Park Bo-young

Park Bo-young

Born: February 12, 1990
in Jeungpyeong, North Chungcheong, South Korea
Park Bo-young (박보영) is a South Korean actress. Born on February 12, 1990, she first debuted with a supporting role in the television series Secret Campus (2006) and continued playing minor roles in television until her breakout role as a teenaged single mother reconnecting with her celebrity father in the comedy Scandal Makers (2008). In 2010, she took a short hiatus after being involved in legal disputes with her then-management agency and a film production company.

The fantasy romance A Werewolf Boy (2012) marked Park's return to the spotlight, becoming one of the most successful Korean melodramas of all time. In 2015, she made her comeback to television, with dual roles in supernatural romance Oh My Ghost, making Park one of the highest paid actresses on television. Other notable works include one of the highest-rated Korean cable dramas of all time, Strong Woman Do Bong Soon (2017), and romantic film On Your Wedding Day (2018), which became the most watched romance film in South Korea the year it was released.

In 2023, Park starred in the disaster thriller Concrete Utopia, South Korea's official international feature submission for the 96th Academy Awards, and the Netflix Original series Daily Dose of Sunshine.

Movies for Park Bo-young...

Title: Daily Dose of Sunshine
Character: Jung Da-eun
Released: November 3, 2023
Type: TV
A kind-hearted nurse working in psychiatry goes above and beyond to be a ray of light for those under her care, despite the challenges coming her way.
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Title: Strong Girl Nam-soon
Character: Do Bong-soon
Released: October 7, 2023
Type: TV
Gifted with superhuman strength, a young woman returns to Korea to find her birth family — only to be entangled in a drug case that could test her power.
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Concrete Utopia
Title: Concrete Utopia
Character: Joo Myeong-hwa
Released: August 9, 2023
Type: Movie
After a massive earthquake, only one apartment building is left standing in Seoul, South Korea. Outsiders flock to Hwang Gung Apartments, but residents can't cope with the increasing numbers.
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Title: Just an Excuse
Character: Self
Released: November 17, 2022
Type: TV
Yoo Jae-suk Welfare Content 🐓Pinggyego (Just an Excuse)🐓 It is a content where Yoo Jae-suk freely chats with his favorite friends for various excuses and provides small stories and laughter.
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Title: Absolutely Nothing Prepared
Character: Self
Released: June 24, 2022
Type: TV
Lee Youngji's Talk Show, in which she invites celebrities at her home over some drinks and interview them.
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Title: Doom at Your Service
Character: Tak Dong-kyung
Released: May 10, 2021
Type: TV
A woman with only a short time to live and a man with the supernatural power to bring the world to an end discover the true meaning of life and love.
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Title: The Game Caterers
Character: Self
Released: March 12, 2021
Type: TV
A webseries where Na Young Seok, a variety show producer, caters people his iconic games from 'New Journey to the West'.
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Title: Unexpected Business
Character: Self
Released: February 25, 2021
Type: TV
Set in a small, rural town, the show is about two friends, actors Zo In-sung and Cha Tae-hyun, running a supermarket for 10 days. They not only sell goods, but also operate small restaurant, where they cook and serve dishes. The two actors, who lived their whole lives in the city, experience life in the small town and blend into the neighborhood.
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Title: Abyss
Character: Go Se-yeon / Lee Mi-do
Released: May 6, 2019
Type: TV
After meeting an untimely demise in separate incidents, Cha Min and Go Se-yeon discover they’ve come back to life in new bodies they don’t recognize.
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Title: You Quiz On The Block
Character: Self
Released: August 29, 2018
Type: TV
Yoo Jae-suk and Jo Se-ho who enter ordinary people's everyday lives, chat with them, and give them surprise quizzes! The talk and quiz show program will spotlight these people's lives and aims to gift them a refreshing, different kind of day. Recently they're also inviting celebrities & professionals to the show.
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On Your Wedding Day
Title: On Your Wedding Day
Character: Hwan Seung-hee
Released: August 22, 2018
Type: Movie
Through the course of their lives, a man and his first love are repeatedly separated from each other because of circumstances out of their control.
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Title: Amazing Saturday
Character: Self
Released: April 7, 2018
Type: TV
A group of hungry celebrities listen to poppin’ tunes, from recent hits to all-time-favorites, to correctly dictate a part of the lyrics. The songs may sound familiar, but the part they must dictate are unclear to the naked ear, as the lyrics are slurred, muffled by strong beats, etc. If they get the lyrics right, they get to share exquisite regional dishes. But if they get them wrong, a professional eater gobbles it up instead.
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Title: Strong Woman Do Bong Soon
Character: Do Bong-soon
Released: February 24, 2017
Type: TV
Born with supernatural strength, Bong-soon fights evil and procures justice while getting tangled in a love triangle with her CEO boss and cop crush.
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Title: Dining Together
Character: Herself
Released: October 19, 2016
Type: TV
As more and more people are getting used to eating dinner alone, Kang Ho-dong and Lee Kyung-kyu visit ordinary Korean families at dinner time and share their lives as they eat dinner together.
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Title: 위키드(WE KID)
Released: February 18, 2016
Type: TV
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You Call It Passion
Title: You Call It Passion
Character: Do Ra-hee
Released: November 25, 2015
Type: Movie
Ra-hee is ready for the real world. She has graduated from a respectable college and begins to apply for full-time jobs but is rejected by every company that she applies to. When all hope is lost, she gets a phone call from a newspaper company and is recruited as an intern in the entertainment section. Although reluctant at first, as she believes herself to be over-qualified for the job, she soon learns and understands the passion of the press. During her rollercoaster experience as an entertainment journalist/intern, she discovers the dirty and hidden aspects of the journalism industry.
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Collective Invention
Title: Collective Invention
Character: Ju-jin
Released: September 14, 2015
Type: Movie
Park Goo mutates into a man-fish due to side effects from an experimental drug. He receives heavy publicity and becomes a star. A conspiracy by a pharmaceutical company leads Park Goo to being possibly expelled from the world.
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Title: Oh My Ghost
Character: Na Bong-sun
Released: July 3, 2015
Type: TV
Na Bong Sun may be a skilled sous chef, but she lacks the self-esteem to shine professionally and socially. Beyond her cooking talents, however, is an uncanny ability to communicate with ghosts. One day, her mystic senses go out of control when the seductive ghost of Shin Soon Ae possesses her. Imbued with a fiery new "personality," Bong Sun starts turning heads, including that of Kang Sun Woo, the hottest chef in town and Bong Sun's secret crush!
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The Silenced
Title: The Silenced
Character: Joo-ran
Released: June 18, 2015
Type: Movie
A sickly girl Ju-ran transfers to a new sanitorium boarding school to regain health. But she discovers that students are disappearing and notices abnormal changes happening to her body. She suspects the school for what's happening and tries to discover what secret is hidden.
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Title: The Delicious Guys
Released: January 30, 2015
Type: TV
Four comedians who are famous for their love of food visit restaurants all over Korea to try the popular menus.
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Hot Young Bloods
Title: Hot Young Bloods
Character: Young-sook
Released: January 22, 2014
Type: Movie
A comedy romance movie about the last generation of youths and their passionate romance based in Hongseong, Chungcheong Namdo in the 1980s.
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A Werewolf Boy
Title: A Werewolf Boy
Character: Young Sun-yi / Eun-ju
Released: October 31, 2012
Type: Movie
An unexpected phone call brings an elderly woman to her childhood country cottage, and memories of an orphan boy she knew 47 years ago come flooding back to her.
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Don't Click
Title: Don't Click
Character: Se-Hee
Released: May 30, 2012
Type: Movie
A horror movie about the mysterious happenings that happen to a pair of sisters after watching an unidentified video. Directed by Kim Tae-kyeong, Park Bo-yeong plays Se-hee who tries to save her sister Jeong-mi, her boyfriend Joo Won and Kang Byeol plays the sister.
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Title: Baeksang Arts Awards
Character: Self
Released: April 26, 2012
Type: TV
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Title: Law of the Jungle
Released: October 21, 2011
Type: TV
Law of the Jungle is a hybrid reality show combining elements of drama and documentary. The show is hosted by comedian Kim Byung Man, and each episode invites various celebrities from the various field. So far, many of idol stars and famous actors have appeared on the show. The show introduces viewers to exotic locations around the world where celebrities must work together in order to complete missions and survive. The cast celebrities travel to less habituated, natural places to survive on their own and experience life with local tribes and people. In each location, the guests are tasked to hunt and prepare their meals and also create shelter for the tribe. They sometimes confronted by many difficult challenges. Where will the tribe visit? And how will they survive on their own? Stay tuned to check out!
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Title: Running Man
Character: Self
Released: July 11, 2010
Type: TV
A reality and competition show where members are joined by celebs to complete a weekly mission to win the race with Seoul as the beautiful backdrop.
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If You Were Me 4
Title: If You Were Me 4
Character: Hee So (Relay)
Released: July 11, 2009
Type: Movie
Includes shorts: Girl on the Run, The Theory & Practice of Teenage Dream, Relay, U and Me and Blue Birds on the Desk.
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Title: Star's Lover
Character: Young Lee Ma-ri
Released: December 10, 2008
Type: TV
Lee Ma Ri, a star actress, falls in love with Jung Woo Jin, but she realizes that he became interested in her after reading her popular travel essay, “Lovers in Asuka”. Because of this, the ghostwriter for “Lovers in Asuka”, Kim Chul Soo, gets called in by Ma Ri for private lessons about the details on the travel essay. However, Byung Joon, Chul Soo’s friend and journalist, discovers that Chul Soo is the real writer of “Lovers in Asuka”, and he suggests that Chul Soo should sell a story about Lee Ma Ri’s personal life. This makes Chul Soo troubled because he was in desperate need of money for his sick sister. As Chul Soo realizes that he is no longer needed by Ma Ri, he decides to follow Byung Joon’s suggestion. Woo Jin ends up proposing marriage to Ma Ri and prepares a documentary film based on “Lovers in Asuka”. Chul Soo and Eun Young join in the project as writers, and Chul Soo begins to meet Ma Ri again during the filming.
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Scandal Makers
Title: Scandal Makers
Character: Hwang Jeong-nam
Released: December 3, 2008
Type: Movie
Former teen idol Nam Hyeon-soo is now in his thirties and working as a radio DJ. One day a young woman named Jeong-nam shows up and claims to be his own daughter. She also has a son whom she claims to be Hyeon-soo's grandson. Their relation is proven via DNA tests by Hyeon-soo's brother. This leads to Hyeon-soo attempting to avoid a scandal concerning him having children "unknown" to the media.
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The ESP Couple
Title: The ESP Couple
Character: Hyun‑jin
Released: November 27, 2008
Type: Movie
A college boy Su-min is looking around paintings in a gallery when he hears someone screaming for help. That’s where he first meets a high school girl, Hyun-jin. They soon meet again in a park, and she realizes he is gifted; he can read people’s mind.
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Our School's E.T.
Title: Our School's E.T.
Character: Han Song-i
Released: September 11, 2008
Type: Movie
Sung geun, a physical education teacher, is at risk of losing his job when the school decides it needs an English teacher instead of a PE teacher. Therefore, he starts to devise a plan to change his job as an English teacher.
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Title: Strongest Chil-woo
Character: Choi Woo-young
Released: June 17, 2008
Type: TV
During the tumultuous reign of King Injo (1623-1649) of Joseon-era Korea, Chil-woo witnesses the brutal murder of his family and village at the hands of the government.  As an adult, Chil-woo joins the Uigeumbu, a governmental body in charge of investigating injustices.  But when tragedy visits his life once again, he becomes an avenger, hunting down those who have wronged the innocent.
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Jungle Fish
Title: Jungle Fish
Character: Lee Eun-su
Released: May 15, 2008
Type: Movie
Based on a true story that depicts the pressures placed on students to achieve and gain admission to prestigious colleges and universities.
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Title: The King and I
Character: Young So-hwa
Released: August 27, 2007
Type: TV
In the Joseon Dynasty period, the kingdom was enveloped in a political maelstrom. Cheo Seon was born as a posthumous child and separated from his mother immediately. When he meets So Hwa, the daughter of a powerful noble, he falls in love with her immediately. He voluntarily becomes a eunuch to be close to So Hwa. Entering the royal palace, he sees King Sung Jong and So Hwa spend their first night together. He becomes So Hwa's loyal protector. As the political battles rage on among the courtesans and wives in the palace, So Hwa is chosen by the king to be his queen and Cheo Seon vows to be her loyal servant. But So Hwa is eventually dethroned as the queen and leaves the palace in disgrace. Cheo Seon helplessly watches these events unfold and he secretly helps So Hwa. But in a cruel twist of fate, he is the one chosen to execute So Hwa's death sentence by serving her a bowlful of poison. After So Hwa dies, he looks after her son King Yeon San as if he were his own son.
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Title: 1 Night and 2 Days
Released: August 5, 2007
Type: TV
2 Days & 1 Night is a South Korean reality-variety show with the motto "real wild road variety." Its main concept is to recommend various places of interest that viewers can visit in South Korea.
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Title: Mackerel Run
Character: Shim Chung-ah
Released: May 12, 2007
Type: TV
Cha Gong-chan was able to enter the top private high school in the affluent Gangnam District, Myoung-mun High, because of his soccer skills. But when he quits the sport, he finds himself an outcast and starts cutting class. One day, a beautiful new girl transfers to the school, and when she walks into his class, Gong-chan falls for her instantly. He is finally enthusiastic about going to school, but the school administrator informs him that he will be expelled if he misses one more day. Gong-chan vows that he won't give up on either his school life or his love.
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Title: Witch Yoo Hee
Character: Young Ma Yoo-hee
Released: March 21, 2007
Type: TV
As the director of her father's advertising company, Ma Yoo Hee is known as a witch for her ruthless, no nonsense character. After a string of failed attempts to hire a housekeeper, she (literally) runs into Chae Moo Ryong, ex-medical student turned aspiring chef. As a way to work off his debt for crashing into her car, he agrees to become her housekeeper and personal love affairs coach for one month. Gladly, he gives her a makeover that attracts both her old friend Johnny Kruger and her first love Joon Ha. Despite having a girlfriend, Sung Mi, Moo Ryong eventually finds himself falling for Yoo Hee.
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Title: Secret Campus
Character: Cha Ah-rang
Released: May 10, 2006
Type: TV
Modern students experience considerable stress during their school years; there is a strong focus on positive presentation and personality, as well as achieving good grades and encouraging athleticism. These demands are made without considering each student's individuality and strengths. This school-centered drama discusses the central theme outlined above and depicts the lives and relationships of six high school students— Moon Seung-jae, Oh Soo-ah, Park Doo-hyun, Cha Ah-rang, Yoon Se-in, Seo Jin-woo — each of whom has different dreams and goals which they struggle to achieve, despite trials and tribulations.
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Title: Come to Play
Released: May 8, 2004
Type: TV
A talk show that invites guests to talk every week.
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Title: Melo Movie
Character: Kim Moo-bi
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
A romantic comedy that delves into the lives of young individuals who are used to always pretending to be fine in the face of hardships. Now, they aspire to experience love and fulfill their dreams yet find themselves drained and exhausted from the relentless hardships they endure.
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Title: Light Shop
Character: Kwon Young-ji
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
In a mysterious shop that sells lamps, the dead may return to the world of the living, while the living may not walk out alive.