known professionally as Eunjung and also Elsie,[5] is a South Korean singer, actress, model, host, entertainer, and lyricist.

She began her career at the age of seven as an entertainer in 1995, when she won the Little Miss Korea competition and debuted as a child actress in the same year in a television drama A New Generation of Adults (1995).

[10][11] She has hosted over 15 events from the Dream Concert to the Grand Bell Awards and Jecheon International Music & Film Festival.

Namely, eighteen-year-old Hahm is featured in SG Wannabe's music video "Gasiri" from Story In New York.

[21] Her first major acting role since joining T-ara was in SBS drama Coffee House, which aired from May 17 to July 17, 2010.

[citation needed] From 2011 to 2012, she joined MBC's variety program We Got Married, pairing up with actor Lee Jang-woo.

[citation needed] Hahm was then cast in historical dramas The King of Legend and Insu, The Queen Mother.

[citation needed] The Korean Actors Labor Union demanded that Hahm be issued an apology by the producer and crew.

[29] In October 2013, MBK Entertainment revealed that Eun-jung participated in the arrangement of T-ara's upcoming track "I Know The Feeling" from their newest EP Again.

[citation needed] On October 14, Hahm released the song Goodbye, as the soundtrack of T-ara's web-drama Sweet Temptation.

In February, Hahm signed an exclusive management contract with UFO Production, making her the company's first-ever artist.

UFO Production, a subsidiary of technology company Pobis TNC, is more known for producing the MBC TV weekend drama Money Flower.

[34] On May 24, it was confirmed that Hahm was cast in KBS's romantic comedy-drama Lovely Horribly, starring Park Si-hoo and Song Ji-hyo.

[35] On February 26, 2019, it was announced that Hahm would be the narrator for the Korea-Vietnam co-production documentary named The Muse Story, which will be broadcast on KBS World.

[37][unreliable source] Hahm was cast in the leading role of the TV drama Be My Dream Family, which aired on KBS1 every weekday from March 29, 2021,to October 1.

[40] In 2021, along with Supernova's Gonil, Eun-jung took the lead role in short original drama Cell Division which was released on DramaX.

[45] On February 15, 2023, Hahm was confirmed to be part of the main cast of JTBC's variety program Differential Class [ko] for its new season which premieres on March 5.

[49] Eun-jung has starred in numerous acclaimed projects, including Land (2004),[54][55] Coffee House (2010),[56] Dream High (2011),[57][58] Queen Insu (2011),[59] and more recently Love Twist (2021–2022),[60] and Suji & Uri (2024),[61] which have achieved strong ratings and received widespread praise both commercially and critically.

[66] Hahm's successful musical and acting career secured her numerous brand endorsements across South Korea.

Her international representation includes attending the "Korea-Brunei 30th year Relations Ceremony", where she met with government officials and dined formally with the country's Prime Minister.

[67] In February 2011, Hahm, along with actor Kim Soo-hyun, was chosen as an exclusive model for clothing brand SPRIS.

This includes for the Ministry Of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (2005), luxury brand Gold Elite Paris in Thailand (2016), Chunsa Film & Arts Awards Festival (2020),[69] and Hattung's Aesop Fable Donation (2020) as Honorary Ambassador and participant.

She attended the 2011 National Warfare Guard Festival on March 8 where she received the ambassador award from Police Commissioner Cho Hyun-oh.

[82] In 2018, to celebrate her 30th birthday, Hahm held a charity event in Vietnam during which she met up with her fans, visited a nursing home and provided meals to 300 homeless people.

[83] In August 2024, Hahm participated in "Daehan is Alive" campaign to celebrate the National Liberation Day of Korea.

As a holder of a level 2 certificate in Korean history, she released a multi-lingual video introducing independence activist and poet Lee Yuk-sa in collaboration with Professor Seo Kyung-deok on August 14.