Chung Su-bin, South Korean actress, Friendly Rivalry cast portrait

Chung Su-bin

BIOGRAPHY

Chung Su-bin (Korean: 정수빈; born August 17, 1998), also romanized as Jung Soo-bin, is a South Korean actor signed to J,Wide-Company. A graduate of the Korea National University of Arts, she debuted with the drama Live On in 2020 before landing her first major role in Trolley (2022-2023), which earned her a Best New Actress award at the 2023 SBS Drama Awards.

She went on to appear in Revenge of Others (2022) and the film It’s Okay! (2023), building a reputation for intense, emotionally layered performances in youth-oriented thrillers and dramas.

In 2025, Chung Su-bin took on the co-lead role of Woo Seul-gi in Friendly Rivalry, opposite Hyeri. The performance became a breakout moment for her career: she and Hyeri won Best Couple at both the APAN Star Awards and the Korea Drama Awards, and Chung Su-bin separately won Best New Actress at the Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards the same year.

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Two mainstream Korean award shows gave Best Couple to a pairing of two women in a girls love series.

Chung Su-bin (정수빈) plays Woo Seul-gi opposite Hyeri in Friendly Rivalry, the sixteen episode 2025 production carried on Netflix. She and her co-star took Best Couple at the APAN Star Awards and again at the Korea Drama Awards, and she separately won Best New Actress at the Asia Contents Awards and Global OTT Awards the same year.

Award ceremonies are where an industry says out loud what it is prepared to endorse. A Best Couple prize is the most conventional category there is, voted on by the most conventional audiences, and handing it to two women in a story about them is a different kind of signal from a genre prize at a specialist festival. It happened twice in one season.

It also gives a lie to the idea that this material sits in a niche by necessity. The series was on Netflix, the recognition came from the domestic mainstream, and the performance that earned it was not softened for either.

Her page is one of the fullest here: an agency, a conservatory degree from the Korea National University of Arts, a documented debut in Live On in 2020, an earlier Best New Actress award for Trolley, and both romanisations of her name so either search finds her.

PROFILE DETAILS

Native Name
정수빈
Real Name
Chung Su-bin
Nickname
Jung Soo-bin, Jeong Su-bin
Pronouns
she/her
Born
(Age 28)
Western Zodiac
Leo ♌
Chinese Zodiac
Tiger 🐅
Profession
Nationality
Debut
2020 — Live On (2020)
Agency / Label
J,Wide-Company
Years Active
2020-present

FUN FACTS

  • Chung Su-bin studied at the Korea National University of Arts before beginning her acting career in 2020.
  • Her role as Woo Seul-gi in Friendly Rivalry (2025) marked her first lead role in a series and her breakout year, sweeping multiple newcomer and couple awards.

TRIVIA

  • She is sometimes credited under the alternate romanization “Jung Soo-bin” in earlier English-language press coverage, before “Chung Su-bin” became the more commonly used spelling.

NOTABLE AWARDS

Best New Actress, SBS Drama Awards (2023), for Trolley
Best Couple Award (with Lee Hye-ri), APAN Star Awards (2025), for Friendly Rivalry
Best New Actress, Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards (2025)
Hot Star (Female) and Best Couple Award (with Lee Hye-ri), Korea Drama Awards (2025), for Friendly Rivalry

EDUCATION

  • Korea National University of Arts

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Who is Chung Su-bin?

Chung Su-bin is a South Korean actor signed to J,Wide-Company, known for Trolley (2022-2023) and for her breakout co-lead role in the 2025 drama Friendly Rivalry.

What role does Chung Su-bin play in Friendly Rivalry?

She plays Woo Seul-gi, an orphanage-raised transfer student investigating her father’s suspicious death, whose relationship with classmate Yoo Je-yi drives the series.

Is Chung Su-bin also known as Jung Soo-bin?

Yes, she has been credited in English-language media under both “Chung Su-bin” and “Jung Soo-bin”; “Chung Su-bin” is the more commonly used current romanization.

What awards has Chung Su-bin won?

She won Best New Actress at the 2023 SBS Drama Awards for Trolley, Best New Actress at the 2025 Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards, and Best Couple honors (with Hyeri) at both the 2025 APAN Star Awards and Korea Drama Awards for Friendly Rivalry.

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Sources

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  1. Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chung_Su-bin
  2. TMDB themoviedb.org/person/2400820

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