Park Se-young

Park Se-young (Korean: 박세영; born July 30, 1988) is a South Korean actress. She rose to fame in 2012 with supporting roles in the television dramas Faith and School 2013. Park has since played leading roles in A Tale Of Two Sisters (2013) and Glorious Day (2014), as well as the film The Cat Funeral (2015).

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Park Se-young
Se-young in 2017
Born	(1988-07-30) July 30, 1988 (age 36) Seoul, South Korea
Education	Sangmyung University – Film and Media Studies
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer
Years active	2002–2003; 2011–present
Agent	CL& Company [ko]
Spouse	Kwak Jung-wook ​ (m. 2022)​
Korean name
Hangul	박세영
Hanja	朴世榮
Revised Romanization	Bak Se-yeong
McCune–Reischauer	Pak Se-yŏng

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Park Se-young made her acting debut in a TV drama in 2002 when she was still a child, but left show business to concentrate on her studies.^[1] She returned to acting in 2011, and first drew attention after appearing in Jay Park's "Know Your Name (Acoustic)" music video.^[2] She then played supporting roles in family drama If Tomorrow Comes,^[3] revenge thriller Man from the Equator,^[4] melodrama Love Rain,^[5] period epic Faith,^[6] and teen drama School 2013.^[1]

In 2013, Park was cast in her first leading role in the daily drama A Tale Of Two Sisters.^[7] She was also designated as one of the MCs on Music Bank.^[8][9]

Park appeared on the fourth season of We Got Married in 2014, a variety/reality show that paired celebrities into fake wedded couples (Park's partner was Jang Wooyoung from boyband 2PM).^[10][11][12] Another leading role followed in weekend drama Glorious Day.^[13] Park then starred in two webtoon film adaptations – Fashion King (2014) and The Cat Funeral (2015).^[14][15]

After ending a contract dispute with S.A.L.T Entertainment, Park signed with new agency Hunus Entertainment in 2015.^[16] The same year Park was cast in her villainous role in the daily drama My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol and she won Excellence Award, Actress in 9th Korea Drama Awards for her performance.^[17][18]

In 2016, Park starred in the medical thriller A Beautiful Mind.^[19]

After a supporting role in the 2017 legal thriller Whisper,^[20] Park played the leading role in melodrama Money Flower.^[21]

In June 2018, Park signed with new agency CL& Company.^[22]

In 2019, Park was cast in the comedy drama Special Labor Inspector as a judo athlete turned civil servant.^[23]

In 2022, Park is confirmed to make her small screen comeback after three years through tvN drama Mental Coach Jegal, for which she was cast along with Jung Woo, Lee Yoo-mi and Kwon Yul.^[24]

On January 24, 2022, Park's agency confirmed that she and Kwak Jung-wook are getting married in mid-February, and the wedding ceremony will be held privately in Seoul.^[25] They met while appearing together in the drama School 2013 and developed into a couple a few years ago.^[26]