# Park Gyu-young (박규영)
**Park Gyu-young** (박규영; born 1993) is a South Korean actress known for supporting turns in *It's Okay to Not Be Okay* and *[Sweet Home](https://www.edgepedia.org/sweet-home-tv-series)*, a leading role in the Netflix series *[Celebrity](https://www.edgepedia.org/celebrity-south-korean-tv-series)*, and the part of Kang No-eul, a pink guard with a hidden past, in the second and third seasons of Netflix's *Squid Game*.[1](https://asianwiki.com/Park_Gyu-Young) • [2](https://koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/news/news.jsp?blbdComCd=601006&mode=VIEW&pageRowSize=10&seq=5936) She is signed to Saram Entertainment.[3](https://koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=20256970)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1993, South Korea; height 168 cm[1](https://asianwiki.com/Park_Gyu-Young) |
| Education | Clothing and Textiles, Yonsei University[3](https://koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=20256970) • [4](https://host.cine21.com/db/person/info/?person_id=101622) |
| Discovery | Street-cast during a photoshoot for a street-fashion art book; appeared on the cover of the student magazine *College Tomorrow*; then contacted by JYP Entertainment as an acting trainee[3](https://koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=20256970) |
| Debut | Music video for singer Jo Kwon (2016), then the TV rom-com series *Hey Ghost, Let's Fight* (2016)[3](https://koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=20256970) |
| Awards | Best New Actress and Best Couple Award (with Kim Min-jae), 2021 KBS Drama Awards, for *Dali and Cocky Prince*; Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries, 2023 MBC Drama Awards, for *A Good Day to Be a Dog*[1](https://asianwiki.com/Park_Gyu-Young) • [5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9180058/awards/) |
| Breakout role | Kang No-eul, a pink guard (Guard 011), in *Squid Game* seasons 2 (2024) and 3 (2025)[1](https://asianwiki.com/Park_Gyu-Young) • [6](https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0117_202501061743316623) |
| Agency | Saram Entertainment[3](https://koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=20256970) |
## Discovery and training
Park was studying clothing and textiles at [Yonsei University](https://www.edgepedia.org/yonsei-university) when she was street-cast during a photoshoot for an art book on street fashion and featured on the cover of the student magazine *College Tomorrow*.[3](https://koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=20256970) Soon afterward [JYP Entertainment](https://www.edgepedia.org/jyp-entertainment), one of Korea's major talent agencies, contacted her with an offer to become an acting trainee.[3](https://koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=20256970) In interviews she has said she had never considered acting as a career and did not believe the first contact from the agency; her parents supported the decision, and she decided on the spot.[7](https://v.daum.net/v/20200829102018076) • [8](https://www.cos.com/en-us/features/people/park-gyuyoung-ss26) She appeared in a music video for the singer [Jo Kwon](https://www.edgepedia.org/jo-kwon) and a few web dramas before her official debut in the 2016 TV rom-com series *Hey Ghost, Let's Fight*.[3](https://koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=20256970)
## Television career
**Supporting roles and recognition.** After early parts in *Solomon's Perjury* (JTBC, 2016–2017) and *Suspicious Partner* (SBS, 2017), Park built a run of well-received supporting roles: Nam Joo-ri, a nurse, in *It's Okay to Not Be Okay* (tvN, 2020), and Yoon Ji-su, a bassist who fights with a baseball bat, in Netflix's *Sweet Home* (2020).[1](https://asianwiki.com/Park_Gyu-Young) • [2](https://koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/news/news.jsp?blbdComCd=601006&mode=VIEW&pageRowSize=10&seq=5936) For *Sweet Home* she received a Baeksang Arts Award nomination for Best New Actress (TV) in 2021.[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9180058/awards/) She has said she practiced action scenes and bass playing extensively for the role, hoping to give the character a "girl crush" quality.[9](https://view.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2021010414302522007)
**First leading role.** *Dali and Cocky Prince* (KBS2, 2021) gave Park her first lead role on a terrestrial network, as Kim Da-li, an art museum director from a prestigious family left destitute by her father's death and bankruptcy.[10](https://www.newsis.com/view/NISX20211112_0001648928) The series opened at 4.4% nationwide ratings (Nielsen Korea) and closed at its series high of 5.7%.[10](https://www.newsis.com/view/NISX20211112_0001648928) At the 2021 KBS Drama Awards she won both the Best New Actress award and, with co-star Kim Min-jae, the Best Couple Award.[1](https://asianwiki.com/Park_Gyu-Young)
**Lead roles on Netflix and MBC.** In 2023 she top-billed the Netflix series *Celebrity* as Seo A-ri, an influencer who rises to fame quickly and then uses a live broadcast to reveal the truth about the world around her; the magazine *Cine21* put her on a solo cover for the role, her first after shared covers in 2018 and 2021.[11](https://host.cine21.com/news/view/?idx=4&mag_id=103158) The same year she led MBC's *[A Good Day to Be a Dog](https://www.edgepedia.org/a-good-day-to-be-a-dog)* opposite [Cha Eun-woo](https://www.edgepedia.org/cha-eun-woo), winning the Excellence Award for an actress in a miniseries at the 2023 MBC Drama Awards.[1](https://asianwiki.com/Park_Gyu-Young) • [5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9180058/awards/)
## Squid Game and global visibility
Park joined *Squid Game* for its second season (2024) as Kang No-eul, a pink guard rather than a player, a casting twist that drew wide attention.[6](https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0117_202501061743316623) She has described the character as a defector from [North Korea](https://www.edgepedia.org/north-korea) who left a daughter behind, consumed by guilt, and who acts on her own convictions within the organization; she prepared by cutting body fat and wearing blemish makeup and unkempt hair styling.[6](https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0117_202501061743316623) She said she kept the role secret from her parents for about a year because of the production's long embargo.[12](https://www3.osen.co.kr/article/G1112483780) She returned as No-eul in the third season (2025).[1](https://asianwiki.com/Park_Gyu-Young) The role brought her international recognition: a 2025 Gold Derby TV Award nomination for Drama Supporting Actress, and a COS magazine profile describing her as the "breakout star" of the series.[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9180058/awards/) • [8](https://www.cos.com/en-us/features/people/park-gyuyoung-ss26)
## Film and other work
Her film work includes a dual role in *Wretches* (2018), a supporting part in the comedy *Love+Sling* (2018), and the lead as Shin Jae-yi in *[Mantis](https://www.edgepedia.org/mantis-film)* (2025).[1](https://asianwiki.com/Park_Gyu-Young) • [3](https://koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=20256970) For *Mantis* she trained to perform her own action scenes, reducing her body fat to 7.9 kg by her own account.[13](https://www.mk.co.kr/en/movies/11433393) Trade reporting in late 2025 listed her as co-lead, with [Kim Seon-ho](https://www.edgepedia.org/kim-seon-ho), in the planned drama *Unfriend*.[14](https://www.samsungpop.com/common.do?cmd=down&contentType=application%2Fpdf&fileName=2020%2F2025103015455325K_02_02.pdf&inlineYn=Y&saveKey=research.pdf) Trade listings also credit her in *[Nine Puzzles](https://www.edgepedia.org/nine-puzzles)* (Disney+, 2025) and the announced Netflix series *Fall in Love* (2027).[1](https://asianwiki.com/Park_Gyu-Young)
## Reception
Korean film magazine *Cine21* named her a rising star in 2018, ranked her fifth among notable new actresses of 2021 (tied with Ko Min-si, Kim Da-mi, Kim Se-jeong, Park Hye-su, and Jeon So-nee), and sixth for 2022.[11](https://host.cine21.com/news/view/?idx=4&mag_id=103158) Interviewers have repeatedly noted the range across her roles, from the nurse in *It's Okay to Not Be Okay* to the bassist in *Sweet Home* to the influencer in *Celebrity*; Park herself has said she wants to be an actor whose next character viewers cannot predict.[2](https://koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/news/news.jsp?blbdComCd=601006&mode=VIEW&pageRowSize=10&seq=5936) • [7](https://v.daum.net/v/20200829102018076)
## References
1. [Park Gyu-Young profile and filmography, AsianWiki](https://asianwiki.com/Park_Gyu-Young)
2. [Park Gyu-young, As Calm as Ever, Korean Film Council (KOFIC)](https://koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/news/news.jsp?blbdComCd=601006&mode=VIEW&pageRowSize=10&seq=5936)
3. [PARK Gyu-young, Korean Film Archive (KOFA) people database](https://koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=20256970)
4. [박규영 (Park Kyuyoung), Cine21 person database](https://host.cine21.com/db/person/info/?person_id=101622)
5. [Park Gyuyoung – Awards, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9180058/awards/)
6. [박규영이 예고한 '오겜3'…"노을, 신념을 향해 거침없이 움직일 것", YTN (2025)](https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0117_202501061743316623)
7. [인터뷰: 박규영, 가랑비처럼 소리없이 스며든 心스틸러, ize/Daum (2020)](https://v.daum.net/v/20200829102018076)
8. [People: Park Gyuyoung, COS Magazine (Spring Summer 2026)](https://www.cos.com/en-us/features/people/park-gyuyoung-ss26)
9. [Interview: 'Sweet Home' Park Gyu-young, The Asia Business Daily (2021)](https://view.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2021010414302522007)
10. [인터뷰: 박규영 "대세배우? 마지막 20대 불태웠죠", Newsis (2021)](https://www.newsis.com/view/NISX20211112_0001648928)
11. [인터뷰: 차근차근 쌓아올리다, '셀러브리티' 박규영, Cine21 (2023)](https://host.cine21.com/news/view/?idx=4&mag_id=103158)
12. ['오겜2' 박규영 "핑크가드 역할, 1년여간 부모님께도 숨겨", OSEN (2025)](https://www3.osen.co.kr/article/G1112483780)
13. [Interview: 'Mantis' Star Park Gyu-young, Maeil Business (MK) (2025)](https://www.mk.co.kr/en/movies/11433393)
14. [Tving original content lineup, Samsung Securities company update (2025)](https://www.samsungpop.com/common.do?cmd=down&contentType=application%2Fpdf&fileName=2020%2F2025103015455325K_02_02.pdf&inlineYn=Y&saveKey=research.pdf)
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