Hong Hwa-yeon

{{Infobox person

| name = Hong Hwa-yeon

| image = 250228 Hong Hwa Yeon (홍화연).png

| caption = Hong in 2025

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|3|20}}

| birth_place = Gyeonggi Province, South Korea

| education = Konkuk University – Department of Education

| occupation = {{Hlist|Actress|model}}

| years_active = {{start date|2020}}–present

| agent = BH Entertainment

| module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto

| child = yes

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| hangul = %홍화연

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Hong Hwa-yeon ({{Korean|hangul=홍화연}}; born March 20, 1998){{cite news|url=https://www.idntimes.com/korea/kdrama/siti-anisah-2/biodata-profil-hong-hwa-yeon-c1c2?page=all|title=Biodata dan Profil Hong Hwa Yeon, Curi Perhatian di Buried Hearts.|trans-title=Hong Hwa Yeon's Biodata and Profile, Steals Attention in Buried Hearts|work=IDN times|date=February 24, 2025|language=Indonesian}} is a South Korean actress and model. Hong was best known for her portrayal of Yeo Eun-nam in 2025 revenge drama Buried Hearts.{{cite web|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/tw/entertainment/movies/g64052180/buried-hearts/|title=Disney+韓劇《寶物島》 7看點！朴炯植「黑化」演技炸裂，女主角新人演員洪華妍是誰？大尺度虐戀|trans-title=Disney+ Korean drama "Treasure Island" 7 highlights! Park Hyung-sik's "blackened" acting is explosive, who is the new female lead, Hong Hwa-yeon? Large-scale sadomasochism|publisher=Cosmopolitan |date=March 11, 2025|access-date=March 23, 2025|language=zh}}{{cite web |url=https://biz.chosun.com/en/en-entertainment/2025/03/20/6VP3GZKUWRCD5E2QRL6O46RUDE/ |title=Heo Jun-Ho threatens Hong Hwa-Yeon's life in 'Buried Hearts' episode 9|website=ChosunBiz |date=March 20, 2025}}

Education and career

Hong Hwa-yeon, who graduated from Konkuk University's Department of Education, debuted as a model in 2020 and first appeared in a music video. She signed with BH Entertainment the following year to pursue acting.{{cite web|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.co.kr/article/1877897|script-title=ko:주말극 선두 '보물섬', 홍화연→차우민...뉴페이스 배우들의 발견!|trans-title=Weekend drama leader 'Treasure Island', Hong Hwa-yeon → Cha Woo-min...Discovery of new actors!|publisher=Harper's Bazaar|date=February 27, 2025|language=ko}}{{cite web|url=https://www.marieclaire.com.tw/beauty/star/85068|title=撞臉文佳煐和文彩元？《寶物島》新人演員洪華妍靠運動練出大尺度親熱戲也不怕的好身材|trans-title=Looks like Moon Ga-young and Moon Chae-won? Newcomer Hong Huayan of "Treasure Island" relies on exercise to develop a good figure that is not afraid of large-scale intimate scenes|publisher=Marie Claire |date=March 16, 2025|language=zh}} Hong was also an advertising model for the global brand Burt's Bees as of 2022.

In 2022, Hong appeared in a supporting role in sports drama Mental Coach Jegal, thus marking her first role as an actress.{{cite web|url=https://m.mk.co.kr/news/broadcasting-service/10493539|script-title=ko:신예 홍화연, `멘탈코치 제갈길` 이유미와 대립 `눈도장`|trans-title=Rookie Hong Hwa-yeon, 'Mental Coach Jegal Gil' Lee Yu-mi's Confrontation 'Eye Stamp'|publisher=Maekyung|date=October 18, 2022|access-date=March 23, 2025|language=ko}}{{cite news|url=https://www.news1.kr/entertain/celebrity-topic/4843379|script-title=ko:'멘탈코치 제갈길' 홍화연, 솔직매력→눈물까지…데뷔작 강렬 눈도장|trans-title='Mental Coach Jegal Gil' Hong Hwa-yeon, honest charm → even tears... Intense eye impression in debut work|work=News1|date=October 25, 2022|language=ko}} Hong also appeared in web drama Only You that same year.{{cite web|url=https://m.news.nate.com/view/20221118n24571?mid=e02&list=recent&cpcd=|script-title=ko:홍화연·엄지 '너뿐이개' 인간·강아지 케미 폭발 포스터 공개|trans-title=Hong Hwa-yeon and Um Ji's 'Only You' Human-Dog Chemistry Explosion Poster Revealed|publisher=Nate|date=November 18, 2022|access-date=March 23, 2025|language=ko}}

The following year, Hong was cast in 2023 romance-comedy drama True to Love.{{cite news|url=https://m.news.nate.com/view/20250306n02593|title=100:1 경쟁률 뚫었다…홍화연, '보물섬'에서 빛난 신규 보석[줌인]|trans-title=100:1 Competition Rate Surpassed... Hong Hwa-yeon, New Gem Shines in 'Treasure Island' [Zoom In]|work=Nate|date=March 6, 2025|language=ko}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hankyung.com/article/2023050435325|script-title=ko:'보라! 데보라' 홍화연, 쾌활 & 긍정의 아이콘으로 시청자 눈도장|trans-title='Bora! Deborah' Hong Hwa-yeon, an icon of cheerfulness and positivity, impresses viewers|publisher=The Korea Economic Daily|date=May 4, 2023|access-date=March 23, 2025|language=ko}}

Two years later, in February 2025, Hong was cast as the female lead alongside Park Hyung-sik in 2025 revenge drama Buried Hearts, marking her first female lead role of her career. Hong portrayed Yeo Eun-nam, the love interest of Seo Dong-ju (Park's character) and a chaebol chairman's granddaughter who sought to uncover the truth of her father's death and still loves Dong-ju despite her political marriage to another man.{{cite web |url=https://biz.chosun.com/en/en-entertainment/2025/03/15/LQ7KT2CFPBCEBKWOD6JS6WAGVU/ |title=Hong Hwa-yeon chooses between love and revenge in SBS drama 'Buried Hearts'|website=ChosunBiz |date=March 15, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://biz.chosun.com/en/en-entertainment/2025/03/02/EDMHHNOWT5HFFF732KPPSRWJIM/ |title=Hong Hwa-yeon navigates love and power struggles in 'Treasure Island'|website=ChosunBiz |date=March 2, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-drama/article/3299987/disney-k-drama-buried-hearts-park-hyung-sik-slicks-corporate-mystery-thriller |title=Disney+ K-drama Buried Hearts: Park Hyung-sik slicks up for corporate mystery-thriller|website=South China Morning Post|date=February 25, 2025}} Hong reportedly auditioned for the character and was successfully cast as Eun-nam after a fierce competition with odds of 100 to 1.{{cite web |url=https://biz.chosun.com/en/en-entertainment/2025/02/21/C4KNWLM5J5CFJMFCZXVPXWLXXU/ |title=Hong Hwa-Yeon joins 'Treasure Island' amid fierce 100:1 competition|website=ChosunBiz |date=February 21, 2025}} Hong's portrayal of Eun-nam garnered positive reviews and increased public attention.{{cite web |url=https://biz.chosun.com/en/en-entertainment/2025/03/10/HGWO2KDSQVGINGFURRBBS3AU5Y/ |title=Hong Hwa-yeon captivates viewers with complex emotions in 'Treasure Island'|website=ChosunBiz |date=March 10, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://biz.chosun.com/en/en-entertainment/2025/02/27/GOC7K7H3T5CCBGDFAEG477OVRU/ |title=Hong Hwa-yeon captivates with emotional depth in 'Treasure Island's' shocking twist|website=ChosunBiz |date=February 27, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bntnews.co.kr/article/view/bnt202503230005 |script-title=ko:'보물섬' 박형식X홍화연, 이복남매? 출생의 비밀 충격엔딩… 최고14.7% |trans-title='Treasure Island' Park Hyung-sik X Hong Hwa-yeon, step-siblings? The secret of birth, shocking ending... Highest 14.7%|language=ko|website=BNT News |date=March 23, 2025}} Culture critic Jeong Deok-hyeon regarded Eun-nam as the character who crucially triggered Dong-ju regain his ambition and struggle for revenge, and praised Hong for seamlessly playing the character and made a stood-out performance amongst her senior cast members who demonstrated weighty performances in the drama.

During the same year when she appeared in Buried Hearts, Hong was cast as high school girl Yoon Jeong-hee in 2025 political drama I Am a Running Mate. The drama was originally slated to air on March 6, 2025, but the drama's broadcast is now indefinitely delayed in light of the ongoing political situation in South Korea (co-related to the impeachment trial of President Yoon Suk-yeol) and the political nature of the drama.{{cite web |url=https://www.mk.co.kr/en/broadcasting-service/11250823 |title=The TVing drama "Running Mate" suddenly postponed its release indefinitely a week before its release.|website=Maekyung |date=February 26, 2025}}{{Unreliable source?|reason=Non–Korean language versions of this website use automatic machine translation; see WP:KO/RS|date=May 2025}}

Hong is set to appear in Netflix-produced web drama The Price of Confession, which will tentatively air in the second half of the year 2025.{{cite news|url=https://news.nate.com/view/20250227n16748|script-title=ko:[홍동희의 스포트라이트] '보물섬'의 원석 홍화연, 글로벌 스타가 보인다|trans-title=[Hong Dong-hee's Spotlight] Hong Hwa-yeon, the gem of 'Treasure Island', looks like a global star|publisher=Nate|date=February 27, 2025|language=ko}} Hong is also cast in another upcoming drama Tastefully Yours, which will air in 2025 as well.

Filmography

=Television series=

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scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| {{Abbr\|Ref.\|Reference(s)}}
scope="row" rowspan="2" \| 2022 \| Mental Coach Jegal \| Kim Moo-young \| style="text-align:center" \| {{cite web\|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=382&aid=0001000876\|title=홍화연 '멘탈코치 제갈길' 출연확정, 정우·이유미와 호흡 [공식]\|trans-title=Hong Hwa-yeon confirmed to appear in 'Mental Coach Jegal', working with Jung Woo and Lee Yoo-mi [Official]\|publisher=Sports Dong-a\|via=Naver\|date=August 29, 2022\|access-date=March 23, 2025\|language=ko}}
Only You \| Seul-gi \| style="text-align:center" \| {{cite web\|url=https://enews.imbc.com/News/RetrieveNewsInfo/366598\|script-title=ko:홍화연·엄지 '너뿐이개' 심상치 않은 첫 만남…오늘(28일) 공개\|trans-title=Hong Hwa-yeon and Um Ji's 'Only You' Unusual First Meeting... Released Today (28th)\|publisher=MBC News\|date=November 28, 2022\|access-date=March 23, 2025\|language=ko}}
scope="row" \| 2023 \| True to Love \| Bang Woo-ri \| style="text-align:center" \| {{cite web\|url=https://ena.skylifetv.co.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=skydrama&wr_id=146\|title=보라! 데보라\|trans-title=Bo-ra! Deborah\|website=ENA\|access-date=April 17, 2023\|language=ko\|archive-date=April 17, 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417180739/https://ena.skylifetv.co.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=skydrama&wr_id=146\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" rowspan="4" \| 2025 \| Buried Hearts \| Yeo Eun-nam \| style="text-align:center" \| {{Cite web\|script-title=ko:홍화연, 100:1 뚫은 '보물섬' 여주인공...박형식·허준호와 호흡\|trans-title=Hong Hwa-yeon, 100:1 'Treasure Island' heroine...Working with Park Hyung-sik and Huh Joon-ho\|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/382/0001154050\|via=Naver\|publisher=Sports Dong-a\|language=ko\|last=Jeon\|first=Hyo-jin\|date=October 2, 2024\|access-date=March 23, 2025}}{{cite web \|url=https://biz.chosun.com/entertainment/tv/2025/03/23/FWI5ETDFFYGIJNQ4AMRUXLNROI/ \|script-title=ko:박형식, 홍화연과 이복 남매였나…윤곽 드러난 출생의 비밀 (보물섬) \|trans-title=Park Hyung-sik and Hong Hwa-yeon are half-siblings? The secret of their birth is revealed (Treasure Island)\|language=ko\|website=ChosunBiz \|date=March 23, 2025}}
Tastefully Yours \| Jang Young-hye \| style="text-align:center" \| {{Cite web \|last=Park \|first=Soo-jin \|date=April 21, 2025 \|title= \|script-title=ko: '보물섬' 홍화연, '당신의 맛' 출연 확정…스타 셰프로 당찬 매력 발산 \|trans-title='Buried Hearts' Hong Hwa-yeon confirmed to appear on 'Tastefully Yours'… Showing off her bold charm as a star chef \|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/057/0001882626 \|access-date=April 21, 2025 \|website=MBN Star \|via=Naver}}
I Am a Running Mate \| Yoon Jeong-hee \| style="text-align:center" \| {{cite web\|url=https://www.nbntv.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=3034509\|script-title=ko:'보물섬' 여은남 홍화연, 인스타 속 밝은 이미지…그녀가 궁금하다\|trans-title='Treasure Island' Yeo Eun-nam and Hong Hwa-yeon, bright images on Instagram... I'm curious about her\|publisher=NBN TV \|date=March 2, 2025 \|access-date=March 23, 2025 \|language=ko}}
The Price of Confession \| {{TBA}} \| style="text-align:center" \| {{cite news\|url=https://www.idntimes.com/korea/kdrama/queena-sekar-jasmine/drakor-hong-hwa-yeon-di-tahun-2025-c1c2\|title=4 Drakor Hong Hwa Yeon di Tahun 2025, Jadi Lawan Main Park Hyung Sik\|trans-title=4 Korean Dramas of Hong Hwa Yeon in 2025, Starring Opposite Park Hyung Sik.\|work=IDN times\|date=February 22, 2025\|language=Indonesian}}

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scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2022

| Mental Coach Jegal

| Kim Moo-young

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=382&aid=0001000876|title=홍화연 '멘탈코치 제갈길' 출연확정, 정우·이유미와 호흡 [공식]|trans-title=Hong Hwa-yeon confirmed to appear in 'Mental Coach Jegal', working with Jung Woo and Lee Yoo-mi [Official]|publisher=Sports Dong-a|via=Naver|date=August 29, 2022|access-date=March 23, 2025|language=ko}}

Only You

| Seul-gi

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|url=https://enews.imbc.com/News/RetrieveNewsInfo/366598|script-title=ko:홍화연·엄지 '너뿐이개' 심상치 않은 첫 만남…오늘(28일) 공개|trans-title=Hong Hwa-yeon and Um Ji's 'Only You' Unusual First Meeting... Released Today (28th)|publisher=MBC News|date=November 28, 2022|access-date=March 23, 2025|language=ko}}

scope="row" | 2023

| True to Love

| Bang Woo-ri

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|url=https://ena.skylifetv.co.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=skydrama&wr_id=146|title=보라! 데보라|trans-title=Bo-ra! Deborah|website=ENA|access-date=April 17, 2023|language=ko|archive-date=April 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417180739/https://ena.skylifetv.co.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=skydrama&wr_id=146|url-status=live}}

scope="row" rowspan="4" | 2025

| Buried Hearts

| Yeo Eun-nam

| style="text-align:center" | {{Cite web|script-title=ko:홍화연, 100:1 뚫은 '보물섬' 여주인공...박형식·허준호와 호흡|trans-title=Hong Hwa-yeon, 100:1 'Treasure Island' heroine...Working with Park Hyung-sik and Huh Joon-ho|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/382/0001154050|via=Naver|publisher=Sports Dong-a|language=ko|last=Jeon|first=Hyo-jin|date=October 2, 2024|access-date=March 23, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://biz.chosun.com/entertainment/tv/2025/03/23/FWI5ETDFFYGIJNQ4AMRUXLNROI/ |script-title=ko:박형식, 홍화연과 이복 남매였나…윤곽 드러난 출생의 비밀 (보물섬) |trans-title=Park Hyung-sik and Hong Hwa-yeon are half-siblings? The secret of their birth is revealed (Treasure Island)|language=ko|website=ChosunBiz |date=March 23, 2025}}

Tastefully Yours

| Jang Young-hye

| style="text-align:center" | {{Cite web |last=Park |first=Soo-jin |date=April 21, 2025 |title= |script-title=ko: '보물섬' 홍화연, '당신의 맛' 출연 확정…스타 셰프로 당찬 매력 발산 |trans-title='Buried Hearts' Hong Hwa-yeon confirmed to appear on 'Tastefully Yours'… Showing off her bold charm as a star chef |url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/057/0001882626 |access-date=April 21, 2025 |website=MBN Star |via=Naver}}

I Am a Running Mate

| Yoon Jeong-hee

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|url=https://www.nbntv.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=3034509|script-title=ko:'보물섬' 여은남 홍화연, 인스타 속 밝은 이미지…그녀가 궁금하다|trans-title='Treasure Island' Yeo Eun-nam and Hong Hwa-yeon, bright images on Instagram... I'm curious about her|publisher=NBN TV |date=March 2, 2025 |access-date=March 23, 2025 |language=ko}}

The Price of Confession

| {{TBA}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news|url=https://www.idntimes.com/korea/kdrama/queena-sekar-jasmine/drakor-hong-hwa-yeon-di-tahun-2025-c1c2|title=4 Drakor Hong Hwa Yeon di Tahun 2025, Jadi Lawan Main Park Hyung Sik|trans-title=4 Korean Dramas of Hong Hwa Yeon in 2025, Starring Opposite Park Hyung Sik.|work=IDN times|date=February 22, 2025|language=Indonesian}}

=Music video appearance=

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scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Artist ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| {{Abbr\|Ref.\|Reference(s)}}
scope="row" \| 2020 \| Lower Your Expectations \| Sugarbowl \| style="text-align:center" \|
scope="row" \| 2022 \| Not About You \| Junny \| style="text-align:center" \| {{cite news\|url=https://www.osen.co.kr/article/G1111916009\|script-title=ko:주니(JUNNY), 음원 일부만으로도 완성도 보증..첫 정규앨범 타이틀곡 MV 티저 공개\|trans-title=Junny, Guaranteed Perfection with Just a Part of the Sound Source..First Full Album Title Song MV Teaser Revealed\|publisher=OSEN\|date=August 10, 2022\|language=ko\|accessdate=March 2, 2025}}

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scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Artist

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

scope="row" | 2020

| Lower Your Expectations

| Sugarbowl

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2022

| Not About You

| Junny

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news|url=https://www.osen.co.kr/article/G1111916009|script-title=ko:주니(JUNNY), 음원 일부만으로도 완성도 보증..첫 정규앨범 타이틀곡 MV 티저 공개|trans-title=Junny, Guaranteed Perfection with Just a Part of the Sound Source..First Full Album Title Song MV Teaser Revealed|publisher=OSEN|date=August 10, 2022|language=ko|accessdate=March 2, 2025}}

References

External links

{{IMDb name |nm14895809}}
{{HanCinema person|Hong_Hwa-yeon}}

Category:1998 births

Category:Living people

Category:21st-century South Korean actresses

Category:South Korean television actresses

Category:South Korean female models