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She made her acting debut in the first season of the 2021 Netflix K-drama Squid Game in which she played Kang Sae-byeok, a North Korean defector and pickpocket who needs money to support her younger brother and track down her mother in North Korea. [23]
Kang Sae-byeok (Korean/Chosŏn'gŭl: 강새벽 Gang Sae-byeog?), also known as Player 067, was a contestant in the 33 rd Squid Game in 2020, and one of the finalists of the competition. Sae-byeok was a North Korean defector, and fled the country with her parents and younger brother, leading to her father's death and her mother getting caught.
Oct 1, 2021 · Squid Game's player 067, Kang Sae-byeok, is played by the Korean actor and fashion model HoYeon Jung. Here's what to know about player 067.
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Sep 27, 2021 · In Squid Game, player 067 is Kang Sae-byeok; resilient and resourceful, she is the ultimate survivor for many. Sae-byeok and her younger brother Cheol made it out of North Korea but had to leave their mother behind.
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- Lee Jung-jae (이정재) as Seong Gi-hun. The lead of the Squid Game cast is protagonist Seong Gi-hun, a divorced gambler who needs money to gain custody of his daughter.
- Park Hae-soo (박해수) as Cho Sang-woo. Seong Gi-hun’s childhood friend Cho Sang-woo is the local neighborhood’s success story in the Squid Game cast. After graduating from a prestigious university and making the right business investments, Cho Sang-woo gets caught stealing money, and is on the run from the police.
- Jung Ho-yeon (정호연) as Kang Sae-byeok. Kang Sae-byeok needs the prize money to get her mother and the rest of her family out of North Korea. She also wants to use it to create a nice life for her little brother, who lives in an orphanage.
- Tripathi Anupam (아누팜 트리파티) as Abdul Ali. Played by one of the only non-Korean actors on the Squid Game cast, immigrant Pakistani worker Abdul Ali lost several fingers to a factory accident, for which he was never compensated.
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 2, 2021 · HoYeon Jung plays Kang Sae-byeok - or player 067 - in Squid Game. Find out her age, Instagram, husband, and other TV work.
