The singer-turned-actress has a multi-group history including PURETTY, C.I.V.A, I.B.I, and APRIL, and recently signed with PA Entertainment after leaving her previous agency.

Yoon Chaekyeong, a singer-turned-actress, has drawn attention amid dating rumors involving former badminton ace Lee Yong-dae. The reports indicate the romance has been developing for about a year.

Lee Yong-dae married actress Byeon Su-mi in 2017 after a six-year relationship, but the couple divorced roughly a year later, and Yong-dae has since raised their daughter.

Born in 1996, Chaekyeong built her profile through multiple girl-group activities and audition programs. She debuted in Japan in 2012 as a member of the girl group PURETTY. In 2016, she competed on Mnet’s Produce 101 and placed 16th overall. After appearing on the show, she joined the project group CIVA, which drew considerable attention, and later debuted with I.B.I in the same year.

Following a brief stint with those projects, she joined APRIL in November 2016 as a formal member and continued her music career. APRIL disbanded in January 2022, after which Chaekyeong shifted focus to acting. She has since appeared in the 2023 KBS2 historical drama Goryeo-Khitan War, portraying Empress Wonhwa, among other projects.

Chaekyeong has since broadened her acting repertoire with TV Chosun’s Confidence Man KR and the short-form drama After I Left. In April of this year, her contract with her previous agency ended, and seven months later she signed an exclusive contract with PA Entertainment.

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