Jung Yu-mi (born January 18, 1983) is a South Korean actress. Jung made her feature film debut in Blossom Again (2005), for which she received acting recognition. She has since starred in the critically acclaimed films Family Ties (2006), Chaw (2009), My Dear Desperado (2010), and the box office hits The Crucible (2011) and Train to Busan (2016). She also frequently appears in films by auteur Hong Sang-soo, notably Oki's Movie (2010) and Our Sunhi (2013).
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 18, 1983 (43)
- Busan, South Korea
- Actor
- 20 on MovieCove · 51 credits in all
What are Jung Yu-mi's films like?
Across their 18 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 12
A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 4 · Dark 5
Grounded 8 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 6 · Intense 5
Steady 5 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 1
Casual 4 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 2
A split, not a type: Easy watch 5 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 7
A split, not a type: Resolved 7 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 2
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 6 of 8 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Joo Yeol-mae in I Need Romance (2011)
- Allyas Seo Yoo-jin in Silenced (2011)
- Heraldas Won-joo in In Another Country (2012)
- Heroas Sunhi in Our Sunhi (2013)
- Heroas Yeon-seo in Manhole (2014)
- Heroas Kim Ji-yeong in Kim Ji-young: Born 1982 (2019)
- Heroas Ahn Eun-young in The School Nurse Files (2020)
- Heroas Soo-jin in Sleep (2023)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet9
- Ambiguous6
- Cyclical1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Jung Yu-mi's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Jung Yu-mi's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
51 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page; 13 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Speaking Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Unplanned Trip: Limited Edition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Project 30 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Love Untangled(2025)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Love Your Enemy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Wonderland(2024)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Sleep(2023)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
The School Nurse Files(2020)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows
Kim Ji-young: Born 1982(2019)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Live(2018)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Psychokinesis(2018)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Ladies Of The Forest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
The Table (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Train to Busan(2016)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Himalayas(2015)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Manhole(2014)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Discovery of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
The Satellite Girl and Milk Cow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Tough as Iron (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Our Sunhi(2013)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
The Queen of Office (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
In Another Country(2012)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
List (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Silenced(2011)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
I Need Romance(2011)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows
Café Noir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Come, Closer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Oki's Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
The Great Gye Choon-bin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
My Dear Desperado (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
KBS Drama Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Lost in the Mountains (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Good Morning President (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
A Million(2009)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Chawz(2009)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
If You Were Me 4 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Like You Know It All (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Oishii Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Lovers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
The Room Nearby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
가족 같은 개, 개 같은 가족 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Que Sera Sera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Skeletons in the Closet(2007)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Family Ties (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Blossom Again(2005)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
A Bittersweet Life(2005)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
How to Operate a Polaroid Camera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Love Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Train to Busan: Behind the Scenes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Until the Morning Comes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 51 titles, 48 of them dated from 2004 to 2026; peak year 2010.
Biggest box office
Train to Busan (2016)
Highest rated
Silenced (2011)
Most popular right now
Train to Busan (2016)
Film career
Peak 2010 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 8 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
Awards
Nominated for a Cannes award in 2009, Directors' Fortnight.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Jung Yu-mi's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 63rd percentile, the median of all 16; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th7
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 20 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved4
- Crowd Pleaser8
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed7
Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 11 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Jung Yu-mi's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Jung Yu-mi work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jung Yu-mi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Choi Woo-sik shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Nah Yung SukShared titles: Jinny's Kitchen (2023), Youn's Kitchen (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Nah Yung Suk
- Yeon Sang-hoShared titles: Psychokinesis (2018), Train to Busan (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Yeon Sang-ho
- Hong Sang-sooShared titles: Our Sunhi (2013), In Another Country (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Hong Sang-soo
Actors
- Choi Woo-sikShared titles: Wonderland (2024), Jinny's Kitchen (2023), Youn's Kitchen (2017), Train to Busan (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Choi Woo-sik
- Gong YooShared titles: Kim Ji-young: Born 1982 (2019), Train to Busan (2016), Silenced (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Gong Yoo
- Lee Seo-jinShared titles: Jinny's Kitchen (2023), Youn's Kitchen (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Lee Seo-jin
- Lee Sun-kyunShared titles: Sleep (2023), Our Sunhi (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Lee Sun-kyun
Composers and editors
- Sung-Won HahmShared titles: Our Sunhi (2013), In Another Country (2012), Silenced (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Sung-Won Hahm
- Jinmo YangShared titles: Psychokinesis (2018), Train to Busan (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Jinmo Yang
- Jang Young-gyuShared titles: Train to Busan (2016), A Million (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Jang Young-gyu
- Jae-geun ChoiShared titles: Manhole (2014), Chawz (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Jae-geun Choi
Producers
- John YooShared titles: Psychokinesis (2018), Train to Busan (2016)See all 2 shared titles with John Yoo
- Yeon-ho KimShared titles: Psychokinesis (2018), Train to Busan (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Yeon-ho Kim
- Cho-hee KimShared titles: Our Sunhi (2013), In Another Country (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Cho-hee Kim
