# Park Shin-hye (박신혜)
**Park Shin-hye** (박신혜, born 1990) is a South Korean actress and singer whose career in television drama and film began as a child performer and extended through leading roles in Korean dramas with wide followings across Asia.[1](https://cine21.com/db/person/info/?person_id=23841) • [2](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10028892) Her profile lists a height of 168 cm and blood type A.[3](https://parkshinhye.jp/profile.html)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1990[1](https://cine21.com/db/person/info/?person_id=23841) |
| Debut | Lee Seung-hwan's music video *Flower*, 2003[2](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10028892) |
| Breakthrough role | The young Choi Ji-woo in *Stairway to Heaven* (2003)[2](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10028892) • [4](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/kofic/200_actors/Park_Shinhye.jsp) |
| Notable dramas | *You're Beautiful* (2009), *The Heirs* (2013), *Pinocchio* (2014), *Doctors* (2016), *Memories of the Alhambra* (2018), *Doctor Slump* (2024)[1](https://cine21.com/db/person/info/?person_id=23841) |
| Notable films | *Miracle in Cell No. 7* (2013), *The Royal Tailor* (2014), *The Beauty Inside* (2015), *Call* (2020), *#Alive* (2020)[1](https://cine21.com/db/person/info/?person_id=23841) |
| Recording work | Digital single *My Dear (부제: 꽃)* (2014), co-composed by her brother Park Shin-won[5](https://music.bugs.co.kr/album/434189?wl_ref=S_tr_01_04) |
| Marriage | Married actor Choi Tae-joon in 2022; their first son was born that year[6](https://www.tenasia.co.kr/article/2026060950284) |
## Early career
Park Shin-hye was born in Gwangju and raised in the Songpa district of Seoul, where she received intensive training in singing, dancing, and acting and majored in film and theater.[7](https://elcinema.com/en/person/2098016/) She debuted in 2003 in the music video *Flower* by the singer Lee Seung-hwan.[2](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10028892) The same year she was cast as the child version of [Choi Ji-woo](https://www.edgepedia.org/choi-ji-woo) in the television drama *[Stairway to Heaven](https://www.edgepedia.org/stairway-to-heaven-south-korean-tv-series)*, a performance the Korean Film Council's Actors 200 profile describes as deeply impressing viewers with its poignancy for a young girl.[4](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/kofic/200_actors/Park_Shinhye.jsp)
Through her teens she built a filmography in supporting television roles. Cine21's biography notes that she appeared as the young Choi Ji-woo in *Stairway to Heaven* and, as a young performer, played an ambitious aristocrat character in the drama *Goong S*, drawing audience attention in both cases.[1](https://cine21.com/db/person/info/?person_id=23841)
## Television drama career
The 2009 SBS drama *[You're Beautiful](https://www.edgepedia.org/youre-beautiful-tv-series)* made her popular not only in Japan but throughout Asia, according to the Korean Film Council's database profile.[2](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10028892) In it she played the dual role of Go Mi-nam and Go Mi-nyeo, a young woman standing in for her twin brother in a boy band.[1](https://cine21.com/db/person/info/?person_id=23841)
**Leading roles in the 2010s.** After the fantasy romance *You've Fallen for Me* (2011) and a role as Cha Eun-sang in *The Heirs* (2013), she took the lead as Choi In-ha in *[Pinocchio](https://www.edgepedia.org/pinocchio-2014-tv-series)* (2014), a reporter whose condition prevents her from lying.[1](https://cine21.com/db/person/info/?person_id=23841) • [12](https://journal.ugm.ac.id/jurnal-humaniora/article/download/68104/32578) In *Doctors* (2016) she played Yoo Hye-jung, and the drama produced a measurable merchandising effect: the Lotte Department Store Busan branch gathered the necklace, watch, bracelet, and earrings she wore in the show into a single display because demand from young consumers imitating the lead character's fashion was rising steadily, in the words of a store fashion manager quoted by the *Kookje* newspaper.[8](https://www.kookje.co.kr/news2011/asp/newsbody.asp?code=0200&key=20160706.22012193535)
Her later drama credits include Jung Hee-joo in *[Memories of the Alhambra](https://www.edgepedia.org/memories-of-the-alhambra)* (2018), Kang Seo-hae in *Sisyphus: The Myth* (2021), the demonic judge Kang Bit-na in *The Judge from Hell* (2024), Nam Ha-neul in *Doctor Slump* (2024), and Hong Geum-bo in *Undercover Miss Hong* (2026).[1](https://cine21.com/db/person/info/?person_id=23841) • [3](https://parkshinhye.jp/profile.html)
## Film work
Cine21 lists twelve film appearances.[1](https://cine21.com/db/person/info/?person_id=23841) In 2013 she appeared in the comedy *Miracle in Cell No. 7*, which the Japanese fanclub biography lists as *7番房の奇跡*.[3](https://parkshinhye.jp/profile.html) Period and ensemble roles followed: the queen in *The Royal Tailor* (2014) and Woo-jin in *The Beauty Inside* (2015).[1](https://cine21.com/db/person/info/?person_id=23841) • [3](https://parkshinhye.jp/profile.html) In 2016 she played the title figure's mother in *Silence* (침묵), credited as Choi Hee-jung's role partner.[1](https://cine21.com/db/person/info/?person_id=23841)
Her 2020 films moved to thriller territory. In *Call* she played Seo-yeon, a role shared in a two-hander thriller with Jun Jong-seo; the Korean Film Council notes that the film abandoned a planned theatrical release in favor of a global streaming launch on Netflix.[1](https://cine21.com/db/person/info/?person_id=23841) • [2](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10028892) In *#[Alive](https://www.edgepedia.org/alive-2020-film)* she played Yu-bin in the zombie survival film.[1](https://cine21.com/db/person/info/?person_id=23841)
## Singing and recordings
Park Shin-hye has released music alongside her acting. In 2014 she issued the digital single *My Dear (부제: 꽃)*, co-composed by her older brother, the guitarist Park Shin-won, with lyrics the siblings wrote themselves; the promotional material describes a video in which she plays a girl who wants to become a singer.[5](https://music.bugs.co.kr/album/434189?wl_ref=S_tr_01_04) The same year she released the digital single *Pbalbaege* (팔베개) and contributed the *Pinocchio* OST Part 4.[9](https://www.maniadb.com/artist/237787?o=d) Earlier drama-related recordings listed under her name include tracks from *You're Beautiful* and *Cyrano; Dating Agency*.[9](https://www.maniadb.com/artist/237787?o=d)
## Personal life
Park Shin-hye married the actor [Choi Tae-joon](https://www.edgepedia.org/choi-tae-joon) in 2022, and the couple had a son that year.[6](https://www.tenasia.co.kr/article/2026060950284) Her wedding dress drew press attention in January 2022 as part of a lineage of Korean actresses wearing [Oscar de la Renta](https://www.edgepedia.org/oscar-de-la-renta) gowns at televised weddings, following [Jun Ji-hyun](https://www.edgepedia.org/jun-ji-hyun)'s in *My Love from the Star*.[10](https://www.newsis.com/view/NISX20220123_0001734020) In 2026 she announced a second pregnancy, with the birth expected in the fall, and reportedly reduced her activities to focus on the pregnancy.[6](https://www.tenasia.co.kr/article/2026060950284) • [11](https://www.segye.com/newsView/20260514504162)
## References
1. [박신혜 인물 정보, 씨네21 (Cine21)](https://cine21.com/db/person/info/?person_id=23841)
2. [PARK Shin-hye, Korean Film Council (KOFIC) Database](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10028892)
3. [PROFILE, Park Shin Hye Japan Official Fanclub](https://parkshinhye.jp/profile.html)
4. [Korean Actors 200: Park Shinhye, KoBiz (KOFIC)](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/kofic/200_actors/Park_Shinhye.jsp)
5. [My Dear (부제: 꽃) / 박신혜 앨범 정보, Bugs!](https://music.bugs.co.kr/album/434189?wl_ref=S_tr_01_04)
6. [배용준♥박수진, 박신혜♥최태준과 부부 동반 여행 포착…연예 활동 중단 후 싱가포르 목격담, 텐아시아](https://www.tenasia.co.kr/article/2026060950284)
7. [Park Shin-hye, ElCinema](https://elcinema.com/en/person/2098016/)
8. [드라마 `닥터스` 효과, 날개 돋친 듯 팔리는 박신혜 가방·시계, 국제신문](https://www.kookje.co.kr/news2011/asp/newsbody.asp?code=0200&key=20160706.22012193535)
9. [박신혜 [배우], maniadb.com](https://www.maniadb.com/artist/237787?o=d)
10. [박신혜 웨딩드레스 수천만원대…고소영·전지현도 입었다, 뉴시스](https://www.newsis.com/view/NISX20220123_0001734020)
11. [박신혜, 아버지와 함께 미국행…PGA 챔피언십 현장 공개, 세계일보](https://www.segye.com/newsView/20260514504162)
12. [journal.ugm.ac.id](https://journal.ugm.ac.id/jurnal-humaniora/article/download/68104/32578)
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