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- Lee Jung-jae plays Seong Gi-hun. Who is Seong Gi-hun? Seong Gi-hun is a divorced gambling addict whose financial woes are getting in the way of gaining custody of his daughter.
- Park Hae-soo plays Cho Sang-woo. Who is Cho Sang-woo? Cho Sang-woo grew up poor alongside Seong Gi-hun. A gifted student, Cho Sang-woo eventually graduates from Seoul National University and becomes the head of an investment team.
- HoYeon Jung plays Kang Sae-byeok. Who is Kang Sae-byeok? A North Korean defector, the resourceful Kang Sae-byeok joins the game in a bid to secure the money she needs to get the rest of her family out of North Korea and help her little brother, who is in an orphanage in Seoul.
- Anupam Tripathi plays Abdul Ali. Who is Abdul Ali? He is a migrant worker hailing from Pakistan who loses several fingers during an accident in the factory where he works.
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.
Actress: Squid Game. South Korean model-turned-actor Hoyeon received international recognition and critical acclaim after the global success of the Netflix original series, Squid Game, in which she played Kan Sae-byeok, also known as Player 067.
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- Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun (456) A man down on his luck, Gi-hun is a gambling addict who works as a chauffeur and lives with his elderly mother. He enters the game with the hope of making enough money to keep his 10-year-old daughter from moving to America with her mom and stepdad.
- Park Hae-soo as Cho Sang-woo (218) Sang-woo, Gi-hun's childhood friend, is a neighborhood legend for attending South Korea's top university. The investment banker later stole money from his clients and lost it in the stock market, and he needs to win the game to avoid arrest and keep his mother's house and business.
- Jung Ho-yeon as Kang Sae-byeok (067) Sae-byeok is a North Korean defector who works as a pickpocket while her younger brother lives in an orphanage. She needs enough money to get her mother out of the North, and to buy a house for her family.
- Wi Ha-joon as Hwang Jun-ho. Cop Jun-ho finds a game card while searching his missing brother's apartment. He then sneaks his way into the game as a guard to take down the operation and find his brother.
- She's Been A Fashion Model For Several Years
- 'Squid Game' Is Her First Acting Gig
- But Not Her First Survival Game
- Jung Is Similar to Player No. 067 in 'Squid Game'
- She Loves Quentin Tarantino's Work
- Jung Is Besties with Blackpink's Jennie
- She's Dating An Actor
- She's A Bit of An Adventure Junky
Born in 1994, Jung began her modeling career when she was 17, she told Models.com in December 2018. After pondering what she could do to earn a living, when others around her suggested she could be a model because she's tall, she thought: "Yeah, why not? Maybe I can try," she recalled, and went into the fashion world. Not knowing much about that in...
Jung's leading female role in the latest K-drama series marks her acting debut. She officially signed with South Korea's Saram Entertainment back in January 2020 in a bid to pursue an acting career, South Korean broadcaster SPOTV News reported in June 2020. Jung was preparing for fashion week in New York when her agency asked her to tape an auditio...
Back in 2013, Jung starred in a real-life survival game by competing in Korea's Next Top Model, a reality fashion survival show similar to America's Next Top Model,she described. Jung told Models.com: "It was so hard for me," describing the challenges of competing on the show. "I didn't know how to show my personality or character or my charm. I wa...
Jung's character inSquid Game,whose name is Kang Sae-byeok, is a North Korean defector who entered the competition in a bid to raise money to be able to reunite with her family and also retrieve her younger brother from an orphanage. Jung, who watched a lot of documentaries about North Korean fugitives in preparation for the role, recently told W K...
Back in 2018, Jung revealed: "My dream...it's actually acting. I love watching movies and even the music in the movies," Models.com reported at the time. Some of her favorite films are American movies, such as Wild, which stars Reese Witherspoon and is directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, who also directed Dallas Buyers Club. "I actually really would like...
Jennie, the singer/rapper from K-pop girl group Blackpink, has been pictured with Jung in several selfies on social media, including this week on Instagram where she was seen visiting Jung on the set of Squid Game. Jung also shared a snapshot on Instagram of a coffee/snack truck Jennie had sent to the cast and staff on the set of the show to show h...
Jung has been dating fellow Korean actor Lee Dong-hwi for several years. Lee's agency at the time confirmed their relationship, South Korea's Sports Chosunreported in 2016. Lee has starred in several Korean films including The Handmaiden, the BAFTA-winning film that was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or (the top prize) at the 2016 Cannes Film ...
Talking about her love of the action seen in the final installment of the Mission Impossiblefilm series starring Tom Cruise, Jung previously told Models.com: "Tom Cruise always does that [the action sequences] by himself, it's just so crazy. "He went skydiving something like 100 times for that movie...I actually like to do that kind of adventure," ...
Sep 27, 2021 · Netflix's hit k-drama 'Squid Game' does not have many heroes. But fans love HoYeon Jung, who plays Kang Sae-byeok, number 067, a North Korean defector.
Oct 4, 2021 · On "Squid Game," Kang Sae-byeok is played by Jung Ho-yeon, a young woman whose career in the entertainment industry began long before her star-making turn on the hit Netflix show.
