Park Han-byul (
Korean: 박한별; born November 17, 1984) is a South Korean actress and model.[2][3]
Career
As a student at Anyang Art High School,[4] Park posted photographs of herself on the internet, becoming an online celebrity due to her
close physical resemblance to actress
Jun Ji-hyun.[5][6] After being signed by an entertainment agency, she made her acting debut in the 2003
horror film Wishing Stairs, her part requiring her to learn
ballet over a two-month period of rigorous training.[7][8]
Having since appeared in a succession of
television drama series, Park returned to the big screen with a role in the 2008 film
Fate.[9] She then went on to star in the horror film
Yoga later the same year.[10][11] In 2010, Park starred in the coming-of-age film My Black Mini Dress, based on the same titled
chick lit novel by Kim Min-seo.[12]
In July 2012, Park co-starred with
Kim Ji-seok in horror film Two Moons, playing the role of So-hee, a horror fiction novelist with a hidden secret.[13][14] Park then starred in another horror film Bunshinsaba 2 directed by
Ahn Byeong-ki, marking her acting debut in China.[15][16]
Park returned to TV, starring in the daily drama One Well-Raised Daughter.[17] In 2015, she starred in the melodrama I Have a Lover, where she attracted attention with her portrayal of a morally ambiguous woman.[18] In 2017, she took on the titular role in MBC's variety drama Borg Mom.[19]
In 2019, Park is set to star in the romance melodrama Love in Sadness, a remake of the 1999
TBS drama Beautiful Person.[20]
Personal life
In June 2009,
K-pop singer
Seven acknowledged on his website that he and Park had been in a relationship for seven years, with the couple having first met when they were seniors in high school. Seven had previously denied rumors that they were a couple in order to protect Park's privacy and let the relationship grow naturally.[21][22]On December 23, 2014, a statement was released by Park's agency stating that she and Seven had ended their 12-year relationship earlier on in the year.[23]
On November 24, 2017, it was announced that Park had married a non-celebrity earlier that year, and that they planned to have the ceremony in 2018 with family and friends. The couple had met three years prior and entered into a relationship sometime in the beginning of 2017. It was also announced that Park was 15 weeks pregnant.[24][25][26][27] On April 30, 2018, it was reported that Park had given birth to a son.[28][29][30] On May 31, 2022, the agency announced that Park is pregnant with a second child.[31] On August 17, 2022, it was announced that Park had given birth to a second child.[32]
^Kim Ga-young (October 26, 2021).
"이엘라이즈 대표 "박한별과 인연 이어가기로…복귀 지원할 것" [공식]" [ELRIS CEO "I will continue my relationship with Park Han-byul… I will support her comeback" [Official]] (in Korean). E-Daily Star.
Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2021 – via
Naver.
^Han Eun-jung. "
Separated at Birth?Archived February 1, 2008, at the
Wayback Machine". HanCinema, July 20, 2005 (originally published by The Korea Times). Retrieved on January 31, 2008.
^Park, Jung-min (May 31, 2022).
"박한별 측 "둘째 임신 맞다" [공식]" [Park Han-byul's side "It's true that I'm pregnant with my second" [Official]] (in Korean). Newsen.
Archived from the original on May 31, 2022. Retrieved May 31, 2022 – via
Naver.
^Hwang, So-young (August 17, 2022).
"제주살이' 박한별, 둘째 출산 "산모 아이 모두 건강" [Living in Jeju' Park Han-byul gives birth to second child "Both mother and child are healthy] (in Korean).
JTBC.
Archived from the original on August 17, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022 – via
Naver.
^Min, Sung-jin (January 1, 2004).
"이병헌, SBS '연기대상 수상'". Newsis (in Korean).
Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.