Park Eun-bin

Park Eun-bin (; born September 4, 1992) is a South Korean actress. She began her career as a child model in 1996, and made her small screen debut as a child actress in White Nights 3.98. Park received international recognition for her performance as the title characters in The King's Affection (2021) and Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022); for the latter, she won the Grand Prize at the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards. she subsequently starred in the musical dramedy Castaway Diva (2023), the psychological thriller Hyper Knife (2025), the superhero action comedy The Wonderfools and the horror romantic comedy Spooky in Love (both 2026).

Park was named Gallup Korea's Television Actor of the Year, Sisa Journals Cultural Person of the Year, and Cultura's Drama Icon of 2022. She also made her first entry into Forbes Korea Power Celebrity in 2023, placing 11th.

Career 1996–2017: Debut as a child actress and transition to lead roles

Park Eun-bin debuted as a child model in 1996, and since starting acting at the age of five, has starred in numerous television series, playing the younger version of various characters. She received the Best Young Actress award in 2009 for her role in the drama The Iron Empress.

She landed her first leading role in the time-traveling romance Operation Proposal (2012). Park continued playing supporting roles until she gained recognition for her role in the youth ensemble cast series about a group of young women in their early 20s, Hello, My Twenties! in 2016 and its sequel in 2017. She was cast in the legal drama Judge vs. Judge, followed by horror thriller The Ghost Detective in 2018.

2019–2021: Career rise and breakthrough Park then starred in the hit sports drama Hot Stove League (2019–2020) alongside Namkoong Min, in which she played the operations manager of a floundering baseball team. The series, which premiered to a 3% viewership rating, went on to achieve a peak rating of 19.1%. and won Best Drama at the 56th Baeksang Arts Awards.

Park was cast as an aspiring violinist in the musical romance drama Do You Like Brahms?. Despite having some experience playing the violin, Park spent three months practising the instrument to prepare for the role. Her performance garnered her the Top Excellence Actress Award at the 2020 SBS Drama Awards.

In 2021, Park played the role of Crown Prince Yi Hwi in the historical series The King's Affection. For her portrayal of the cross-dressing heroine, Park received the Top Excellence Actress Award at the 2021 KBS Drama Awards and a Best Actress nomination at the 58th Baeksang Arts Awards. Park also won the Best Actor Award at the 49th Korean Broadcasting Awards for her role. The drama was also awarded Best Telenovela at the 50th International Emmy Awards.

2022–present: Winning grand prize, music releases and other projects In 2022, Park starred in Park Hoon-jung's action-horror film The Witch: Part 2. The Other One, the sequel to the 2018 film The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion.

In the same year, she starred in Extraordinary Attorney Woo, playing the titular role of Woo Young-woo, a lawyer who is an autistic savant. It was later revealed that the production team waited over a year for Park to take part in the drama, after she reportedly declined the role because she "felt like the series wasn't something that [she] should approach lightly". Nonetheless, this performance earned her acclaim from both critics and audiences. The drama, which aired on the new channel ENA, started with an audience rating of 0.9% and finished with 17.5% in Korea. The drama was a global success, ranking in the top 10 most watched non-English TV series on Netflix for 21 weeks. Park's compelling performance earned her international recognition, winning the Best Actor Award at the Asia Contents Awards and the Rising Star Award for TV at the Critics' Choice Awards' Asian Pacific Cinema & Television division. At the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards, Park was awarded the Grand Prize in Television. On March 28, she released a new single "Kung Ddari Sha Bah Rah", which is a remake of music duo Clon's debut song. On September 8, Park released a digital single album To You, which was revealed during her second fan concert Eunbin Note: Bingo-on held on September 7. On November 1, she was cast in the Netflix superpower comedy series The Wonderfools alongside Cha Eun-woo.

In 2025, Park starred as Jeong Se-ok in the drama Hyper Knife, portraying a brilliant neurosurgeon who turns to illegal operations after losing her medical license. The series, directed by Kim Jung-hyun and written by Kim Sun-hee, explores her complex relationship with her former mentor, played by Sul Kyung-gu. On September 6, Park held her third fan concert Eunbin Note: Hyper Day, before releasing the digital single album Piece by Piece on the following day. On December 14, she released a special single "A Melody in Snow".

In 2026, Park has back to back drama releases. In May, Park starred in the Netflix superpower comedy series The Wonderfools. In commemoration of her 30th anniversary since debut, Park would be releasing a studio album Shooting My Love on September 4, ahead of her fourth fan concert Eunbin Note: Euniverse to be held on September 5.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2000 A Girl's Prayer Military film 2002 Memories The Romantic President 2004 Has the Shower Ended? Short film from 1.3.6 How to Keep My Love 2010 Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp Na-rae 2013 Secretly, Greatly Yoon Yoo-ran Cameo 2022 The Witch: Part 2. The Other One Kyung-hee 2023 Road to Boston Ok-rim Special appearance

Television series Year Title Role Notes 1998 White Nights 3.98 Choi So-young 1999 MBC Best Theater – "Building a House on the Sand, Dried Pollack Head, Crocodile, and Old Love" I Only Know Love Jung-min 2000 MBC Best Theater – "Song-yi's Play, Golden Glow" The Thief's Daughter Jung-nim 2001 Empress Myeongseong young Lady Min The Merchant Ippeuni Guardian Angel young Jung Da-so Theatre of Our Stories"Yoo-na's Sketchbook Diary" 2002 Me and My Transformed Dad Kim Ma-ri Kitchen Maid My Love Patzzi young Eun Hee-won Hard Love young Seo Kyung-joo Glass Slippers young Woo Seung-hee 2003 Age of Warriors Queen Sapyeong Country Princess young Kim Geum-hee The King's Woman Song-yi Autumn Friend 2004 Stained Glass young Shin Ji-soo 2005 Encounter young Choi Eom-ji Resurrection young Seo Eun-ha Hong Kong Express Hwan-hee Dreams of an Exciting New School Term Mi-rae 2006 Seoul 1945 Moon Suk-kyung 2007 My Beloved Sister Min Ji-na Catching Up with Gangnam Moms Lee Ji-yeon The Legend young Seo Kiha Lobbyist young Yoo Moon-young/Eva 2009 Empress Cheonchu young Hwangbo Seol Queen Seondeok Princess Boryang 2011 Dream High 16-year-old Go Hye-sung Cameo (episode 16) Gyebaek young Eun-ko 2012 Operation Proposal Ham Yi-seul 2013 Hur Jun, The Original Story Lee Da-hee 2014 Secret Door Lady Hyegyŏng 2016 Entertainer Soo-hyun Cameo (episode 18) 2016–2017 Hello, My Twenties! Song Ji-won Season 1–2 Father, I'll Take Care of You Oh Dong-hee 2017–2018 Judge vs. Judge Lee Jung-joo 2018 The Ghost Detective Jung Yeo-wool 2019–2020 Hot Stove League Lee Se-young 2020 Do You Like Brahms? Chae Song-ah 2021 The King's Affection Yi Hwi / Dam-i / Yeonseon 2022 Extraordinary Attorney Woo Woo Young-woo 2023 Castaway Diva Seo Mok-ha 2025 Hyper Knife Jeong Se-ok 2026 The Wonderfools Eun Chae-ni

Web series Year Title Role 2016 Choco Bank Ha Cho-co

Television shows Year Title Role 2003 Host 2009 Boys & Girls Music Countdown

Music video appearances Year Song title Artist 2001 "Doll" Baby V.O.X. "Angel's Prayer" N.Gel 2002 "Cold" Lee Ki-chan "Sad Day" Jung Yoon-don 2005 "Thank You for Loving Me" S.Jin 2007 "I Still Don't Know" Yoon Gun 2009 "Romantic Winter" Kim Jin-pyo 2010 "I'll Be There" Taeyang "Like a Star" Taeyeon & The One 2011 "Without You" BoM "You and Me, Heart Fluttering" Acoustic Collabo

Hosting Year Title Notes 2021 16th Seoul International Drama Awards with Cha Eun-woo 2023 28th Busan International Film Festival Opening ceremony

Theatre Year Title Role Notes 2009 A Long Time Ago, Whoa, Whoa... Wife Dongnang Repertory Company

Discography Studio albums + List of studio albums, showing selected details Title Details Shooting My Love Scheduled: September 4, 2026 Label: MusicBuddy Formats: CD, digital download, streaming

Single albums + List of single albums, showing selected details, selected chart positions, and sales figures Title Details Peak chart positions Sales KOR Present Released: January 4, 2024 Label: MusicBuddy, Kakao Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 72 KOR: 2,500 To You Released: September 8, 2024 Label: MusicBuddy, Kakao Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — Piece by Piece Released: September 7, 2025 Label: MusicBuddy, Kakao Entertainment Formats: Digital download, streaming — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles + List of singles, showing year released, and name of the album Title Year Album "Do-re-mi-fa" 2024 Present "Kung Ddari Sha Bah Rah" "Paper Airplane" To You "Watercolor" "If I Close My Eyes and Count Ten" 2025 Piece by Piece "It's Okay" "A Melody in Snow"

Soundtrack appearances + List of soundtrack appearances, showing year released, selected chart positions, and name of the album Title Year Peak chart positions Album KOR "A Little Love Story" 2012 — Operation Proposal OST "" 2022 — Extraordinary Attorney Woo OST "Someday" 2023 108 Castaway Diva OST "Night and Day" (Acoustic Ver.) — "Night and Day" (Contest Ver.) — "Mint" — "Here I Am" — "Open Your Eyes" — "Until the End" — "Dream Us" (Acoustic Ver.) — "Dream Us" (Original Ver.) — "Fly Away" — "Someday, Someway" — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

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