Jang Hye-jin

Actress

September 5, 1975 (50 years)

Busan, South Korea

Biography

Jang Hye-jin (Korean: 장혜진; born September 5, 1975), is a South Korean actress. She is best known internationally for her role as Kim Chung-sook in the Academy Award winning black comedy film Parasite.

Filmography

8.5

Parasite

Chung-sook

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

8.3

True Beauty

Hong Hyun-suk

After being bullied and discriminated because of her ugly looks, a high school girl transforms herself into a gorgeous "goddess" and quickly rises to fame after mastering the art of makeup via online tutorial videos.

8.8

When Life Gives You Tangerines

Park Young-ran

In Jeju, a spirited girl and a steadfast boy's island story blossoms into a lifelong tale of setbacks and triumphs — proving love endures across time.

8.5

Hospital Playlist

Min-ha's Mother

Every day is extraordinary for five doctors and their patients inside a hospital, where birth, death and everything in between coexist.

8.5

Crash Landing on You

Go Myeong-eun

A paragliding mishap drops a South Korean heiress in North Korea -- and into the life of an army officer, who decides he will help her hide.

7.0

The Oscars

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8.1

When the Camellia Blooms

Park Yeong-sim

Dongbaek is a single mother. When a potential new love enters her life, she finds ways to defy the social stigmas surrounding her.

8.1

Doctor Slump

Kong Wol-seon

Once rivals in school, two brilliant doctors reunite by chance — each facing life’s worst slump and unexpectedly finding solace in each other.

8.0

Unmasked

Hong Na-hee

In modern-day Seoul, a crack team of investigative journalists fight for their careers after broadcasting a controversial story. With time running out, the team are given an impossible task if they want to save their jobs – solve a twenty-year-old cold case involving a famous actor who disappeared without a trace.

7.6

The Witch

Oh Mi-sook

The story of a woman who is kicked out of her village and called a "witch" when the men that she likes get hurt or die, and a man who risks his life to try to save her from the law of death.

8.2

You and Everything Else

Sun-young

From teen years to adulthood, two friends linked by warmth and tension grow apart — until one is asked to accompany the other through her final days.

8.3

A Time Called You

Bae Mi-yeong

A grieving woman magically travels through time to 1998, where she meets a man with an uncanny resemblance to her late love.

6.7

The Matchmakers

Song Jin-sa's House Wife

Set during the Joseon Dynasty, the story of the meeting between the young widow Jung Soon-deok and young widower Shim Jung-woo as well as the struggle the two go through together to marry off the four young maidens who represent Joseon.

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7.6

The Red Sleeve

Court Lady Seo

Based on a novel of the same name, it tells the record of a royal court romance between the King of Joseon who believes his duty is to his country first above love, and a court lady who wants to protect the life she has chosen.

5.5

Green Mothers' Club

Kim Young-mi

Five moms in a competitive grade school community keep their enemies close, and one another closer, as envy and secrets tangle and unravel their lives.

6.2

Jeongnyeon: The Star is Born

Han Ki-jun

The 1950s were an era filled with desire and aspiration, despite the aftermath of the Korean War. Jeongnyeon, a girl with a gifted voice, embarks on a journey to become the best actor of gukgeuk, or Korean female classical opera, where she encounters competition, solidarity, and growth.

5.2

Reflection of You

An Min-seo

A thriving painter's enviable life begins to fray at the edges when a bright young woman she once befriended resurfaces as a shell of her former self.

6.6

The Law Cafe

Kim Cheon-daek

A former prosecutor landlord and a former Miss Korea lawyer begin their crazy romance in a law office cafe.

7.8

Love Me

Kim Mi-ran

An OB-GYN who seems to have it all hides the pain of running away from her family after a tragic accident, until a man who sees through her loneliness enters her life and changes everything.