Kwon Mina Biography

Kwon Min-a (born September 21, 1993), better known mononymously as Mina, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is best known as a member of the girl group AOA, which debuted in 2012 under FNC Entertainment. Mina has acted in television dramas, including Modern Farmer (2014) and All About My Mom (2015).

Biography

Mina was born on September 21, 1993, in Busan, South Korea. She auditioned for FNC in 2009, and her family moved from Busan to Seoul soon after.

Her father died of cancer on November 29, 2014. Due to his death, Mina took some time off from career activities and did not participate in some promotions for "Like a Cat"

Career

AOA

On July 30, 2012, Mina made her debut as a member of AOA on Mnet's M! Countdown with the song "Elvis" from their debut single album, Angels' Story. She is also part of band unit AOA Black, established in 2013.

Solo career

In 2013, Mina debuted as an actress with the KBS2 drama special Adolescence Medley, where she played Yoon Jin-yeong. In February 2014, she played the younger role of Kim Hee-sun's character, Cha Hye-won, in the KBS drama Wonderful Days. Mina had her first lead role in the SBS weekend drama Modern Farmer, which aired from October to December 2014.

On February 26, 2015, Mina appeared in the music video for solo singer Shade's song "Bad". In May, Mina made her debut as an MC with Y-Star's variety show Gourmet Road. In August, she was appointed as co-MC on Weekly Idol with Apink's Hayoung and VIXX's N, starting from September 2. On September 9, Mina and Nam Joo-hyuk appeared in the music video for solo singer Kangnam's song "Chocolate". On December 5, she joined the cast of the KBS weekend drama All About My Mom, starting from episode 33. She played Go Aeng-doo, a pretty and innocent, yet mysterious young lady.

In March 2016, Mina starred in the seven-part web drama Click Your Heart, produced by her agency FNC Entertainment, where she played a cheerful, but clumsy, 18-year-old high school student who forms friendships and love triangles with four boys.

Discography

Filmography

Television dramas

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
2013	Adolescence Medley	Yoon Jin-yeong	KBS2	Supporting role
2014	Wonderful Days	young Cha Hae-won	KBS2	Supporting role
	Flower Grandpa Investigation Unit	Han Seul-hee	tvN	Cameo
	Modern Farmer	Lee Soo-yeon	SBS	Supporting role
2015	All About My Mom	Go Aeng-doo	KBS2	Supporting role
2016	Click Your Heart	Mina	MBC Every 1 Naver TV Cast	Lead role

Reality program

Year	Title	Role	Network	Note
2013	Cheongdam-dong 111	Herself	tvN

Variety show appearances

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
2014	Weekly Idol	Guest	MBC Every 1	Ep. 154 with AOA
2015	Gourmet Road	MC	Y-Star
	Hello Counselor	Guest	KBS	with Choa
2015-2016	Weekly Idol	co-MC	MBC Every 1	with N and Oh Ha-young

Music video appearances

Year	Music video	Artist	Role
2015	"Bad"	Shade	Main role
	"Chocolate"	Kangnam