[1] Jung completed her final school exams in 2012 and took acting lessons at the Juniorhouse in Cologne.
[2] She then performed in TV series Zwischen Kindheit und Erwachsensein by Bayerischer Rundfunk and she worked as a model.
In the ZDF film Ostfriesenkiller, she portrayed the mentally disabled Sylvia Kleine.
For her three leading roles, Jung was nominated for the New Faces Award 2017 as best young actress.
Jung also studied European media science at Fachhochschule Potsdam.