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Best Actress Park Bo Young Delivers an Emotional Acceptance Speech at the 62nd Baeksang Arts Awards

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<div style="text-align:center"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1778332292476park bo young 62nd baeksang arts awards best actress.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>Park Bo Young | Photo from @bhent_official</div><div> </div>Park Bo-young was named Best Actress at the 62nd Baeksang Arts Awards for Our Unwritten Seoul, a drama series that cast her in a dual role, delivering an emotional speech as she stepped onto the stage to accept her award. As Yoo Mi-ji and Yoo Mi-rae, the 36-year-old actress took viewers on an emotional rollercoaster ride, portraying identical twins with opposite personalities, who end up swapping lives. The series&#x27; plot touches on mental health. <a href="https://m.entertain.naver.com/now/article/241/0003434981" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">In a previous interview</a>, screenwriter Lee Kang said she wanted to write &quot;a story about people who look fine on the outside but are already wavering and exhausted from within.&quot; She added, &quot;I started this story with the thought that while everyone feels their own life is the hardest, perhaps everyone is actually fighting their own individual battles.&quot;In her acceptance speech, Park Bo-young reflected on the intent of their drama, saying, &quot;It was about whether you’ve ever felt like someone else’s life looked better than your own. To someone else, my life might look enviable, but I have also had moments where I thought others&#x27; lives were better and more successful than mine. I think I only looked at the talents others possessed and failed to see the effort they put in. There were many times when I hated the competition and felt so overwhelmed and exhausted by having to prove my value and usefulness at every moment.&quot;Park Bo-young took the opportunity to thank her fellow actors, the talented artists who, she said, inspired her to &quot;not want to fall behind.&quot; &quot;I think the days I spent working hard with a somewhat prickly mindset—wanting to do better and perhaps not wanting to lose—made me who I am today,&quot; she continued. &quot;I want to first express my deep respect and gratitude to the many actors who have been good, well-intentioned competitors and sometimes acted like my pacemakers. Thank you.&quot;<div> </div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1778333302518695788111_18450195481116554_1989517403086797929_n.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/></div><div> </div>Playing a dual role is no easy feat, and Park Bo-young admitted in her speech that she was worried about whether she could do a good job in this project. &quot;Every time that happened, I found courage by reading the script,&quot; she shared. &quot;Writer Kang, thank you so much for writing such a wonderful story that I simply couldn&#x27;t miss. I was so happy living as Mi-ji and Mi-rae. Thank you. And Director Park Shin-woo, thank you so much for holding my hand and guiding me to the right path whenever I was wandering somewhere between Mi-ji and Mi-rae during filming, saying, &#x27;Right now you are Mi-ji,&#x27; or &#x27;Now you are Mi-rae.&#x27;&quot;Park Bo-young also gave a special mention to the two actors, who served as her stand-ins, helping her bring characters Mi-ji and Mi-rae to life. She said, &quot;Playing two roles in one project was not easy while filming our drama, so I miss the staff and actors who suffered so much, and I am so, so thankful to them. I would also like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to the actors Ji-in and Yoo-eun, who never appeared on screen but worked hard as my stand-ins for Mi-ji and Mi-rae. I believe I was able to pull off the roles of Mi-ji and Mi-rae thanks to the two of you.&quot;<div> </div><div style="text-align:center"><iframe width="925" height="525" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Aei4fL_BFl8?si=_6bL8iuGOGb-JWat" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> </div><div> </div>She went on to thank her agency, BH Entertainment, and her parents. &quot;Mom and Dad, if there is a next life, I want to be born as your daughter again. Thank you so, so much,&quot; she mentioned. She then expressed gratitude to the viewers. &quot;I also think that the work we do is meaningless without the people who watch it,&quot; Park Bo-young pointed out. While thanking them, she left an inspiring note referencing a quote by her character, Mi-ji (&quot;For so long, I was harder on myself than anyone else, just for being me. Even deer and hermit crabs do everything they can to survive. So why do I end up attacking myself in the moments I most need to protect myself?&quot;).Park Bo-young ended her speech with a heartwarming message, saying, &quot;I want to express my sincere gratitude to the viewers and the audience who watch our projects. Finally, to all the &#x27;Deer&#x27; and &#x27;Hermit Crabs&#x27; in the world: yesterday is over, tomorrow is far away, and since we don’t know about today yet, let’s live through today well. I really wanted to say that. Thank you. I love you. Thank you.&quot; Park Bo-young—who&#x27;s known for K-dramas Oh My Ghost, Strong Girl Bong-Soon, Daily Dose of Sunshine, Light Shop, and Melo Movie—currently stars in the crime thriller series <a href="https://metro.style/people/2026/4/28/-gold-land-cast-members-talk-about-their-characters-in-the-highly-anticipated-series-1730" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gold Land on Disney+</a>. She was nominated for Best Actress (Broadcasting) at this year&#x27;s Baeksang Arts Awards alongside Kim Go-eun and Park Ji-hyun for You and Everything Else, Shin Hye-sun for The Art of Sarah, and Lim Yoona for Bon Appètit, Your Majesty. <div> </div>Lead photos from Baeksang Arts Awards and @bhent_official

Park Bo-young reflected on her dual role in "Our Unwritten Seoul," ending her acceptance speech with a quote from the series: "To all the 'Deer' and 'Hermit Crabs' in the world: yesterday is over, tomorrow is far away, and since we don’t know about today yet, let’s live through today well."

Park Bo-young reflected on her dual role in "Our Unwritten Seoul," ending her acceptance speech with a quote from the series: "To all the 'Deer' and 'Hermit Crabs' in the world: yesterday is over, tomorrow is far away, and since we don’t know about today yet, let’s live through today well."

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