Hong Yeo-jin

In this Korean name, the family name is Hong.

Hong Yeo-jin (Korean: 홍여진; born February 5, 1958) is a South Korean actress and beauty pageant titleholder. Hong's family immigrated to California, United States in 1977, and she began working as a broadcast announcer and commercial model in Los Angeles in 1978.^[1] She joined the Miss Korea pageant in 1979, and represented her country at the Miss World pageant that same year.^[2] Hong made her acting debut in 1987, and remains active in Korean film and television.^[3] She is a breast cancer survivor.^[4]

Hong Yeo-jin
Born	(1958-02-05) February 5, 1958 (age 67) Yeongdong County, Chungcheong Province, South Korea
Education	University of California - Business Administration
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1987-present
Korean name
Hangul	홍여진
Hanja	洪如眞
RR	Hong Yeojin
MR	Hong Yŏjin

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1989	Lost Love	Kim Jae-yi
1991	A Middle Aged Woman's Crisis	Oh Hye-jung
	Karma	Sun-rye
1992	The Foggy Nights of Rio de Janeiro Are Deep	Soo-in
	Dangerous Level
	The Man Who Always Takes the Last Train
1993	The Age of Women Will Never End
	Eros	Yoon So-hee
	The Season of Sarah	Hyun Ji-hye
	The Blue Nights of Osaka
	A Girl at the Age of 18
1995	Yellow Handkerchief
1997	Father vs. Son	Madam Hong
1998	First Kiss	Sung-joo's wife
1999	Route 7	Shopgirl
2003	Live or Die	Older sister Wang
2007	Miss Gold Digger	Dong-min's mother
2008	Crazy Waiting	Park Won-jae's mother
	4 Days	Kim Sook-ja
2012	The Concubine	Court lady Suragan
2013	Wedding Palace	Na-young's mother
2015	Love Clinic	Gil Sin-seol's mother

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Network
1989	Let's Go, Butterfly		MBC
1994	Hero's Diary		SBS
	Kkachi		SBS
1995	Until We Meet Again		SBS
1996	Expedition of Men	Yang Myung-boon	SBS
1997	Women		SBS
1998	Letters Written on a Cloudy Day	Madam Oh	SBS
	Paper Crane		KBS2
1999	The Clinic for Married Couples: Love and War		KBS2
2001	Hotelier	VIP guest	MBC
	Happy Thieves		KBS
	Piano	Mokpo's Neighbor of Han Eok-kwan	SBS
2003	All In	Bar hostess	SBS
	Fairy and Swindler		MBC
2006	A Woman's Choice	Jung Soo-jung's mother	KBS2
	Love and Hate	Ye Mi-sun	SBS
	90 Days, Time to Love	Kim Tae-hoon's older sister	MBC
2007	Thank You	Kang Hye-jung	MBC
	In-soon Is Pretty	Nam So-jung	KBS2
2008	Hometown of Legends: "Gumiho"	Lee Hyo-moon's mother	KBS2
	Temptation of Wife	Mrs. Lee	SBS
	Don't Cry My Love	Min Seo-young's mother	MBC
2009	Brilliant Legacy		SBS
	Hometown of Legends: "Surrogate Mother"	Ho-seung's mother/ Her Royal Highness Princess	KBS2
	Can Anyone Love	Ahn Dae-sook	SBS
	Enjoy Life	Mrs. Oh	MBC
	Don't Hesitate	Hong Na-ryung	SBS
2010	Blossom Sisters	Min Myung-seok's mother	MBC
	Giant	Yang Myung-ja	SBS
	It's Okay, Daddy's Girl	Lee Soon-jung	SBS
2011	Indomitable Daughters-in-Law	Sang-woo's mother	MBC
	Heartstrings	Han Hee-joo's mother	MBC
2012	My Husband Got a Family	Bang Go-ok's real mother (cameo)	KBS2
	Ice Adonis	Julia/Joo Hye-ran	tvN
	Ji Woon-soo's Stroke of Luck	Mrs. Jeon	TV Chosun
	Bridal Mask	Congressman Hyun's wife	KBS2
	Miss Panda and Mr. Hedgehog	Hwang Jung-rye	Channel A
	The Clinic for Married Couples: Love and War 2		KBS2
2013	My Kids Give Me a Headache	Lee Young-hyun's aunt (cameo)	jTBC
	King of Ambition	Wife of Ha Ryu's teacher	SBS
	I Can Hear Your Voice	Eo Choon-shim's friend	SBS
	The Scandal	Gong Ki-chan's mother	MBC
	Can't Stand Anymore	Lee Nak-bok	jTBC
	The King's Daughter, Soo Baek-hyang	Noblewoman from Gaya Ki Moon Bureau	MBC
2014	Temptation	Jung Yoon-seok	SBS
2015	The Invincible Lady Cha	Mimi	MBC
2018	I Am the Mother Too	Jo Young-ran	SBS

Variety show

Year	Title	Network	Notes
2013	Splash	MBC	Cast member[5][unreliable source?]

Theater

Year	Title	Role
2013	Women	Geum Naeng-jeong

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1979	Miss Korea Pageant	Miss World Korea	—	Won
	Miss World Pageant	Contestant	—	Nominated
1993	29th Baeksang Arts Awards	Most Popular Actress (Film)	The Foggy Nights of Rio de Janeiro Are Deep	Won
2022	1st Wonju Film Festival[6]	Popularity Award	—	Won