Nancy (singer)

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Nancy
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Nancy in May 2018
Born
Nancy Jewel McDonie

(2000-04-13) April 13, 2000 (age 21)
Nam-gu, Daegu, South Korea[1]
EducationHanlim Multi Art School
Occupation
  • Singer
  • dancer
  • host
  • actress
Musical career
GenresK-pop
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2011–present
LabelsMLD
Associated actsMomoland
Korean name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationNaen-si
McCune–ReischauerNaenshi

Nancy Jewel McDonie[2] (born April 13, 2000), known professionally as Nancy (Korean: 낸시), is a Korean-American singer, actress, and host. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Momoland, which was formed on November 10, 2016 through the Mnet's reality survival show Finding Momoland.

Early life and education[]

Nancy was born to a Korean mother and an American father of Irish ancestry.[citation needed] Nancy has an older sister, Brenda Lee McDonie, who is a cellist and was born in 1998.[3][4][5]

She graduated from Hanlim Multi Art School on February 9, 2018, where she was a student in the Musical Department.[6][7]

Personal life[]

Nancy had been living in the United States for about 6 years. In the online interview "Tingle Interview", Nancy stated that she was born in Daegu, South Korea, but grew up in Ohio, USA.[8] In an interview about her being mixed with two different cultures Nancy said, "I have always been told by my parents that there are two cultures that I am in contact with ever since I was a child."[9][10][8]

When asked if she was afraid or was unfamiliar with Korean culture when she moved to South Korea, she said: "Before I moved to South Korea, my mother kept telling me that Korean and American schools are really different." She added, "After I transferred to a Korean school, I couldn't speak Korean well, but it was not difficult because my friends helped me."

Career[]

Pre-debut[]

Nancy auditioned in Korea's Got Talent as part of a hip-hop group called "Cutie Pies" in 2011, The group reached the semi-finals.[11][12] She was a former trainee of Nega Network.[citation needed]

As a teenager, she appeared in several TV programs, including The Unlimited, and also participated in Mak Ee Rae Show: Just Do It Expedition in 2012, in which she traveled to the Philippines and Saipan with South Korean actress Kim Yoo-jung.[13]

2016: Finding Momoland, debut with Momoland, and Sunny Girls[]

Main article: Momoland
Nancy in 2016

In 2016, Nancy became a contestant on Mnet's reality survival show Finding Momoland to select the members of MLD Entertainment's new girl group Momoland.[14] She finished the competition in second place,[15] and had her debut with the group[16] on November 10, 2016 with the mini-album Welcome to Momoland.[17] Momoland made their debut stage performing at M Countdown,[18][19]

On November 19, it was announced that she would join Inkigayo's project girl group Sunny Girls[20] along with GFriend's Eunha, WJSN's Cheng Xiao, Oh My Girl's YooA and Gugudan's Nayoung.[21][22] They made their official debut at SBS's Inkigayo stage, on November 27, with the title track "Taxi".[23] The group also performed at the 2016 SBS Gayo Daejeon on December 26.[24][25]

2017–present: Acting activities and Success with Momoland[]

Nancy performing in 2018.

In April 2017, Momoland released the single "Wonderful Love". On August 22, 2017, Momoland's second mini-album, Freeze! was released. In the same year, Nancy was cast in the lead role with boy band ZE:A member Ha Min-woo in Naver TV's web music drama series Some Light.[26][27] Nancy and Ha Min-woo also collaborated for the theme song of the drama series.[28]

In October 2018, Nancy appeared in episode 11 of MBC's Dae Jang Geum is Watching, alongside her fellow-members JooE, Hyebin and Daisy as idol trainees.[29]

On January 3, 2018, Momoland released their third mini-album, Great!. As a result, the lead single, "Bboom Bboom," was a huge commercial success, reaching number two on the Gaon Digital Chart.[30] On June 26, 2018, Momoland released their fourth mini-album Fun to the World with the lead single "Baam" becoming the 15th best-selling song of July 2018 on Gaon Music Chart.[30]

Acting career[]

Upcoming projects[]

In the Philippines, ABS-CBN and Dreamscape Entertainment announced on October 4, 2019 that Nancy was to star in an upcoming new Filipino miniseries titled The Soulmate Project.[31][32] Nancy will play her character Binna, a "Korean-American who lives in the Philippines." In an interview with ABS-CBN News in 2019, director and writer Antoinette Jadaone said that series will consist of 13 episodes and it will be "more akin to a Korean drama." she said, "It’s not like how we do teleseryes [in the Philippines] where you do it per script every day, with a weekly script,"[33] Nancy revealed that filming will also take part in her home country South Korea.[34] Production for the project was slated to begin in 2020,[35] but was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ABS-CBN shutdown and subsequent denial of its bid for a new legislative broadcast franchise.[36][37] An omnibus trailer for the series was unveiled at the network's Christmas special on December 20, 2020 while new filming dates are yet to be released.[38]

Other ventures[]

Endorsements[]

In January 2020, Nancy was chosen as the new endorsement model for the popular skincare brand "Some By Mi",[39] A representative of Some By Mi said that they chose Nancy was because "her healthy and pure image fit well with the direction that we pursue, of our clean, natural skincare products".[40][41]

Filmography[]

For Nancy works with Momoland, see Momoland § Filmography.

Television series[]

Year Title Network Role Notes Ref.
2018 Dae Jang Geum Is Watching MBC Idol trainee Cameo (Episode 1) [42]
2021 The Soulmate Project ABS-CBN Binna [43]

Web series[]

Year Title Network Role Ref.
2017 Some Light Naver TV Nancy [26]

Television shows[]

Year Title Network Role Notes Ref.
2010 Hangul Train Chipo EBS Herself As a kid
2011 Korea's Got Talent tvN Contestant [44][45]
2011–2013 The Unlimited Show Tooniverse Herself Season 2–5
2012 Mak Ee Rae Show: Just Do It Expedition Cast member [46]
2014 Olala School 2
2016 Finding Momoland Mnet Contestant [47]
2017 Idol Acting Competition K-STAR Cast member [48]
2017–2018 Pops in Seoul Arirang TV Co-host [49]
2018–2020 Idol Star Athletics Championships MBC Contestant
2020 King of Mask Singer As Jingle Bells [50]

Discography[]

For Nancy works with Momoland, see Momoland discography.

Soundtrack appearances[]

Title Year Peak chart
positions 		Album
KOR
Gaon
"Some Light"[28]
(with Ha Min-woo of ZE:A) 		2017 — Some Light OST
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart

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