Park Eun-bin

South Korean actress (born 1992) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Park Eun-bin (Korean: 박은빈; born September 4, 1992) is a South Korean actress. She began her career as a child model in 1996, and made her small screen debut as a child actress in White Nights 3.98 (1998).^[3] Park received international recognition for her performance as the titular character in Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022), for which she won the Grand Prize at the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards.^[4]

BornSeptember 4, 1992 (age 33)

Seoul, South Korea^[1]

EducationSogang University (Psychology)^[2]

OccupationActress

Yearsactive1996–present^[2]

Quick facts Born, Education ...

Park Eun-bin
Park in December 2022
Born	(1992-09-04) September 4, 1992 (age 33) Seoul, South Korea^[1]
Education	Sogang University (Psychology)^[2]
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1996–present^[2]
Agent	Namoo Actors^[2]

Korean name
Hangul	박은빈
RR	Bak Eunbin
MR	Pak Ŭnbin

Website	namooactors.com

Park was named Gallup Korea's Television Actor of the Year,^[5]^[6] Sisa Journal's Cultural Person of the Year,^[7] and Cultura's Drama Icon of 2022.^[8] She also made her first entry into Forbes Korea Power Celebrity in 2023, placing 11th.^[9]

Career

1996–2017: Debut as a child actress and transition to lead roles

Park Eun-bin debuted as a child model in 1996, and since starting acting at the age of five, has starred in numerous television series, playing the younger version of various characters.^[10]^[11] She received the Best Young Actress award in 2009 for her role in the drama The Iron Empress.^[12]

She landed her first leading role in the time-traveling romance Operation Proposal (2012).^[13] Park continued playing supporting roles until she gained recognition for her role in the youth ensemble cast series about a group of young women in their early 20s, Hello, My Twenties! in 2016 and its sequel in 2017.^[14] She was cast in the legal drama Judge vs. Judge,^[15] followed by horror thriller The Ghost Detective in 2018.^[16]

2019–present: Career rise and breakthrough

Park then starred in the hit sports drama Hot Stove League (2019–2020) alongside Namkoong Min, in which she played the operations manager of a floundering baseball team. The series, which premiered to a 3% viewership rating, went on to achieve a peak rating of 19.1%. and won Best Drama at the 56th Baeksang Arts Awards.^[17] Park was cast as an aspiring violinist in the musical romance drama Do You Like Brahms?.^[18] Despite having some experience playing the violin, Park spent three months practising the instrument to prepare for the role.^[19] Her performance garnered her the Top Excellence Actress Award at the 2020 SBS Drama Awards.^[20]

In 2021, Park played the role of Crown Prince Yi Hwi in the historical series The King's Affection.^[21] For her portrayal of the cross-dressing heroine, Park received the Top Excellence Actress Award at the 2021 KBS Drama Awards and a Best Actress nomination at the 58th Baeksang Arts Awards.^[22] Park also won the Best Actor Award at the 49th Korean Broadcasting Awards for her role.^[23] The drama was also awarded Best Telenovela at the 50th International Emmy Awards.^[24]^[25]

In 2022, Park starred in Park Hoon-jung's action-horror film The Witch: Part 2. The Other One, the sequel to the 2018 film The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion.^[26]

In the same year, she starred in Extraordinary Attorney Woo, playing the titular role of Woo Young-woo, a lawyer who is an autistic savant.^[27] It was later revealed that the production team waited over a year for Park to take part in the drama, after she reportedly declined the role because she "felt like the series wasn't something that [she] should approach lightly".^[10]^[28] Nonetheless, this performance earned her acclaim from both critics and audiences.^[29] The drama, which aired on the new channel ENA, started with an audience rating of 0.9% and finished with 17.5% in Korea.^[30] The drama was a global success, ranking in the top 10 most watched non-English TV series on Netflix for 21 weeks.^[31] Park's compelling performance earned her international recognition, winning the Best Actor Award at the Asia Contents Awards ^[32] and the Rising Star Award for TV at the Critics' Choice Awards' Asian Pacific Cinema & Television division.^[33] At the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards, Park was awarded the Grand Prize in Television.^[4]

On January 4, 2024, Park released a digital single album Present ahead of her fan concert Eunbin Note: Diva, which would be held on January 6 and 7.^[34] On March 28, she released a new single "Kung Ddari Sha Bah Rah", which is a remake of music duo Clon's debut song.^[35] On September 8, Park released a digital single album To You, which was revealed during her second fan concert Eunbin Note: Bingo-on held on September 7.^[36] On November 1, she was cast in the Netflix superpower comedy series The Wonderfools alongside Cha Eun-woo.^[37]

In 2025, Park starred as Jeong Se-ok in the drama Hyper Knife, portraying a brilliant neurosurgeon who turns to illegal operations after losing her medical license. The series, directed by Kim Jung-hyun and written by Kim Sun-hee, explores her complex relationship with her former mentor, played by Sul Kyung-gu.^[38] On September 6, Park held her third fan concert Eunbin Note: Hyper Day, before releasing the digital single album Piece by Piece on the following day.^[39] On December 14, she released a special single "A Melody in Snow".^[40]