Park Shin Hye is the most famous 9X actress on Korean screens. She is known for many hits such as "Stairway to Heaven", "Handsome Girl", "The Heirs", "Pinocchio", "Judge from Hell"...
The actress has just reappeared with the main role in the movie "Investigator Hong" on tvN. In the movie, Park Shin Hye is a financial supervisor at the age of 30, but has to disguise herself as a clumsy 20-year-old employee to investigate the suspicious fund of a securities company.
When appearing on the recent "You quiz on the block" program, MC Yoo Jae Suk mentioned Park Shin Hye's new role as a 20-year-old girl, the actress shared: "Because I debuted very early, many people still remember my image at 20 years old. I'm worried that the comparison photos will spread again".
Park Shin Hye started her career as a child actress, and has been in the profession for 24 years now. She said she entered the art path thanks to the introduction of a church teacher.
Park Shin Hye confessed: "Actually, I never thought I would become famous. When I was little, my dream was to be a police officer, because my house had been broken into by thieves. I don't like standing in front of crowds, I'm a rather depressed child.
She recounted that when singer Lee Seung Hwan's company held a public audition for the music video, the teacher at the church who was a fan of Lee Seung Hwan proposed to register Park Shin Hye to participate in the competition.
My mother also wanted to save pictures of her child's childhood, so she conveniently submitted the application, everything happened very accidentally," the actress recalled.
Park Shin Hye said that after 3 rounds of competition, she was admitted when she was in 6th grade. In 2001, she started working as a singer intern and participated in filming the MVs "Do you love me", "Flower".
Initially, her parents opposed Park Shin Hye's pursuit of artistic career, then changed their minds when she showed determination.
Because of her dream, the whole family left Gwangju to live in Seoul. Park Shin Hye shared: "At that time, my father's business was not doing well, so the family was very difficult. My whole family lived in a semi-detached house. I still remember clearly the structure of that house, including the toilet in the toilet lying a little higher than the floor.
In Seoul, Park Shin Hye's father drives a taxi; her mother works as a insurance agent and works at a high school cafeteria, even a janitor cleaning the toilet.
My mother said she has never felt ashamed of those jobs. Even after my debut, my mother continued to work and said that everyone was very happy," the actress confided.
She added: "Because of making a living, I think I must succeed soon so that my parents can live more comfortably. I have jumped into the profession with the thought "doing this job will probably make money". I want to be filial to my parents soon.
Although starting as a singing intern, but following Lee Seung Hwan's advice, she switched to acting. The first work she auditioned for was "Stairway to Heaven" (2003), and the role of Jung Suh as a child helped Park Shin Hye become famous when she was only 13 years old.
At university, Park Shin Hye was admitted to the Faculty of Theater and Cinema of Chung-Ang University, in the same course as many actors such as Go Ara, Kim Bum, Kang Ha Neul.
Park Shin Hye has temporarily stopped working for 1 year to experience student life. She recounted: "Actually, at the time I temporarily stopped working, Kim Bum was very busy promoting the movie "Floating Garden", and the person who has not been released but enjoys university life with me is Kang Ha Neul".
