Baek Ji-won

Baek Ji-won (; born April 30, 1973) is a South Korean actress. She graduated in Horticultural Science from Kyung Hee University. She made her acting debut in 1996 in play My father got cancer. She is known for her role in television series Once Again, apart from that she appeared in film Solace (2007) and television series The Fiery Priest (2019) and Do You Like Brahms? (2020). She has appeared in television dramas Encounter (2018–19), Racket Boys (2021), Melancholia (2021).

Career Baek Ji-won grew up in an ordinary family with one brother and one sister, none of whom were artists. Despite being a quiet and diligent student, she found herself drawn to a friend at Ewha Girls' High School who exuded a unique and free-spirited vibe as a member of the drama club. Intrigued, she joined the drama club out of curiosity. However, her parents opposed her desire to major in drama in college, so she pursued horticulture instead. To satisfy her passion for acting, she continued to participate in the school drama club. After college, she joined the Yeonwoo Theater Company. Her debut performance was in 'My Dad Has Cancer' in 1996, which her father attended and saw her act for the first time.

Baek naturally expanded her field to movies and dramas without ever auditioning for them herself. She was always focused on her performances, and it was usually the production team that noticed her talent and cast her. In 2012, she gained recognition on TV with JTBC's How Long I've Kissed, directed by Ahn Pan-seok and written by Jeong Seong-ju. The casting director who saw Baek's performance recommended her for the role.

Solace Sim In-sook

Attack on the Pin-Up Boys

The Apprehenders Social worker

Montage Detective

Han Gong-ju Head Nurse

The Poet and the Boy Teok Joo-ga-ri

In Between Seasons Sook-jung

Family Affair

Birth Mother Kursula

Dream Sun-ja

Television series Year Title Role Notes 2012 How Long I've Kissed My Fellow Citizens! Park Jin-hee Everything and Nothing Doctor Cameo (Ep. 1) The Fiery Priest Kim In-kyung Trap Ms. Joe Be Melodramatic Jeong Hye-jeong Miss Lee Choi Yeong-ja KBS Drama Special Tony Episode: "Understanding Dance" 2020 Tell Me What You Saw Kim Na-hee Cameo (Ep. 6–8) Once Again Jang Ok-ja How to Buy a Friend Oh Jung-hee Mystic Pop-up Bar Mrs. Andong Cameo (Ep. 2) Awaken Lee Taek-jo Do You Like Brahms? Lee Soo-kyung 2021 Racket Boys Shin Song-hee Sell Your Haunted House Lee Eun-Hye The Road: The Tragedy of One Kwon Yeo-jin KBS Drama Special Yoon Kwang-sook Episode: "Scenery of Pain" Melancholia Min Hee-seung 2021 Snowdrop Choi Mi-hye 2022 Extraordinary Attorney Woo Han Sun-young Cheer Up Hwang Jin-hee 2024 Cinderella at 2AMKim Hee-sook Cameo (Ep. 7–8) Parole Examiner Lee Choi Hwa-ran 2025 Kick Kick Kick Kick Baek Ji-won Would You Marry Me? Kim Mi-yeon

Web series Year Title Role Notes 2021 Mad for Each Other Kim In-ja 2022 Anna Hyeon-ju's mother Once Upon a Small Town Jang Se-ryeon 2023 The Deal Min-woo's mother Race Kim Hee-young 2024 When Life Gives You Tangerines Hong Kyung-ja

Stage Theater +Theater plays performancesYearTitleRoleTheaterDateEnglishKorean 1996 My father, the talkative one, has cancer 떠벌이 우리 아버지 암에 걸리셨네Yeonwoo Small Theater in DaehangnoDec 22 to 31 2005 Asking the Blind Father for Directions 눈 먼 아비에게 길을 묻다 AuntNational Theater's Byeoloreum TheaterMay 4 to 22 Seoul Arts Center's Jayu Small Theater June 17 to July 17 2007 A Pleasant Deal 유쾌한 거래 Jeong-suk Daehangno Showtic Theater Hall 1 from the 31st May 31 to June 17 2009–2010 Ask the Blind Father for Directions 하류인생에도 삶은 있어 Aunt Seondol Theater in Daehangno, Seoul Sep 25–Jan 24 2010 Shoot My Heart 내 심장을 쏴라 Namsan Arts Center Drama Center Oct 7 to 24 2011 Good News in Our Neighborhood 우리동네 굿뉴스 Daehakro Seondol Theater Dec 13, 2011 to Jan 15, 2012 2011The 32nd Seoul Theater Festival: If There's a Peach Blossom, Pine Flowers Will Fly(제32회) 서울연극제: 복사꽃 지면 송화 날리고MotherArko Arts Theater Small TheaterMay 6 to 8 2012I Miss Your Parents' Faces니 부모 얼굴이 보고 싶다Kim Ji-sooSejong Center for the Performing Arts M TheaterJune 24 to July 29 2013 This is Home 여기가 집이다 Mrs. Yang Yeonwoo Small Theater (Daehakro) June 28 to July 21 2013 Where Are You Going, Mr. Recovery 어디가세요 복구씨 Park Soon-yi Theater Laboratory, 1 Hyehwa-dong Nov 1 to 17 2014 Living Double Life 살아있는 이중생 각하 National Theater Daloreum Theater Sep 12 to 28 2014 Pillars of Society 김광보 연출 사회의 기둥들 Mrs. Holt LG Arts Center Nov 19 to 30 2016 Rain 비 Catherine Project Box View Nov 11 to 30 2017, 2018 Why Rooftop Garden Peppers 옥상 밭 고추는 왜 Sejong Cultural Center M Theater April 12 to 22 2018 Termites in the Desert 사막 속의 흰개미 Yoon Hyun-sook Sejong Cultural Center S Theater Nov 9 to 25 2023 Cherry Orchard 벚꽃 동산 Lyubov Andreyevna Ranevskaya Myeongdong Art Theater May 4 to May 28

Awards and nominations Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result APAN Star Awards 2022 Best Supporting Actress Extraordinary Attorney Woo, Anna 40th Dong-A Theater Awards Yoo In-chon New Actor Award Baek Ji-won KBS Drama Awards 2020 Best Supporting Actress How to Buy a Friend Once Again SBS Drama Awards 2019 Best Supporting Team The Fiery Priest Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-Length Drama

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