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Jamie Chung (Jamie Jilynn Chung, born April 10, 1983) is an American actress known to reality television audiences as a cast member on the MTV reality television series, The Real World: San Diego and its spin-off show, Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno II, and for her appearances in TV and films, such as I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry and Sorority Row.

Personal life
Chung was born in San Francisco, California. According to MTV’s 2004 biography page for her, she is a second-generation Korean-American raised by “traditional” parents in San Francisco, with a tendency to “tell it like it is.” Chung attended University of California, Riverside where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.

Reality TV work
Chung was a cast member on The Real World: San Diego, the fourteenth season of MTV’s long-running reality TV show, The Real World, which first aired in 2004. At the time she was selected to be on The Real World: San Diego, she was described by MTV as a hard-working student who worked two jobs to pay her tuition, but who also enjoyed partying. She was also described by her friends as not having the best taste in men.

Six months after Chung and her castmates left the Real World house, they appeared to discuss their experiences both during and since their time on the show on 2 Punk Rock 4 This: The Real World San Diego Reunion, which premiered on July 9, 2004, and was hosted by Vanessa Minnillo.

After appearing on The Real World, Chung appeared on its spin-off game show, Real World/Road Rules Challenge, as a cast member in that show’s 2005 season, Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno II, during which she was a member of the “Good Guys” team, which squared off against the “Bad Asses”. By the end of the season, after several cast members had been eliminated during the competition, Chung remained, along with her fellow Good Guys teammates Darrell Taylor, Landon Lueck, and Mike Mizanin. Chung and her teammates were victorious against the remaining members of the Bad Asses in the final event, and won the competition.

Acting career
Since her stint on The Real World, she has appeared in various television and film roles, including as Cordy Han in ten episodes of Days of our Lives, as a Hooters girl in the 2007 comedy I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, and in episodes of CSI: New York and Veronica Mars. She starred in the 2008 ABC Family show Samurai Girl in September 2008. She also had a role in the 2009 feature films Sorority Row and Dragonball Evolution, in the latter as Goku’s love interest, Chi Chi, as well as Burning Palms. Chung also stars as Chelsea Barnes in Disney Channel’s Princess Protection Program.

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