HoYeon Jung

Hoyeon Jung
Jung at the 2024 Venice Film Festival
Born	Jung Ho-yeon (1994-06-23) June 23, 1994 (age 30) Myeonmok-dong, Seoul, South Korea
Education	Dongduk Women's University
Occupations	Model actress
Years active	2010–present
Agents	Saram Entertainment Creative Artists Agency
Partner(s)	Lee Dong-hwi (2015–present)
Modeling information
Height	177 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Hair color	Black
Eye color	Brown
Agency	The Society Management (New York) Elite Model Management (worldwide) Nomad Management (Miami, New York, Los Angeles)
Korean name
Hangul	정호연
Revised Romanization	Jeong Hoyeon
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏng Hoyŏn

Hoyeon Jung (Korean: 정호연; born June 23, 1994) is a South Korean model and actress. She began her career as a freelance model in 2010, walking in Seoul Fashion Week shows for two years. In 2013, she competed on the fourth season of Korea's Next Top Model and placed as a runner-up. She became known for her "fiery" red hair after making her international runway debut during New York Fashion Week. She was a Louis Vuitton exclusive in 2016, and became a global ambassador for the brand in 2021.

Jung made her acting debut in 2021, starring in the first season of the Netflix series Squid Game as Kang Sae-byeok, which brought her worldwide attention and critical acclaim as the series' breakout star. For her role on the series, she won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series and earned a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.