# Han Ji-eun
**Han Ji-eun** (한지은) is a South Korean actress known for a career that moved from small film parts to leading television roles, including the single mother Hwang Han-joo in the 2019 JTBC drama *Melo Is My Nature* and the MZ Group chief executive Choi Go-eun in tvN's *When the Stars Gossip* (2025).[1](https://www4.ajunews.com/view/20200522084040928) • [2](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20250224113900005) Her film credits include *Train to Busan* (2016), *Real* (2017), *Rampant* (2018), and *Noryang: Deadly Sea* (2023).[3](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView2.jsp?peopleCd=20145277)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Name | Han Ji-eun (한지은), South Korean actress[4](https://asianwiki.com/Han_Ji-Eun_%281987%29) |
| Birth date | 1987 per IMDb and AsianWiki; Cine21 lists 1990, a published disagreement between databases[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8446544/) • [6](https://cine21.com/db/person/info/?person_id=98090) |
| Breakthrough role | Hwang Han-joo, a single mother, in JTBC's *Melo Is My Nature* (2019)[1](https://www4.ajunews.com/view/20200522084040928) |
| Notable films | *Train to Busan* (2016), *Real* (2017), *Rampant* (2018), *Door Lock* (2018), *Noryang: Deadly Sea* (2023)[3](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView2.jsp?peopleCd=20145277) |
| Leading TV roles | Lee Tae-ri in *Kkondae Intern* (2020), Yoo Mi-seo in TVING's *Ants Are Riding* (2022), Choi Go-eun in *When the Stars Gossip* (2025)[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8446544/) • [7](https://fashionlupe.tistory.com/10382) • [2](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20250224113900005) |
| 2025 output | Four works in one year: *When the Stars Gossip*, TVING's *Study Group*, the film *Hitman 2*, and the play *Anna Max*[2](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20250224113900005) |
## Film career
Sources differ on when Han began acting. Yonhap reports that she debuted with the 2006 film *Dongbang Bulpae* (동방불패).[2](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20250224113900005) AsianWiki's filmography, by contrast, opens with the 2010 horror omnibus *Be With Me* (귀), in which she played Eun-ji in the segment "Tarot 3. The Unseen".[4](https://asianwiki.com/Han_Ji-Eun_%281987%29)
Through the 2010s she worked steadily in supporting and bit parts. AsianWiki credits her as a reporter in *The Con Artists* (2014), a gisaeng in *The Royal Tailor* (2014), and Mi-ae in *Miss Granny* (2014), before the earphones girl in *Train to Busan* (2016), a role that brought her international visibility.[4](https://asianwiki.com/Han_Ji-Eun_%281987%29) Cine21 lists her as Mi-ae in *Miss Granny* (수상한 그녀, 2013 in its dating), an elementary school Korean teacher in *Umbilical Cord* (탯줄, 2015), and Han Ye-won in *Real* (2016 in its dating).[6](https://cine21.com/db/person/info/?person_id=98090) The Korean Film Council database places *Real* in 2017 and adds *The Tooth and the Nail*, *Fabricated City* (both 2017), *Rampant* and *Door Lock* (2018), *Scent of Ghost* (2019), *Noryang: Deadly Sea* (2023), *Can we get married?* (2024), and *Only God Knows Everything* (2025), a mystery thriller.[3](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView2.jsp?peopleCd=20145277) In *Rampant* she played Royal Noble Consort Gyeong.[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8446544/)
## Television
**Breakthrough.** Han's profile rose with *Melo Is My Nature* (멜로가 체질, 2019), a JTBC series directed by Lee Byeong-heon, in which she played the single mother Hwang Han-joo. The Ajun Economy profile describes her as having risen to stardom with that role, after years of supporting work in films such as *The Tooth and the Nail*, *Real*, *Rampant*, and dramas including *Beauty Inside* and *The 100 Day Prince*.[1](https://www4.ajunews.com/view/20200522084040928) In a 2020 interview she said that after showing a bright side in *Melo Is My Nature*, people told her that image suited her.[8](https://www.vop.co.kr/A00001496976.html)
She then took a first leading television role as [Lee Tae-ri](https://www.edgepedia.org/lee-tae-ri) in MBC's *Kkondae Intern* (2020), opposite [Park Hae-jin](https://www.edgepedia.org/park-hae-jin) and Kim Eung-soo, and played Lee Hee-gyeom in the tvN series *[Bad and Crazy](https://www.edgepedia.org/bad-and-crazy)* (2021 to 2022).[8](https://www.vop.co.kr/A00001496976.html) • [5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8446544/) In 2020 she also appeared in *Lovestruck in the City* as Oh Seon-young and made a well-received special appearance in tvN's *My Roommate Is a Gumiho* as a publishing company team leader.[6](https://cine21.com/db/person/info/?person_id=98090) • [9](https://www.hankyung.com/article/202107220181H) In 2022 she starred as Yoo Mi-seo in TVING's *Ants Are Riding* (개미가 타고 있어요) and played Oh Hee-joo in the KBS Drama Special TV cinema *Meeting in an Unfamiliar Season*, a romance set in a COVID-19 isolation ward.[7](https://fashionlupe.tistory.com/10382) • [10](https://padmin.static.kbs.co.kr/nbroad/2022/10/31/1667172534971_nbroad.pdf)
## Recent work
In 2025 Han appeared in four works within a single year: tvN's space-station drama *When the Stars Gossip* (별들에게 물어봐), in which she played Choi Go-eun, the capable chief executive of MZ Electronics; TVING's original series *Study Group*; the film *Hitman 2*; and the play *Anna Max*.[2](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20250224113900005) She told Yonhap that Choi Go-eun, an unwavering character who keeps supporting her former fiancé after he falls for another woman, was the opposite of the gritty, hard-scrabble roles she had mostly played before.[2](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20250224113900005) Cine21 additionally lists her as Yoon Ju-young in *Only God Knows Everything* (2025) and a special appearance in *The Intern* (2025), with upcoming roles in *Fifties Professionals* (2026) and *Ask the Stars* follow-up listings.[6](https://cine21.com/db/person/info/?person_id=98090) • [5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8446544/)
## Identity and record discrepancies
Two published records disagree on her birth year: IMDb and AsianWiki give June 3, 1987, while Cine21 gives June 3, 1990.[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8446544/) • [4](https://asianwiki.com/Han_Ji-Eun_%281987%29) • [6](https://cine21.com/db/person/info/?person_id=98090) AsianWiki lists her height as 168 cm and blood type B.[4](https://asianwiki.com/Han_Ji-Eun_%281987%29) A separate IMDb entry for a different actress named Han Ji-Eun covers credits in *[All of Us Are Dead](https://www.edgepedia.org/all-of-us-are-dead)* (2022) and *High Society* (2018) and should not be confused with this subject.[11](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12913584/)
## References
1. [Han Ji-eun, age and career profile, Ajun Economy (2020)](https://www4.ajunews.com/view/20200522084040928)
2. [Han Ji-eun interview, Yonhap News (2025)](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20250224113900005)
3. [HAN Ji-eun, Korean Film Council database](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView2.jsp?peopleCd=20145277)
4. [Han Ji-Eun (1987), AsianWiki](https://asianwiki.com/Han_Ji-Eun_%281987%29)
5. [Han Ji-Eun (I), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8446544/)
6. [한지은, Cine21 person database](https://cine21.com/db/person/info/?person_id=98090)
7. [배우 한지은 프로필 및 작품활동, fashionlupe blog (2022)](https://fashionlupe.tistory.com/10382)
8. [꼰대인턴 한지은 인터뷰, Voice of the People (2020)](https://www.vop.co.kr/A00001496976.html)
9. [한지은, 청순하고 섹시하고 팔색조 매력, Hankyung (2021)](https://www.hankyung.com/article/202107220181H)
10. [KBS사보 제745호, KBS (2022)](https://padmin.static.kbs.co.kr/nbroad/2022/10/31/1667172534971_nbroad.pdf)
11. [Han Ji-Eun (II), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12913584/)
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