BLACKPINK Jennie Profile, Facts, and TMI

Jennie Profile

Birth Name: 김제니 (Kim Jennie)
Stage Name: Jennie
Nationality: South Korean
Date of Birth: 1996.01.16
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Chinese Zodiac: Pig
Height: 163 cm (5’3”)
Weight: 45 kg (99.2 lbs)
Blood Type: B
Personal Social Media: Instagram, Film Photography Instagram Account

Jennie Facts & TMI

Jennie was born and spent her childhood in Cheongdam-dong.
She is the only child to her parents.
It’s said that Jennie’s mother is an executive in CJ E&M while her father is a hospital owner.
Her position in BLACKPINK is main rapper and sub vocalist.
She was born in the elite neighborhood of Cheongdam-dong, spent half of her elementary school days there, and was sent to study English for 5 years in New Zealand (she was 9 at that time).
She graduated from Waikowhai Intermediate School in New Zealand.
Jennie became a YG Entertainment trainee in 2010.
She revealed in radio and magazine interviews that she originally planned to study in Florida but suddenly changed her mind and came back to Korea to do things related to music.
She auditioned for YG Entertainment at the age of 14, she passed the audition and signed with YG in August 2010.
Her trainee period is 5 years and 11 months.
She was featured in fellow YG artists’ songs such as ‘Special’ by Lee HI, ‘GG BE’ by Seungri, and ‘Black’ by G-Dragon.
Jennie also starred as the main character in G-Dragon’s ‘That XX’ music video.
She and Jisoo are arguably the most entertaining members on variety shows.
Although she looks cold, she has a cute personality.
She doesn’t cry often, but she cries whenever she sees someone else crying.
She loves animals, she said she often visits animal cafes with the members.
She wants to guest on animal-related or kids related variety shows.
She has two puppies, a Cocker Spaniel named Kai and a Pomeranian named Kuma.
According to a netizen who claimed to be her classmate, Jennie was a big fan of EXO’s Kai, she even named her puppy Kai.
In early 2019, SM Entertainment confirmed that EXO’s Kai and Jennie are in a relationship after Dispatch released a set of paparazzi photos of them dating in a park.
She said when she looks at men, she values their inner self and personality more instead of looking at their appearance.
Her favorite fruits are peach and avocado.
She loves listening to Dua Lipa’s songs.
She is a big fan of American Drama ‘Friends’ and ‘Stranger Things’.
She loves watching Netflix.
Her favorite color is black.
Her favorite number is 1.
She said if she were to be born again, she wanted to be a photographer.
She said her most treasured thing is her family.
Among her favorite foods are Doenjang Jjigae (soybean paste stew), kimchi, and fried chicken.
Her most treasured item is a manual camera.
According to Lisa, Jennie is good at cooking. She said kimchi fried rice that Jennie made is tasty.
She can play the piano and flute.
She has learned horseback riding since she was young.
She has basic shooting skills as shown in the variety show ‘Knowing Brothers’.
She loves taking photos, she is said to own 6 cameras including the Leica X White limited edition, Ricoh GR II, and Contax T3.
Her hobbies are cooking, baking, taking pictures, collecting cameras, playing lego, watching movies and dramas, horse riding.
She has a mole under her eyebrow.
Many fans think that she resembles Apink’s Son Naeun and Honey Lee.
She debuted as a solo artist with the release of her single ‘SOLO’ on November 12, 2018, that topped various online music charts and won her several domestic digital song awards.
Jennie was Chanel Korea’s Beauty Muse in 2018~2019 and Chanel Global Ambassador since 2019.
As of 2020, she appeared in more than 15 magazine pictorials.
She appeared in several Running Man episodes as a guest, as well as being the regular member on SBS’s variety show ‘Village Survival, the Eight’.
She starred in commercial films for HERA, kt telecom, Calvin Klein Jeans, Gentle Monster, and Lotte’s Air Baked.
Thanks to her times in New Zealand, she is fluent in English.
She sang Rihanna’s Take a Bow for her YG audition.
She is famous for having good fashion sense, she dresses well even outside her official schedule.
She said if she hadn’t become an idol, she would have become a panda keeper.
She injured her ankle on her debut stage.
She has weak stamina.
She has severe motion sickness.
She is best friends with Red Velvet’s Irene and TWICE’s Nayeon.
She and Melodyday’s Chahee are elementary school friends.
Jennie sometimes plays ‘Overwatch’ with Jisoo.
She said she used the name Jennie Ruby-Jane Kim as her full name when she was studying abroad in New Zealand, she also uses it for her Instagram username.
She is using a grey iPhone 11 Pro as her personal cell phone.
Among her nicknames are Jen, Jendeukie, Nini, JenJangnim, JenDeuk Ramsay, Human Chanel, JenDirector, JenNyangie, Jenmandu, Human Dumpling, etc.