Biography of Park Shin-hye
Park Shin-hye is a South Korean actress, model, and singer. She underwent formal training in singing, dancing, and acting under the supervision of Lee Sung Hwan at Dream Factory. She gained her reputation as a child actor through TV shows like ‘Stairway to Heaven’, which was released in 2003, and ‘Tree of Heaven’, which was released in 2006.
One of the highest-grossing Korean films, ‘Miracle in Cell No. 7’, made her gain widespread popularity and fame. Park Shin-hye credits include ‘You’re Beautiful’, ‘The Heirs’, ‘Pinocchio’, ‘Doctors’, ‘Memories of the Alhambra‘, ‘Alive’, and ‘Sisyphus: The Myth’. In the years 2015, 2017, 2021, and 2022, she was named ‘Forbes Korea Power Celebrity’.
Early Life And Education
Park Shin-hye was born on 18 February 1990, in Gwangju, South Korea. She was raised in the Songpa district of Seoul. Her brother plays the guitar and writes music. The romantic comedy ‘You’re Beautiful’ features two songs from Park Shin: ‘Lovely Day’ and ‘Without Words’.
She completed her education at Youngpa Girls High School. She graduated from Chung-Ang University with a theatre degree. As the University’s Artist Ambassador, she was recognised for her efforts.
Career
Park Shin-hye was introduced as a child actor and gained notable attention for the popular Korean drama ‘Stairway to Heaven’. It was released in 2023. She was featured as the main character in ‘Very Merry Christmas’ in 2004. Her first adult leading role was in the melodrama ‘Tree of Heaven’.
Shin-hye made her film debut in the movie, ‘Evil Twin’, released in 2007. She played a double role in the movie. Her credits also extend to ‘Prince Hours’ and ‘Kimcheed Radish Cubes’. Along with her work as an actor, she was also the host of the variety show ‘Fantastic Partner’.
She won the MBC Entertainment Awards’ Best Newcomer’ in a Variety Show Award for the same. Her fame increased after collaborating with Jang Keun-su in the 2009 romantic comedy music drama, ‘You’re Beautiful’ and ‘Heartstrings’ in 2001. In 2010, she starred in the movie ‘Cyrano Agency’.
The popularity of the series increased in Japan more than in South Korea. The movie debuted as a sleeper hit, but later became a commercial success, drawing 2.7 million viewers from abroad. ‘Cyrano Agency’ ranked the top eight best-selling movies of the year. The lead character in the animated film ‘Green Days: Dinosaur and I’ was voiced by her.
At the ‘Baeksang Arts Award’, she was named the Most Popular Actress. The Japanese agency, IMX, and Park Shin-hye agreed to an exclusive contract in 2011. The same year, she made an appearance in the Taiwanese drama ‘Hayate: The Combat Butler’. she performed in the KBS drama ‘Don’t Worry, I’m a Ghost’s’ third season as well as the reality programme ‘Music and Lyrics’ in 2012.
The singer of the band Brown Eyes, Yoon Gun, and she worked together to create the song ‘I Think of You’. She was chosen for the Flower Boy television series in the ‘My Cute Guys’ third season along with actor Yoon Shi-Yoon. It first appeared in January 2013.
Park Shin-hye has received numerous honours, including the LeTV Movie, Drama Awards’ Popular Asian Star Award, ‘Best Supporting Actress’ award at the 33rd Korean Association of Film Critics Awards, ‘Popular Foreign Actress’ award at the 2013 Anhui TV Drama Awards and the Best One-Act Special Actress Award’.
‘Miracle in Cell No. 7’ became one of the highest-grossing Korean films featuring her in 2013. She celebrated her 10th anniversary by organizing the 2013 ‘Park Shin Hye Asia Tour: Kiss Of Angel’, becoming the first actress to hold a tour across Asia. She and Lee Min-ho acted in the film ‘The Heirs’, which received a peak rating of 28.6 per cent and one billion views worldwide.
As her fame and popularity increased, Park Shin-hye gained the title ‘Hallyu star’. She portrayed the Queen in ‘The Royal Tailor’ and the lead character in ‘Pinocchio’ in 2014. ‘Pinocchio’ broadcast for a year and made close to 6 million US dollars. For her roles in ‘The Heirs’ and ‘Pinocchio’, she was ranked 33 in Forbes Korea’s Korea Power Celebrity list.
At the Korea Popular Culture Awards, she also received the Prime Minister’s Commendation for her in Hallyu. Through the SBS medical drama ‘Doctors’, she made her small screen come back in 2016. Alongside popular actors, Jo Jung-suk and Doh Kyung-soo, she will feature in the comedy film ‘My Annoying Brother‘.
Followed by the crime thriller ‘Heart Blackened’ in 2017 and ‘Silent Witness’, the Korean remake of the Hong Kong film in 2017. The same year, Shin-hye won the title of ‘Most Favored Korean Actress’ from American supporters of the Korean Wave. She was a cast member for the reality series ‘Little Cabin’ in the Woods in 2018.
In the suspenseful drama ‘Memories of the Alhambra’, she played a dual role. It is one of the highest-rated Korean dramas in television history and the movie was a huge success. She starred in the disaster movie ‘Alive’, which had the highest box-office success in South Korea in 2020. She appeared in the thriller ‘The Call’ in 2020 as well. She co-starred in the 2021 time-travel drama with Cho Seung-woo, ‘Sisyphus: The Myth’.
Achievements
Shin-hye became one of the most in-demand endorsers after the success of the drama ‘Pinocchio’. With her as their spokesperson, sales for the brands Mammonde and Bruno Magil reached a record high. Due to her international fame, she is an ambassador for brands like Bench from the Philippines and Millet, a French clothing company, and Bruno Magli, an Italian luxury brand.
Park Shin-hye is the first Korean celebrity to be selected as a model for Visa and a global ambassador for the Austrian jewellery company Swarovski. She was also chosen by British jewellery company Olivia Burton to represent as its first-ever brand ambassador in Korea.
She frequently participates in and donates to charitable causes, such as the Lotte Department Store’s Lovely Hands campaign and the nonprofit organisation’s Good Friends Save Children’s fund-raising event titled ‘Hopes, Dreams, Happy Trip to Korea’.
Shin-hye represented as a goodwill ambassador for the nonprofit organisation ‘Korea Food for the Hungry International’ for nine days in Ghana in May 2011. She established the ‘Starlight Angel Project’ in 2011, leading initiatives to assist kids domestically and abroad.
The programme funds the building of schools and libraries, free kindergarten instruction, free meals for kids, village well construction and repair etc. In Ghana, West Africa, she formed the ‘Shinhye’s Centre’ in 2013, which featured a library and an audio-visual hall.
In Manila, Philippines, Shin-hye opened her second Shin Hye Center in 2016. The facility promotes children’s nutrition and education. On December 20, 2018, Park Shin-hye donated 20 fire-retardant clothing-washing washing machines, which were worth a cumulative of 50 million won. At the 2019 Asia Philanthropy Awards, she received the Philanthropic Celebrity of the Year honour. She gave the Hope Bridge Disaster Relief Association 50 million won in 2022.
Personal Life and Net Worth
Through the drama ‘The King Of Drama’, actors Choi Tae-joon and Park Shin-hye came to know one another. Since 2017, the K-drama actors have been dating. They tied the knot on 22 January 2022, in a private ceremony.
The delighted couple gave birth to their first son later. The official announcement was made by her agency, S.A.L.T Entertainment. Park Shin-hye’s net worth is said to be between $8 and $10 million due to her rise in celebrity status and popularity in recent years.
Awards
- Asia Philanthropy Awards 2019
Special Award: Philanthropic Celebrity of the year (2019) - Asia Artist Awards 2017
Asia Icon (2017) - Asia Artist Awards 2016
Best Artist Award, Actress – ‘Doctors’ (2016) - Busan International Advertising Festival 2016
Best Korean spokesmodel in China (2016) - SBS Drama Awards 2016
Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Fantasy & Genre Drama – ‘Doctors’ (2016) - SBS Drama Awards 2016
Top 10 Stars – ‘Doctors’ (2016) - Baeksang Arts Awards 2015
iQiyi Star Award (2015) - APAN Star Awards 2014
Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries – ‘The Heirs’ (2014) - Asia Rainbow TV Awards 2014
Outstanding Leading Actress – ‘The Heirs’ (2014) - Baeksang Arts Awards 2014
Most Popular Actress (TV) ‘The Heirs’ (2014) - K-Star Magazine Star Awards Ceremony 2014
Popularity Award – ‘The Heirs’ (2014) - SBS Drama Awards 2014
Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special – ‘Pinocchio’ (2014) - SBS Drama Awards 2014
Best Couple Award with Lee Jong-suk – ‘Pinocchio’ (2014) - SBS Drama Awards 2014
Top 10 Stars – ‘Pinocchio’ (2014) - Baeksang Arts Awards 2013
Most Popular Actress (Film)- ‘Miracle in Cell No. 7’ (2013) - Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival 2013
Fantasia Award – ‘Miracle in Cell No. 7’ (2013) - China TV Drama Awards 2013
Popular Foreign Actress – ‘The Heirs’ (2013) - Korean Association of Film Critics Awards 2013
Best Supporting Actress – ‘Miracle in Cell No. 7’ (2013) - SBS Drama Awards 2013
Excellence Award, Actress in Drama Special – ‘The Heirs’ (2013) - SBS Drama Awards 2013
Top 10 Stars – ‘The Heirs’ (2013) - SBS Drama Awards 2013
Best Couple Award with Lee Min-ho – ‘The Heirs'(2013) - Baeksang Arts Awards 2013
Most Popular Actress (Film) – ‘Miracle in Cell No. 7’ (2013) - Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival 2013
Fantasia Award – ‘Miracle in Cell No. 7’ (2013) - China TV Drama Awards 2013
Popular Foreign Actress – ‘The Heirs’ (2013) - Korean Association of Film Critics Awards 2013
Best Supporting Actress – ‘Miracle in Cell No. 7’ (2013) - SBS Drama Awards 2013
Excellence Award, Actress in Drama Special – ‘The Heirs’ (2013) - SBS Drama Awards 2013
Top 10 Stars – ‘The Heirs’ (2013) - SBS Drama Awards 2013
Best Couple Award with Lee Min-ho – ‘The Heirs’ (2013) - Baeksang Arts Awards 2012
Most Popular Actress (TV) – ‘Heartstrings’ (2012) - KBS Drama Awards 2012
Best Actress in a One-Act Special – ‘Don’t Worry, I’m a Ghost'(2012) - Baeksang Arts Awards 2011
Most Popular Actress (Film) ‘Cyrano Agency’ (2011) - LeTV Movie and Drama Awards 2011
Popular Asian Star (2011) - SBS Drama Awards (2009)
Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special- New Star Award – ‘You’re Beautiful’ (2009)
Interesting Facts About Park Shin-hye
- Park Shin-hye was the first Korean celebrity to be an ambassador for Swarovski.
- Shin-hye is a certified pioneer of Hallyu culture.
- Shin-hye’s breakthrough character was in the drama ‘Miracle in Cell No.7’.
- The zodiac sign of Park Shin-hye is Aquarius.
- Shin-hye is a huge fan of KIA Tigers, a Korean professional baseball team.
- Shin-hye is a graduate of Chung-an University.
- Shin-hye has a major in Theater and Film Studies.
FAQ’s
- When is Shin-hye’s Birthday?
Shin-hye celebrates her birthday on February 18, 1990. - How old is Park Shin-hye ?
As of 2022, Shin-hye is 32 years old. - Is Park Shin-hye married?
Yes, Park Shi-hye is married to actor Choi Tae-joon. - What is Shin-hye’s Instagram ID?
ssinz7 is her Instagram ID with 14.1 million followers.
