Jang Nara is a famous South Korean singer and actress who gained significant attention via her music releases and acting projects such as “Successful Story of a Bright Girl” and “Confession Couple”, and “The Last Empress”
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Jang Nara’s Biography
- Name: Jang Nara (장나라)
- Birthday: 18 March, 1981
- Place of Birth: Yeokchon-dong, Eunpyeong- gu, Seoul
- Nationality: Korean
- Family: Parents, Older brother, Spouse
- Height: 163 cm (5’4″)
- Religion: Protestant
- Instagram: @nara0318
Jang Nara’s Career
Making her debut in the entertainment industry in 2001, Jang Nara started out as a singer. She became a trainee and signed with the entertainment giant SM. She did not limit the scope of her activities within Korea but was also active in China.
Jang Nara gained popularity after releasing the studio album “Sweet Dream” in 2002. During the heyday of her career, she was so popular not only domestically but also across Asia, especially in China, that she created a “Jang Nara Syndrome”. However, Jang Nara disclosed that she once thought she would never sing again due to intense stage fright.
Besides singing, Jang Nara is also well-known as an actress and captured viewers’ hearts with her natural acting in dramas such as “Successful Story of a Bright Girl” (2002), “The Last Empress” (2018–2019), and “VIP” (2019).
She has since mostly focused on TV dramas, with works including “Oh My Baby” and “Sell Your Haunted House”. Most recently, she earned huge praise for her role in the SBS drama “Good Partner”, which earned her the Grand Prize (Daesang) at the 2024 SBS Drama Awards. She is also recently nominated for the Best Actress Award (Drama category) at the 2025 Baeksang Arts Awards for this appearance.
Throughout her professional career, Jang Nara has achieved a lot. She was nominated and won many awards, both in singing and acting. In 2019, Jang Nara won the Seoul International Drama Awards’ Best Actress for her performance in “The Last Empress”. That same year, she also won the SBS Drama Awards’ Producer Award for “VIP”.
Jang Nara is especially famous for her lovely and youthful beauty. She is dubbed one of the representative “ageless wonders” among Korean stars.
Jang Nara’s Net Worth
After her various activities, Jang Nara has earned a large fortune. According to Epicstream, her net worth ranges from 3-5 million USD. Most of her income comes from her main job, singing and acting.
According to data from 2018, with each episode of a drama filmed in China, Jang Nara made 300,000-400,000 yuan, much higher than other Korean actors working in China.
She is paid 200-300 million won for each endorsement contract. Jang Nara is also known as a “CF Queen” because of the impressive number of endorsement deals she is booked for, including cars (KIA Spectra), fashion (SMART uniforms), fast food (Popeyes), and so on. Jang Nara also signed with Korean cosmetic brand CharmZone as an official model in 2020.
Jang Nara’s Facts
According to Jang Nara herself, she suffered from various health issues such as gastric ulcers, irritable bowel syndrome, panic disorder, eating disorder, and acrophobia due to stress and pressure as a celebrity.
She comes from a family of actor, with her father, whose real name is Jang Yeon Gyo and uses the stage name Joo Ho-Seong, being theater actor, producer, and director. The father also managed Jang Nara’s career when she first debuted. She has earned a bachelor’s degree in Theater at Chung-Ang University College of Arts.
Jang Nara is known as a “charity fairy”. She established the Jang Nara fund worth 10,000 USD in Rengel, Philippines through a trip around the world to award scholarships. In 2017, it was revealed that Jang Nara had secretly donated a total of about 13 billion won to various charities, disaster relief and academic organizations since her debut in 2001. “When you give a rose to someone else, the fragrance of the rose is still in your hand,” said Jang Nara.
Jang Nara’s Relationships
On June 26th, Jang Nara and her non-celebrity fiancé officially tied the knot at a fancy outdoor wedding ceremony in Seoul after 2 years of dating. Jang Nara’s wedding had the presence of famous celebrities namely Lee Sang Yoon, CNBLUE’s Jung Yong Hwa, Lee Chung Ah… Her husband is a director who is 6 years younger than her. They met and fell in love on the set of “VIP”. According to the actress herself, she pursued her husband for months while on the set.
Prior to her wedding, Jang Nara was rumored to have dated actor Kim Nam Gil, with people even saying that the two were considering marriage. There were also rumors of Jang Nara dating and marrying her co-star Park Bo Gum in 2017, which she denied herself.
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