack appearances
Collaborations
Filmography
Film
Television series
Web series
Television shows
Music video
Awards and nominations
References
External links
Nam Gyu-Ri's short biography on Naver
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1985 births
IHQ (company) artists
Living people
MBK Entertainment artists
People from Seoul
South Korean female idols
South Korean film actresses
South Korean television actresses
South Korean women pop singers
21st-century South Korean actresses
21st-century South Korean singers
21st-century South Korean women singers