Jeong Ga-eun

In this Korean name, the family name is Baek. In the stage name or pen-name, the surname is Jeong.

Jeong Ga-eun (Korean: 정가은; born May 21, 1978), birth name Baek Ra-hee (백라희), is a South Korean actress, taxi driver, and clothing retailer who has appeared in several Korean television series such as Rollercoaster and Sunday Sunday Night.

Jeong Ga-eun
Jung Ga-Eun in 2014.
Born	Baek Ra-hee (1978-05-21) May 21, 1978 (age 47) Busan, South Korea
Occupation(s)	Actress, Model
Years active	2001–present
Agent	Double V Entertainment
Spouse	​ ​ (m. 2016⁠–⁠2018)​
Children	1 (daughter)[1]
Korean name
Hangul	백라희
RR	Baek Rahui
MR	Paek Rahŭi
Stage name
Hangul	정가은
Hanja	鄭佳恩
RR	Jeong Gaeun
MR	Chŏng Kaŭn

Debuting as a beauty contestant for Miss Gyeongnam Seon of 2001,^[2] Jeong began a career in the entertainment industry by serving as the fitting model and face of CJ O Shopping's clothing merchandise. Debuting as a beauty contestant for Miss South Gyeongsang Province Seon of 2001,^[3] Jeong began a career in the entertainment industry by serving as the fitting model and face of CJ O Shopping's clothing merchandise.

Soon after, Jeong rose to fame as a TV personality, joining variety show casts such as Sponge 2.0, BEAST Idol Maid, Infinite Girls and Heroes. She concurrently made several Korean soap operas and commercials including LG's TNGT in 2006 and SK Telecom in 2007. In July 2009, she joined a situation comedy programme called Rollercoaster of South Korean cable channel tvN, and it boosted her popularity.^[4]

Since creating it in 2009, Jeong co-operates an online dress mall called Jungganda (정간다; Korean, "Jeong is coming").

Personal life

Jeong married a businessman on January 30, 2016, in Gangnam, Seoul. She gave birth to a daughter on July 20.^[5][6] On January 26, 2018, her agency announced their divorce.^[1][7] Jeong later revealed that she had been defrauded by her ex-husband; to support herself and her daughter, she became a licensed taxi driver in 2025.^[8][9][10]

Appearances

Films

• Tales of Nobody [ko] (2023)^[11]

Television

• Comedy TV Raising a Pet Man: I'm a Pet Season 5 (2008)
• KBS2 Sponge 2.0 (2003–2012)
• MBC Sunday Sunday Night (2009–2014)
• tvN Rollercoaster [ko], lead actress with Jeong Hyeong-don (2009–2011)
• MBC Infinite Girls (2009–2013)
• SBS Good Sunday's Yo Girls Diary Season 2 (2010)
• SBS Heroes (2010–2011)
• MBC every1 Beast Idol Maid (2010)^[12]
• SBS Master's Sun as Ahn Jin-joo (2013)
• MBC A Thousand Kisses as Jang Hye-bin (2011–2012)
• tvN Rollercoaster [ko] 2 (2012)
• KBS2 Family (2012) cameo
• SBS Plus Her Lovely Heels (2014)
• SBS FiL, SBS M, Lifetime Shall I Light Your Daily Life [ko] (Host, 2021–2022)^[13][14]

Music Video

• Shinhwa's "Throw my fist" (2006)