Uee

She was born on April 9, 1988 in Daegu, South Korea. Her father, Kim Sung-kap, is a pro baseball coach for the Seoul based South Korean professional baseball team Nexen Heroes. Kim Yu-na is her older sister.

Uee was a student of the Incheon Physical Education High School. She remained a swimmer during her high school days and took part in the Korean National Sports Festival, an annual sports competition held in South Korea.

Aspiring to become an actress Uee endeavoured into the showbiz and went through several auditions. Finally she made her debut in the entertainment industry as a singer.

In 2007 she became a member of ‘Five Girls’, a South Korean girl group under the record label ‘Good Entertainment’. Other members of the group were G.NA, Yang Jiwon, Jun Hyoseong and Yubin.

Uee along with other members of ‘Five Girls’ starred in the MTV reality show ‘Diary of Five Girls’. Financial problems of ‘Good Entertainment’ however led to the group’s disbandment prior to its planned debut.

The South Korean girl group ‘After School’ formed by ‘Pledis Entertainment’ announced the joining of Uee in the group in April 2009. The first song of the group that included Uee was the electro dance song ‘Diva’ that released as a digital single on April 9, 2009 and later included in the second single album of the group titled ‘Because of You’ as B-side.

‘Diva’ became a hit and thrived both critically and commercially. The song that was first performed by the group on April 9, 2009, on M! Countdown fetched the group ‘Rookie of the Month’ award for April 2009 at the ‘Cyworld Digital Music Awards’.