Jung Ae-ri made her acting debut after she was chosen at the KBS talent audition in 1978.
In 1997, she received much acclaim for a local stage production of A Streetcar Named Desire, including the Best Actress award at the Seoul Theater Festival.
[2] One review called her performance "stirring" and "incendiary," and that "it transcends the trite plot and elevates it above its television predecessor.
"[3] In 2007, the Inter-Parliamentarians for Social Service honored Jung for giving aid as a sponsor to starving children in Korea and overseas.
[5] Jung remarried in 2011 to Ji Seung-ryong, a businessman who studied theology at Yonsei University.