Go Hyun-jung

Actor · Born March 2, 1971 (55) · Hwasun, South Jeolla, South Korea

Go Hyun-jung (Hangul: 고현정; born March 2, 1971) is a South Korean actress. She debuted in the entertainment scene as a Miss Korea runner-up in 1989 and went on to star in Sandglass, one of the highest-rated and critically acclaimed dramas in Korean television history. She retired after marrying chaebol Chung Yong-jin in 1995, then returned to acting after their divorce in 2003. Go has since regained her top star status in Korea, becoming the highest paid actress on TV after the success of her series Queen Seondeok and Daemul.

What are Go Hyun-jung's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

28%

Self

26%

Morality

16%

Survival

11%

Society

11%

Ideas

8%

Family bonds2

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 2 of 3 analyzed roles.

Hero

2 of 3

Shadow

1 of 3

Heroas Park Wan in Dear My Friends (2016)
Heroas Jung Hee-joo in Reflection of You (2021)
Shadowas Jeong I-sin in Queen Mantis (2025)

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic

4

Tense

2

Dread

2

Romantic

1

Hopeful

2

Other

1

How their films linger

Bittersweet3 Hopeful2

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 Go Hyun-jung's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).

Also on these channels

CJ ENM Selects1 title, show their title on CJ ENM Selects
KOCOWA1 title, show their title on KOCOWA

Subscription and free streaming for Go Hyun-jung'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

27 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Queen Mantis(2025)
Show 8 episodes · as Jeong Yi-shin
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Namib (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Show 12 episodes · as Kang Su-hyun
Mask Girl(2023)
Show 7 episodes · as Kim Mo-mi
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Reflection of You(2021)
Show 16 episodes · as Jeong Hui-ju
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows
A Tiger in Winter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
as Yoo-jung
Return(2018)
Show 34 episodes · as Choi Ja-Hye (ep.1-14)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
Dear My Friends(2016)
Show 16 episodes · as Park Wan
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
My Lawyer, Mr. Jo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Show 40 episodes · as Lee Ja-Kyung
The Queen's Classroom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Show 16 episodes · as Ma Yeo-jin
Miss Conspirator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
as Cheon Soo-ro
The Day He Arrives(2011)
as Movie Fan
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Big Thing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Show 24 episodes · as Seo Hye-rim
The Actresses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Co-Writer · as Ko Hyun-jung
The Great Queen Seondeok (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Show 62 episodes · as Lady Mishil
Like You Know It All (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
as Gosun
H.I.T (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Show 20 episodes · as Cha Soo-kyung
What's Up Fox (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Show 16 episodes · as Go Byung-hee
Woman on the Beach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
as Kim Moonsook
Spring Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Show 20 episodes · as Seo Jung Eun
The Classic(2003)
Actor
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Sandglass (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Show 24 episodes · as Yoon Hye-rin
Mother's Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Show 1 episode · as 김영서
여자의 방 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Show 1 episode · as Yoon Hee-soo
A Love Without Fear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Show 1 episode · as Shin Kyeong Ae
Eyes of Dawn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Show 36 episodes · as 안명지
대추나무 사랑걸렸네 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Show 2 episodes · Actor
A Mark Against Thee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 90^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 26 titles, 25 of them dated from 1990 to 2025; peak year 2006.

Biggest box office

The Classic (2003)

$828K worldwide

Highest rated

The Classic (2003)

Midcredits 97^th

Film career

19902025

Peak 2006 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. 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.

2006Screen debut· Woman on the Beach

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting26 of 26 · 67^thWriting1 of 26

By decade

1990s6 · acting2000s7 · 7 acting · 1 crew2010s8 · acting2020s4 · acting

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.