Jang Ja-yeon

Jang Ja-yeon was born on January 25, 1980 in Jeongeup, South Korea, South Korean, is Actress. Jang Ja-yeon was a promising South Korean actress best known for her only KBS television drama series ‘Boys Over Flowers’. This budding star was found hanging from the stairway banister of her home in the Bundang district of Seongnam, Gyeonggi province, on March 7, 2009. She was 29 years of age at that time and was about to make her big-screen debut with anticipated release of her first two films ‘Penthouse Elephant’ and ‘They Are Coming’. Jang was known to be suffering from depression that probably triggered from her parent’s death in a car accident ten years back and was getting treated medically over the last year. According to police investigations there was no foul play in her death, which they concluded as suicide. However a national scandal sprouted when her seven-page suicide note came to shore where she alleged her management agency of abusing her sexually and physically. She mentioned that she was beaten regularly and compelled to have sex and entertain many bigwigs of the entertainment industry including CEOs, media executives and program directors and penned down 31 such names of prominent entertainment executives with whom she was forced to have sex. Police probed twenty people and finally prosecuted seven while Jang’s agent Kim Sung-hoon was given a year’s sentence, two years of probation and community service for 160 hours.
Jang Ja-yeon is a member of Film & Theater Personalities