Park Eun-hye

Park Eun-hye (; born February 21, 1977) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for starring in Jewel in the Palace, which led to her popularity in China. She also played the lead role in the Taiwanese drama, Silence, starring Vic Chou, 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 Dae Jang Geum (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 Silence opposite heartthrob Vic Zhou (2006).

Park decided to star in Hong Sang-soo's 2008 art film 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 femme fatale in daily drama Pink Lipstick.

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

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 Dae Jang Geum) -- went over 25 million dollars in the year 2009.

Personal life Park Eun-hye married entrepreneur Kim Han-sup on April 27, 2008, at Shilla Hotel in Seoul. She gave birth to fraternal twin 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 irreconcilable differences. 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 Year Title Role 1995 LA Arirang 2000 Good Friends 1 2001 Everyday with You Jo Se-hee 2003 Jewel in the Palace Lee Yeon-saeng 2004 Little Women Jung Hyun-deuk Island Village Teacher Yoon Ji-young 2005 Eighteen, Twenty-Nine Shin Ji-young 2006 Fireworks Display Cha Mi-rae Silence Zhao Shen Shen 2007 The Person I Love Yoon Hyun-joo Lee San, Wind of the Palace Queen Hyoui 2008 Detective Mr. Lee Lee Chae-young 2010 Pink Lipstick Yoo Ga-eun 2012 Can't Live Without You Seo In-hye/Park So-hyun 2013 Two Women's Room Min Kyung-chae 2014 KBS Drama Special:"Vengeful Spirit" Min Yoo-sun 2015 The Merchant: Gaekju 2015 Chun So-rye 2016 A Beautiful Mind Shim Eun-ha (cameo) 2017 Sweet Enemy Oh Dal-Nim 2020 Hi Bye, Mama! Pil-seung's mother Mystic Pop-up Bar Queen/Shin Ji-hye Get Revenge Broadcasting host 2021 High Class Sejun-mam (Cameo) The King's Affection Lady Kim 2022 Alchemy of Souls Jin Ho-gyeong

Web series Year Title Network Role 2021 Fly Again Kakao TV Goo Song-yi

Films Year Title Role 1998 Zzang Yoo Hye-ri 2000 01412 Sect of the Magic Sword Princess January The Record Hee-jung 2001 Dream of a Warrior Nam-hong 2005 Daddy-Long-Legs Girl in flashbacks 2006 February 29 Han Ji-yeon Sunflower Lee Eun-mi 2008 Night and Day Lee Yoo-jeong 2015 Enemies In-Law Park Young-mi 2017 Steel Rain Kwon Sook-jung 2024 The Guardian

Television shows Year Title Role Notes 2004 Music Bank MC with Ji Sung 2006 Maldalrija Cast Member 2012 Queen of Beauty Host Sold Out 2014 Now On My Way to Meet You Cast Member Host 2021 On Air Money Life Host 2022 People of the Health Office Lan Line Beauty Shall I Light Your Daily Life Korea After School: Field Trip Season 1 2022 Party Resolution Season 1–2

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2008 9th Busan Film Critics Awards Best New Actress Night and Day 2009 2nd Korea Sharing Awards Chairman's Award 2010 MBC Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress Pink Lipstick 2011 Ministry of Health and Welfare Citation 2012 MBC Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Can't Live Without You 2013 SBS Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Weekend/Daily Drama Two Women's Room 2014 KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama Vengeful Spirit 2025 APAN Star Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Marie and Her Three Daddies