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Park Ji-young

Park Ji-young

Actor · Born January 25, 1969 (57) · Jeonju, North Jeolla, South Korea

Park Ji-young originally aspired to enter a college of music as she was already a good flute player, but her designation as 1st runner-up of Miss Chunhyang Beauty Pageant in 1988 propelled her to the show business. She passed an actor audition held by TV network MBC the following year, and so started in 1990 to appear in various TV series and soap operas. She accepted in 1991 an offer from competing network SBS, which led to legal complications with MBC, but it is her collaboration with the third major network, KBS, that ultimately got her noticed by the audience. After holding the lead role in the soap opera "When I Miss You" (1993-1994), one of the most popular shows of the time, she was given the title role in period drama TV series "Jang Nok-su"(1995). The series, which told the Shakespearian story of a real-life woman of humble descent during the Joseon dynasty who climbed the social ladder as female entertainer and ultimately joined the court of the king, established PARK as one of the finest actors on television. After this role, she received a lot of offers for historical court dramas but mainly appeared in romantic and family dramas. As she was paying the price of celebrity, she decided in 2005 to take some time away from the spotlights by moving to Vietnam, where her husband had been working for a while. She made a remarkable comeback in 2006 by debuting on the big screen with "The Show Must Go On", a gangster-action film with SONG Kang-ho as her co-star. After playing the lead in indie drama film "One Step More To The Sea" (2009) and appearing in IM Sang-soo's "The Housemaid" (2010), she made a strong impression as the Queen Mother in historical drama "The Concubine" (2012), for which she was named Best Supporting Actress at the Buil Film Awards. She made the news again in 2016 when she starred as a mother who acts as a detective in thriller, "The Queen of Crime", from the famous indie filmmakers collective KwangHwaMoon Cinema.

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Biography from IMDb.

Born
January 25, 1969 (57)
From
Jeonju, North Jeolla, South Korea
Works as
Actor
Titles
13 on MovieCove
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)

Known for

What are Park Ji-young's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
35%
Self
26%
Morality
14%
Survival
12%
Power
9%
Society
2%
Ideas
2%
Romantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession2 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 4

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 3

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 0 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1

Full focus: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their full focus movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 4

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

4 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 2 of 4 analyzed roles.

Shadow
2 of 4
Ally
2 of 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Melancholic
6
Dread
4
Hopeful
6
Romantic
4
Other
12

How their films linger

Feel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet6
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Park Ji-young's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Park Ji-young's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

13 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page.

  • Hidden Face(2024)

    as Hye-yeon

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Iron Family(2024)

    Show as Go Bong Hui [Da Rim's mother]

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows

  • Love Next Door(2024)

    Show as Na Mi-sook

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Revenant(2023)

    Show as Yoon Kyeong-moon

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • It's Beautiful Now(2022)

    Show as Jin Soo-jeong

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Lost(2021)

    Show as Jeong Ah-ran

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Lingering(2020)

    as Gyeong-seon

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • When I Was the Most Beautiful(2020)

    Show as Kim Yeon-ja

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows

  • Doctor Detective(2019)

    Show as Kong Il-soon

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Wok of Love(2018)

    Show as Chae Seol-ja

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • The Liar & His Lover(2017)

    Show as Yoo Hyeon-jeong

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • The Concubine(2012)

    as Queen Mother

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • The Housemaid(2010)

    as Hae-ra's Mother

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

Career shape

Across their 13 MovieCove titles from 2010 to 2024.

Biggest box office

The Concubine (2012)

$16M worldwide

Highest rated

Revenant (2023)

Midcredits 88th

Most popular right now

Love Next Door (2024)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting13 of 13: 13 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score46th

By decade

2010s5 · acting2020s8 · acting

Counts over their MovieCove titles; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles, shown from 5 scored.

How do Park Ji-young's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 44th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 42nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

42ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

87thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 13 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

6 of their 13 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed6

Most loved · actor

The Housemaid (2010)

Midcredits 53rd · 49% liked

Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Park Ji-young's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 56 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 75 · intenseMedian of all films: 32
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 38 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 61 · intenseMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Park Ji-young work with?

People who share at least 2 of Park Ji-young's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sook Hyang Seo shares the most, 2.

Writers

Actors

Producers