Kim You-jung

Acting

Kim You-jung

Born

1999-09-22 (27)

Place of birth

Seoul, South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

67 titles

Kim You-jung (김유정) is a South Korean actress, born in Seoul, who studied at Goyang High School of Arts. She started out as a model for a confectionery brand at the age of 4 and made her acting debut in 2003, quickly becoming one of the most famous and in-demand child actresses in Korea. She was discovered at 5 years old in a contest that her older sister joined and won the Most Popular Award even though she was not one of the official contestants. She is the youngest of three siblings; her older sister, Kim Yeon-jung, is also an actress. Known as "Nation's Little Sister" during her child acting years, she earned the moniker "Sageuk Fairy" after starring in acclaimed historical period dramas…

Known for

Running Man poster
8.2

These days, as variety shows are gradually disappearing, this is one of Korea’s representative variety shows that has been responsible for Sunday evenings for over 10 years. This program features numerous stars and members going around various places, playing games, and completing missions. In particular, among the many fun elements of variety shows, this one focuses solely on laughter. Open your eyes! Big fun is coming in! Open your mouth! Big laughter is coming in! Open your heart! Useful lessons are coming in!

Running Man

2010

Men on a Mission poster
7.4

Male celebs play make-believe as high schoolers, welcoming star transfer students every week and engaging in battles of witty humor and slapstick.

Men on a Mission

2015

Infinite Challenge poster
7.7

Infinite Challenge has been reported as the first "Real-Variety" show in Korean television history. The program is largely unscripted, and follows a similar format of challenge-based Reality Television programs, familiar to the audiences in the West, but the challenges are often silly, absurd, or impossible to achieve, so the program takes on the aspect of a satirical comedy variety show, rather than a more standard reality or contest program. In order to achieve its comedic purposes its 6 hosts and staff continuously proclaim, the elements of this show are the 3-Ds, Dirty, Dangerous, and Difficult.

Infinite Challenge

2005

Amazing Saturday poster
7.6

A group of hungry celebrities listen to poppin’ tunes, from recent hits to all-time-favorites, to correctly dictate a part of the lyrics. The songs may sound familiar, but the part they must dictate are unclear to the naked ear, as the lyrics are slurred, muffled by strong beats, etc. If they get the lyrics right, they get to share exquisite regional dishes. But if they get them wrong, a professional eater gobbles it up instead.

Amazing Saturday

2018

2 Days and 1 Night poster
6.7

2 Days & 1 Night is a South Korean reality-variety show with the motto "real wild road variety." Its main concept is to recommend various places of interest that viewers can visit in South Korea.

2 Days and 1 Night

2007

100 Days of Deception poster
9.0

Hoping for freedom, Gyeongseong's top pickpocket infiltrates the Japanese colonial government to steal secrets — only to fall for her target's son.

100 Days of Deception

2026

Film credits

2020s · 4 titles

2010s · 9 titles

Commitment poster
7.2

The son of a North Korean spy decides to follow in his father's footsteps to protect his little sister.

Commitment

2013

Thread of Lies poster
7.4

Cheon-ji's unexpected suicide causes her mother Hyeon-sook and older sister Man-ji to be moved into another apartment. Tracking down clues from school, Man-ji discovers that Cheon-ji's best friend Hwa-yeon is behind everything.

Thread of Lies

2014

Golden Slumber poster
6.7

A delivery man has to flee for his life when he is framed for the assassination of a political candidate and the evidence against him begins to accumulate.

Golden Slumber

2018

Circle of Atonement poster
5.8

A policeman discovers a love affair between his teenage daughter and her teacher which leads him back to an unsolved murder case he investigated 10 years ago.

Circle of Atonement

2015

Dark, Deadly & Dreadful poster
4.9

Fun Size Horror Presents "Dark, Deadly & Dreadful", an anthology of short films from Fun Size Horror's community of filmmakers. Each film explores different themes in the horror genre all from the unique perspective of its creator. Featuring work from a diverse group of filmmakers, shorts include submissions to Fun Size Horror, world premiers, and festival winners.

Dark, Deadly & Dreadful

2018

Because I Love You poster
7.0

Lee Hyeong is a talented songwriter. He happens to connect people who are not good with love. Those include Hyeong-Gyeong who wants to become a singer, but she suffers from stage fright. Scully is a high school student. She helps Lee Hyeong's spirit. Chan-Young is a colleague of Lee Hyeong and he likes Hyeong-Gyeong, but in vain.

Because I Love You

2017

On the Pitch poster
6.6

As the World Cup gets started in 2002, a North Korean squad commander (Lee Seong-jae) stationed at the DMZ who is crazy about football is frustrated that he cannot participate in the excitement in the South. He loves football so much that he even memorizes all the names of the members of the South Korean national team. One night during a search operation in which the leader and his troops chase a boar to satisfy their hunger, they come face to face with soldiers from South Korea. It doesn’t take long for the soldiers to discover that they share a love of football and they begin secret radio communications so they can listen to matches together. When their secret is uncovered, the squad leader and his troops must find a way out of the situation.

On the Pitch

2010

Room 731 poster
6.3

In this supernatural mystery, The Grudge meets Saw, an amnesiac girl wakes up in what appears to be an abandoned jail, where she is haunted by spirits who want to torture her.

Room 731

2015

The Dirge Singer poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Dirge Singer

2014

2000s · 13 titles

The Chaser poster
7.8

Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp, who's in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same client, whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.

The Chaser

2008

Tidal Wave poster
6.9

On Haeundae Beach, a guilt-ridden fisherman takes care of a woman whose father accidentally got killed. A scientist reunites with his ex-wife and a daughter who doesn't even remember his face. And a poor rescue worker falls in love with a rich city girl. When they all find out a gigantic tsunami will hit the beach, they realize they only have 10 minutes to escape.

Tidal Wave

2009

Lady Vengeance poster
7.5

Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.

Lady Vengeance

2005

All for Love poster
6.5

A romantic comedy which portrays the most beautiful period in the lives of different couples who have just fallen in love.

All for Love

2005

Rainbow Eyes poster
6.1

Officers Cho Kyung-yoon and Park Eun-joo are on the hunt a killer following duo of ghastly murders. The victims carry a common military past, and the secret of their past must be unraveled to find the killer.

Rainbow Eyes

2007

Hwang Jin Yi poster
6.5

Although born a daughter of an aristocratic family, Jin-yi discovers the secret behind her birth and enters into a life in a brothel as a gisaeng.

Hwang Jin Yi

2007

Bank Attack poster
5.8

Desperate for money to save his sick daughter's life, a father decides to rob a bank.

Bank Attack

2007

Paradise poster
7.2

A woman released from prison, gets on a ship without any plans to find an island called ‘Paradise’ that was advertised on a flyer she got in the train. She meets a male teacher on the ship who helps her to get a job at a school cafeteria on the island. One day, she rescues a student who happened to be making the same mistake the woman made which eventually landed her in prison. Despite the rescue, the girl eventually catches on fire.

Paradise

2009

Possessed poster
5.9

After Hee-jin's younger sister So-jin, who is possessed by a spirit,disappears,the neighbors die one by one and a secret underlying their deaths is revealed.

Possessed

2009

DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) poster
7.5

A boy's experience as a fresh military recruit stationed at the North-South border in the late 1970s.

DMZ (Demilitarized Zone)

2004

4 Horror Tales: Hidden Floor poster
5.8

A woman moves into an apartment house with her daughter. But her daughter begins to be haunted by a mysterious ghost on a hidden floor.

4 Horror Tales: Hidden Floor

2006

Lump of Sugar poster
7.3

The daughter of a poor rancher, Si-eun's only hope is to one day, become a jockey. With her mother passing away at her birth, her favorite horse, Chun-doong, has become not only her friend, but also a soul mate. She is devastated when Chun-doong is sold to another owner, but when they are reunited two years later they have a chance to create a miracle by teaming up in a race.

Lump of Sugar

2006

Do You See Seoul? poster
6.7

In 1976 on a remote island, schoolteacher Eun-young wants to take her students on a field trip to a cookie factory in Seoul. Even though the parents don't like the idea, Eun-young succeeds in taking them. But once they arrive in the complicated city, students become fascinated with high-tech bicycles and get lost.

Do You See Seoul?

2008

Series credits

Running Man poster
8.2

These days, as variety shows are gradually disappearing, this is one of Korea’s representative variety shows that has been responsible for Sunday evenings for over 10 years. This program features numerous stars and members going around various places, playing games, and completing missions. In particular, among the many fun elements of variety shows, this one focuses solely on laughter. Open your eyes! Big fun is coming in! Open your mouth! Big laughter is coming in! Open your heart! Useful lessons are coming in!

Running Man

2010

Men on a Mission poster
7.4

Male celebs play make-believe as high schoolers, welcoming star transfer students every week and engaging in battles of witty humor and slapstick.

Men on a Mission

2015

Infinite Challenge poster
7.7

Infinite Challenge has been reported as the first "Real-Variety" show in Korean television history. The program is largely unscripted, and follows a similar format of challenge-based Reality Television programs, familiar to the audiences in the West, but the challenges are often silly, absurd, or impossible to achieve, so the program takes on the aspect of a satirical comedy variety show, rather than a more standard reality or contest program. In order to achieve its comedic purposes its 6 hosts and staff continuously proclaim, the elements of this show are the 3-Ds, Dirty, Dangerous, and Difficult.

Infinite Challenge

2005

Amazing Saturday poster
7.6

A group of hungry celebrities listen to poppin’ tunes, from recent hits to all-time-favorites, to correctly dictate a part of the lyrics. The songs may sound familiar, but the part they must dictate are unclear to the naked ear, as the lyrics are slurred, muffled by strong beats, etc. If they get the lyrics right, they get to share exquisite regional dishes. But if they get them wrong, a professional eater gobbles it up instead.

Amazing Saturday

2018

2 Days and 1 Night poster
6.7

2 Days & 1 Night is a South Korean reality-variety show with the motto "real wild road variety." Its main concept is to recommend various places of interest that viewers can visit in South Korea.

2 Days and 1 Night

2007

100 Days of Deception poster
9.0

Hoping for freedom, Gyeongseong's top pickpocket infiltrates the Japanese colonial government to steal secrets — only to fall for her target's son.

100 Days of Deception

2026

KBS Drama Special poster
7.4

Forget the existing one-act dramas! Short but impactive! KBS Drama Special presents high quality single episode dramas. Dramas are the broadcast content with the widest public appeal. KBS Drama Special will produce short dramas of far-reaching impact involving at times a serious social message, unique emotions or perspectives. It will stay abreast of modern viewership.

KBS Drama Special

2010

The Seasons poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

The Seasons

2023

My Demon poster
8.5

A pitiless demon becomes powerless after getting entangled with an icy heiress, who may hold the key to his lost abilities — and his heart.

My Demon

2023

Dear X poster
8.6

Behind a beautiful face hides a cruel nature—Baek Ah-jin, who sees through and manipulates others' hearts. After stepping on the sacrifices of many to reach the top, everything begins to change the moment she arrives there. A woman wearing a mask to escape hell and climb to the highest place. And the story of the Xs being brutally crushed by her.

Dear X

2025

House on Wheels poster
7.5

A variety program where the cast will experience life in various places around Korea. The cast will build a small, portable home where they’ll live together and invite guests over. They’ll empty their greed for a house and fill their lives with important things in their lives instead.

House on Wheels

2020

Jewel in the Crown poster
7.7

Set during the reign of King Sukjong in the Joseon dynasty, the story focuses on Dong Yi, a water maid who gains the trust of Queen Inhyeon and later the favour of the king when he is moved by her prayers for the health of the Queen during the court disputes caused by Jang Hee Bin. Dong Yi becomes a concubine with the rank of sook-bin and bears a son who will later become the 21st king of Joseon, Yeongjo.

Jewel in the Crown

2010

Backstreet Rookie poster
7.7

It tells an unpredictable 24-hour love story of the four-dimensional innocent girl Jung Saet Byeol who was once a troublemaker and the adorkable caring male store manager, Choi Dae Hyun, in the context of a convenience store. They have met each other accidentally 4 years ago, back then Saet Byeol asked Dae Hyun to buy cigarettes for them. Until now, Saet Byeol comes to the convenience store Dae Hyun runs for a part-time job, their hilarious romantic story starts.

Backstreet Rookie

2020

Love in the Moonlight poster
7.0

A young Joseon woman who's lived her whole life as a man ends up as a eunuch in the royal palace, where she begins to bond with the crown prince.

Love in the Moonlight

2016

Lovers of the Red Sky poster
7.5

Set during the Joseon era, Hong Cheon Ki is a female painter with a genius like painting talent. She is picked as the first female painter of the Dohwaseo. Hong Cheon Ki also has a beautiful appearance and a bright personality. For her, painting is everything. One day, she meets Ha Ram.

Lovers of the Red Sky

2021

Golden Rainbow poster
4.0

A drama about seven siblings, all of them are orphans and not blood-related, love each other more than real siblings. They will go through many hardships together. Baek Won is the leader of seven orphans who band together to make their own family. Meanwhile, Do Young is the prosecutor who falls in love with her.

Golden Rainbow

2013

Clean with Passion for Now poster
7.5

Gil Oh-so, an employee at a cleaning company, meets Jang Seon-gyul, the boss of the company. The two are diametric opposite when it comes to cleanliness. With the help of Oh-sol, Seon-gyul faces his mysophobia and falls in love with her.

Clean with Passion for Now

2018

Moon Embracing the Sun poster
7.9

Years after she's assumed dead by the palace, a young noblewoman, now trained as a shaman, returns to court to reclaim her rightful position as queen.

Moon Embracing the Sun

2012

SBS Drama Awards poster
9.0

The hottest actors, producers, and writers gather together to celebrate the end of the year at the 2017 SBS Drama Awards. In 2017, there were many dramas that captured the heart of the viewers. What will be the show that has been loved the most by viewers? And who will be the best actor of 2017?

SBS Drama Awards

1992

Chicken Nugget poster
6.4

A woman steps into an odd machine and becomes... a chicken nugget?! Now, it's up to her father and admirer to embark on a zany quest to bring her back.

Chicken Nugget

2024

Secret Door poster
5.5

A re-imagining of the legendary tale of the troubled father-son relationship between King Yeongjo and his only son Prince Sado. While his father insists on a strong and centralized government, Crown Prince Sado promotes social justice and equality throughout the kingdom. Throughout eight fateful years, the strain on their relationship — both familial and political — eventually evolves into a total breakdown, ending with one of the most tragic stories in Joseon history.

Secret Door

2014

Here for Promo poster
NR

A Netflix Korea web variety show where stars from upcoming Netflix releases appear for relaxed interviews, games, and promotion. Its first season, "Not Here for Promo", featured hosts Lee Chang-ho and Lee Byung-gun in a casual, slightly messy apartment setting, jokingly pretending the guests had simply dropped by as friends rather than to promote a show. The program later became "Here for Promo", hosted by Yoo Byung-jae and Jonathan, with a cleaner setup and a more direct focus on discussing, promoting, and playing games related to the guests’ new Netflix titles.

Here for Promo

2024

Young Actors' Retreat poster
8.4

Members of each drama team mix together, play various MT games, and travel together, building new friendships and creating pleasant memories.

Young Actors' Retreat

2022

Iljimae poster
6.9

Set during the Joseon Dynasty, Ryung acts as a useless gangster in the marketplace by day but at night he is a chivalrous robber who robs corrupt government officials to give to the poor. After each robbery he leaves behind a wooden branch from a plum tree at the site of the robbery to take responsibility for the robbery. The poor citizens only know him as Iljimae. Bong Soon is a hilarious girl with good martial art skills and lives as a swindler. She only loves Ryung and sacrifices her whole life for him. Eun Chae is a government official's daughter and is good in nature and usually helps miserable people. She meets Iljimae once by chance, and their sweet love story begins. However, her love puts Iljimae in a dangerous situation because an Imperial Guard also loves her.

Iljimae

2008

May Queen poster
7.3

A woman overcomes the hardships in her life and experiences growth as an expert of the seas.

May Queen

2012

Angry Mom poster
7.7

When Jo Gang-Ja attended high school, she was notorious for fighting. She gave birth to her daughter A-Ran in her late teens and became more responsible. Her daughter A-Ran is now a high school student, but A-Ran is bullied at school. Jo Gang-Ja decides to go back to high school to protect her daughter. Jo Gang-Ja becomes a high school student again.

Angry Mom

2015

Cain and Abel poster
7.7

Gifted doctor Cho-in leads a charmed life while his older brother Seon-woo seethes with jealousy in this series inspired by Biblical characters.

Cain and Abel

2009

One Ordinary Day poster
7.9

A college student gives a young woman he just met a ride to the beach in his father's cab and they end up spending the night together. When he wakes up to find her dead, he gets caught up in her murder case.

One Ordinary Day

2021

Office Workers poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Office Workers

2025

Painter of the Wind poster
6.7

Painter of the Wind is a 2008 South Korean historical television series starring Moon Geun-young and Park Shin-yang. Based on the bestselling historical fiction novel by Lee Jung-myung that took artistic license with the premise that perhaps the Joseon painter Shin Yun-bok had really been a woman, it centers on Yun-bok, a talented young painter who disguises herself as a boy to search for her father's murderer. She meets Kim Hong-do, a master painter who guides her into becoming a great artist, and they develop a strong friendship of mentor and disciple. The drama has won numerous awards, including the Asian TV Series Special Award at the 2010 Shanghai Television Festival and the silver award at the 2010 Houston International Film Festival, while actress Moon Geun-young received the grand prize at the 2008 SBS Drama Awards, as well as Best TV Actress at the 2009 Baeksang Arts Awards and 2008 Grimae Awards for her role.

Painter of the Wind

2008

Grudge: The Revolt of Gumiho poster
2.8

For the sin of falling in love with a human, Gumiho gives birth to a daughter and enters the world of humans in order to protect her young, tender child. However, Yun Dusu, the man who chose her, is the father of a dying daughter. In order to obtain a liver to save his beloved, illness-stricken daughter, he is forced to do the unthinkable: to kill Yeoni, the daughter of Gumiho. Unaware of this fact, Gumiho opens her heart to Dusu, who protects her as if she is family, and once again falls in love with a human, ultimately suffering for it. And the one man who falls in love with Gumiho, a nonhuman with more humanity than any human, realizes he truly loves her and attempts to make their love work.

Grudge: The Revolt of Gumiho

2010

Powerful Opponents poster
5.3

Cha Young Jin is the first female to ever work as a bodyguard in the Presidential resident, Chungwadae. Young Jin and Yoo Gwang Pil work as bodyguards assigned to watch over the president's son, Kang Soo Ho. They are assigned to guard Soo Ho for 15 months.

Powerful Opponents

2008

Road No. 1 poster
8.0

A high-budget war epic, Road Number One commemorates the sixty years that have passed since the Korean War. It's based around the historical Route 1, a national highway that served as the main passageway between North and South Korea during the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950. Lee Jang Woo, the son of a poor peasant, has been in love with his master's daughter, Soo Yeon, since childhood. He joins the military in order to put her through medical school and becomes a brilliant officer, leading his men to victory through guerilla warfare. Mistakenly believing that Jang Woo was killed in battle, Soo Yeon becomes engaged to military officer Tae Ho. Jang Woo returns on the eve of their wedding, and the two are briefly, painfully united, but the eruption of war tears them apart once again, forcing him to fight alongside Tae Ho on top of everything. Jang Woo keeps fighting to get back to his love, but the war continues to find new ways to keep them apart. Leading drama stars So Ji Sub and Kim Ha Neul portray star-crossed lovers who are torn apart by war.

Road No. 1

2010

Love Cells poster
5.5

Fresh from playing matchmaker in Love Cells, the love guru Ne-bi returns to work her magic on a couple that is tragically torn apart when they lose memories of their romance.

Love Cells

2014

Melon Music Awards poster
NR

One of the premier music awards events held annually in South Korea, governed by LOEN Entertainment through their online music service, Melon, and known for simply counting the number of digital sales and voting online.

Melon Music Awards

2009

Tamra, the Island poster
2.6

Set in the 17th Century, Jang Beo-jin is a young female diver on Tamra Island. She doesn't particularly enjoy her situation and dreams of one day leaving the island. One day, to her shock, she discovers a young blond haired man laying on the beach. The young man's name is William and he is a shipwrecked British citizen. Another young man named Park Kyu enters the island under the disguise of one of the many convicts sent to Tamra Island. In actuality, Park Kyu is a budding government official known as a Seonbi. These three young people then become involved in a hilarious love triangle.

Tamra, the Island

2009

Love in the Moonlight: Redrawn poster
NR

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Love in the Moonlight, the cast reunites for a special variety show filled with laughter, memories, behind-the-scenes stories, and heartfelt moments. A nostalgic reunion brings the beloved stars back together to revisit the drama that captured hearts a decade ago.

Love in the Moonlight: Redrawn

2026

Kim Yoo-jung’s Half Holiday in Italy poster
NR

A travel variety show following actress Kim Yoo-jung as she explores Italy: sightseeing, adventuring, and even working part-time at a gelato shop along the way.

Kim Yoo-jung’s Half Holiday in Italy

2019

막이래쇼: 무작정탐험대 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

막이래쇼: 무작정탐험대

2011

7인의 식객 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

7인의 식객

2014