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✨ Park Bo Young

2006–2010: Debut, breakthrough and hiatus

Park made her official acting debut in the 2006 high school television series Secret Campus alongside fellow newcomer Lee Min-ho.Among the notable projects during the early stage in her career are the historical epicThe King and I and Peabody Award-winning teen dramaJungle Fish with Kim Soo-hyun, based on a true story that depicts the pressures placed on students to achieve and gain admission to prestigious colleges and universities.

Park rose to fame after starring opposite Cha Tae-hyun in comedy Speedy Scandal (also known asScandal Makers), which drew 8.3 million viewers to become the number one top grosser of 2008 and one of Korean cinema's biggest hits.Described by Variety as "excellent" in her role as a spunky teenage mom, Park's much-praised performance swept Best New Actress awards in 2009. She has been dubbed as "Nation's Little Sister" because of the success of the movie.She then starred in a short filmdirected by Lee Hyun-seung, human rights-themed omnibusIf You Were Me 4 in 2009.

However, in 2010 she became involved in a series of legal disputes with her then-management agency and a film production company, causing the actress to be tied up in lawsuits and unable to work for the next few years.

2011–2014: Return to big screen and mainstream success

In December 2012

After she was designated the promotional ambassador (called "PiFan Lady") for the 2011 Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival,Park finally ended her four-year absence from the limelight by headlining the 2012 horror thriller Don't Click. Later that year, she starred alongside Song Joong-ki's in fantasy romance film A Werewolf Boy, which surpassed 7 million admissions to become one of the most successful Korean melodramas of all time.The song her character sings in the film, "My Prince", was released as a digital single and included in the movie soundtrack.

In 2013, Park joined the cast ofLaw of the Jungle, a reality-documentary program featuring comedian Kim Byung-man and several celebrities as they explore and survive the New Zealand wilderness.

In a departure from her previous sweet, innocent characters, Park played the tough, potty-mouthed leader of her high school gang in Hot Young Bloods (2014), a teenromantic comedy set in the 1980s. Park, who was born in North Chungcheong Province, said she had fun swearing in southern dialect, though she found it difficult to master, being a mixture ofJeolla and Chungcheongdialects.

2015–present: Television comeback

In 2015, she headlined the mystery thriller The Silenced, set in a girls' boarding school during the Japanese occupation. This was followed by dual roles in romantic comedy Oh My Ghostess, Park's first television series in seven years. Her ₩30 million (US$27,000) salary made her the highest paid actress to appear on cable channel tvN. The series was a commercial and critical hit, and garnered the Best Actress award for Park at the4th APAN Star Awards and 4th Annual DramaFever Awards. She was also dubbed as the "romantic comedy queen" by the Korean press.

Park next played the selfish love interest of a mutant in theblack comedy Collective Invention, and an entertainment news cub reporter in the workplace comedy You Call It Passion.

In June 2016, Park was cast as the title role in JTBC's series Strong Woman Do Bong-soon, which premiered in February 2017.