Park Si-yeon (born Park Mi-seon on March 29,1979) is a South Korean actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She joined the Miss Korea 2000 and used that as a springboard to an acting career,she made her acting debut in China in 2004 appeared in minor roles in several CCTVdramas. In 2005 Park was cast in her first starring role in the Korean dramaMy Girl,though at the time she was more known for dating actor-singer Eric Mun. As she built her filmography in the following years,Park overcame early criticism of her acting skills and eventually gained respect as an actress in TV series such as Bitter Sweet Life,Coffee House and The Innocent Man,as well as the films The Fox Family,A Love,and The Scent.
Park Mi-seon was born in Busan,South Korea. As a child,Park displayed a talent for singing,saying,"When I was young,I used to be so shy that I cried when I was told to sing in front of my dad on the Lunar New Year. My mom ended up sending me to a singing academy,hoping it would help me get over my shyness,but the strange thing is that I couldn't sing in front of my mom but I wasn't nervous at all on stage." In 1990,the fifth grader won the top prize in a children's music contest on KBS.[2]
Though her parents initially opposed her pursuing acting,Park took profile pictures of herself and went to various talent agencies. Her profile photos were eventually handed over to a Chinese agency,and several auditions later,this led to Park making her acting debut in China. Using the stage name Park Si-yeon,she appeared in small roles in three CCTVdramas,and also landed an advertising contract with cosmetics company Enprani.
In 2005,Park made her acting debut in her native country of South Korea with the SBSTV dramaMy Girl,for which she received unanimously bad reviews.[4] But Park continued to work,appearing in more dramas and making her film debut in the 2006 quirky comedy-horror-musical The Fox Family;gradually her acting showed marked improvement. At first constantly struggling to memorize her lines,Park has admitted that she became more relaxed in her approach to acting,and is able to "feel" her characters better.[5] She became known for playing women who drove men to their destruction and misfortune:In the gangster film A Love,the lover of Park's character goes to prison after defending her,[6] in the MBC drama Bitter Sweet Life,she was a gold-digging mistress with a lonely soul,[7] in spy film parody Dachimawa Lee,she was a sexy agent,and in the KBS drama The Slingshot,she sacrifices herself and becomes the enemy's possession in exchange for her boyfriend's freedom. Park smilingly said,"I personally don't like femme fatales. Men should be happy because of women,not unhappy."[2]
For the revival of Drama Special,Park played a bookstore employee who falls in love with a married man in Red Candy. Despite the difficulty of taking part in a one-act drama,Park took it on with her devoted trust in screenwriter Noh Hee-kyung,of whom she is a big fan. "I felt that I had to be in whatever she writes."[2][8][9]
Park in 2009
In 2009,she joined the variety/reality show Family Outing,which features comedians and entertainers dealing with various aspects of rural life. But Park had to leave after six months due to a recurring injury she sustained while filming a previous project.[10]
The series Coffee House was a welcome change for her;after having mainly taken on serious or dark characters,Park said she had been "dying to be in a romantic comedy."[11][12] Describing Park as "extremely kind," director Pyo Min-soo said he incorporated her real-life personality in writing her character:a bright,cheerful,and caring career woman who at the same time is hardworking,frank and confident. Park said,"Honestly,this is the first time working has been this fun."[13][14][15]
In 2010,U.S.-based Korean fashion company Moeim Style announced that Park would be the creative director for U.S. fashion brand TOUCH. As creative director,she oversaw the entire planning process,from design to distribution to production,of the brand's celebrity fashion line. The "celeb line" that she handled included the brands Tulle,Line &Dot,213 and MK2K.[16]
Park at the Vogue Fashion Night Out in 2011
For Christmas 2011,eight actors and actresses from Park's agency Didim531 (then known as Eyagi Entertainment) - including herself,Park Si-hoo,Cho Yeo-jeong and Nam Gyu-ri - recorded a song with no help from professional singers. The track,titled "Winter Story," is a cheerful tune based on the emotions that arise before a love confession,which is made against a winter backdrop. The song was released for sale online on December 5,2011,and all profits from the song's sales went to charity.[17]
Park made her comeback to the big screen after a two-year hiatus (her last film had been Marine Boy[18]) in 2012's The Scent. She played a seductive woman who is the sole witness to the deaths of her husband and his mistress,whom the detective suspects is the killer yet is drawn to her mystique. Mesmerized while reading the script for the movie,Park said,"I am really excited that I get to play a character that is cool on the outside but is hurt and sad on the inside."[19][20][21][22]
She then starred in the melodrama The Innocent Man,playing a woman who betrays her lover to serve her own ambition and puts him on the path to destructive revenge.[23][24][25] Critics have credited Park's mature performance,saying she mastered the character's complicated nature in a way that heightened the tension of the story,and was not overshadowed by leading actors Song Joong-ki and Moon Chae-won.[26]
After giving birth and being indicted for propofol use in 2013,Park returned to television with the 2014 cable drama The Greatest Marriage,in which her character struggles to balance single motherhood and a successful career as an anchorwoman.[27][28][29]
In January 2022,it was reported that Park's contract with agency Mystic Story had ended.[34]
Personal life
Park first became known to the Korean public not through her acting roles,but as the girlfriend of popular singer-actor Eric Mun (from K-popboy bandShinhwa),whom she began dating in 2004.[35] Her relationship with Mun overshadowed her acting career during her early years,with the public commonly identifying her as "Eric's girlfriend".[4] In an interview with The Korea Herald,Park said it took about 10 different roles before the tag of "Eric's girlfriend" vanished from the public's perception of her,adding that the only positive of the tag was that she loved him. The couple broke up in 2007.[36]
In an August 2010 interview with Cosmopolitan,Park said,"These days the thing I most think about is,'Have I lived well?' I'm happy when I film dramas or movies,but in this kind of life you should turn back and take stock of your life at least once,and I think that time has come. I want to love. I want to marry soon and live boisterously."[37]
On November 19,2011,at the Seoul Hyatt Hotel,Park married Park Sang-hun,an office worker at a small company.[38][39][40][41][42] She gave birth to their first child,a daughter,on September 24,2013.[43][44][45][46] Their second child,also a daughter,was born on November 14,2015.[47][48] In May 2016,it was announced that the couple filed for divorce.[49]
In early 2013,Park was among the celebrities investigated then indicted for illegal use of propofol;Park's agency denied the allegations,saying she took the drug for medical reasons after she injured her back doing action scenes for the films Marine Boy and Dachimawa Lee.[50][51][52][53][54][55] During the trial,her doctor testified that she had been taking the drug to treat avascular necrosis at the head of her femur.[56][57] In October 2013,the Seoul Central District Court found Park guilty of taking propofol 400-500 times over four-and-a-half years (or 8.2 times a month),and she was sentenced to eight months in prison,suspended for two years.[58][59][60]
On January 19,2021,Park was booked by the police for driving under influence when the car she was driving hit the back bumper of another vehicle.[61][62]
Kim So-yeon is a South Korean actress. She is best known for starring in a number of well-known television dramas, notably All About Eve (2000), Iris (2009), Prosecutor Princess (2010), Happy Home (2016), and The Penthouse: War in Life (2020–2021).
Lee Seung-yeon is a South Korean actress, television host and beauty pageant titleholder.
Han Hyo-joo is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading roles in television series such as Heaven & Earth (2007), Iljimae (2008), Brilliant Legacy (2009), Dong Yi (2010) for which she won the Best Actress prize at the 47th Baeksang Arts Awards, W (2016), Happiness (2021), and Moving (2023), as well as the films Masquerade (2012), which is one of the highest grossing Korean films of all-time, Cold Eyes (2013), for which she won the Best Actress prize at the 34th Blue Dragon Film Awards, Love 911 (2012), The Beauty Inside (2015), and The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure (2022).
Choi Kang-hee is a South Korean actress and radio DJ. She launched her career by starring in two classic film and television series franchises, Whispering Corridors and School.
Go Hyun-jung, or Ko Hyun-jung, is a South Korean actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She debuted in the entertainment industry as a Miss Korea runner-up in 1989 and went on to star in Sandglass (1995), one of the highest-rated and critically acclaimed dramas in Korean television history. She retired after marrying chaebol Chung Yong-jin in 1995, then returned to acting after their divorce in 2003. Go has since regained her top star status in Korea, becoming the highest-paid actress on TV after the success of her series' Queen Seondeok (2009) and Big Thing (2010).
Park Min-young, also known as Rachel Park, is a South Korean actress. She rose to fame in the historical coming-of-age drama Sungkyunkwan Scandal (2010) and has since starred in television series City Hunter (2011), Glory Jane (2011), Healer (2014–2015), Remember (2015–2016), What's Wrong with Secretary Kim (2018), Her Private Life (2019), Forecasting Love and Weather (2022), and Marry My Husband (2024).
Kim Ji-ah, better known by the stage name Lee Ji-ah, is a South Korean actress. She rose to fame with her role in the television drama The Legend (2007), and has since further participated in Beethoven Virus (2008), Athena: Goddess of War (2010), Me Too, Flower! (2011), Thrice Married Woman (2013), My Mister (2018), The Penthouse: War in Life (2020–2021), and Queen of Divorce (2024).
Min Hyo-rin is a South Korean actress, model and singer. She made her breakthrough with her role in the South Korean film Sunny (2011), followed by The Grand Heist (2012) – both cited as one of South Korea's highest-grossing box office hits.
Lee Bo-young is a South Korean actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She is best known for starring in the television dramas Seoyoung, My Daughter (2012–2013), I Can Hear Your Voice (2013), Whisper (2017), Mother (2018), Mine (2021), and Agency (2023). Lee was Gallup Korea's Television Actor of the Year in 2013.
Gong Hyo-jin is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading role in the film Crush and Blush (2008), as well as for her popular television series Sang Doo! Let's Go to School (2003), Thank You (2007), Pasta (2010), The Greatest Love (2011), Master's Sun (2013), It's Okay, That's Love (2014), The Producers (2015), Don't Dare to Dream (2016), and When the Camellia Blooms (2019).
Lee Eun-rae, known professionally as Lee Si-young (Korean: 이시영), is a South Korean actress and former amateur boxer.
Kim So-eun is a South Korean actress. She rose to fame in 2009 in the popular television drama Boys Over Flowers. She has since starred in Happiness in the Wind (2010), A Thousand Kisses (2011–12), Liar Game (2014), Scholar Who Walks the Night (2015), Our Gap-soon (2016–17), Evergreen (2018), and Three Bold Siblings (2022–23). She has won various accolades such as Best New Actress, Special Acting Award and was nominated in different years for Excellence Award and Best Actress in A Special.
Joo Sang-wook is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in generational saga Giant, medical drama Good Doctor, romantic comedy Cunning Single Lady, Birth of a Beauty, and crime procedural Special Affairs Team TEN.
Lee Min-jung is a South Korean actress. She began her career in Jang Jin's stage plays, and for a few years appeared in supporting roles on film and television. She became known after her appearance in Boys Over Flowers (2009), and landed her first lead role in family drama Smile, You (2009). She achieved widespread recognition for her leading role in the romantic comedy Cyrano Agency (2010). She also starred in Wonderful Radio (2012), Big (2012), Cunning Single Lady (2014), and Come Back Mister (2016). In 2020, she starred and gained recognition in the KBS weekend drama, Once Again.
Kim Hye-ja is a South Korean actress and humanitarian. Best known to South Korean audiences as the archetypal mother figure in popular television series such as Country Diaries (1980–2002), What Is Love? (1991), My Mother's Sea (1993) and Roses and Beansprouts (1999). Kim drew international critical acclaim in the noir thriller Mother (2009),The Light in Your Eyes (2019) and Our Blues (2022).
Moon Chae-won is a South Korean actress. Moon first attracted attention in her supporting role as a gisaeng in Painter of the Wind (2008). She then starred in Brilliant Legacy (2009), one of the top-rated Korean dramas of that year. Moon's career breakthrough came with leading roles in the television period drama The Princess' Man (2011) and the action blockbuster War of the Arrows (2011); both of which were critical and commercial hits. For her performance in the latter, Moon won Best New Actress at the Grand Bell Awards and the Blue Dragon Film Awards. Moon's other notable television series include the revenge melodrama The Innocent Man (2012), the medical drama Good Doctor (2013), and the thriller melodrama Flower of Evil (2020).
Park Si-hoo is a South Korean actor. He began his entertainment career as an underwear model and stage actor, then made his official television debut in 2005. After several years in supporting roles, Park rose to fame in 2010 with the popular romantic comedy series Queen of Reversals and Prosecutor Princess. This was followed by leading roles in period drama The Princess' Man (2011) and thriller film Confession of Murder (2012).
Yoon Shi-yoon, also known professionally as Yun Si Yun, is a South Korean actor and television personality. He is best known for his leading roles in King of Baking, Kim Takgu (2010), My Cute Guys (2013), Hit the Top (2017), Grand Prince (2018) and Your Honor (2018), Nokdu Flower (2019), Psychopath Diary (2019–2020), and Train (2020). From 2016 to 2019, he was a member of the third season of variety show 2 Days & 1 Night.
The Innocent Man is a 2012 South Korean television series starring Song Joong-ki, Moon Chae-won, and Park Si-yeon. It is known on Netflix as Nice Guy.
Jang Mi In-Ae is a South Korean former actress. She starred in the sitcoms Nonstop and Soulmate, as well as the television dramas Dear My Sister and Missing You.
↑ Park Pan-seok (January 25, 2022). "[단독] '숙취 운전' 박시연, 6년만 미스틱스토리와 작별"[[Exclusive] ‘Hangover Driving’ Park Si-yeon, farewell to Mystic Story for the first time in 6 years] (in Korean). OSEN. Retrieved January 25, 2022– via Naver.
↑ Son, Jin-ah (August 8, 2023). "박시연 복귀작 '무저갱' 크랭크인…北 교도소 배경 첩보 액션"[Park Si-yeon's comeback work 'The Mujeogang' Crank-in...North Korean prison background intelligence action] (in Korean). MK Sports. Retrieved August 10, 2023– via Naver.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
