1. Park Bo-young is best known for her leading roles in the hit films Scandal Makers, A Werewolf Boy and On Your Wedding Day, and the television series Oh My Ghost, Strong Girl Bong-soon, and Daily Dose of Sunshine, Light Shop, and Melo Movie.
26 Facts About Park Bo-young
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Park Bo-young's father served in the Special Forces Brigade for 34 years.
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Park Bo-young graduated from Jeungpyeong Elementary School, Jeungpyeong Girls' Middle School, Daeseong Girls' Commercial High School and Dankook University's Department of Performing Arts with a major in theater and film.
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Park Bo-young made her official acting debut in the 2006 high school television series Secret Campus alongside fellow newcomer Lee Min-ho.
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Park Bo-young rose to fame after starring opposite Cha Tae-hyun in comedy Scandal Makers, which drew 8.3 million viewers to become the number one top grosser of 2008 and one of Korean cinema's biggest hits.
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Park Bo-young was dubbed as "Nation's Little Sister" because of its success.
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Park Bo-young then starred in a short film directed by Lee Hyun-seung, human rights-themed omnibus If You Were Me 4 in 2009.
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In 2013, Park Bo-young joined the cast of Law of the Jungle, a reality-documentary program featuring comedian Kim Byung-man and several celebrities as they explore and survive the New Zealand wilderness.
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Park Bo-young, 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 of Jeolla and Chungcheong dialects.
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Park Bo-young was dubbed as the "romantic comedy queen" by the Korean press.
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Park Bo-young next played the selfish love interest of a mutant in the black comedy Collective Invention, and an entertainment news cub reporter in the workplace comedy You Call It Passion.
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In June 2016, Park Bo-young was cast as the title role in JTBC's series Strong Girl Bong-soon, premiered in February 2017, where she played a character with superhuman strength.
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In September 2017, Park Bo-young began filming the romance film On Your Wedding Day which premiered in August 2018.
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Park Bo-young was reunited with Kim Young-kwang, whom she previously acted with in the 2014 film Hot Young Bloods.
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Park Bo-young then starred in tvN's series Abyss premiered in May 2019, where she played a beautiful prosecutor who transforms into a plain-looking girl after being revived by a mysterious orb.
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Park Bo-young parted ways with her ten-year agency Fides Spatium in December 2019.
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In December 2020, Park Bo-young was cast in fantasy romance series Doom at Your Service alongside Seo In-guk, which premiered on May 10,2021, on tvN.
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In 2023, Park Bo-young made a cameo appearance in Strong Girl Nam-soon as "Do Bong-soon".
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Park Bo-young starred in Netflix original series Daily Dose of Sunshine, which was released on November 3,2023.
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Park Bo-young was invited to the 29th Busan International Film Festival as the host of the opening ceremony.
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Park Bo-young sponsored two children through the Green Umbrella Children's Foundation from 2013.
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Park Bo-young participated in the Share Pad Campaign by LG Unicharm's sanitary pad brand Sofy Bodyfit and provided pads to girls from low-income single parents from 2016 until 2019.
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Park Bo-young was one of the celebrities who participated in 2020 WeAja Flea Market charity auction.
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In February 2022, international development cooperation NGO G-Foundation announced that Park Bo-young donated 50 million won on her birthday to fund kits with sanitary products for young girls from low-income households.
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In November 2019, Park Bo-young announced temporary hiatus to recover from arm injury.
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Park Bo-young received surgery to remove a scar on her arm.