Elly/ Jung Hae Rim (Weki Meki)

Jung Hae-rim (정해림), popularly known as Elly, is the Lead Vocalist of the girl group Weki Meki under Fantagio Entertainment. In 2016 she appeared and competed in the show Produce 101 and ranked in 47th place.

She debuted as a member of Weki Meki on August 8, 2017 with their first mini album Weme.

2016: Produce 101

In 2016, Elly became a contestant on Mnet's survival show Produce 101 along with her labelmates Yoojung and Doyeon. She was eliminated in episode 8 after ranking 47th place.

2017: Debut with Weki Meki

On June 3, 2017, Elly was revealed as the fourth member of Weki Meki. The group officially debuted on August 8, 2017 with their first mini album Weme.

Collaborations

"FM201.8-09Hz : Sweet Dream" (with Herz Analog) (2018)

Participation releases

"Queendom Puzzle Team Battle 2" ("Snap" as part of Athena) (2023)

"Queendom Puzzle Rise Up" ("Rise Up" with contestants of Queendom Puzzle) (2023)

OSTs

"Gangnam Beauty OST Part. 1" ("Love Diamond" (with Doyeon & Suyeon)) (credited as Weki Meki) (2018)

"My Only One OST Part. 7" ("Smile of Rose") (2018)

Dramas

To Be Continued (Naver TV Cast, 2015) - cameo

Interactive web dramas

The Tale of Chunhyang (2021)

Yeon-oh and Seo (TBA)

Reality shows

Produce 101 (Mnet, 2016) - contestant

GIRL'S RE:VERSE (KakaoTV, 2023) - contestant

Queendom Puzzle (Mnet, 2023) - contestant

Elly Facts:

Birthplace: Sanbon-Dong, Gunpo, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

– Nicknames: Haedong, Taekwon girl, and Ookhaedoong.

– She went to Sanbon High School.

– She can speak Japanese.

– Her personality can be described as lively and strong.

– She can do Taekwondo and other types of martial arts.

She can imitate a crow and a horse.

– Her role models are Hello Venus and Apink.

– During school days, she thinks that PE was the easiest, whilst science was the hardest for her.

– She is friends with Yves from LOONA and Jiwon from fromis_9.

– She prefers being dressy over casual.

– She dislikes skinship.

– Her favorite movie is Aladdin.

– Her favorite ice cream flavor is Green Tea (Source: TMI with Soompi 2020).

– She doesn’t really like wearing shorts.

She has a mole in the back of her right eye.

– She has a tattoo on her arm.

– According to the members, she tends to hold her grudges the most (Source: TMI with Soompi 2020).

– The amount of lines she gets in title tracks gradually increased over the years.

– One of her hobbies is listening to music.

– Her favorite musician is Richard Parkers.

– Her favorite animal is donkey.

– She is a fan of the Youtube influencer Pengsoo.

– She originally joined the company Fantagio to become an actress.

– She used to be the acting leader when the other members were trainees until Suyeon joined the company (Source: Weki Meki Mohae?).

– Out of all the Weki Meki members she trained the longest.

-) She and Sei share the same bunk bed.

– She was a trainee for 3 years before going on Produce 101.

– She was a participant of Produce 101. She was eliminated in episode 8, she ended on rank 47th.

– She was the 4th Weki Meki member to be officially introduced.

– She along with Lucy and Yoojung are considered the mood makers of the group. (Kikicam ep1)

– She is especially close to Yoojung because they have been living as trainees together for a long time.

– She appeared as a cameo in the Korean web drama “To Be Continued”. (2015)

– She has an OST for the drama “Smile Of Rose” (My Only One)

– She has a song with Herz Analog, called “Sweet Dreams” (2018).

– She appeared as a supporting role for the web drama titled “The Tale of Chunhyang” (2021)

– She, Suyeon, Rina, and Lucy have an OST for web drama “Miracle”, called “Between Us Two” (2022).

– She appeared on the King Of Masked Singer, as 힘들었쥐 (December 27th 2020).

– She, Lua, and Rina are part of the Lonerz Club.

– Despite both being terrible at cooking, her and Suyeon have a series on their channel “Cooking SU-LY Magic” (요수리 뚝딱👩‍🍳)

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