While the Netflix drama 'Squid Game' captivated viewers all over the world, such as being the first in Korea to record first place on Netflix in the US, netizens' attention was focused on actress Lee Yu-mi.



The drama 'Squid Game', which was released on Netflix on the 17th, is the story of participants who challenged the survival game to win 45.6 billion won in prize money.

In the drama, Lee Yu-mi played the role of 'Ji-yeong', who participated in the game after being released from prison, and performed an impressive performance.




After the release of 'Squid Game', the number of SNS followers of Yoomi started to increase as well.

The number of Instagram followers of Lee Yu-mi, who was initially around 40,000, soared fivefold in three days during the Chuseok holiday, and now has exceeded the number of 500,000 followers.



Lee Yu-mi, who made her debut as a CF model in 2009, appeared in the movies 'Park Hwa-young' and 'Adults don't know' and showed off her talent as an actress with a unique presence.

Starting with MBC's 'The Boy Who Sees the Future' in 2010, he continued to appear in dramas such as KBS2's 'Dongpo Girls' and MBC's '365: A Year Against Destiny'. He also showed his potential as a 'popular actor'.




In particular, there were favorable reviews saying that the women in the drama between the model actors Jung Ho-yeon and Lee Yoo-mi, who played 'Dawn' in 'Squid Game', were impressive. He expressed his unique presence among veteran actors such as Lee Jung-jae and Park Hae-soo.



Netizens' interest in Jung Ho-yeon, who finished her acting declaration ceremony with an extraordinary work, was as hot as Lee Yu-mi.

The number of SNS followers of Jeong Ho-yeon, which was about 400,000 before the release of 'Squid Game', has exceeded 1.9 million, and now netizens around the world are leaving comments in real time.




'Squid Game', which caused a global sensation, swept the top spot on Netflix in 22 countries, including the US Netflix 'Top 10 TV Program' on the 21st.

The film and drama criticism site Rotten Tomatoes also evaluated the freshness index of 'Squid Game' as 100% by experts, and Forbes, a business magazine, introduced 'Squid Game' as "a work full of bizarre and violent but creative settings."



(Photo=Lee Yoo-mi and Jung Ho-yeon Instagram, Netflix)



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(SBS Entertainment News editor Jina-yoon)