Yoo Chae-yeong

Yoo Chae-yeong (Korean: 유채영; September 22, 1973 – July 24, 2014) was a South Korean singer, actress, and radio host.

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Yoo Chae-yeong
Yoo in 2008
Background information
Birth name	Kim Soo-jin
Born	(1973-09-22)September 22, 1973 Anyang, South Korea
Died	July 24, 2014(2014-07-24) (aged 40) Seoul, South Korea
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, actress
Years active	1989–2014
Formerly of	Cool
Spouse	Kim Joo-hwan (m. 2008⁠–⁠2014)


Korean name
Hangul	김수진
RR	Gim Sujin
MR	Kim Sujin
Stage name
Hangul	유채영
RR	Yu Chaeyeong
MR	Yu Ch'aeyŏng

Career

In 1994, using the stage name Yoo Chae-yeong, she became one of the original members of the popular K-pop group Cool.^[2] She initially attracted media attention for sporting a shaved head, which at the time was a bold hairstyle rarely seen on female South Korean celebrities.^[1]^[3] Yoo left Cool a year later, going on to make up one half of the duo US in 1995.^[4] She embarked on a solo singing career in 1996, and her hit song "Emotion" (released in 1999), contributed to the nationwide spread of techno music.^[1]

As an actress, Yoo appeared in supporting roles in movies and television dramas, notably in the comedy film Sex Is Zero (2002) and its sequel Sex Is Zero 2 (2007). She was also a popular radio host on the MBC program Good Weekend, It's Kim Kyung-sik and Yoo Chae-yeong, known for her quick wit and self-deprecating humor.^[1]^[3]

In 2009, after nearly a decade of absence from the music scene, she released a new single titled Another Decade.^[3]

Yoo was diagnosed with cancer in October 2013.^[2]^[5] She died on July 24, 2014, of gastric cancer at the age of 40.^[6]^[7]

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Early life and education

Career

Filmography

Film

Television drama

Discography

Albums

References

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