Jun Ji-hyun
Actor · Born October 30, 1981 (44) · Seoul, South Korea
Jun Ji-hyun (전지현), also known as Gianna Jun, is a South Korean actress born on October 30, 1981. Beginning her career as a fashion model in 1997, she achieved widespread fame across Asia for her lead role in the romantic comedy film My Sassy Girl (2001). Jun's notable feature film credits include Il Mare (2000), Windstruck (2004), The Thieves (2012), The Berlin File (2013), and Assassination (2015). Her major television credits encompass highly successful series such as My Love from the Star (2013–2014), The Legend of the Blue Sea (2016–2017), Kingdom: Ashin of the North (2021), and Jirisan (2021).
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 30, 1981 (44)
- Seoul, South Korea
- Actor
- 15 on MovieCove · 24 credits in all
What are Jun Ji-hyun's films like?
Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
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 1 · Earnest 10
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 3 · Dark 6
A split, not a type: Grounded 5 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 2
A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 6
Steady 2 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 3
Casual 3 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 3
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 4
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 8 of 14 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Kim Eun-ju in Il Mare (2000)
- Shapeshifteras The Girl in My Sassy Girl (2001)
- Heroas Kyung-jin Yeo in Windstruck (2004)
- Heroas Hye-young in Daisy (2006)
- Heroas Song Soo-jung in A Man Who Was Superman (2008)
- Heroas Saya in Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)
- Allyas Snow Flower (19th-century) in Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)
- Allyas Sophia (modern) in Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)
- Shadowas Yenicall in The Thieves (2012)
- Shapeshifteras Ryun Jung-hee in The Berlin File (2013)
- Shapeshifteras Cheon Song-Yi in My Love from Another Star (2013)
- Heroas An Ok-yun in Assassination (2015)
- Heroas Ashin in Kingdom: Ashin of the North (2021)
- Heroas Seo Mun-ju in Tempest (2025)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet6
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous3
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 Jun Ji-hyun's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Jun Ji-hyun'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
24 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Colony(2026)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Tempest(2025)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows
Nattering with Nah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Jirisan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Kingdom(2019)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
The Legend of the Blue Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Assassination(2015)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
The Berlin File(2013)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
The Thieves(2012)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Blood: The Last Vampire(2009)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
A Man Who Was Superman(2008)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Daisy(2006)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Windstruck(2004)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
The Uninvited (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
노란손수건 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
My Sassy Girl(2001)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Il Mare(2000)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Happy Together (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
White Valentine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Steal My Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Human X Gumiho (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 24 titles, 23 of them dated from 1998 to 2026; peak year 2000.
Biggest box office
Assassination (2015)
Highest rated
My Sassy Girl (2001)
Most popular right now
My Love from Another Star (2013)
Film career
Peak 2000 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 5 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.
- 2000Screen debut· Il Mare
- 2000First top-billed film· Il Mare
- 2013Career best· My Love from the Star
- 2026Best so far· Colony
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.
How do Jun Ji-hyun's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 83rd percentile, the median of all 12; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 81st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up10
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 15 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved5
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 11 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 46. 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 Jun Ji-hyun's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, every category sits near the median of all films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Jun Ji-hyun work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jun Ji-hyun's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kim Sang-beom shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Kwak Jae-youngShared titles: Daisy (2006), Windstruck (2004), My Sassy Girl (2001)See all 3 shared titles with Kwak Jae-young
- Choi Dong-hoonShared titles: Assassination (2015), The Thieves (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Choi Dong-hoon
Writers
- Lee Ki-cheolShared titles: Assassination (2015), The Thieves (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Lee Ki-cheol
Actors
- Lee Jung-jaeShared titles: Assassination (2015), The Thieves (2012), Il Mare (2000)See all 3 shared titles with Lee Jung-jae
- Kim Hae-sookShared titles: Tempest (2025), The Thieves (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Kim Hae-sook
- Oh Jung-seShared titles: Tempest (2025), Windstruck (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Oh Jung-se
- Park Byeong-eunShared titles: Kingdom: Ashin of the North (2021), Assassination (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Park Byeong-eun
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Kim Sang-beomShared titles: The Berlin File (2013), Daisy (2006), Windstruck (2004), My Sassy Girl (2001)See all 4 shared titles with Kim Sang-beom
- Kim Jae-beomShared titles: The Berlin File (2013), Daisy (2006), Windstruck (2004)See all 3 shared titles with Kim Jae-beom
- Young-hwan ChoiShared titles: The Berlin File (2013), The Thieves (2012), A Man Who Was Superman (2008)See all 3 shared titles with Young-hwan Choi
- DalpalanShared titles: Assassination (2015), The Thieves (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Dalpalan
Producers
- Joon-hwan ChoiShared titles: The Thieves (2012), A Man Who Was Superman (2008), Windstruck (2004)See all 3 shared titles with Joon-hwan Choi
- Bill KongShared titles: Blood: The Last Vampire (2009), Daisy (2006), Windstruck (2004)See all 3 shared titles with Bill Kong
- Ahn Soo-hyunShared titles: Assassination (2015), The Thieves (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Ahn Soo-hyun
- You Jeong-hunShared titles: Assassination (2015), The Thieves (2012)See all 2 shared titles with You Jeong-hun