Illustrated portrait of HoyeonFLM.RED

HOYEON

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From the runway to the screen

A South Korean model and actor known for Squid Game and Hope.

Seoul, South Korea

A new language of performance

Hoyeon, also known as Jung Ho-yeon, is a South Korean model and actor. Before turning to acting, she spent more than a decade working in fashion.

Her acting debut came in the 2021 series Squid Game, in which she plays Kang Sae-byeok. The role introduced her to an international television audience.

For Squid Game she won a Screen Actors Guild award for female actor in a drama series and received an Emmy nomination for supporting actress.

She continued working across screen projects, including the series Disclaimer. In Na Hong-jin’s Hope, her first feature film, she plays police officer Sung-ae.

The titles linked below come from the FLM.RED catalogue rather than a complete list of her screen work.

Selected milestones

2021

Squid Game

Makes her acting debut as Kang Sae-byeok.

2022

SAG Awards

Wins for female actor in a drama series.

2024

Disclaimer

Appears in the television series.

2026

Hope

Appears in her first feature film.

Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.

Films in FLM.RED

Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.

Sources & image notes

Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.