Ryu Hyo-young
류효영
Ryu in 2018.
Born	Ryu Hyo-young (1993-04-22)April 22, 1993 (age 31) Gwangju, South Korea[1]
Other names	Jung Woo-yeon
Education	Sungeul High School
Occupations	Actress model rapper
Years active	2010–present
Agent	Big Picture Entertainment
Relatives	Ryu Hwa-young (twin sister)
Musical career
Genres	K-pop hip hop
Years active	2010–2014 2016–present
Labels	MBK
Formerly of	Coed School F-ve Dolls
Musical artist
Korean name
Hangul	류효영
Hanja	柳孝榮
Revised Romanization	Ryu Hyoyeong
McCune–Reischauer	Ryu Hyoyŏng
Stage name
Hangul	정우연
Revised Romanization	Jeong Uyeon
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏng Uyŏn

Ryu Hyo-young (born April 22, 1993), better known by the mononymHyoyoung orJung Woo-yeon, is a South Korean actress, model, and rapper. She was a member of the South Korean co-ed groupCoed School and the girl groupF-ve Dolls.

Ryu was born on 22 April 1993 inGwangju,South Korea.^[1] She has an identical twin sister,Ryu Hwa-young, who is a former member of the girl groupT-ara. Hyoyoung is the older of the two.

Ryu was scouted after she and her sister made an appearance onSBS' variety showStar King byCore Contents Media. Ryu and her sister were both originally slated to debut in T-ara, however, Ryu was cut from the group's line-up before their debut. A year later, she debuted withCoed School.

Ryu made her debut as a member ofCoed School in 2010. The group debuted on September 30, 2010. The group was later separated intoa female unit anda male unit.^{[citation needed]}

In that same year, Ryu was cast in KBS' teen dramaJungle Fish 2.^[2] She also took part in the 80th Miss Chunhyang pageant and subsequently won it.^{[citation needed]}

In 2011, Ryu joined Coed School's female unit,F-ve Dolls. The unit made their debut on February 17. The unit later became an independent group after her agency decided not to reform Coed School. The same year, she starred in MBC's romantic comedy dramaThe Greatest Love playing a popular singer.^[3]

In October 2012, Ryu was cast in KBS' teen dramaSchool 2013.^[4] She next starred in weekend drama12 Years Promise,^[5] and the 100-episode daily dramaFamily Secret.^[6]

On March 10, 2015 MBK Entertainment confirmed that F-ve Dolls had decided to disband.^[7] In August 2015, following F-ve Dolls' disbandment, it was reported that Ryu had requested to terminate her contract with MBK Entertainment.^[8]

In March 2016, it was confirmed that her request to terminate her contract with MBK Entertainment was accepted.^[9] Ryu later signed an exclusive contract with Y Team Company in August 2017.^[10] The same year, she was cast as the lead role in MBC's daily dramaGolden Pouch.^[11]

In 2018, Ryu was cast in the historical TV seriesGrand Prince.^[12] The series achieved a rating of 5.6% for its finale, becoming the highest ratedTV Chosun series since the network's establishment in 2011.^[13][14]

She was cast as female lead in weekend seriesBe Meal under the new stage name Jung Woo-yeon.^[15]

As of 2020, she was signed to Big Picture Entertainment.

In 2017, a former T-ara staff member stated that Ryu and her sister were the bullies in the scandal that plaguedT-ara in 2012.^[16][17][18] The reports featured a picture of an alleged text conversation between Ryu and Areum, T-ara's member at the time, in which Ryu threatened Areum with comments such as "I'll scratch up your face so you can't be on TV" and "Stupid bitch. Show up in front of me, we'll see what happens."^[19] Following this, viewers demanded that Ryu step down from her TV seriesGolden Pouch.^[20]

• 1993 births
• Living people
• MBK Entertainment artists
• Actresses from Gwangju
• South Korean women rappers
• K-pop singers
• South Korean female idols
• Identical twins
• South Korean twins
• Twin musicians
• South Korean television actresses
• 21st-century South Korean women singers
• 21st-century South Korean singers
• 21st-century South Korean actresses
• Munhwa Yu clan
• Musicians from Gwangju

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