Park Sol-mi (born Park Hye-jeong on January 3, 1978) is a South Korean actress.

Acting career

Park had a minor role in the 1996 series '' Papa'', then made her official debut in MBC's amateur talent contest in 1998."Park Sol-mi, same company as Oh Ji-ho, 'Ignite Korea-Japan activities'"
'' Hancinema''. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-03. Her breakthrough came in 2002 when she starred in several television dramas, including ''Bad Girls'' and the popular ''

Winter Sonata ''Winter Sonata'' () is a 2002 South Korean television drama series, starring Bae Yong-joon and Choi Ji-woo. It is the second part of the season-themed tetralogy '' Endless Love'' drama series directed by Yoon Seok-ho. Filming primarily took pl ...

''. In 2004 she made her film debut in Park Jung-woo's '' Dance with the Wind'', which required her to learn

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over a four-month period of intensive training. For her second film, ''

Paradise Murdered ''Paradise Murdered'' (; lit. "Homicide Case on Paradise") is a 2007 South Korean film starring Park Hae-il and Park Sol-mi, and is the directorial debut of filmmaker Kim Han-min. Plot Off the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula, an island of ...

'', Park received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 2007 Blue Dragon Film Awards. In 2008, Park signed a contract with management company Heavenly Star Entertainment. After a three-year hiatus from television, she was announced as the lead in the MBC drama ''My Lady'', a remake of the 1980s series ''Terminal''. Park said that she found the character of Sera appealing because of the good and bad sides to her personality. In October 2018, Park signed with new agency

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Other pursuits

In addition to being an actress, Park is also an amateur

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. After attending a concert by

Japanese pop J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1 ...

group Jaja in 2005, she expressed a desire to perform with the band, and was later invited to play on their second album, ''I Love You''. Park played piano on the album's title track, and also appeared in the promotional video. The album was released in February 2006 by

Horipro is a large Japanese talent agency. History It was founded in 1960 as Hori Productions (ホリプロダクション ''Hori Purodakushon'') and changed to its present name in 1990. Horipro has two locations in the United States: Nashville and ...

under its MusicTaste imprint. She is also active in Japan with various promotions and commercials.

Personal life

Park began dating actor

Han Jae-suk Han Jae-suk (born Han Sang-woo on August 12, 1973) is a South Korean actor. He has starred in several television series, notably ''All About Eve'' (2000), ''Four Sisters'' (2001), ''Glass Slippers'' (2002), ''The Great Ambition'' (''Daemang'', 2 ...

after they starred together in ''

The Great Merchant ''The Great Merchant'' (; lit. ''Merchant Kim Man-deok'') is a 2010 South Korean historical drama starring Lee Mi-yeon, Han Jae-suk, Park Sol-mi, Ha Seok-jin, and Go Doo-shim. It aired on KBS1 from March 6 to June 13, 2010 on Saturdays and Sunday ...

'' in 2010. They wed at Aston House, Sheraton Grande Walkerhill Hotel in Seoul on April 21, 2013. In September 2013, Park's agency announced that the couple is expecting their first child. On March 23, 2014, she gave birth to their daughter.

Filmography

Television series

Film

Variety shows

Awards

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Park, Sol-mi 1978 births Living people South Korean film actresses South Korean television actresses People from Iksan Sangmyung University alumni Sungkyunkwan University alumni