Facts of Zooey Jeong
| Full Name | Zooey Jeong |
| First Name | Zooey |
| Last Name | Jeong |
| Profession | Celebrity Daughter |
| Father Name | Ken Jeong |
| Father Profession | Actor |
| Mother Name | Tran Ho |
| Gender Identity | Female |
| Sexual Orientation | Straight |
| Marital Status | Single |
| Date of Birth | 2007 |
Zooey Jeong is an Actress and known for being the daughter of Ken Jeong.
She is known for her guest appearance in comedy television series Dr. Ken and music video for Laura Marano: Boombox.
About Zooey Jeong’s Family
Zooey Jeong was born to the parents Ken Jeong (father) and Tran Ho (mother).
Ken is an American actor, comedian, producer, writer, television personality, and a licensed physician.
He was born on 13th July 1969 on Detroit, Michigan, United States.
He was born to South Korean Immigrants parents and was later brought up in North California.
He was born to father D.K. Jeong, who was a professor of economics at North Carolina A&T State University.
He is best known for his performance in movies and series such as Knocked Up (2007), Role Models (2008), Furry Vengeance (2010), Ride Along 2 (2016), Crazy Rich Asians (2018), The Hangover film series (2009–2013) and Community (2009–2015).
He also played the lead character in ABC sitcom Dr. Ken (2015–2017).
He is a licensed physician but stopped practicing to pursue his career in acting.
It was his wife who has influenced him to give up his medical profession and pursue acting.
Zooey’s mother, Tran ho, is a Vietnamese-American family physician.
She was born on 24th February in 1972 on the United States.
Tran was diagnosed with breast cancer when her daughter was just one year old in the year 2008 while she discovered that there were lumps on her breast while she was breastfeeding her kids.
She was diagnosed of Stage 3 triple-negative breast cancer.
But Tran fought hard and beat cancer and came out as survivor and cancer-free in the year 2009.
While she was fighting cancer, her husband came as a big support.
He was taking care of their children and driving Tran to the hospital and making sure she was ok.
Zooey Jeong has a twin sister named Alexa Jeong. Both sisters shared a great bond and are very close to each other.
How Did Ken Jeong And Tran Ho Meet?
Ken and Tran met while they were working at Kaiser Permanente Hospital. They were colleagues in the hospital.
Slowly their friendship grew, and they started dating.
After dating for a while, they took a further step into their relationship and planned on getting married.
The details about where their wedding took place are not available, but they tied the knot on September 2004.
Now Ken lives happily with his wife and two children in Calabasas, California.
The above picture was taken during the Jeong family visit to Sydney, Australia.
Cuteness Overloaded
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Jimmy congratulated Zooey Jeong’s father
Jimmy congratulated Zooey Jeong’s father, Ken Jeong, on his success for ‘Crazy Rich Asians’, which made over $240 Million.
Ken sarcastically responded it made $242.89 Million and $174 Million domestic, but it just doesn’t matter.
When Jimmy curiously asked that was he not going to be in the movie to which Ken said that due to scheduling and other projects that may not have worked out but ending his show ‘Dr. Ken’ allowed him to work in that movie.
He further added that it’s one of the proudest projects he has ever worked on.
They then talked about ‘The Masked Singer.’ Ken explained that it was a number one show in Korea and his mother was a huge fan of the show, so when it was offered to him as one of the panelists, his mother insisted on him to do the show.
Jimmy appreciated his work in his stand-up special, which is streaming on Netflix called ‘You Complete Me Ho,’ and was surprised to know that it was his wife’s idea to name the special.
According to Ken, it’s a love letter dedicated to his wife, and his idea was to name it ‘The First Date’ because that was ‘The Ice House’ in Pasadena, the club where he performed, and that was the first club his wife saw him perform.
Ken bond with his twins Zooey and Alexa
Ken wrote an open letter to his daughters on Father’s Day. He talked about the qualities he admires in them the most and his favorite time of the day with them.
Ken considered them and his wife as his life’s most precious gifts. In an interview with ‘Life of Dad,’ Ken revealed that his twins enjoy watching ‘Community.’
Although he is very selective about which episode they could watch. He appreciates that they love the show’s humor, even if it’s not coming from him.
Net Worth
Zooey is too young to have an earning. However, she made a guest appearance in Dr. Ken.
Zooey also loves comedy; maybe she would be walking in her father’s footsteps in the future.
She enjoys both of her parent’s earnings.
The details about her mother, Tran Ho is not available, but she do have a decent income.
Her father Ken, on the other hand, has gathered name and fame through his acting career.
Below you can see the net worth of Zooey’s father, Ken Jeong.
Trivia
- Zooey was born in the year 2007 on the United States, which makes her 13 years of age as of 2020. The details of her birthday are not available.
- Young Jeong is her father’s mother.