Woo Hye-rim, referred to as Hyerim, is a South Korean singer and actress. She was a member of the South Korean girl group Wonder Girls.
Early life
Woo Hye-rim was born on September 1, 1992 in Seoul, South Korea. She has been a Hong Kongresident for 14 years. She can speak Korean, English, Cantonese and Mandarin fluently. Her father is a grandmaster and promoter of Taekwondo, with the highest 9th-degree black belt in the discipline.
Career
Pre-debut
Originally, Woo was a part of five-member group in training in 2009. While still in training, the group flew to China where they appeared in numerous variety shows performing dance routines and songs to showcase their talent to the Chinese audience. As the group had no official name they were widely known to the Chinese audiences as "JYP Sisters" or simply as "Sisters". They were also dubbed by JYPE as the "Chinese Wonder Girls". However, before the group could officially debut, two of their members withdrew leaving only three which included Lim herself as well as Jia and Fei, who both went onto become members of Miss A.
Wonder Girls and other activities
On January 22, 2010, she was announced to be joining the Wonder Girls, after member Sunmi put her musical career on hiatus to focus on studies. Her official debut stage with the group was on February 5, 2010, in a performance in Shanghai. In 2013, she became a co-host for EBS radio broadcastEnglish Go Go!. From August 20, 2013 to March 10, 2014, she also served as the host of Arirang TV's Pops in Seoul. On June 24, 2015 it was announced that Wonder Girls would be making comeback after two-year hiatus, as a four-member band. On the band's August 2015 release REBOOT, Woo contributed to the writing and production of three songs. Hyerim released a collaboration single with Bernard Park titled "With You" on April 3, 2016, as a part of JYP Entertainment's JYP Duet Match project. On July of the same year, Lim contributed to the composition of two songs on Wonder Girls' single EP Why So Lonely. On January 26, 2017, it was announced that Wonder Girls were to disband after unsuccessful contract renewal negotiation with some of its members. Hyerim was one of the members who renewed her contract with JYP Entertainment. The group released their final single "Draw Me" on February 10; it also serves as a celebration for their 10th anniversary since debut. Hyerim left JYP Entertainment on January 25, 2020, and her departure from the label was announced three days later. On March 10, 2020, Hyerim signed with RRR Entertainment, a new agency founded by fellow Wonder Girls member Yubin since she left JYP Entertainment.
Personal life
Since 2017, Hyerim has been majoring in Interpretation in Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, under the school's Department of English for International Conferences and Communication. She was accepted into the program in December 2016, and received a scholarship in her first semester. In February 2018, she was honored with a certificate from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for creating a voluntary video on safety in travelling overseas. She helped translate The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank from English to Korean for its publication in South Korea. Hyerim has been dating taekwondo athlete Shin Min-chul since 2013. They were confirmed to be engaged in May 2020, and got married on July 5.
