Hari Won was born in
Seoul, South Korea. Her father is from
Vietnam and her mother is South Korean. Her father came to South Korea in 70s and met her mother there. Their marriage wasn't accepted by her mother's family as her father wasn't wealthy as well as being of non-Korean descent. However, they still got married, albeit, with some disapproval by her mother's family. As documented by KBS, she had a relatively unhappy childhood due to her mother's family not accepting the marriage at that time, as well as experiencing some discrimination for being from a bicultural family. Her name means, "you will get anything you wish for" in Korean. "Won" in Korean can be transliterated to
"Nguyễn" in Vietnamese. She moved to Vietnam in 2007 to support her father and has been there ever since. In 2010, she started learning Vietnamese at
Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Science and Humanities. She is currently living and working in
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Hari is fluent in
Vietnamese,
Korean, English and is proficient in Japanese.
Career She was one of the contestants on
Cuộc đua kỳ thú 2013 (the Vietnamese version of
The Amazing Race) alongside her then boyfriend – rapper Đinh Tiến Đạt where she began to gain more fame and popularity. As a singer, she released her debut single Hương Đêm Bay Xa in 2014, and since then, has released more popular song hits such as Anh Cứ Đi Đi, Cuối Cùng Anh Cũng Đến, Without You, Co Chăng Chỉ Là Giấc Mơ, Là Cả Bầu Trời and more. She made her acting debut as the female lead in the 2014 Vietnamese film
Chàng Trai Năm Ấy, which is one of the most popular films of 2014 in Vietnam. She starred alongside
Sơn Tùng M-TP,
Hứa Vỹ Văn,
Ngô Kiến Huy and
Phạm Quỳnh Anh. She also became a popular MC in many games shows on TV, such as
Giọng ải giọng ai (Hidden Voices) and
Nhanh Như Chớp (Lightning Quiz Vietnam). ==Personal life==