Known for Acting
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.
Born
September 5, 1975 (age 50)
Birthplace
Busan, South Korea
Filmography
22 films, 25 shows
The Fatal Dealz
2026 · 1h 53m
country: Vietnam
When a phone scam unexpectedly strikes, Dang Thuc — who once thought he had a stable life — is drawn into a dangerous spiral of money, family, and trust, where every choice comes at a cost not only of wealth, but of the people he loves most.
Time of Cinema
2026 · 1h 35m
country: South Korea
The story of those who see and make films, and the cinema that brings them together.
Number One
2026 · 1h 45m
country: South Korea
Eighteen-year-old Ha-min suddenly begins to see the number "365" every time he eats his mother's homemade meal—and the number drops with each bite. Believing it to be a countdown to his mother's death, he distances himself from her and her cooking. Years later, still haunted by the number, Ha-min lives cautiously, preparing for the worst. Just as he begins to find peace with his girlfriend Ryeo-eun, an unexpected truth turns his world upside down.
The World of Love
2025 · 1h 59m
country: South Korea
Jooin, a 17-year-old student confused by love, unleashes chaos with some words spoken in a moment of anger. Anonymous notes questioning her actions begin to arrive, altering her quiet life.
Love in the Big City
2024 · 1h 58m
country: South Korea
When a carefree woman learns that her closeted friend is gay, the two form an inseparable bond and find comfort in each other's company.
Soulmate
2023 · 2h 4m
country: South Korea
When Mi-so and Ha-eun first meet in childhood, their lives become instantly intertwined, forming a bond surrounded by happiness and naivety. But as adulthood arrives, alone and together, they are forced to deal with sadness, anger, grief, growth, and most of all, love.
My Lovely Angel
2021 · 1h 40m
country: South Korea
A life-changing story of a man who has lived as a loner his entire life. Jae Shik begins to live together with a child with a hearing-visual disability, as they change each other's lives and try to find a way to communicate.
More Than Family
2020 · 1h 50m
country: South Korea
To-il tutors high school student Ho-hoon, but she soon falls in love with him and gets pregnant. The film unfolds a series of playful happenings when To-il embarks on a journey to find her birth father for the wedding, though she is living with her step-father.
Preterm Infant
2020
country: South Korea
Family Affair
2019 · 1h 41m
country: South Korea
One day, three siblings receive a postcard from their mother who left them a long time ago. But all it says is "I miss you." Three siblings are disconcerted by the sudden contact, but eventually, they go on a trip to meet their mother.
The House of Us
2019 · 1h 33m
country: South Korea
A girl from a troubled family befriends two younger girls and begins to feel a sense of normalcy as they go adventuring at the seaside.
Parasite
2019 · 2h 13m
country: South Korea
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.
Second Life
2019 · 1h 10m
country: South Korea
Seon-hee is a high school girl who used to tell lies to get her friends attention. She leaves Seoul guilt-ridden when her friend Jung-mi kills herself because of Seon-hee's lies. In the countryside where no one knows her, Seon-hee begins a new life as Seul-ki.
Youngju
2018 · 1h 40m
country: South Korea
Young-ju lives with her little brother after losing her parents in a traffic accident. She would even give up her studies to care for her brother. But as life gets more difficult, Young-ju decides to visit the perpetrator in the accident that killed her parents.
Adulthood
2018 · 1h 32m
country: South Korea
At her dad's funeral, Kyungun meets her uncle Jaemin, a complete stranger. He bilks her father's insurance money. She demands her money back, but he unashamedly refuses. To get her money back, she joins his next scam.
Mothers
2018 · 1h 50m
country: South Korea
The owner of a student study center gets an awkward request and suddenly faces the prospect of raising her dead husband's teenage son by herself.
Yongsoon
2017 · 1h 44m
country: South Korea
Yong-soon is an 18-year-old high school student. She falls in love with her gym teacher, but she thinks her teacher might have a girlfriend. Yong-Soon and her friends try to find out whether he does have a girlfriend, but they can't find any clues. Making things worse, her father brings a new stepmother from Mongolia.
The World of Us
2016 · 1h 35m
country: South Korea
A bullied girl becomes friends with a new kid during a break, but when classes start up again, their new friendship is nearly ruined when the bullying continues.
Sweet Temptation
2014 · 24m
country: Unknown
Eleven-year-old boy Jeong-ho lives with his mother, whose principle of life is to eat raw food. To the boy’s seemingly bright prospect of well-being befalls a crisis: When his classmate Hye-mi teases him for his refusal of snacks, he musters up all his courage and try eating a piece of chocolate, and it is unbelievably sweet. Now Jeong-ho becomes suspicious about his lifelong lifestyle, and the suspicion grows as his body grows.
Poetry
2010 · 2h 19m
country: South Korea
A South Korean woman in her sixties enrolls in a poetry class as she grapples with her faltering memory and her grandson's appalling wrongdoing.
Marine Boy
2009 · 1h 58m
country: South Korea
Marine Boy is the story of a former national swimmer who finds himself in debt, and out of desperation is employed as a mule by a gangster boss, smuggling drugs by sea.
Secret Sunshine
2007 · 2h 23m
country: South Korea
Shin-ae moves to her recently late husband’s hometown. Despite her efforts to settle in this unfamiliar and too-normal place, she finds that she can’t fit in. After a sudden tragedy, Shin-ae turns to Christianity to relieve her pain, but when even this is not permitted, she wages a war against God.