30 Things About The Extraordinary Korean Actress Park Eun-Bin

She’s a former child actress.

Park Eun-bin’s professional journey traces back to when she was only about five, when she started out as a clothing model. Her first acting project was via the TV series "White Nights 3.98" in 1998.

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She was a go-to for portraying young character versions in K-dramas.

She was a child star, and Park Eun-bin spent many years of her career breathing life to young counterparts of actresses like Song Hye-kyo, Kim Ha-neul, Han Ji-min, Moon So-ri, Yoo Sun, Shin Ae, and Song Ji-hyo.

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She got her first lead role in a K-drama in 2012.

The fantasy/romance series is called “Operation Proposal,” a remake of the Japanese drama “Operation Love.” In the series, she’s paired with Yoo Seung-ho. Park Eun-bin’s Ham Yi-seul and Yoo Seung-ho’s Kang Baek-ho have been best friends for 20 years; Yi-seul has been in love with Baek-ho but he doesn’t acknowledge it until she’s about to marry a different man and he mysteriously gets the chance to travel back in time to change the course of their relationship.

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She worked with Yoo Seung-ho prior to “Operation Proposal.”

Like Park Eun-bin, Yoo Seung-ho was a child actor who used to portray characters’ young counterparts. The two previously worked together in an ad back when they were kids, as well as in K-dramas “The Legend” and “Queen Seondeok” (where her role is the wife of Yoo Seung-ho’s character). The two also appeared together in the music video of “Like a Star” by Taeyeon & The One.

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She portrayed characters associated with a baseball team twice.

In “Operation Proposal,” Park Eun-bin’s character is a class president, a drama club member, and a baseball team manager in high school, and later becomes the PR of a baseball team. Many years later, she was tapped to be a cast member of award-winning sports K-drama “Hot Stove League,” where her role is a Korean professional baseball team’s operations manager.

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She previously worked with fellow child actors-turned-leading ladies Lee Se-young and Kim Yoo-jung.

Park Eun-bin and Lee Se-young were part of the series “My Love Patzzi” which starred actress Jang Na-ra, while Park Eun-bin and Kim Yoo-jung were cast members of the K-drama “Secret Door.”

She had a cameo as Bae Suzy’s character's younger sister in “Dream High.”

In the last episode, Park Eun-bin was seen giving actor Taecyeon a kiss on the cheek and showing her uniform’s nameplate to him, a scene that implied that her character followed in her sister’s footsteps at pursuing a music-related path at Kirin High School.

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She starred in a commercial film with “Dream High” star Kim Soo-hyun.

Park Eun-bin may have only had a cameo in “Dream High,” which starred Kim Soo-hyun. But, she actually got to work with him on a CF prior to that. The Lotte beverage CF, released in 2010, is titled “When lacking 2%.” In it, Kim Soo-hyun is seen struggling to confess his feelings for a girl (Park Eun-bin), so he ends up putting on a tiger mask so she won’t see him. But to no avail, she discovers who he is and it turns out that she likes him too. Park Eun-bin also had a cameo in Kim Soo-hyun’s 2013 movie, “Secretly, Greatly.”

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She has a remarkable history of working on historical dramas.

The historical romance series “The King’s Affection” may have boosted her career big time, but she has actually appeared in a number of dramas in this genre. The list includes “Age of Warriors,” “The King’s Woman,” “The Legend,” “The Iron Empress,” “Queen Seondeok,” “Hur Jun, The Original Story,” “Gyebaek,” and “Secret Door.”

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She majored in psychology and journalism.

Park Eun-bin attended Sogang University, and according to reports, she was diligent in school and had high grades despite being active in the entertainment industry. Interestingly, in one of her breakthrough projects, “Hello, My Twenties!,” she portrayed the character of a 22-year-old who majors in journalism.

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She starred in another legal drama.

Legal drama “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” became a career-defining project for Park Eun-bin. She previously starred in a series from this genre via 2017’s “Judge vs. Judge,” where she portrayed the role of a hot-tempered judge.

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She laughs easily.

Opposite to her role as a hot-tempered judge in “Judge vs. Judge,” Park Eun-bin is actually bubbly and lighthearted. In an interview on the KBS talk show “Happy Together,” she shared, “Especially on set, many things happen that make me laugh. My senior actor said that if someone makes a joke, but I don’t laugh, that person shouldn’t make jokes at all.”

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She has a calm personality.

In her “Happy Together” guesting in 2018, the hosts told her that she seems like she’s the type of person who never yells at anyone. Park Eun bin told them, “There are times when I reach the limit.” What does she do when that happens? “When that happens, I go to a theme park every quarter,” she says. She tries on a ride and just lets go of her stress.

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She has projects in the horror genre.

Sweet and charming as she may be as Attorney Woo, Park Eun-bin is a versatile actress who can take on different roles. Did you know that she was a cast member of the 2010 Korean slasher film “Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp?” She also starred in the crime/horror/mystery K-drama “The Ghost Detective” as a detective’s assistant. In an interview by KBS World, Park Eun-bin shared that she’s actually “scared of the genre of horror,” but that she liked the script of “The Ghost Detective” so she got curious about the horror genre; “I tend to remember the images from the horror movies for a long time, so I’m not good at watching them,” she reveals. She also recently starred in the film “The Witch: Part 2. The Other One.”

She’s an award-winning actress.

Park Eun-bin’s talent definitely didn’t go unnoticed. She won Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Fantasy/Romance Drama at the 2020 SBS Drama Awards for “Do You Like Brahms?,” Best Actress at the 2020 KBS Drama Awards for “Hot Stove League,” and Best Actress at the 2022 Korean Broadcasting Awards as well as Top Excellence Award, Actress at the KBS Drama Awards for “The King’s Affection.”

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She has an extraordinary chemistry with her leading men.

And proof of Park Eun-bin’s remarkable connection with them are the Best Couple nominations and awards she received alongside Yeon Woo-jin in “Judge vs. Judge,” Choi Daniel in “The Ghost Detective,” Kim Min-jae in “Do You Like Brahms?,” and Rowoon in “The King’s Affection.” It definitely won’t be surprising for Park Eun-bin and Kang Tae-oh to be nominated or recognized for the same category for the team-up in “Extraordinary Attorney Woo.”

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She never went on a hiatus in her two-decade career.

Park Eun-bin has been unstoppable at working. Looking at her filmography, it seems like there was never a year that went by where she had nothing on her work calendar.

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She can play the violin.

Park Eun-bin made waves with her role as a violinist in K-drama “Do You Like Brahms?” Her character, Chae Song-ah, is a business administration graduate who wants to pursue her love for playing the violin. This role drew her in because she took violin lessons when she was a child, and she was even a member of her college orchestra. To portray Chae Song-ah realistically, Park Eun-bin shared, “I always wanted to appear in a drama that required me to play the violin, so meeting Chae Song Ah is like fate for me… I didn’t want to just pretend that I was playing the violin, I actually wanted to play it for my scenes. In order to look like someone who is pursuing a major in violin, rather than someone who knows just the basics, I’ve really been giving it my all and taking lessons whenever I have free time to rehearse.” She had to relearn how to play violin for three months for this project. Park Eun-bin can play the piano and drums, too.

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She appeared in music videos.

Park Eun-bin has appearances in the MVs of artists and groups like Baby V.O.X., Lee Ki-chan, Taeyang (in photo - his “I’ll Be There” MV), Taeyeon & The One, and BoM.

She played the role of a Joseon Dynasty king.

How many Korean actresses can actually say that that role is part of their dossier?! Park Eun-bin can, and it was a role that shot her to global fame. In the buzzworthy, top-rated K-drama “The King’s Affection,” her characters are twins, one is a young prince who was killed and the other one is a court maid who was thrown out of the palace when she was a baby (because twins were considered an ominous sign during the Joseon era). The prince was killed due to mistaken identity, and his sister has to pretend to be him and moves on to take on his position as Crown Prince.

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She consulted professors to portray her role as Attorney Woo well.

Park Eun-bin wanted to portray the role of a genius lawyer with autism spectrum disorder accurately. In an interview with The Swoon, Park Eun-bin said, “When I got this role, I felt a sense of responsibility. Without hurting anyone’s feelings, will I be able to embrace everything and act naturally in this role? That was my biggest concern. I thought I should make my own version of Young-woo so no one would feel unpleasant or offended. I decided to not imitate a real person or a character that already exists. I referred to books and played the role in my own way… There were also professors to ask about autism spectrum disorder. The conversations with the professors were very helpful.”

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She revealed she wasn’t confident about playing the character of Attorney Woo.

In an interview with Allure Korea, she was asked about what led her to accept “Extraordinary Attorney Woo.” Park Eun-bin shared that she was initially not confident with portraying a character in the autism spectrum. “It [‘Extraordinary Attorney Woo’] was a work that was proposed around the same time as ‘The King’s Affection.’ I thought it was good work, but it was also work that I was not confident about doing well,” she said, adding that she was worried about offending anyone. She even had to reject it multiple times but the director and writer had faith in her, so she said, “I mustered up the courage to repay their trust and took up the role.”

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She’s labelmates with her “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” co-star Kang Ki-Young.

They’re both under Namoo Actors, and other actors in the agency's roster include Lee Joon-gi, Seohyun, Koo Kyo-hwan, Song Kang, and Yu Jun-sang.

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She’ll hold her first fan meeting this September.

After being a part of the industry for almost three decades, Park Eun-bin will finally have her own fan meeting titled “Eunbin Note: Empty Space.”

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She’s an in-demand endorser.

Following her recent success as an actress, Park Eun-bin has scored several endorsement deals with brands like Tissot, Korean Red Ginseng, The Face Shop, Rataplan, and Lotte Chilsung.

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She sang for her dramas’ OSTs.

One was “A Little Love Story” for “Operation Proposal” and the other one is “Jeju’s Blue Night” for “Extraordinary Attorney Woo.”

She prefers having long hair.

Short hair definitely suits her, but in an interview with Allure Korea, Park Eun-bin shared that she actually prefers having long hair. She said, “Personally, I like long hair because… Do you know that it’s harder to take care of short hair? Of course, short hair dries faster when you wash your hair, so short hair is more convenient than long hair, but long hair keeps (style) without doing anything. I think I need to wear a hat for short hair.”

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She recently gave hosting a try.

Last year, Park Eun-bin hosted the Seoul International Drama Awards with actor/idol Cha Eun-woo.

Her leading men describe her as…

Choi Daniel, her “The Ghost Detective” co-star, thinks she’s an “honest” and “kind” person. Kim Min-jae said that he depended a lot on her when they were filming “Do You Like Brahms?,” and that he thinks “she looks gentle, but she’s tough in spirit, and she’s a strong person.” Rowoon feels lucky to have been given the chance to work with Park Eun-bin, and he said that one of the reasons he accepted “The King’s Affection” was because of her.

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She’s a fashion muse.

We love her minimalist sense of style. Whether it’s a press con or a red carpet event for an awards ceremony, Park Eun-bin is such a stunner.