Park Han-byul, (born November 17, 1984) is a South Korean actress and model.
Career
As a student at Anyang Art High School, Park posted photographs of herself on the internet, becoming an online celebrity due to her
close physical resemblance to actress
Jun Ji-hyun
Jun Ji-hyun (born Wang Ji-hyun on 30 October 1981), also known by her English name Gianna Jun, is a South Korean actress and model. She has received multiple awards, including two Grand Bell Awards for Best Actress and a Daesang (Grand Prize) f ...
. After being signed by an entertainment agency, she made her acting debut in the 2003
horror film ''
Wishing Stairs
''Wishing Stairs'' ( also known as ''Whispering Corridors 3: Wishing Stairs'') is a 2003 South Korean horror film. It is the third installment of the ''Whispering Corridors'' film series set in girls high schools, but, as with all films in the se ...
'', her part requiring her to learn
ballet
Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...
over a two-month period of rigorous training.
Having since appeared in a succession of
television drama series
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-gen ...
, Park returned to the big screen with a role in the 2008 film
''Fate''.
She then went on to star in the horror film
''Yoga'' later the same year.
In 2010, Park starred in the coming-of-age film ''
My Black Mini Dress
''Little Black Dress'' (; lit. ''My Black Mini Dress'') is a 2011 South Korean film starring Yoon Eun-hye, Park Han-byul, Cha Ye-ryun and Yoo In-na. Based on the 2009 chick lit novel ''My Black Mini Dress'' by Kim Min-seo, the film revolves arou ...
'', based on the same titled
chick lit
Chick lit is a term used to describe a type of popular fiction targeted at younger women. Widely used in the 1990s and 2000s, the term has fallen out of fashion with publishers while writers and critics have rejected its inherent sexism. Novels id ...
novel by Kim Min-seo.
In July 2012, Park co-starred with
Kim Ji-seok in horror film ''Two Moons'', playing the role of So-hee, a horror fiction novelist with a hidden secret.
Park then starred in another horror film ''
Bunshinsaba 2
''Bunshinsaba 2'' () is a 2013 Chinese horror film directed by Ahn Byeong-ki.
Plot
A group of six: Song Qian, Nana, You Feng, Yufei, Yang Zheng, and Hongrui have gone their separate ways after attaining their bachelor's degree, with Song Qian p ...
'' directed by
Ahn Byeong-ki
Ahn Byeong-ki (born November 5, 1966 or 1967) is a South Korean film director, film producer, producer, and screenwriter specializing in horror films. His representative horror works are ''Phone (film), Phone'' and ''Bunshinsaba (2004 film), Bun ...
, marking her acting debut in China.
Park returned to TV, starring in the daily drama ''
One Well-Raised Daughter
''One Well-Raised Daughter'' () is a 2013 South Korean daily drama starring Park Han-byul, Lee Tae-gon, Jung Eun-woo and Yoon Se-in. It aired on SBS from December 2, 2013 to May 30, 2014 on Mondays to Fridays at 19:20 for 122 episodes.
Plot
T ...
''.
In 2015, she starred in the melodrama ''
I Have a Lover
''I Have a Lover'' () is a 2015-2016 South Korean television series starring Kim Hyun-joo, Ji Jin-hee, Park Han-byul and Lee Kyu-han. It aired on SBS's Saturdays and Sundays at 22:00 ( KST) time slot from August 22, 2015 to February 28, 2016 f ...
'', where she attracted attention with her portrayal of a morally ambiguous woman.
In 2017, she took on the titular role in MBC's variety drama ''Borg Mom''.
In 2019, Park is set to star in the romance melodrama ''
Love in Sadness
''Love in Sadness '' () is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Ji Hyun-woo, Park Han-byul, Ryu Soo-young and Wang Bit-na. It is a remake of the 1999 TBS drama ''Beauti''. The series aired four episodes every Saturday on MBC TV from ...
'', a remake of the 1999
TBS drama ''Beautiful Person''.
Personal life
In June 2009,
K-pop
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singer
Seven
7 is a number, numeral, and glyph.
7 or seven may also refer to:
* AD 7, the seventh year of the AD era
* 7 BC, the seventh year before the AD era
* The month of
July
Music Artists
* Seven (Swiss singer) (born 1978), a Swiss recording artist ...
acknowledged on his website that he and Park had been in a relationship for seven years, with the couple having first met when they were seniors in high school. Seven had previously denied rumors that they were a couple in order to protect Park's privacy and let the relationship grow naturally.
[Lee Tae-hoon.]
Se7en Confesses Love for Actress Park
. ''The Korea Times'', 10 June 2009. Retrieved on 24 June 2009. On December 23, 2014, a statement was released by Park's agency stating that she and Seven had ended their 12-year relationship earlier on in the year.
On November 24, 2017, it was announced that Park had married a non-celebrity earlier that year, and that they planned to have the ceremony in 2018 with family and friends. The couple had met three years prior and entered into a relationship sometime in the beginning of 2017. It was also announced that Park was 15 weeks pregnant. On April 30, 2018, it was reported that Park had given birth to a son. On May 31, 2022, the agency announced that Park is pregnant with a second child.On August 17, 2022, it was announced that Park had given birth to a second child.
Filmography
Television series
Film
Variety show
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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South Korean film actresses
South Korean television actresses
South Korean female models
Konkuk University alumni
Actresses from Seoul
1984 births
Living people
21st-century South Korean actresses