Sunny

Sunny is a famous Pop Singer, born on May 15, 1989 in United States. As of December 2022, Sunny’s net worth is $5 Million. She played the role of Brenda Strong in the Korean theatre prodution of Catch Me If You Can in 2012, for which she was nominated for Korea’s equivalent of a Tony Award.

She joined Starlight Entertainment in 1998 and trained for five years before becoming a part of Sugar, but the duo never debuted and disbanded.

Aside from Girls’ Generation’s activities, Sunny has participated in a number of side-projects. In early 2008, Sunny worked as a co-host of the Melon Chunji Radio with Super Junior’s Sungmin. In August 2008, she contributed a solo song, “You Don’t Know About Love” for the SBS’s drama Working Mom. In 2009, Sunny released two songs—a solo track “Finally Now” for the interactive movie Story of Wine and a duet “It’s Love” for the MBC’s drama Heading to the Ground, with Girls’ Generation’s member Taeyeon. During 2009 and 2010, Sunny was a co-host for MTV Korea television music program The M with SS501’s Kim Hyung-jun and 2AM’s Im Seulong. She also joined the KBS2’s variety show Invincible Youth along with Girls’ Generation member Yuri. The reality program narrated a journey of a group of South Korean celebrities who were brought together to work and experience the agricultural and rural life. In March 2010, Sunny recorded “Your Doll” for the SBS’s drama Oh! My Lady soundtrack—it became her first song to enter the Gaon Digital Chart, at number 88. During 2011 and 2012, she continued on with her participation in KBS2’s Invincible Youth 2. She was praised by the director of the show as someone who has “intelligence”, “great adaptability” and the ability to make other cast members get along well.

During 2012-2013, Sunny was cast in her first musical, Catch Me If You Can, based on the true story and life of a con man named Frank Abagnale. The story was turned famous by the 2002 movie of the same name. She played a character named Brenda, who is the girlfriend of the male lead. Her performance received favorable reviews. Shin Yeong-seon from The Chosun Ilbo noted on Sunny’s ability to understand the character and praised her well-portrayal of Brenda’s “exaggerated cuteness and flippant acting”. Jang Kyungjin of 10asia enjoyed her singing, “While Sunny wasn’t a member in her group who put her vocals forth, she showed her power through Brenda’s ‘Fly, Fly Away’ with her clean, firm voice, showing her potential to the audience.” Sunny was nominated for the “Best New Actress” at the 6th Musical Awards. In June 2013, Sunny released the song “The 2nd Drawer” for the MBC’s drama The Queen’s Classroom. It debuted at number 76 on K-pop Top 100 Chart. In March 2014, Sunny participated in the Korean-dubbed version of the animated film Rio 2. She voiced Jewel, a female Spix’s macaw. The director noted on her ability to not only deliver the lines, but also successfully expressed other sound effects, like breathing. In an interview, Sunny felt that the most appealing part of dubbing is the ability to go back to her childhood. In June 2014, Sunny was cast in her second musical, Singin’ in the Rain, based on the 1952 movie of the same name. Sunny played Kathy Selden, an aspiring actress. In November 2014, her solo song, “First Kiss”, was released as a part of musician Hwang Sung Je’s Project Super Hero series.

In January 2012, stepping into the field of voice-over for the first time, she was featured in the Korean-dubbed version of animated film The Outback. She voiced a koala character named Miranda. Sunny found the recording process to be initially difficult, stating that because Miranda was such a “charismatic” and “strong” character, it was hard to express “with just [her] voice” as it would have been “a different story if [she] was showing the actions”. With the help of the director, however, she was able to finally “grasp the character”. In March 2012, Sunny became a host for SBS MTV’s television program Music Island. During the year, she also recorded two duets—the first song is titled “I Love You, I Love You”, with Brown Eyed Girls’ member Miryo while the other one is titled “It’s Me”, with f(x)’s Luna for the SBS’s drama To The Beautiful You. The songs debuted at number 56 and 25 on the Gaon Digital Chart and at number 51 and 16 on Billboard’ s K-pop Hot 100 chart, respectively.