Stage Name:
Nicole
Real Name:
Nicole Jung
Hangeul:
정니콜 Korean Name:
Jung Yong Joo
Talent Agency:
- DSP Media (2007 - 2014)
- B2M Entertainment ( 2014 - present)
Official Fanclub Name:
Colling(s)
Occupation:
- Dancer
- Singer
- Actress
- Model
Official Social Media Accounts:
@_911007 on Twitter
@_911007nicole on Instagram
Birthday:
October 7, 1991 Blood Type:
A Birth Place:
Glendale, California USA Education: - Attended Global Christian School - Attended Laurel Springs School, finished 11th grade - Received her GED - Attended Konkuk University
Hobbies: - Reading - Listening to Music - Cooking/Baking - Dancing - Watching movies - Work Out/Exercise Favorite Color: - Orange
- Blue - Purple Nicknames: - MusiCole
- Tweety
- Cole
- Ko Ri
- Cole ah
- Nicol Nicol Nicolru (Japanese)
Pets & Companions:
- Mocha
-Chino
- Duke
- Jasper
- Melly
Skills/Talents:
- Dancing - Singing - MC-ing - Cooking/Baking
Languages:
- English
- Korean
- Japanese
DISCOGRAPHY
Television:
- MBC The Person is Coming (2008) - KBS Star Golden Bell (Dec 2008 - 2009) - MBC Nodaji (2009)
- MBC Bonanza
- MBC Star Ranking
- Mnet Nicole the Entertainer's Introduction to Veterinary Science - Mnet Nicole goes to College (2009-2010)
- SBS Strong Heart
- KBS Let's Go Dream Team! Season 2 - SBS Heroes (2010)
- SBS Good Sunday (2010-2011)
- SBS Family Outing Season 1 & 2
-TV Tokyo UraKARA (2011)
- SBS Inkigayo MC with Hara (Oct 2011 - Aug 2012)
- 2013 Golden Disk Awards MC (Jan 16, 2013)
- DRAMACube Secret Love (2014) Movies: - My Way (2011)
- KARA The Animation Music: Collaborations: - 'String' - Sunha (Rap by Nicole) - 2008 - 'Happy...And' - Kang Kyun Sung & Nicole - 2008 - 'Whale' - Park Myung So, Nicole, & E-Tribe (MyungColeTribe) - 2010
- 'Lost' - Nicole feat Jinwoon (2AM) - 2012
- 'This Person' - Dazzling Red (Hyorin, Hyuna, Nicole, Hyosung, Nana) - 2012 Music Videos: - Featured in Kang Kyun Sung's "Happy...And MV - Featured in A-JAX's MV Hot Game - 2012 - Cameo in label mate PURETTY's Cheki ☆ Love - 2012
SOLO: Lost (2012)
MAMA (First Romance) 2015
Other: Featured Performer for Mighty Mouse in Love Class Performances
Featured Performer for PSY's inkigayo performance - 120729 Endorsements: Vocamastar - VM 100 Launched her own Baked Goods line called "KuKi Six" at Mango Six Cafes Kappa Clothing with 2AM
Soy Carat (KARA)
LiveDAM (KARA)
CuviLady (KARA)
K-Swiss (KARA)
K-Food Ambassador (KARA)
Get to Know Nicole better:
Korean name Yong Joo means "Dragon Ball" in English
Played Violin for 4 years (4th -8th grades)
Avid Baker and wants to open up her own place in the future
Chocolate Addict
Learned Korean from her grandmother, but just the basics and in satoori (country accent)
Regimented in working out and keeping fit; does weight lifting, pilates, and yoga for fitness
Loves to eat Known for having a wide network of celeb friends
Has written her own raps for KARA as well as contributing to KARA's choreography
Voted as the most "sexy" in KARA by her fellow members
Also voted "most hard working" by fellow KARA members
Participated in sports, band, dance, and choir while in school in the U.S.
Hates to cry in front of people
She is the only child
Says she dislikes people who lie
Writes "Always Smile" with her autographs
Wanted to attend Juilliard either for Dance or Violin
Nominated for Mnet 20's choice award 2009 for Hot New Variety Star
Is listed under 2 groups on her Naver profile: KARA & MyungColeTribe (for Park Mung Soo, Nicole, and E-Tribe's collaboration on "Whale" )
She hasn't really meant anyone close to her ideal type yet
Nicole's part of a well known group of idol friends that call themselves the "'91 Line" that consists of 2AM's Jinwoon, Shinee's Key, FT Island's Jaejin, B2ST's Dongwoon, MBLAQ's Mir, Infinite's Woohyun, and Afterschool's Nana.
Loves Winnie the Pooh or just anything Disney
The Korean Music Festival influenced her decision to send in her audition to DSP
Likes Hip hop, pop, and jazz type of dances Considered being a choreographer
She is competitive
She is the FC Men's soccer team "manager" in charge of passing out water etc to players, her shirt number is 111 and "Cole" is the name of her shirt
Drives a Range Rover Evoque
Claimed to be good at dodgeball
Was picked by group members as the member that can drink the best, Nicole says she could drink up to 2 1/2 bottles of wine
According to Nicole's mom, Nicole ranked on first place out of 730 students when she was in 8th grade
Avid Taylor Swift fan
Admits she has anxiety when it comes to editing on variety shows
Favorite KARA song is "My Darling"
In school, her favorite subjects were English and History
Never got a score lower than 85 in school
Currently learning how to play the guitar
Loves it when others say she's "feminine"
Has a tattoo on the left side of her ribs that says "Amier et etre Aimer" which means "To Love and to be Loved"
Nicole left KARA at the end of her contract on January 16, 2014.
Credit: Haejin, Timstarr, Mae (editing)+ KARAholic