Park Jin-hee (born January , ) is a South Korean actress. She is best
known for her leading roles in the television series Please Come Back,
Soon-ae (), War of Money (), and Giant (), as well as for the film
Shadows in the Palace ().Park made her acting debut in teen drama
Start, and rose to stardom in the horror film Whispering Corridors.
She was praised for her emotional performance as a single mother in
the KBS television series Stock Flower in , but her other TV dramas
were deemed forgettable. She starred in a string of commercial fare on
the big screen, namely, Promenade with Kim Sang-joong, Just Do It!
with Park Sang-myun, Star with Yoo Oh-sung, and Love in Magic with
Yeon Jung-hoon, as well as the indie Love Talk with Bae Jong-ok and
Park Hee-soon in , but none of her films achieved critical or box
office success. Park then stopped working for a year and a half,
deciding to take some time off for a little introspection. The hiatus
paid off in when she returned to the small screen in Please Come
Back, Soon-ae, playing a -something ajumma trapped in the body of a
sexy young -something (with the reverse played by Shim Hye-jin). The
body swap comedy was a hit, with average ratings of %.Her popularity
continued in when her drama with Park Shin-yang, War of Money reached
ratings of over %. As a righteous woman facing a slew of financial
hardships, Park's acting was recognized at the SBS Drama Awards. She
then drew laughs as a narcissistic character in the film Underground
Rendezvous, a s-set comedy about the Northâ€"south divide co-starring
Im Chang-jung. But her next film would be even more high-profile:
Shadows in the Palace, a mystery thriller set during the reign of King
Jeongjo (-). Playing a court medic who investigates a murder within
the ranks of the royal harem and household (the film's Korean title
translates to gungnyeo, or "palace women"), Park received critical
acclaim for her performance, with one review calling it "the peak of
her -year acting career." She won Best Actress at the Golden
Cinematography Awards and the Fantasia Festival.Following the film
Sweet Lie (also known as Lost and Found) in which her character
pretends to have amnesia to snag her dream guy, Park continued to
explore the romantic comedy genre in The Woman Who Still Wants to
Marry (also known as Still, Marry Me). In the low-rated series, she
played a career woman in her s who falls for a musician ten years her
junior (played by Kim Bum). Park then joined the epic period drama
Giant, set during the economic boom of -s Korea, and co-starring Lee
Beom-soo and Park Sang-min. The series was a hit with TV critics and
audiences, with a ratings peak of %. And Park's portrayal of a
vengeance-driven, ambitious woman who finds success as a loan shark
was again lauded at the SBS Drama Awards.
known for her leading roles in the television series Please Come Back,
Soon-ae (), War of Money (), and Giant (), as well as for the film
Shadows in the Palace ().Park made her acting debut in teen drama
Start, and rose to stardom in the horror film Whispering Corridors.
She was praised for her emotional performance as a single mother in
the KBS television series Stock Flower in , but her other TV dramas
were deemed forgettable. She starred in a string of commercial fare on
the big screen, namely, Promenade with Kim Sang-joong, Just Do It!
with Park Sang-myun, Star with Yoo Oh-sung, and Love in Magic with
Yeon Jung-hoon, as well as the indie Love Talk with Bae Jong-ok and
Park Hee-soon in , but none of her films achieved critical or box
office success. Park then stopped working for a year and a half,
deciding to take some time off for a little introspection. The hiatus
paid off in when she returned to the small screen in Please Come
Back, Soon-ae, playing a -something ajumma trapped in the body of a
sexy young -something (with the reverse played by Shim Hye-jin). The
body swap comedy was a hit, with average ratings of %.Her popularity
continued in when her drama with Park Shin-yang, War of Money reached
ratings of over %. As a righteous woman facing a slew of financial
hardships, Park's acting was recognized at the SBS Drama Awards. She
then drew laughs as a narcissistic character in the film Underground
Rendezvous, a s-set comedy about the Northâ€"south divide co-starring
Im Chang-jung. But her next film would be even more high-profile:
Shadows in the Palace, a mystery thriller set during the reign of King
Jeongjo (-). Playing a court medic who investigates a murder within
the ranks of the royal harem and household (the film's Korean title
translates to gungnyeo, or "palace women"), Park received critical
acclaim for her performance, with one review calling it "the peak of
her -year acting career." She won Best Actress at the Golden
Cinematography Awards and the Fantasia Festival.Following the film
Sweet Lie (also known as Lost and Found) in which her character
pretends to have amnesia to snag her dream guy, Park continued to
explore the romantic comedy genre in The Woman Who Still Wants to
Marry (also known as Still, Marry Me). In the low-rated series, she
played a career woman in her s who falls for a musician ten years her
junior (played by Kim Bum). Park then joined the epic period drama
Giant, set during the economic boom of -s Korea, and co-starring Lee
Beom-soo and Park Sang-min. The series was a hit with TV critics and
audiences, with a ratings peak of %. And Park's portrayal of a
vengeance-driven, ambitious woman who finds success as a loan shark
was again lauded at the SBS Drama Awards.
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