Meng Jia

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Meng.
Meng Jia

Jia performing at Star Performing Arts Centre, Singapore in February 2013
Chinese name 孟佳
Pinyin Mèng Jia (Mandarin)
Ethnicity Chinese
Origin Ansan, Gyeonggi Province
Seoul, South Korea
Born (1989-02-03) February 3, 1989[1]
Loudi, Hunan, China
Other name(s) Jia
Occupation
Genre(s)
Instrument(s) Vocals
Label(s) JYP Entertainment
Years active 2010 (2010)–present
Associated acts
Education Seoul Institute of the Arts (SeoulArts)
Members
Meng Jia
Chinese name
Chinese 孟佳
Hanyu Pinyin Mèng Jia
Korean name
Hangul 멍지아

Meng Jia (Chinese: 孟佳; pinyin: Mèng Jia), commonly known as Jia, is a Chinese rapper, singer and actress. She is a member of the South Korean girl group miss A, which debuted under JYP Entertainment in 2010. Jia is considered one of the four best-known female celebrities of Chinese origin active in the South Korean entertainment scene, along with fellow miss A member Fei.

Biography

Meng Jia was born on February 3, 1989 as the only child of her family. Jia is currently attending Seoul Institute of the Arts (SeoulArts), formally known as Seoul Art College, alongside miss A's Fei and Wonder Girl's Lim.[2] Jia's school in Beijing held auditions with JYP Entertainment and she was selected to be on a girl group in 2007 after she had accidentally stumbled into the audition room where she performed a dance and a rap sequence. Jia, along with fellow miss A member Fei, appeared in 2PM's "My Color" music video. While still in training, the group flew to China where they appeared in numerous variety shows performing dance routines and songs to a Chinese audience. As the group had no official name, they were widely known to fans unofficially as JYP Sisters or simply as "Sisters (시스터즈)" and was dubbed by JYP as the "Chinese Wonder Girls". The girls began their first official promotional activities in China as a group by signing up with Samsung China and released a commercial song called "Love Again" for the Samsung Beat Festival.

Solo Activities

In 2011, she made an appearance in M&D's music video "Close Your Mouth". She also made several cameo appearances in Dream High and Dream High 2.

During miss A's long hiatus after their promotions for their single "I Don't Need a Man" in 2012, Jia attended numerous fashion shows and appeared in many fashion magazines. She also accompanied singer Ivy during her promotions for "I Dance" as the rapper for several stages and participated in Let's Go Dream Team 2's special in Vietnam. Jia will be also making her acting debut with One and a Half Summer in China with 2PM's Nichkhun when it airs in the summer of 2014.

Jia is preparing for her debut film with Chinese film "The Third Kind of Love," which will premiere in 2015 and feature performances by Song Seung Hun and Liu Yifei. She also conducted Global guest appearances on We Got Married and Hubei If You Love. Also, Fei and Jia became DJs on the "C-MBC Radio" radio program with Zhoumi of Super Junior M.

Discography

Main article: Miss A discography

Filmography

Movies

Year Title Role
2015 The Third Way of Love XiaoYue
2016 Undercover Punch and Gun TBA

Drama

Year Title Role TV Network
2011 Dream High Cameo as a flash mob dancer (ep 16) KBS2
2012 Dream High 2 Cameo as herself (ep 15) KBS2
2013 One and a Half Summer Song Qing CJ E&M
2015 L.U.V Collage Ai-ling Gateway To Korea

Variety shows

Year Title Role TV Network
2009 You Will Grow Prettier If You Dance Guest with Fei ZRTG: ZJTV
2010 Flower Bouquet Guest with miss A MBC
2011 Gag Concert Guest With Suzy & Min SBS
Sponge Guest With Suzy KBS2
2012 Gag Concert Cameo with miss A KBS
Weekly Idol Guest with miss A MBC
Weekly Idol Guest with miss A MBC
Let's Go Dream Team 2 Guest with miss A & Sistar KBS2
Cool Food Wins The World Guest with Fei ZRTG: ZJTV
2013 Let's Go Dream Team 2 Herself KBS2
We Got Married Guest with Min MBC
2014 Quiz To Change The World Guest with Fei MBC
2015 Youth Trainee Herself ZRTG: ZJTV
Laugh Out Loud Guest with Fei HBS: HNTV
Star King Guest with Min SBS

Radio shows

Year Title Role TV Network
2013 Idols, True Colors / C-Radio MC with Fei & Super Junior's Zhou Mi MBC
2014
2015

Music video appearances

Year Song title Artist
2009 My Color 2PM
2010 This Christmas JYP Nation
2011 Close Your Mouth M&D
2015 Shake That Brass Amber Liu

Awards and nominations

miss A's awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result
2015 Youth Trainee 1st Place Won

References

  1. ↑ Mark Russell (29 April 2014). K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution. Tuttle Publishing. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-4629-1411-1.
  2. ↑ "wonder girls Lim, miss A’s Jia & Fei receive scholarships from Seoul Art College"

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