The year she turned 21, she made her debut in the short film How to Operate a Polaroid Camera, directed by Kim Jong-kwan.
The breakthrough yearThe year she turned 22, the film Blossom Again, directed by Jung Ji-woo, opened. Hankook Ilbo says the film made her known to the public. That December she won best new actress at the 25th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards.
In 2006, she won best supporting actress at the Blue Dragon Film Awards for Family Ties. In 2007, she took the female lead in MBC’s Que Sera Sera and also appeared in the film Shim’s Family. In 2009, she played an animal ecology researcher in the film Chaw.
The year she turned 28, she co-starred with Gong Yoo in the film Silenced. In 2012, she appeared in tvN’s I Need Romance 2012. In 2013, she played the contract worker Jeong Ju-ri in KBS2’s The Queen of Office. In 2014, she appeared in KBS2’s Discovery of Love and won the Excellence Award at the KBS Drama Awards at the end of the year.
The year she turned 33, she signed with Management Soop, and Train to Busan passed 10 million admissions 19 days after its release. In 2017, she worked in the kitchen in tvN’s Youn’s Kitchen. In 2018, she went to Tenerife, Spain, for season 2 of Youn’s Kitchen.
The year she turned 36, the film Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 opened. In 2020, Netflix’s The School Nurse Files was released, and she won best actress at the Buil Film Awards. In 2021, she appeared in tvN’s Youn’s Stay.
The year she turned 40, she began Jinny’s Kitchen and appeared on You Quiz on the Block. She won best actress at the Blue Dragon Film Awards for the film Sleep. In 2024, the film Wonderland opened, and she appeared in season 2 of Jinny’s Kitchen and in Love Your Enemy.
The year she turned 42, her contract with Management Soop, which had lasted about nine years, ended. In 2026, her casting in Netflix’s Love Affair was confirmed.
Jung Yu-mi (born Jan 18, 1983) debuted in 2004, the year she turned 21, in the short film How to Operate a Polaroid Camera, and became known when the film Blossom Again opened on Sep 29, 2005, the year she turned 22. Train to Busan passed 10 million admissions on Aug 7, 2016, the year she turned 33.
Ages are by calendar year (the year minus the birth year), birthdays aside.