A graduate of the Korean National University of Arts born in 1991, Park Sodam began her acting career as a prolific performer in independent titles, after being rejected from auditions over and over. In 2013, she appeared in a pair of shorts, as well the Korean Academy of Film Arts feature <Ingtoogi: Battle of the Internet Trolls> (2012) and the CJ Entertainment-backed indie <Steel Cold Winter> (2013), which drew plenty of notice when it premiered at the Busan Int...More

A graduate of the Korean National University of Arts born in 1991, Park Sodam began her acting career as a prolific performer in independent titles, after being rejected from auditions over and over. In 2013, she appeared in a pair of shorts, as well the Korean Academy of Film Arts feature <Ingtoogi: Battle of the Internet Trolls> (2012) and the CJ Entertainment-backed indie <Steel Cold Winter> (2013), which drew plenty of notice when it premiered at the Busan International Film Festival. The following year proved a very busy one for the young star, as it saw her appear in <The Legacy> (2013), another KAFA feature, as well as Kim Kiduk’s <One on One> (2014) and the anthology drama <The Youth> (2014), which screened at the Jeonju International Film Festival. A pair of shorts with Park also appeared that year, and notably she took on small parts in the mainstream titles <Scarlet Innocence> (2014), a steamy thriller from Lim Pilsung, and Lee Wonsuk’s period drama <The Royal Tailor> (2014). Korea’s commercial industry took notice and kept her busy through the end of 2014 and into 2015, her breakout year. She appeared in no less than six films, which included supporting parts in <C’est si bon> (2014), <Veteran> (2014) and <The Throne> (2014) and a leading role in the Jeonju Cinema Project <Snow Paths> (2015). It was however with the Colonial Era psychological horror-thriller <The Silenced> (2014), released in 2015, that she was brought to the attention of the public. She double-downed later that year with an unforgettable performance in the widely successful exorcism thriller <The Priests> (2015), in which she called to mind <The Exorcist>’s Linda Blair. The two latter films earned her a string of Best New Actress wins and nominations from all of the nation’s top film awards bodies. After moving to television in 2015 with one of the main roles in youth drama series <My First Time> (2015), later followed by top billing roles in <Beautiful Mind> (2016) and <Cinderella with Four Knights> (2016), she took on another challenge in 2016 by starring in a local production of Jack THORNE’s theatre adaptation of <Let the Right One In>, in which she played the female lead Eli, as well as in a local production of <Closer>. In 2018, she was invited by Zhang Lu to to the coastal town of Gunsan for his critically acclaimed <Ode to the Goose> (2018). Park reached an international audience in 2019 when she starred in Bong Joon-ho’s Palme-d’Or and Academy Award for Best Picture-winner <PARASITE> (2019), playing the daughter of the director’s favorite actor Song Kangho. Later that year. She and the rest of the main cast were recognized by becoming the first foreign actors to win Best Ensemble from the Screen Actors Guild Awards. She reunited with Zhang, but this time in <FUKUOKA> (2019). She is set to appear in Park Daemin’s <Special Delivery> (temporary title) and Lee Haeyoung’s historical espionage thriller <Ghost> (temporary title).Less