From 1992 to 1999 she was a member of the listening play for children's radio ensemble of
MDR and worked as a voice actor, dubbing and synchronizing various children's films and series. In 1996, she began to perform in plays (among others, in
Theaterhaus Schille as the titular character in
Antigone and in
Schauspiel Leipzig in
Jeff Noon's
Yellow). At the age of 16, she was discovered during a theatrical performance and in 1998 she took her first film role in the
ARD series
In aller Freundschaft. Since then, she has appeared in many film and television productions. She played the lead role of Nelly Heldmann in the 2006
Sat.1 telenovela Schmetterlinge im Bauch, the fairy tale adaptation
Des Kaisers neue Kleider, and the Sat.1 film
Im Brautkleid meiner Schwester. She portrayed the titular character,
Mary of Nazareth, in the 2012 television film
Ihr Name war Maria, and had lead roles in the movies
Zweisitzrakete (2013) and
Open my Eyes (2016). In 2019, Jung starred in the critically acclaimed television program
Das kleine Fernsehspiel, and the film
Das Menschenmögliche. Jung plays the role of Lucy in
Hideo Kojima's 2025 video game
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, her first video game role, alongside her husband
Luca, who also stars in the title. == Personal life ==