Jung first attracted attention when she made her acting debut in 2010 with a supporting role in the television seriesBad Guy.[2][3] This led to a leading role in her next project Playful Kiss, the Korean adaptation of the popular mangaItazura na Kiss.[4] Though it received low ratings in Korea, the romantic comedy was popular overseas, further raising Jung's profile.[5]
Jung then took a short break in 2011 to concentrate on her studies at the Korea National University of Arts.[6] In 2012, she returned to the small screen as part of the ensemble cast of the sitcom Standby.[7] Later that year, she played a more mature role opposite Sung Joon in the cable series Can We Get Married?.[8][9]
Jung left her talent agency Bloom Entertainment in 2013 and joined SM Culture & Contents.[10] She then appeared in Came to Me and Became a Star, a single-episode anthology Drama Special.[11]
Jung starred in a Drama SpecialThe Red Teacher in 2016.[17] She was then cast as the female lead in The Sound of Your Heart opposite Lee Kwang-soo in December of the same year.[18] The web drama was a success in China and gained more than 100 million views on Sohu.[19]
Jung left Jellyfish Entertainment in August 2019 and signed with another management company Blossom Entertainment.[33] She then became a cast member in a healing variety program Little Forest,[34] which is designed as a home kids garden development project for children. In December, she stepped down from her DJ post in Jung So Min's Young Street.
In 2020, Jung starred in the medical drama Soul Mechanic alongside Shin Ha-kyun[35] where she portrayed a musical rising star with terrible anger management issues.
In 2021, she did a cameo in Park Joon-hwa's fantasy romantic comedy My Roommate Is a Gumiho, appearing as the woman whom protagonist Jang Ki-yong loved in the past.[36] She also appeared in TV romance drama Monthly Magazine Home opposite Kim Ji-seok as an editor of a lifestyle magazine 'Monthly House'.[37]
In 2022, Jung returned to the small screen with the tvN period fantasy drama Alchemy of Souls where she played a skilled assassin whose soul is trapped inside the body of servant girl, alongside Lee Jae-wook.[38] In August, Jung signed with TH Company.[39] In September, Jung returned to the big screen for the first time in three years with the sci-fi film Project Wolf Hunting.[40]
In 2023, Jung signed with Ieum Hashtag.[41] In October of the same year, Jung starred in the South Korean romantic comedy film, Love Reset, directed by Nam Dae-jung, co-starring Kang Ha-neul where she played a film producer who suffering from amnesia due to an unexpected accident.
Jung accepted the offer to star alongside Jung Hae-in in 2024 tvN romantic comedy drama, Love Next Door helmed by director Yoo Je-won and writer Shin Ha-eun of Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha where she portrayed a character of a woman who is successful in life but suddenly breaks down one day and returns to her hometown to reboot her life. [42]
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