Hwang Jung-eum

Hwang Jung-eum is one of those Korean actresses who just makes every drama she touches feel electric — she has this rare ability to be genuinely funny one moment and utterly heartbreaking the next, and she pulls it off without ever feeling like she's working at it. I first got hooked on her through Kill Me, Heal Me back in 2015, where she held her own opposite Ji Sung's absolutely bonkers multi-personality performance, no small feat. She Was Pretty the same year showed off her comedic timing in a way that felt effortless, and Secret Love proved she can do raw melodrama when she needs to. Trained at Sunhwa Arts High School and the University of Suwon, she came up through K-pop (Sugar in CSJH The Grace's sister act) before pivoting full-time to acting — and honestly, drama's gain was music's loss.

Name (English)

Hwang Jung-eum

Name (Japanese)

ファン・ジョンウム

Reading

ふぁん・じょんうむ

Born

December 25, 1984 (age 41)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rat

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Height

167 cm

Occupation

actor / singer

High school

Sunhwa Arts High School

University

University of Suwon

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jungeum84/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwang%20Jung-eum
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%A6%E3%83%A0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q485744

Tags

• actor
• singer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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