Moon Ga-young

Moon Ga-young (Korean: 문가영; born July 10, 1996) is a South Korean actress and model. In 2005, she started on her career as a child model. The following year, in 2006, she made her debut as a child actress with the film Bloody Reunion.

She is best known for her roles in Heartstrings (2011), Exo Next Door (2015), Tempted (2018), Welcome to Waikiki 2 (2019), Find Me in Your Memory (2020), True Beauty (2020–2021), Link: Eat, Love, Kill (2022), The Interest of Love (2022–2023) and My Dearest Nemesis (2025).

Moon was born on July 10, 1996, in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, to South Korean parents as the second daughter of two siblings. Her father, who majored in physics, and her mother, who studied music (piano), met as international students in Germany and got married. In 2005, her family moved back to South Korea when she was in third grade of elementary school.

Moon graduated from an all-girls middle school and high school. Moon is also fluent in German and English as a result of her time in Germany. She can also play the piano, flute, and perform ballet. In November 2014, Moon successfully completed her college scholastic test. By January 2015, she enrolled as a freshman in the Class of '15 at Sungkyunkwan University. She chose to study in the Department of Theater and Film to pursue her passion for acting and classical literature.

Moon was first scouted as a child model for a clothing magazine in Germany while being pushed in a stroller by her mother. Upon the family's return to South Korea in 2005, her mother and uncle submitted photos of Moon and her older sister to a modeling contest. While the submission was intended as a casual gesture, Moon was subsequently selected as a model for a children's fashion catalog.

In 2006, Moon began her career as child actress a child actress, debuting in the film Bloody Reunion. She appeared in several film projects over the following years, providing her voice for Black House (2007) and appearing in minor roles in Shadows in the Palace (2007), Our Town (2007), and Do You See Seoul? (2008).

Concurrently, she appeared in a series of television dramas, starting with Hometown over the Hill [ko] (2007) and continuing with Bitter Sweet Life (2008), Ja Myung Go (2009), Friend, Our Legend (2009), The Reputable Family (2010), and Bad Guys (2010). Throughout this period, she was an active child performer alongside peers such as Yeo Jin-goo, Kim You-jung, and Kim So-hyun. During middle school, she took a hiatus from acting, both by choice and due to casting difficulties, after a growth spurt of over 10 centimeters made her physically too tall for traditional child roles.

She was well-loved for her portrayal of Jung-hyun, the little sister of Lee Shin (acted by Jung Yong-hwa) in MBC TV Wednesday-Thursday drama Heartstrings (2011), directed by Pyo Min-soo and scripted by Lee Myung-sook.