Nancy Jewel McDonie is the name of a famous Korean singer from Daegu, South Korea. She is also part of a group called Sunny Girls with GFriend’s Eunha, WJSN’s Cheng Xiao, Oh My Girl’s Yooa and Gugudan’s Nayoung. Nancy is also known as the youngest member of the South Korean girl group Momoland.
Wiki/Bio
Nancy was born in Daegu, South Korea. As per wiki, she celebrates her birthday on April 13 and was born in 2000, which makes her age 19 this year. She raised in America and after a few months, she returned to South Korea to attend high school at Hanlim Multi Arts High School. Her father, Richard Jowel McDonie, is American, and her mother, Lee Myeong-ju, is Korean. She has an older sister Brenda, who is a cellist.
Famous For
In 2011, she auditioned in Korea’s Got Talent as part of the hip hop group called Cutie Pies. The group reached the semi-finals. Nancy appeared few cameos in music videos such as SNUPER’s Stand By Me and MC GREE’s Dangerous. She was a former trainee of the Nega Network. She also appeared in several TV programs such as Mak Irae Rae Show: Just Do It Expedition where she had visited the Philippines and Saipan, along with South Korean actress Kim Yoo-Jung.
Nancy also became a contestant on Mnet’s reality survival shows Finding Momoland in 2016 and completed the competition in second place. Later she became a member of the girl group MOMOLAND. On 10 November 2016, the group released their first mini-album Welcome to Momoland.
Facts
- Nancy is half American from his father’s side and half Korean from his mother’s side.
- She is a trained singer. Nancy got training in singing for six years before her debut.
- She completed her schooling from Hanlim Multi Arts High school in Daegu, South Korea.
- Nancey participated in Korea got Talent with a Hip-Hop group Cutie Pies, when she was just 11
- She likes chocolate and cheese foods.
- The singer appeared in a few music videos, including Dangerous (2016) and Stand by me (2017).
- She appeared in a popular Korean web series ‘Thumb Light” (2017) in which she played a lead role opposite of Minwoo ( Korean actor).
