Park Eun-hye (born February 21, 1977) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for starring in ''

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'', which led to her popularity in China. She also played the lead role in the Taiwanese drama, ''

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'', starring

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, and directed by Zhang Zhong.

Career

Park Eun-hye entered the entertainment industry in 1998, but she only rose to fame in 2003 with a supporting role in hit MBC TV series ''

'' (also known as ''Jewel in the Palace''), which enjoyed tremendous popularity throughout Asia. After a secondary lead role in '' 18 vs. 29'', she further solidified her status as a major Korean Wave star with the success of another period drama '' Yi San'' (2007) and her Taiwanese series ''

'' opposite heartthrob

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(2006). Park decided to star in

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's 2008

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'' Night and Day'' even without a salary, and her performance received a Best New Actress award from the prestigious Busan Film Critics Association, her first award in ten years of acting. The next year she returned to television playing a

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in daily drama ''

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''. In 2012 she began co-hosting on cable the variety shows ''Queen of Beauty'' on KBS Drama, and ''Sold Out'' on

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. Park is more popular in China than in her native South Korea, as the sales of the Chinese brands she models for—Hana Cosmetics and Yonseng Tangerine Chocolates (the latter named after her character in ''

'') -- went over 25 million dollars in the year 2009.

Personal life

Park Eun-hye married entrepreneur Kim Han-sup on April 27, 2008, at

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. She gave birth to

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sons, Kim Jae-wan and Kim Jae-ho, in 2011. On September 14, 2018, it was reported that she finalized her divorce from her former husband earlier that same month, with the cause for the divorce being

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. Her agency later released a statement confirming that she had parted ways with her husband, and that she would be raising their children.

Filmography

Television series

Web series

Films

Television shows

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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