Gong Seung Yeon, whose birth name is Yoo Seung Yeon, is a South Korean actress. She is the older sister of singer Yoo Jeong Yeon from TWICE. She first trained as a singer under SM Entertainment after winning the “Best Looks” portion of the SM Teen Best Contest in 2005. She officially made a debut as a model for Yuhan-Kimberly’s ‘White’ advertisement in 2012. She then started her acting debut in the series ” I Love Italy “. In 2015, the relative newcomer drew mainstream notice when she joined the fourth season of the Korean reality show We Got Married, where she was paired with singer-actor Lee Jong Hyun.
She won multiples awards including, “2015 New Star Award” by SBS Drama Awards, “2016 Rookie of the Year Award” by SBS Entertainment Awards, “2017 New Wave Award” by 2nd Asia Artist Awards, “2018 Best Couple Award (with Seo Kang-jun)” by KBS Drama Awards, and “2021 Actor Award in Korean Competition” by The 22nd Jeonju International Film Festival Awards Ceremony. She was a honorary ambassador for the “Korean National Tuberculosis Association” (2014), and “The 8th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival” (2016). She also sang an OSTs for the film “My Dream Class”, Like a Star (with Yoo Jeong-yeon), in 2018. She also participated in musicals and theater works, “Porgy and Bess as Clara” in 2011, and “King Lear as Princess Goneril” in 2011, respectively.
