The year she turned 16, she made her acting debut in EBS’s Secret Campus. In 2007, she played a young role in The King and I and won the child actor award at the SBS Drama Awards.
The breakthrough yearThe year she turned 18, she played the unmarried mother Hwang Jung-nam in the film Scandal Makers. The film drew a large audience, and she became known.
In 2009, she won newcomer awards at both the Baeksang Arts Awards and the Blue Dragon Film Awards. In 2012, she played Sun-yi in A Werewolf Boy, which drew 7.06 million admissions nationwide, the most for a romance film in Korea.
In 2014, she played the girl gang leader Young-sook in the film Hot Young Bloods. In 2015, she played Na Bong-sun in tvN’s Oh My Ghost, with Jo Jung-suk.
In 2017, she played Do Bong-soon in JTBC’s Strong Girl Bong-soon. In 2018, she appeared as Seung-hee in On Your Wedding Day, the top romance film of the year.
In 2019, she appeared in tvN’s Abyss. In 2021, she played Dong-kyung in Doom at Your Service. In 2023, she played Myung-hwa in the film Concrete Utopia, her first film role in five years. She also appeared in the Netflix series Daily Dose of Sunshine that year.
In 2024, she played Kwon Young-ji in Disney+’s Light Shop. In 2025, she played the twin sisters Yoo Mi-ji and Yoo Mi-rae in tvN’s Our Unwritten Seoul, and also appeared in Netflix’s Melo Movie.
The year she turned 36, she appeared in Disney+’s Gold Land and won Best Actress in television at the Baeksang Arts Awards for Our Unwritten Seoul.
Park Bo-young (born Feb 12, 1990) made her acting debut in EBS’s Secret Campus in 2006, the year she turned 16, and became known in 2008, the year she turned 18, when the film Scandal Makers was a hit. In 2026, the year she turned 36, she won Best Actress in television at the Baeksang Arts Awards for Our Unwritten Seoul.
Ages are by calendar year (the year minus the birth year), birthdays aside.
Made her acting debut in the EBS teen drama Secret Campus, playing Cha Ah-rang.
Source 01 · Naver Entertain (Newsis) (Korean) · Secret Campus filming site · opens in a new tabSource 02 · Wikipedia (Korean) · Park Bo-young · opens in a new tab The broadcast start month and the character name are from Wikipedia. News reports only confirmed that she was appearing in the drama in August 2006.Won a child actor award for playing the young version of Koo Hye-sun’s character in The King and I. Yoo Seung-ho and Joo Min-soo also received child actor awards.
Source 03 · Naver Entertain (Korean) · The King and I, SBS Drama Awards child actor award · opens in a new tabStarred opposite Jin Goo as the film’s couple. The film won the Prime Minister’s Award at the Digital Content Awards.
Source 04 · Naver Entertain (Mydaily) (Korean) · The ESP Couple, Prime Minister’s Award · opens in a new tabPlayed Hwang Jung-nam, an unmarried mother who claims Cha Tae-hyun is her father. She became known through this film, which drew 8.22 million admissions in total.
Won it for Scandal Makers.
Source 07 · Newsinside (Korean) · Baeksang Arts Awards, Best New Actress in film · opens in a new tabWon a new artist award for the same film, together with Yang Ik-june and Kim Kkot-bi.
Source 08 · Newsen (Korean) · Blue Dragon Film Awards, new artist award · opens in a new tabThe film version of a teen drama broadcast in 2008. She appeared with Kim Soo-hyun.
Source 09 · Naver Entertain (Maeil Business) (Korean) · Jungle Fish theatrical release · opens in a new tabStarred with Song Joong-ki. It drew 7.06 million admissions nationwide, the most for a romance film in Korea.
Source 10 · Naver Entertain (Joynews24) (Korean) · A Werewolf Boy opening-day box office · opens in a new tabSource 11 · Naver Entertain (Ohmynews) (Korean) · No. 1 romance film of all time · opens in a new tabSource 34 · Naver Entertain (SBS Entertainment News) (Korean) · A Werewolf Boy, the role of Sun-yi · opens in a new tabVoiced the lead character, Gerda.
Source 12 · Ajunews (Korean) · Snow Queen released · opens in a new tabPlayed a girl gang leader who has taken over Chungcheong Province. The film drew 1.67 million admissions.
Source 13 · Korea Lecturer News (Korean) · Hot Young Bloods film information · opens in a new tabAppeared with Jo Jung-suk. The final episode on Aug. 22 recorded its own highest rating, 7.3% (Nielsen Korea).
Source 14 · Naver Entertain (MBN) (Korean) · Oh My Ghost ends · opens in a new tabSource 36 · Newsen (Korean) · Oh My Ghost first broadcast · opens in a new tabAppeared with Lee Kwang-soo and Lee Cheon-hee, and the film was invited to the Toronto International Film Festival.
Source 15 · Naver Entertain (OSEN) (Korean) · Collective Invention release confirmed · opens in a new tabAppeared with Park Hyung-sik and Ji Soo. Its first-episode rating of 4.04% was the highest among first episodes of JTBC Friday-Saturday dramas.
Source 16 · Kookje Shinmun (Korean) · Strong Girl Bong-soon first-episode rating · opens in a new tabSource 35 · Naver Entertain (TenAsia) (Korean) · Strong Girl Bong-soon, the role of Do Bong-soon · opens in a new tabStarred with Kim Young-kwang. It passed 2.6 million admissions, the top romance film of 2018.
Source 17 · Naver Entertain (Mydaily) (Korean) · On Your Wedding Day release confirmed · opens in a new tabSource 18 · Naver News (Cine21) (Korean) · On Your Wedding Day passes 2.6 million · opens in a new tabAppeared with Ahn Hyo-seop. The first episode’s rating averaged 3.9% and peaked at 4.7%.
Source 19 · Joynews24 (Korean) · Abyss first-episode rating · opens in a new tab The first broadcast date was confirmed to the month only.It was her first project with Seo In-guk. The first episode’s rating was 4.1%.
Source 20 · Naver Entertain (Newsen) (Korean) · Doom at Your Service report card · opens in a new tabOn her birthday, gave it to a program supporting sanitary pads for girls from low-income families.
Source 21 · TV Daily (Korean) · G Foundation donation · opens in a new tabA disaster film with Lee Byung-hun and Park Seo-joon, and her first film role in five years. It passed 2 million admissions on Aug. 15, the seventh day of release.
Source 22 · Naver Entertain (Dailian) (Korean) · Concrete Utopia, the role of Myung-hwa · opens in a new tabSource 23 · Jeonguk Maeil Newspaper (Korean) · Concrete Utopia passes 2 million · opens in a new tabPlayed Da-eun, a nurse newly assigned to a psychiatric ward.
Source 24 · Energy Economics (Korean) · Daily Dose of Sunshine release date · opens in a new tabGave 50 million won to G Foundation. It goes toward underwear for girls in vulnerable groups and cultural activity costs for children in care facilities.
Source 25 · Baby News (Korean) · Children’s Day donation · opens in a new tabPlayed Kwon Young-ji.
Source 26 · MHN Sports (Korean) · Light Shop released · opens in a new tab The exact release date was not confirmed.Starred with Choi Woo-shik.
Source 27 · Xports News (Korean) · Melo Movie results · opens in a new tabOn Children’s Day, gave 20 million won to the Seoul Metropolitan Children’s Hospital through the Green Umbrella Children’s Foundation.
Source 29 · Topstar News (Korean) · Children’s hospital donation · opens in a new tabPlayed the twin sisters Yoo Mi-ji and Yoo Mi-rae, who swap lives, performing four roles.
Source 28 · Xports News (Korean) · Our Unwritten Seoul first-broadcast preview · opens in a new tabPlayed Kim Hee-joo, who gets her hands on gold bars worth 150 billion won.
Source 31 · Naver Entertain (KBS Entertainment) (Korean) · Gold Land release announced · opens in a new tabWon it for Our Unwritten Seoul.
Source 30 · Naver Entertain (OSEN) (Korean) · 62nd Baeksang Arts Awards · opens in a new tabEND OF SELECTED RECORDSSelected records, 2006–2026 · not a complete list of work. “Key moment” is an editorial label, not a measure of success.
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