Park Jin-hee
| Park Jin-hee | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
January 8, 1978 South Korea |
| Education |
Dongduk Women's University (B.A. Broadcasting and Entertainment) Yonsei University (M.A. Social Welfare) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1996-present |
| Children | 1 |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 박진희 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Bak Jin-hui |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pak Chin-hŭi |
Park Jin-hee (born January 8, 1978) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading roles in the television series Please Come Back, Soon-ae, War of Money, and Giant, as well as for the film Shadows in the Palace.
Park made her acting debut in 1996 teen drama Start, and rose to stardom in the 1998 horror film Whispering Corridors. She was praised for her emotional performance as a single mother in the KBS television series Stock Flower in 2001, but her other TV dramas were deemed forgettable. She starred in a string of commercial fare on the big screen, namely, Promenade with Kim Sang-joong, Just Do It! with Park Sang-myun, Star with Yoo Oh-sung, and Love in Magic with Yeon Jung-hoon, as well as the indie Love Talk with Bae Jong-ok and Park Hee-soon in 2005, but none of her films achieved critical or box office success. Park then stopped working for a year and a half, deciding to take some time off for a little introspection. The hiatus paid off in 2006 when she returned to the small screen in Please Come Back, Soon-ae, playing a 40-something ajumma trapped in the body of a sexy young 20-something (with the reverse played by Shim Hye-jin). The body swap comedy was a hit, with average ratings of 25%.
Her popularity continued in 2007 when her drama with Park Shin-yang, War of Money reached ratings of over 30%. As a righteous woman facing a slew of financial hardships, Park's acting was recognized at the SBS Drama Awards. She then drew laughs as a narcissistic character in the film Underground Rendezvous, a 1980s-set comedy about the North-South divide co-starring Im Chang-jung. But her next film would be even more high-profile: Shadows in the Palace, a mystery thriller set during the reign of King Jeongjo (1752-1800). Playing a court medic who investigates a murder within the ranks of the royal harem and household (the film's Korean title translates to gungnyeo, or "palace women"), Park received critical acclaim for her performance, with one review calling it "the peak of her 10-year acting career." She won Best Actress at the Golden Cinematography Awards and the Fantasia Festival.
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