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Actor · K-Drama

Go Youn-jung고윤정

Go Youn-jung (고윤정; born April 22, 1996) is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in the television series He Is Psychometric (2019), had supporting roles in the Netflix series Sweet Home (2020) and Law School (2021), and broke through with her first film, The Hunt (2022), and the series Moving (2023), both of which earned her several awards, according to Wikipedia.1 She then moved into lead roles: the second season of Alchemy of Souls (2022–2023), Resident Playbook (2025) and Can This Love Be Translated? (2026).1

Wikipedia lists her agency as AAP.1 DabPop's archive records that she won Best New Actress at the 2024 Blue Dragon Series Awards for Disney+'s Moving.2 Netflix's Can This Love Be Translated? (이 사랑 통역 되나요?), released on January 16, 2026, was No. 1 on Netflix's global non-English TV Top 10 for two straight weeks, with 9.0 million views in its best week, and her JTBC series We Are All Trying Here followed on April 18, 2026.2 She is one of the 20 actresses in DabPop's one-time editorial list of 2026 K-drama actresses, an unranked pick that is not a ranking or a measurement.2

She also appears in two of the ten advertising films in DabPop's review of Korean celebrity ad films on YouTube: NH Nonghyup Card's zgm film, posted on July 26, 2024, stood at 40.04 million YouTube views on October 24, 2026, and National Geographic Apparel's autumn film "The Season I Met You" (너를 만난 계절), with Heo Nam-jun, was uploaded on September 22, 2026.3

Thumbnail of the official trailer for Can This Love Be Translated?, showing two members of the cast
Pictured: two members of the cast in the thumbnail of the official trailer for Can This Love Be Translated?, in which Go Youn-jung stars, from Netflix Korea's YouTube channel.4

Key facts

Korean name고윤정1
BornApril 22, 1996, Seoul1
Acting debutHe Is Psychometric (2019)1
BreakthroughThe Hunt (film, 2022); Moving (series, 2023)1
AwardBest New Actress, Blue Dragon Series Awards 2024, for Moving2
Lead seriesAlchemy of Souls season 2; Resident Playbook (2025); Can This Love Be Translated? (2026)1
Netflix peak, 2026Can This Love Be Translated?: 9.0 million views in its best week; No. 1 non-English TV for two weeks2
AgencyAAP, per Wikipedia1

Appears in DabPop rankings

Sources

  1. Wikipedia, Go Youn-jung, retrieved 2026-11-07.
  2. DabPop, Beautiful K-Drama Actresses of 2026 (her entry, citing the Blue Dragon Series Awards and Netflix Tudum), retrieved 2026-11-07.
  3. DabPop, Korean Celebrity Ad Films on YouTube: Views, Costs and What Brands Get Back, retrieved 2026-11-07.
  4. YouTube, Netflix Korea, "이 사랑 통역 되나요? | 공식 예고편 | 넷플릭스" (oEmbed-verified, thumbnail checked), retrieved 2026-11-07.