Park Ji-yeon

Park Ji-yeon (, born May 14, 1988) is a South Korean actress. Park debuted in musical Mamma Mia! in 2010. Park has appeared in supporting roles in various dramas but is better known for her work as a musical actress.

Park's television debut was on tvN's Oh My Ghost (2015). After that, she played Kang Eun-ju in KBS2's Mad Dog (2017) and Oh Jung-soo in KBS1's Andante (2017). After that, she acted as Yoon Hoon (Kim Hye-eun) in tvN historical drama series Mr. Sunshine (2018), nurse Lee So-jung in JTBC's Life (2018), and role of Cho-hong in SBS Haechi (2019).

Her most known works in small screen are Bloody Heart (2022) that earned her best supporting actress award in 2022 KBS Drama Awards.

Early life Park developed an interest in music from an early age. While attending science major in Youngsaeng High School, Park formed a high-school rock band and sung as a vocalist. Park initially wanted to applied to the Department of Practical Music. While searching the internet to find related information, Park found musical clips for the first time. Since then Park also became interested in acting and decided to enroll in an acting academy near her house in Suwon. Park enrolled to the acting department of Seoul Institute of the Arts. However, due to her love of music, Park was not really set on becoming an actress yet.

Career In 2010, at the recommendation of a senior, Park went to the audition of Korean production of musical Mamma Mia! When Park appeared in the audition with application letter with no experience written, she made the staff nervous. However Park made everyone surprised when she sang the audition song.

Since then, Park has been active as a main character in musical works, from Go Mi-nam (Go Mi-nyeo) in the creative musical You're Beautiful to Éponine in Les Miserables and Molly in Ghost. In 2013, she swept the rookie awards two musical awards, the Korean Musical Awards and The Musical Awards for her role Eponine in Les Miserables. Park was called a rising star in the musical world.

In 2019, Park acted as the role of Cho-hong in SBS historical drama Haechi. The role of Park Ji-young then followed – a role with different personalities in two parallel universes in the tvN drama The King: Eternal Monarch. Later, Park reunited with director Kim Dong-yeon in the 2019 Korean revival of musical Cyrano.

Andante Oh Jung-soo

Mad Dog Kang Eun-joo

Life Lee So-jeong

Mr. Sunshine Yoon Ho-ho (Kim Hye-eun)

Haechi Cho-hong

The King: Eternal Monarch Park Ji-young

Stranger Jung Min-ha Cameo (Season 2; Episode 9)

Hospital Playlist Yoon Shin-hye Season 2

Bloody Heart Yoo Jeong

Your Honor Jang Chae-rim

Web series + Year Title Role 2022 A Model Family Kwang-cheol 2024 Blood Free Jeong Hae-deun

Television shows + Year Title Role Notes 2014 KBS2 A Song For You Singer January 4, 2014 (Episode 15) 2015 EBS Space Empathy Musical Once

Music video appearances Year Song title Artist 2016 Go home (...) Park Joon-myeon

Stage Concert

Theater + Theater plays performances 2022 Hamlet Ophelia National Theater Haeoreum Theater July 13–August 13

Discography Title Year Peak chart positions Album KOR "Another Day" 2010 — Musical Rebecca 2019 cast recording

Awards and nominations + Award and nomination received Year Award ceremony Category Nominee / Work Result 2013 7th The Musical Awards New Actress Award Les Miserables 19th Korea Musical Awards 2014 8th The Musical Awards Best Actress Award Ghost 2020 5th Korea Musical Awards Best Actress Award 2022 KBS Drama Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries Bloody Heart