Jung Eun-chae

Jung Eun-chae carries a quiet, magnetic presence that I find rare among actors. She started as a model and broke through under auteur Hong Sang-soo in Nobody's Daughter Haewon, a film that reached Berlin. From there she moved into globally watched work like Pachinko and The King: Eternal Monarch. What draws me to her isn't the impressive list of festival recognition, it's the unforced naturalism she brings to every role. She can change the temperature of a scene just by being in frame. I think she's an actor built for longevity, and I'll keep watching wherever she lands next.

Name (English)

Jung Eun-chae

Name (Japanese)

チョン・ウンチェ

Reading

ちょん・うんちぇ

Born

November 24, 1986 (age 39)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Tiger

Origin

Busan, South Korea

Occupation

actor / film actor / model / television actor

Awards & achievements

• Wildflower Film Awards
• Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
• Jeonju International Film Festival
• Busan Film Critics Awards
• Peabody Awards
• African-American Film Critics Association Awards
• American Film Institute Awards
• Gotham Awards

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jungeunchae_/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung%20Eun-chae
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5120477

Tags

• actor
• film actor
• model

Last updated

2026-06-21

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.