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My Take
I'll be honest — before Parasite, I'd somehow missed Cho Yeo-jeong's entire career, and that film made me feel the gap acutely. She plays the Moon-gwang character with this unsettling, almost operatic intensity, and the moment her performance shifts gears in the basement is one of the most electrifying things I've seen in years. What strikes me is how she holds her own in a film absolutely stacked with talent — Song Kang-ho, Choi Woo-shik — and still carves out a space that's entirely hers. She graduated from Dongguk University and built a steady career in Korean film and theater before landing a role that ended up winning Best Picture at the Oscars, the first non-English film ever to do so. That's a career arc worth envying. I genuinely want to go back and excavate her earlier work now.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Cho Yeo-jeong
- Name (Japanese)
- チョ・ヨジョン
- Reading
- ちょ・よじょん
- Born
- February 10, 1981 (age 45)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Rooster
- Origin
- Seoul, South Korea
- Height
- 2 cm
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / advertising model / stage actor
2. Background
- University
- Dongguk University
Awards & achievements
- Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Actress
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Cho Yeo-jeong born?
Born February 10, 1981 (age 45).
Where is Cho Yeo-jeong from?
Cho Yeo-jeong is from Seoul, South Korea.
What does Cho Yeo-jeong do?
Cho Yeo-jeong works as actor, film actor, advertising model, stage actor.
How tall is Cho Yeo-jeong?
Cho Yeo-jeong is 2 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.