--- name: "Jung Ho-yeon" canonical: "https://film.one/person/hoyeon" fi1m_id: "hoyeon" imdb_id: "nm9475707" tmdb_id: 3194501 wikidata_id: "Q28699137" roles: ["Actor"] born: "23 June 1994" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 71 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-30T23:57:38.319372+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Jung Ho-yeon ## Identity Jung Ho-yeon - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hoyeon - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** hoyeon - **IMDb ID:** nm9475707 - **TMDB ID:** 3194501 - **Wikidata ID:** Q28699137 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung_Ho-yeon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28699137, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9475707/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3194501 Actor. Born 23 June 1994 in Seoul, South Korea. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 23 June 1994, Seoul, South Korea - **Active:** 2021–present - **Also known as:** Hoyeon, HoYeon Jung, Hoyeon Jung, Jung Hoyeon - **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 68 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Mystery 3, Drama 2, Action 1, Action & Adventure 1, Science Fiction 1 - **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $34m across 1 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung_Ho-yeon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28699137, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9475707/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3194501 ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*Squid Game*](https://film.one/tv/squid-game.md) (81) - **Apple TV:** [*Disclaimer*](https://film.one/tv/disclaimer.md) (56) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Jung Ho-yeon > Hoyeon makes guarded people worth caring about without asking them to become agreeable. We rate her most highly in *Squid Game*; *Hope* finds a welcome comic use for her seriousness about danger. In *Squid Game* (2021), Hoyeon's Kang Sae-byeok makes trusting another player feel dangerous in itself. Her guardedness gives the alliances a difficulty that cannot be reduced to the rules of the competition. We were moved by her vulnerability because she made it matter whom Sae-byeok trusted, beyond what an alliance might gain her. Alongside Park Hae-soo's Cho Sang-woo, she gives Hwang Dong-hyuk good reason to let the relationships carry the drama. The series can be blunt when it makes speeches, but there is little need to explain what is at stake between these players. That was her acting debut. Subsequent television work included the food blogger Hong Cha in *Chicken Nugget* (2024) and Jisoo in Alfonso Cuarón's *Disclaimer* (2024), her first English-language role. The clearer turn is towards physical action in Na Hong-jin's *Hope* (2026), her first feature film. As Lim Sung-ae, she stands out among performers prepared to look foolish without treating the danger as a joke. The characters may make poor decisions, but their fear remains credible enough for the comedy to work. Lee Hwo-kyoung's production design gives the small town enough ordinary life for the emergency to feel like an interruption. Once the chases accumulate, that sense of place weakens, and the creatures are less persuasive than the pursuit. Hoyeon's readiness for the physical work helps: she performed her own stunts and learnt gun handling and manual driving for the part. We would be wary of asking only for more force from her. Her instinctive physical acting can still use finer control, and more action is not the only way to develop it. Hwang gets the more affecting work by letting her relationships carry the pressure, while Na puts her seriousness to comic use. A quieter part would be as welcome as another demanding chase. Start with *Squid Game*, then try *Hope* if creature chases are your idea of an evening. ## Biography Jung Ho-yeon, also known as Hoyeon Jung or HoYeon Jung, is a South Korean model and actress. She began modelling in 2010, walking in Seoul Fashion Week shows, and placed as runner-up on the fourth season of Korea's Next Top Model in 2013. She graduated from Dongduk Women's University College of Performing Arts, where she majored in modelling, and later became known for runway work including a Louis Vuitton exclusive in 2016. She made her acting debut in 2021 as Kang Sae-byeok (Player 067) in the Netflix series *Squid Game*. For the role she won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series and received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Subsequent credits include the series *Chicken Nugget* (2024). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *Hope* (2026), Fi1m 77, as Lim Sung-ae — [page](https://film.one/film/hope.md) - *Disclaimer* (2024), Fi1m 56, as Jisoo — [page](https://film.one/tv/disclaimer.md) - *Squid Game* (2021), Fi1m 81, as Kang Sae-byeok / Player 067 — [page](https://film.one/tv/squid-game.md) ## Complete filmography (10) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Hope* (2026), as Lim Sung-ae — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/hope.md) - *In Search of Lost Heart* (2026), Actor - *Disclaimer* (2024), series, as Jisoo — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/tv/disclaimer.md) - *Chicken Nugget* (2024), series, as Hong Cha - *Cool With You* (2023), as Cupid - *Squid Game* (2021), series, as Kang Sae-byeok / Player 067 — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/squid-game.md) - *The Hole*, as Sandy - *Deli Love*, as Min - *The Governesses*, Actor - *Outback*, series, as Smiley ## Gallery - ![Jung Ho-yeon](https://film.one/media/person/43469/gallery-e24917d07a6b.jpg) Jung Ho-yeon — Republic of Korea, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/HoYeon_Jung.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - !['Hope' screening (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/43469/gallery-8ce4b8408224.jpg) 'Hope' screening (2026) — Republic of Korea, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/%27Hope%27_screening.jpg/1280px-%27Hope%27_screening.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Model Jung Hoyeon promoting Squid Game on ELLETV in September 2021.](https://film.one/media/person/43469/gallery-4a3bef7b336b.jpg) Model Jung Hoyeon promoting Squid Game on ELLETV in September 2021. — Elle Taiwan, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/20210923%E2%80%94Jung_Hoyeon_%EC%A0%95%ED%98%B8%EC%97%B0%2C_Squid_Game_promo%2C_ELLE_Taiwan_screenshot_%2805m58s%29.jpg/1280px-20210923%E2%80%94Jung_Hoyeon_%EC%A0%95%ED%98%B8%EC%97%B0%2C_Squid_Game_promo%2C_ELLE_Taiwan_screenshot_%2805m58s%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Actress HoYeon Jung being interviewed by Marie Claire Korea in October 2021.](https://film.one/media/person/43469/gallery-f3d4aa130337.jpg) Actress HoYeon Jung being interviewed by Marie Claire Korea in October 2021. — Marie Claire Korea, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/20211105%E2%80%94HoYeon_Jung_%EC%A0%95%ED%98%B8%EC%97%B0_interview%2C_Marie_Claire_Korea.jpg/1280px-20211105%E2%80%94HoYeon_Jung_%EC%A0%95%ED%98%B8%EC%97%B0_interview%2C_Marie_Claire_Korea.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Jung Ho-yeon](https://film.one/media/person/43469/gallery-c3ad2643ca19.jpg) Jung Ho-yeon — Image via TMDB - ![Jung Ho-yeon](https://film.one/media/person/43469/gallery-b57ce4e6d025.jpg) Jung Ho-yeon — Image via TMDB - ![Jung Ho-yeon](https://film.one/media/person/43469/gallery-6b886bd9c7a6.jpg) Jung Ho-yeon — Image via TMDB - ![Actress HoYeon Jung being interviewed by Marie Claire Korea in October 2021.](https://film.one/media/person/43469/gallery-0e732cb5e396.jpg) Actress HoYeon Jung being interviewed by Marie Claire Korea in October 2021. — Marie Claire Korea, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/20211105%E2%80%94HoYeon_Jung_%EC%A0%95%ED%98%B8%EC%97%B0_interview%2C_Marie_Claire_Korea_screenshot.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Disclaimer actress, HoYeon Jung at 81st Venice International Film Festival (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/43469/gallery-ea2b97e3c7e2.jpg) Disclaimer actress, HoYeon Jung at 81st Venice International Film Festival (2024) — Ariela Ortiz-Barrantes, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Actress_Jung_Ho-Yeon_at_81st_Venice_International_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Actress_Jung_Ho-Yeon_at_81st_Venice_International_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Jung Ho-yeon](https://film.one/media/person/43469/gallery-eb5b4e1ab580.jpg) Jung Ho-yeon — Image via TMDB - ![Jung Ho-yeon](https://film.one/media/person/43469/gallery-57e3a7047e78.jpg) Jung Ho-yeon — Image via TMDB - ![Jung Ho-yeon](https://film.one/media/person/43469/gallery-a636808018c6.jpg) Jung Ho-yeon — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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