Meng Jia

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Meng.
Meng Jia

Jia in January 2013
Background information
Chinese name 孟佳
Pinyin Mèng Jia (Mandarin)
Ethnicity Chinese
Born (1989-02-03) February 3, 1989[1]
Loudi, Hunan, China
Other name(s) Jia
Occupation
Genre(s)
Instrument(s) Vocals
Label(s)

JYP Entertainment (2010–2016)

BANANA PLAN (2016–present)
Years active 2010 (2010)–present
Associated acts
Education Seoul Institute of the Arts
Meng Jia
Chinese name
Chinese 孟佳
Hanyu Pinyin Mèng Jia
Korean name
Hangul 멍지아

Meng Jia (Chinese: 孟佳; pinyin: Mèng Jia), Simply known as Jia, is a Chinese rapper, singer and actress mostly active in South Korea and China. She was a member of the JYP Entertainment's girl group Miss A. In May 2016, Jia left the group after her contract expired with JYP Entertainment.[2]

History

Early life and career

Meng Jia was born on February 3, 1989, as the only child of her family. She attended school in Beijing, where she was recruited by JYP Entertainment in 2007. She later attended Seoul Institute of the Arts.

She was a former member of the project group and Chinese version of the Wonder Girls 'Sisters', but cancelled due to member and trainee changes within their company. In 2009, She appeared in 2PM's "My Color" music video, alongside Fei.

Miss A (2010–2016)

Main article: Miss A

In 2010, Jia was chosen as a member of the group Miss A. The 4-member girl group debuted on July 1, 2010.

Jia's last album with Miss A called Colors released on March 30, 2015. She left Miss A and parted ways from JYP Entertainment in May 2016.

Solo appearances

In 2011, Jia appeared in the music video for M&D's single "Close Your Mouth", and also made several cameo appearances in Dream High and Dream High 2.

In 2012, during Miss A's long hiatus after their promotions for their single "I Don't Need a Man", Jia attended several fashion shows and appeared in a number of fashion magazines. She also performed onstage with singer Ivy during her promotions for the single "I Dance", and participated in Let's Go Dream Team 2's special in Vietnam.

Between 2013-2015, she was a presenter on MBC's C-Radio radio show with Fei and Super Junior's Zhou Mi.

She made her acting debut in the 2014 Chinese television series One and a Half Summer alongside 2PM's Nichkhun, and went on to star in the 2015 Chinese film The Third Way of Love, which also featured performances by Song Seung-heon and Liu Yifei.

In May 2016, Jia left Miss A following the expiration of her contract with JYP Entertainment.[2][3]

On November 16th 2016, Jia released her solo single "Drip", debuting as a solo artist.

Discography

Main article: Miss A discography

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
2015 The Third Way of Love XiaoYue
2016 Undercover Punch and Gun TBA

Drama

Year Title Network Role Note
2011 Dream High KBS2 Flash mob dancer Cameo (Episode16)
2012 Dream High 2 KBS2 Herself Cameo (Episode 15)
2013 One and a Half Summer CJ E&M Song Qing
2015 L.U.V Collage Gateway To Korea Ai-ling

Variety

Year Title Network Role Notes
2009 You Will Grow Prettier If You Dance ZRTG: Zhejiang Television Guest with Fei
2011 Gag Concert SBS Guest with Suzy & Min
Sponge KBS2 Guest with Suzy
2012 Cool Food Wins The World ZRTG: Zhejiang Television Guest with Fei
2013 Let's Go Dream Team 2 KBS2 Herself
We Got Married MBC Guest with Min
2014 Quiz To Change The World MBC Guest with Fei
2015 Youth Trainee ZRTG: Zhejiang Television Herself
Laugh Out Loud HBS: Hunan Television Guest with Fei
Star King SBS Guest with Min

Radio

Year Title Network Role Notes
2013-15 Idols, True Colors MBC C-Radio MC with Fei and Zhou Mi

Music video appearances

Year Song title Artist
2009 My Color 2PM
2010 This Christmas JYP Nation
2011 Close Your Mouth M&D
2015 Shake That Brass Amber Liu

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result
2015 Youth Trainee 1st Place Won

References

  1. ↑ Mark Russell (29 April 2014). K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution. Tuttle Publishing. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-4629-1411-1.
  2. 1 2 Gil Hye-jeong (May 20, 2016). "미쓰에이 지아, JYP와 전속계약 종료 '따로 활동'" [Miss A's Jia, contract with JYP expires 'promoting separately']. Star News (in Korean). Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  3. ↑ "JYP "지아 종료ㆍ페이 재계약, 미쓰에이는 유지"". tvdaily.co.kr. Retrieved 2016-05-20.

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