Ji Moon

Birthplace

Seoul, South Korea

Biography

"Moon Ji-won" (Korean: 문지원, Seoul, July 17, 1995), better known as "Ji-Moon", is a Korean-Mexican actress and dancer, known for playing Hye-Jin in the Disney+ series "L-Pop"(2023). Ji-Moon was born in Seoul, South Korea while her father worked at a Samsung factory, however, at 4 months old, she moved to Mexico with her parents and older sister. As she grew up she quickly absorbed the Mexican identity and customs at her school, feeling Mexican. It was during high school that she began to notice significant changes in the way others viewed her, and how she was different from others, not only genetically, but also culturally, even hating being Korean, due to racist treatment of her. Feeling frustrated by her situation, she asked her parents to let her go to study in the United States, where she attended high school in Boston, Massachusetts. While on campus, she began to analyze her identity, and to understand who she was and where she belonged. After two years of studies, he decides to return to Mexico to finish his last two years of studies. He then moved to South Korea to study at Yonsei University in Seoul. In 2022, while studying in Seoul, Moon received an email from the BTF Media casting team inviting her to cast for an upcoming TV series. After thinking about it and consulting with her family, she decided to do a first casting via Zoom, which she did with great success. It was several days after the first casting that she received a second casting call, this time in Mexico City. He moved to Mexico, did the casting and got the role of Hye Jin. In August 2023, he revealed on his social media that he would be appearing in Disney+'s TV series "L.Pop".