Sunny

Profile

• Stage Name: Energy Source SUNNY (활력소 써니 – hwalryeokso Sunny)

• Birth Name: Lee Soon-kyu (이순규)

• Nicknames: Soonkyu, DJ Soon, Ssun, Sunny Bunny, Aegyo Queen, Choi Danshin (the Shortest)

• Blood type: B

• Date of Birth: May 15, 1989

• Zodiac Sign: Taurus

• Sibling(s): 2 older sisters (Lee Jin-kyu, Lee Wan-kyu)

• Position(s): Lead Vocalist

• Language: Korean (Fluent), English (Basic), Chinese (Basic), Japanese (Basic)

• Specialty: Sports, Eloquence, Aegyo

• Casted: 2007 SM Casting System

• Training Duration: 9 Months (previously trained for 5 years in another company)

• School: Baehwa Girl’s High School (배화여자고등학교) [graduated]

Biography

Sunny was born on May 15, 1989 in Los Angeles, California, and moved to Kuwait while she was still an infant. Her family moved to South Korea around the time of the Gulf War. She has two older sisters, who share the same birthday as her but were born in different years. She speaks fluent Korean, along with basic Chinese and Japanese. Her father was in the college band Hwaljooro with Bae Chul-soo. She is the niece of Lee Soo Man, the founder of SM Entertainment. In 1998, Sunny entered Starlight Entertainment and became a trainee for 5 years before transferring to Starworld where she became a member of a duet called "Sugar" which never debuted. One of her older sisters was the manager for Sugar, but when the group disbanded, she became active in other parts of the music industry. In 2007, Sunny was recommended by the singer Ayumi, who transferred to SM Entertainment. After several months of training under SM Entertainment, Sunny debuted as a member of Girls' Generation that same year.

Career

Singing career

Sunny has contributed to a couple of soundtracks as a solo artist, singing the theme song "You Don't Know About Love" for the SBS drama Working Mom, "Finally Now" for IPTV's Story of Wine and "Your Doll" for the SBS's Oh! My Lady. She featured on the Heading to the Ground soundtrack, singing a duet with Taeyeon in the song SarangInGulYo and another song titled Motion performed with the vocal line of the group. She participated in the S.E.O.U.L. song project along with Super Junior's Kyuhyun, Leeteuk, Ryeowook, Sungmin and Donghae and fellow group members Seohyun, Sooyoung, Jessica and Taeyeon. Sunny featured in Brown Eyed Girls's Miryo's track "I Love You, I Love You" from her first solo mini album, Miryo A.K.A JoHoney.

Voice Acting

Sunny took part in voice acting for animated film Koala Kid: Birth of A Hero with fellow labelmate Taemin from SHINee.

Theatre

Sunny played the lead role of ‘Brenda Strong’ in the Korean production of Broadway musical ‘Catch Me If You Can’, which was opened on 28th March 2012 and with a scheduled run till 10th June 2012. Her performance received positive critical review and was nominated for Best New Actress in the 6th 'The Musical Awards', South Korea's equivalent of Broadway's Tony Award.

TV shows

She was a permanent member on the show Star Golden Bell until Girls' Generation's song Oh! came out. Sunny alongside with Yuri was a part of reality show Invincible Youth in which they were a part of G7, consisting of 7 girls from idol groups. Due to Girls' Generation's Japanese debut and other activities, Sunny left the show, along with Hyuna and Yuri, in June 2010. On October 17, it was confirmed that Sunny would be joining for the second season of Invincible Youth 2, a Korean reality show alongside with Hyoyeon. She is the only returning member from original G7. On July 6, a representative from S.M. Entertainment reported to the media, that Sunny will no longer be a regular casting member anymore alongside the members of G6 from Invincible Youth 2. The unexpected leave will mean that the July 7th episode of Invincible Youth 2, will be the last episode that Sunny will be featured as a permanent member. Sunny's leave does not include fellow Girls Generation member 'Hyoyeon' who will continue as a member on the show.

Show Hosting

She was a co-DJ of the radio show Chunji until the broadcast ended in July 2008. She also co-hosted a music show called The M with Kim Hyung Jun of SS501 and Im Seulong of 2AM but had to leave the show due to her busy schedules. Her last appearance as an MC for the show was on April 4, 2010. Sunny, along with other notable celebrities, is part of the star-studded cast on SBS MTV's “Music Island”, taking on the role of main MC. The first episode of “Music Island” was aired on February 24, 8PM KST. In 2014, she is now a DJ of the radio show named "Sunny's FM Date".

Discography

Soundtrack appearances and Solo performances

Year	Title	Song	Duration	Artist
2008	SBS Working Mom	"You Don't Know About Love"	03:33	Solo
2009	IPTV Story of Wine	"Finally Now"	04:11	Solo
	MBC Heading To The Ground	"It's Love"	04:15	Duet with Taeyeon
2010	SBS Oh My Lady!	"Your Doll"	03:49	Solo
2011	Girls' Generation Tour	"3"	05:13	Solo
2012	Miryo A.K.A JoHoney	"I Love You, I Love You"	04:10	Duet with Miryo
	SBS To The Beautiful You			Luna

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2012	Koala Kid: Birth of A Hero	Miranda (voice-over)	Korean version

Drama

Year	Title	Role
2008	Unstoppable Marriage	as BoolGwangDong (seven princess) (cameo)
2009	Tae-Hee, Hye-Kyo, Ji-Hyun!	Sunny (one episode)/Herself

Television series

Year	Title	Role
2009	Flower Boys Generation	With Jessica and Hyoyeon
2009–2010	The M	Co-Hosted with SS501's Kim Hyung-jun and 2AM's Seulong
2009–2010	Invincible Youth	With Yuri
2011–2012	Invincible Youth 2	Along with Hyoyeon
2012	Music Island	Host
2012	"1 vs 100"	Guest Appearance
2013	Strong Heart	Guest Appearance
2013	Shinhwa Broadcast	Guest Appearance
2013	Real Men	Narrator
2013	Grandpa Over Flowers	Guest Appearance
2013	Quiz to Change The World	Special MC for one episode
2013	Infinite Challenge	Guest Appearance
2014	Radio Star	Guest Appearance

Musical theatre

Year	Title	Role
2012	Catch Me If You Can	Brenda Strong (Lead Role)

Music video appearances

Year	Song title	Artist	Role
2008	"Cooking? Cooking!"	Super Junior-H	Herself
2009	"S.E.O.U.L."	Super Junior and Girls' Generation	Kindergarten Teacher
2010	"Caribbean Bay"	2PM and Girls' Generation	Herself

Radio show

Year	Title	Role
2008	Melon Chunji Radio	DJ

Endorsements

Years	Commercial
2007	Elite Tuning Style Uniform - SNSD
2008	Goobne Chicken - SNSD Sunkist Sweetieade - SNSD Elite Tuning Style Uniform - SNSD Ellesse - SNSD Viliv PMP X5 - SNSD Samsung AnyCall "Haptic" - SNSD Nexon Maple Story - SNSD Nexon Bubble Fighter - SNSD
2009	Goobne Chicken - SNSD Miero Beauty N - SNSD Banana Milk (Taeyeon, Sunny, Yuri, Sooyoung, Seohyun) Post Granola Cereal (Sunny, Sooyoung, Seohyun) Samyang Ramyun Version A | Version B | Version C | Version D | Winter Version - SNSD SPAO Winter - SNSD Viliv P-Book S5 | Viliv Hand Top S7 - SNSD LG CYON New Chocolate - SNSD Dungeon & Fighter - SNSD Phone Widget T-store - SNSD Shinhan Card - SNSD
2010	Samyang Ramyun Spring Rain Version | Picnic Version - SNSD Domino's Pizza | Dance Version | Domino's Pizza 'Chasu-Chasu' (December 2010) | Making Film - SNSD SPAO Show! Show! Show! | SPAO Bonamana | SPAO World Cup Version - SNSD LG Cyon Maxx - SNSD LG Cyon Cooky - SNSD iPopcorn - SNSD Nintendo DSi - SNSD Samsung China - SNSD Everland Caribbean Bay (With 2PM) - SNSD Daum Screensaver (30secs) | Daum Screensaver (FULL) - SNSD
2011	Intel ’2nd Generation Intel® Core™ Processor’ | MV - SNSD DIOR Wongjin Coway CF - SNSD E-ma Nodoame - SNSD 7-Eleven - SNSD Lipton tea - SNSD J.ESTINA - SNSD
2012	LG Electronics-Cinema 3D TV brand - SNSD Lotte Department Store - SNSD ACE BED - SNSD Korea Yakult - SNSD 10 Corso Como - SNSD