1996–2017: Debut as a child actress and transition to lead roles
Park Eun-bin debuted as a child model in 1996, and since starting acting at the age of five, has starred in numerous
television series, playing the younger version of various characters.[9][10] She received the Best Young Actress award in 2009 for her role in the drama
The Iron Empress.[11]
She landed her first leading role in the time-traveling romance Operation Proposal (2012).[12]
After Operation Proposal, Park continued playing supporting roles until she gained recognition for her role in the youth
ensemble cast series about a group of young women in their early 20s, Hello, My Twenties! in 2016 and its
sequel in 2017.[13]
In 2017, she was cast in the legal drama Judge vs. Judge,[14] followed by horror thriller The Ghost Detective in 2018.[15]
2019–present: Career rise and breakthrough
Park then starred in the hit sports drama Hot Stove League (2019–2020) alongside
Namkoong Min, in which she played the operations manager of a floundering baseball team. The series, which premiered to a 3% viewership rating, went on to achieve a peak rating of 19.1%. and won Best Drama at the
56th Baeksang Arts Awards.[16]
After Hot Stove League, Park was cast as an aspiring violinist in the musical romance drama Do You Like Brahms?.[17] Despite having some experience playing the violin, Park spent 3 months practising the instrument to prepare for the role.[18] Her performance garnered her the Top Excellence Actress Award at the
2020 SBS Drama Awards.[19]
In the same year, she starred in Extraordinary Attorney Woo, playing the titular role of Woo Young-woo, a lawyer who is an
autistic savant.[25] It was later revealed that the production team waited over a year for Park to take part in the drama, after she reportedly declined the role because she "felt like the series wasn't something that [she] should approach lightly".[9][26] Nonetheless, this performance earned her acclaim from both critics and audiences.[27] Through her portrayal, the drama, which aired on the new channel
ENA, started with an audience rating of 0.9% and finished with 17.5%, sparking syndrome-like popularity in Korea.[28] The drama was a global success, ranking in the top 10 most watched non-English TV series on
Netflix for 21 weeks.[29] Park's compelling performance earned her international recognition, winning the Best Actor Award at the Asia Contents Awards [30] and the Rising Star Award for TV at the
Critics' Choice Awards' Asian Pacific Cinema & Television division.[31] At the
59th Baeksang Arts Awards, Park was awarded the
Grand Prize in Television.[3]
On January 4, 2024, Park released a digital single album Present ahead of her fan concert Eunbin Note: Diva, which would be held on January 6 and 7.[32] On March 28, she released a new single "Kung Ddari Sha Bah Rah", which is a remake of music duo
Clon's debut song.[33]
^Award winners are selected by combining trend data, voting results for Kinolight users, and Kinolights ratings
^Visionary Awards, which started in 2020, selects and awards people who lead roles in the Korean entertainment industry. It highlights the meaning and achievements of a person whose chosen trend keywords penetrated the entertainment industry, including broadcasting, movies, music, and performances, and presents the next vision of the cultural sector with outstanding achievements and influence.[98]
^The Sisa Journal is one of the major weekly news magazines in Korea.[111] Established in 1989,[112] its annually conducted 'Who Moves Korea' survey determines the most influential figures in the country and highlights next-generation leaders of Korea.[113] The survey is conducted on a total of 1000 experts across 10 fields, including professors, journalists, politicians, businessmen, and cultural artists.[114]
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