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Meet Seoyeon Jang, who plays Eunice in Netflix’s Beef Season 2 – and started out in K-pop

STORYIshani Sarkar
Seoyeon Jang, who plays Eunice in Beef season two. Photos: Reuters, Netflix
Seoyeon Jang, who plays Eunice in Beef season two. Photos: Reuters, Netflix
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The latest season of Beef stars Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan and Charles Melton – but what do you know about Seoyeon Jang, who plays Eunice?

The highly anticipated second season of Lee Sung Jin’s Emmy-winning comedy drama, Beef, starring Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Youn Yuh-jung, Song Kang-ho, Cailee Spaeny, and Charles Melton, landed on Netflix on April 16 and immediately made a splash. The internet is buzzing with the latest instalment of the anthology, and it is already the fifth most-watched TV show on the platform at the time of writing, according to streaming data collection website FlixPatrol.
Charles Melton as Austin Davis, Cailee Spaeny as Ashley Miller, Carey Mulligan as Lindsay Crane-Martin and Oscar Isaac as Josh Martin in the second season of Beef. Photo: Netflix/TNS
Charles Melton as Austin Davis, Cailee Spaeny as Ashley Miller, Carey Mulligan as Lindsay Crane-Martin and Oscar Isaac as Josh Martin in the second season of Beef. Photo: Netflix/TNS

Alongside the acting powerhouses leading the show are breakout stars Matthew Kim, aka Big Matthew or BM, and Seoyeon Jang, who are going viral for their roles as Woosh and Eunice, respectively. The former is a tennis player and instructor with a connection to Youn’s Chairwoman Park, while the latter serves as her assistant.

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Cast members including Oscar Isaac, Charles Melton, Carey Mulligan, Seoyeon Jang and Matthew Kim attend a premiere for season two of Beef at the Egyptian Theatre Hollywood, in Los Angeles, California, on April 8. Photo: Reuters
Cast members including Oscar Isaac, Charles Melton, Carey Mulligan, Seoyeon Jang and Matthew Kim attend a premiere for season two of Beef at the Egyptian Theatre Hollywood, in Los Angeles, California, on April 8. Photo: Reuters

Here’s everything you need to know about Seoyeon Jang.

What’s Seoyeon Jang’s background?

Seoyeon Jang attends a screening of Netflix’s Beef season two at Regal Union Square on April 15, in New York. Photo: AP
Seoyeon Jang attends a screening of Netflix’s Beef season two at Regal Union Square on April 15, in New York. Photo: AP

Jang was born on February 15, 1995, in South Korea. Her parents raised her in London alongside her brother, per The Hollywood Reporter. “I had the best of both worlds growing up,” she told Marie Claire, emphasising that her background helped her relate to Eunice.

She attended London’s ArtsEd school, studying acting and dance, and moved back to South Korea when she started training to become a K-pop idol. She graduated from Korea University in 2024. Her family is currently still based in London.

Her acting journey

Seoyeon Jang is a multi-hyphenate. Photo: EPA
Seoyeon Jang is a multi-hyphenate. Photo: EPA
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