Jang Hye-jin (Jang Hye-jin), born on June 5, 1975, is a South Korean actress known for the diversity of her roles in film and television. She made her big-screen debut in the late 1990s and gradually built her career with films such as Secret Sunshine (2007) by Lee Chang-dong, Poetry (2010), The World of Us (2016) and Mothers (2017).
His career took on an international dimension in 2019 thanks to Parasite by Bong Joon-ho. In it, she plays Chung-sook, the mother of the Kim family, alongside Song Kang-ho, Choi Woo-shik, and Park So-dam. The film’s global success greatly contributed to her fame, and the cast won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. She continued her film career with More Than Family (2020), My Lovely Angel (2021), Soulmate (2023) and Love in the Big City (2024).
On television, she has also become a familiar face in South Korean dramas. She plays Go Myeong-eun, Seo Dan's mother, in Crash Landing on You (2019), and then the heroine’s mother in True Beauty (2020). She also stars in Birthcare Center, Into the Ring, The Red Sleeve, Green Mothers’ Club, The Law Cafe and A Time Called You.
In 2024, she appeared in Doctor Slump and Jeongnyeon: A Star Is Born. She was very active in 2025, and she went on to Unmasked, The Witch, When Life Gives You Tangerines, You and Everything Else and Love Me. In 2026, she continues with My Bias, My Boss and Our Sticky Love, confirming her status as one of the most active supporting actresses on South Korean television.
