Jamie Chung Biography

Jamie Jilynn Chung (born April 10, 1983) is an American actress and former reality television personality. She first gained fame in 2004 as a cast member on the MTV reality series, The Real World: San Diego and subsequently through her appearances on its spin-off show, Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno II.

She later transitioned into acting and has since become known for films, such as Grown Ups, Premium Rush, Sorority Row, The Hangover Part II, Princess Protection Program, and Sucker Punch and having been the series lead of the ABC Family television miniseries Samurai Girl. Since 2012, Chung has appeared in the recurring role of Mulan in the ABC fantasy television series Once Upon a Time.

She is regarded as the Real World alumna with the most successful media career.

Early life

Jamie Chung was born and raised in San Francisco, California. She is a second-generation Korean-American, raised by "traditional" parents, and was described by MTV as someone who "tells it like it is". After graduating from Lowell High School in 2001, Chung attended the University of California, Riverside, where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.

Reality TV work

Chung was a cast member on The Real World: San Diego, the fourteenth season of MTV's long-running reality TV show, The Real World, which first aired in 2004. At the time she was selected to be on The Real World: San Diego, she was described by MTV as a hard-working student who worked two jobs to pay her tuition, but who also enjoyed partying. She was also described by her friends as not having the best taste in men.

Six months after Chung and her castmates left the Real World house, they appeared to discuss their experiences both during and since their time on the show on 2 Punk Rock 4 This: The Real World San Diego Reunion, which premiered on July 9, 2004.

After appearing on The Real World, Chung appeared on its spin-off game show, Real World/Road Rules Challenge, as a cast member in that show's 2005 season, during which she was a member of the "Good Guys" team, which squared off against the "Bad Asses". By the end of the season, after several cast members had been eliminated during the competition, Chung remained, along with her fellow Good Guys teammates Darrell Taylor, Landon Lueck, and Mike Mizanin. Chung and her teammates were victorious against the remaining members of the Bad Asses in the final event, and won the competition.

Acting career

Since her stint on The Real World, she began her acting career appearing in various minor roles in television and films, including as Cordy Han in ten episodes of Days of our Lives, as a Hooters girl in the 2007 comedy I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, and in episodes of CSI: NY and Veronica Mars.

In 2008, she starred in her first major role as well as the series lead in the ABC Family miniseries Samurai Girl which launched in September 2008.

She later had supporting roles in the 2009 feature films Sorority Row and Dragonball Evolution, in the latter as Goku's love interest, Chi Chi, as well as the lead role in one of the segments of the movie Burning Palms. Chung later went to star in the Disney Channel TV movie, Princess Protection Program which co-starred Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez. She appeared in 2010 film Grown Ups and had a supporting role in the 2012 martial arts film The Man with the Iron Fists.

Chung gained her first major feature film role in the 2012 film Premium Rush, directed by David Koepp as well as starring as the lead in the 2012 independent film Eden, Chung plays a young Korean American girl abducted and coerced into prostitution by domestic American human traffickers. Chung currently portrays the recurring role of Mulan in the of the television series, Once Upon a Time. Her appearance on the series was panned by Bruce Fretts of TV Guide, who felt that she did not fit into the series' fantasy world.

In 2011, she provided the voice of Aimi Yoshida in the video game X-Men: Destiny.

Her upcoming films include 7500 and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.

Awards and recognition

Chung won the Female Stars of Tomorrow Award at the 2009 ShoWest industry trade show along with her Sorority Row castmates.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry	Hooters Girl	Cameo
2009	Dragonball Evolution	Chi Chi
	Sorority Row	Clarie
	Burning Palms	Ginny Bai
2010	Grown Ups	Amber Hilliard
2011	Sucker Punch	Amber
	'	Lauren
2012	Premium Rush	Nima
	The Man with the Iron Fists	Lady Silk
	Eden	Eden
	Knife Fight	Kerstin
2013	'	Lauren Price
	7500	Suzy Lee
2014	Sin City: A Dame to Kill For	Miho

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	'	Herself	28 episodes
2005	Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno II	Herself/Challenge Winner	17 episodes
2006	Veronica Mars	Flirting Girl	Episode: "Spit & Eggs"
2007	Katrina	Ella	TV film
	ER	Jin Kim	Episode: "Under the Influence"
	Days of our Lives	Cordy Han	10 episodes
	CSI: NY	Misty	Episode: "One Wedding and a Funeral"
	Greek	The Tri Pi Sister	Episodes: "Liquid Courage" "Depth Perception"
2008		Sienna	"A New Normal"
	Samurai Girl	Heavan Kogo	Mini-series
2009	Castle	Romy Lee	Episode: "Hedge Fund Homeboys"
	Princess Protection Program	Chelsea Barnes	TV film
2012–present	Once Upon a Time	Mulan

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2009	Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising	Takara