Lim Na-young

Lim Na-young (Korean: 임나영; Hanja: 林娜榮; born December 18, 1995), known mononymously as Nayoung, is a South Korean singer, rapper and actress signed under Sublime Artist Agency. She was first known after participating in the survival show Produce 101 and finishing in tenth place, which made her debut as a member of project girl group I.O.I in 2016. The group was only active for less than one year before disbanding in January 2017. Later that year, she returned to Pledis Entertainment and debuted as a member of Pristin in March 2017. In May 2019, Pristin officially disbanded and Lim later parted ways with the agency. She joined Sublime Artist Agency for her solo activities in August 2019.

In this Korean name, the family name is Lim.
Lim Na-young
Lim in December 2017
Born (1995-12-18) December 18, 1995
Gwanak District, Seoul, South Korea
Alma materDongduk Women's University
Occupations
  • Singer
  • rapper
  • actress
AgentSublime
Musical career
GenresK-pop
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active2016–present
Labels
Formerly of
WebsiteOfficial website
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationIm Na-yeong
McCune–ReischauerIm Nayŏng

Early life and education

Lim was born December 18, 1995 in Gwanak District, Seoul, South Korea.[4] She attended the Muhak Girls' High School and later the Dongduk Women's University (Department of Broadcasting).

Career

2016: Produce 101 and debut with I.O.I
Main articles: Produce 101 (season 1) and I.O.I

From January 22 to April 1, 2016, Lim participated in Mnet's survival television show, Produce 101, which consisted of 101 female trainees from different agencies in South Korea.[5] Five participants from Pledis Entertainment were eliminated and only Lim and Kyulkyung made it to the final line up of I.O.I. She ranked tenth with a total 138,726 votes.[6]

On May 4, I.O.I made their debut with the extended play, Chrysalis, and its lead single, "Dream Girls".[7]

2017–2019: Disbandment of I.O.I and Pristin
Main articles: Pristin and Pristin V

After the disbandment of I.O.I on January 29, Pledis Entertainment announced that Lim and Kyulkyung would debut as members of Pristin on March 21, 2017. On the same day, Pristin released their debut EP, Hi! Pristin, accompanied by the lead single, "Wee Woo".[8]

Lim performing during the Pyeongchang Winter Event on March 3, 2018

In 2018, Pledis Entertainment formed Pristin's subgroup, Pristin V, with Lim being one of its members. They debuted on May 28 with the single album, Like a V.[9]

On May 24, 2019, Pristin was officially disbanded[10] and Pledis Entertainment announced that Lim would be departing from the label.[11] On August 22, 2019, she signed an exclusive contract with Sublime Artist Agency.[12] Four days later, she was appointed promotional ambassador for tourist destination Insadong.[13]

2020–present: Solo beginnings

Lim starred as a supporting role in Flower of Evil playing as the young Do Hae-soo. In 2021, she played her first main role in the web drama Summer Guys alongside Kang Mi-na and more.[14] Lim made a soundtrack appearance on Summer Guys with "So So" (그냥 그렇다고), released on April 7, 2021.[15][16][17] She made her film debut in Twenty Hacker and sang the soundtrack, "Not just friends", for the film.[18] On April 15, 2021, Nayoung released two tracks as part of part 4 of Twenty Hackers soundtrack with "With All My Heart" (온맘다해) as the title track as well as "Like The Two Of Us" (우리 둘처럼).[19][20] She played the supporting role for KBS2 drama Imitation, released on May 7, 2021.[21][22] She is also set to play the main role of Hyun-ah in KBS1 drama Over To You.[23]

On May 4, 2021, Lim Na-young and the members of I.O.I celebrated their 5th debut anniversary with a reunion live stream show called "Yes, I Love It!".[24]

In June 2021, Lim confirmed to make her debut in the musical I Loved You in August 2021.[25]

Discography
For Lim's works with I.O.I and Pristin, see I.O.I discography and Pristin § Discography.

Soundtrack appearances
Title Year Peak chart position Sales Album
KOR
[26]
Soundtrack appearances
"Not Just Friends" 2021 — — Twenty Hacker OST Part 1
"So So" (그냥 그렇다고) — Summer Guys OST Part 2
"With All My Heart" (온맘다해) — Twenty Hacker OST Part 4
"Like The Two Of Us" (우리둘처럼) —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Songwriting credits

All song credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association's database, unless otherwise noted.[27]

Year Song Album Artist With
2016 "I.O.I" (intro) Chrysalis I.O.I Yoojung
"Dream Girls" Famousbro, Yoojung
"More More" Miss Me? Yoojung, Rhymer
2017 "Be the Star" Hi! Pristin Pristin Eunwoo
"You're My Boy" Schxxl Out Iggy, Youngbae, Roa, Rena, Sungyeon, Xiyeon, Kyla

Filmography
For Lim's works with I.O.I and Pristin, see I.O.I § Filmography, and Pristin § Filmography.

Film
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2021 Twenty Hacker Park Joo-hee Film debut [28][29]
2022 The Distributors Kim Da-eun Film Television [30]
TBA 4:44 Seconds Filming [31]

Television series
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 Entourage Herself Episode 1 with Kim Chungha [32][33]
2020 Flower of Evil young Do Hae-soo [34]
2021 Over To You Hyun-ah [35][36]
Imitation Shim Hyun-ji [37]
2022 Drama Special – The Distributors Kim Da-eun One act-drama [38]
2023–2024 Bumpy Family Kang Seon-joo [39]

Web series
Year Title Role Ref.
2021 Summer Guys Yeom Ah-ran [40][41]
Exciting Broadcast Accident Yoon Yi-seo [42]
2022 Beauty/Woman: Rising Destiny Han Da-bit [43]

Television shows
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 Produce 101 Contestant Survival show that determined I.O.I members
Finished 10th		 [44]
2018 Can Love Be Translated? Regular cast [45]
2019 Beauty Time Host [46]
2021 We're Family Cast Member [47]

Theatre
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
English Korean
2021 I Loved You 사랑했어요 Kim Eun-joo Theatrical debut [25]

Ambassadorship
  • Public Relations Ambassador of Asan Police Station (2021)[48]

Notes
  1. As a member of I.O.I only.[1][2][3]

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