Ji-young Yoo
Biography
Ji-young Yoo is an American actress who first appeared on screen under her birth name, SunHee Seo, before adopting a Korean stage name in 2021. Born in Denver, Colorado, she got her start in the 2021 Netflix comedy-drama Moxie and also contributed voice work to Spider-Man: Far from Home. In 2023 she won the Tribeca Festival's prize for a U.S. narrative feature performance for Smoking Tigers, and she later drew a Gotham Awards nomination for the miniseries Expats. Her films include The Sky Is Everywhere (2022), Freaky Tales (2025) and Until Dawn (2025), a horror film adapted from a video game in which critics praised her turn as Megan, and she was the speaking voice of Zoey in the animated KPop Demon Hunters (2025), which became Netflix's most-watched film.
27years old
Turns 28 on July 22in 282 days
- Born Denver
- Star sign: CancerLast day of the sign, on the Leo cusp
- SunHee Morgan Seo (birth name)Also credited as SunHee Seo
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 3 years2022 to 2025
Every film, newest first
- 2025Freaky TalesIMDb rating 6.2
- 2025KPop Demon HuntersIMDb rating 7.4
- 2025Until DawnIMDb rating 5.7
- 2022The Sky Is EverywhereIMDb rating 5.6
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About the name
Yoo chose the stage name Ji-young Yoo because people kept mispronouncing her birth name, and she picked Korean syllables she thought English speakers would find easier to say.
A change of course
Yoo dropped out of her Cinema and Media degree at the University of Southern California at 21 to film the miniseries Expats, and later said she still hoped to finish the degree.
A first
Yoo provided the speaking voice for Zoey in the animated musical Kpop Demon Hunters, which started streaming on Netflix on June 20, 2025. By August it had reached 236 million views, overtaking Red Notice as Netflix's most-watched film ever.
Ji-young Yoo movies on Netflix
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Films together
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All films by Chris Appelhans
All films by Maggie Kang
All films by David F. Sandberg
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