Full Name: Jung Hoyeon
Date of Birth: June 23, 1994
Profession: Actress, Model
HoYeon Jung is a famous South Korean actress and model, which enjoyed international recognition with the Squid Game series. She started her professional career in 2010.
Her name is Jung, and her last name is HoYeon, but she uses her title in reverse order as HoYeon Jung, and she was born on June 23, 1994. She started her professional career as a model, and she worked as a freelancer. Starting in 2010, she walked in Seoul Fashion Week for two years and she was one of the contestants of Korea’s Next Top Model in 2013. It was the fourth season of the competition, and she placed in second place. You can find HoYeon Jung’s height on our website.
Later, made her professional modeling debut by walking during New York Fashion Week. In those years, she had fiery red hair and she started to be known for this characteristic. In 2016, she became an exclusive of Louis Vuitton and in 2021, she became the global ambassador of the brand. Although she started her career in 2010, she made her television debut in 2021. Most of us knew her as Kang Sae-byeok from Squid Game and this was her first production ever. You can find HoYeon Jung’s eye color on our website.
| Height: | 5 ft 9½ in (176 Cm) |
| Weight: | 110 lb (50 Kg) |
| Body Measurements: | 34-23-33 inches (86-58.5-84 Cm) |
| Eye Color: | Dark Brown |
| Hair Color: | Brown |
Once the show became highly famous all around the world and was even banned in the United States because it became much more popular than Hollywood productions, she enjoyed great recognition. In addition to this, her performance in the series was appreciated by many critics and suddenly, she became one of the most famous South Korean actresses with her first production. Thanks to her role in the series, she won Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series. In addition to this, she was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Although she could not win the award, another South Korean actress from Squid Game won it. You can find HoYeon Jung’s weight on our website.
Another important thing worth mentioning about HoYeon Jung is she started to work as a model when she was only 15 years old. Although she did not take part in any other productions after Squid Game, she is working on three new productions. Two of them are television shows and one of them is a film. The name of the film she is going to play is The Governesses and it is still under production these days. However, no official information was revealed about the release date of the film.
In addition to this, the television shows she is going to take part in are Disclaimer and Chicken Nugget. Just like the film, the release date of these television shows is not announced yet. HoYeon Jung was born in Myeonmok-dong, which is a small district in the capital of South Korea, Seoul. She has two sisters, and her parents are running a couple of restaurants in the country. She attended Dongduk Women’s University, where she went to the College of Performing Arts. HoYeon Jung graduated from her school, and she studied modeling. However, these days, she is known as an actress rather than a model.
Eye Color
Dark Brown
Hair Color
Brown
Height
Height: 5 ft 9½ in (176 Cm)
Weight
Weight: 110 lb (50 Kg)
Body Measurements
Body Measurements: 34-23-33 inches (86-58.5-84 Cm)
Zodiac Sign
Cancer
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Title Image Credit: Marie Claire Korea, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
