Park So Dam

Park So Dam, a South Korean actress, is a household name. In the film “Parasite,” Park So Dam became a household name around the world. First time for a Korean film to take home the “Palme d’Or” at Cannes Film Festival.

How old is Park So Dam?

She was born on the 8th of September in 1991, making her 29 years old as of right now. She was born in Seoul, South Korea, and her zodiac sign is Virgo, according to her birth certificate. Park So Dam has two younger siblings: a younger sister and a younger brother. The dentities of So Dam’s family members are still a mystery.

It was also Park So Dam’s alma mater, Korea National University of the Arts. The Jangsin Girls’ High School was Dam’s prior high school.

Career and Professional Life:

Park So Dam is a well-known actress in her own right. She began her career in the independent cinema industry. The Priests and The Silenced garnered Dam critical praise in 2015. The actress, who was just 17 at the time, went on to star in the KBS2 series Beautiful Mind as Gye Jin-seong.

In 2013, she began her acting career. Park So Dam received “Best New Actress” prizes from the Busan Film Critics Awards, the Korea Film Reporters Association Awards, and the Baeksang Arts Awards for her performance in The Priests. Jang Hyuk is a well-known actor who worked with Park So Dam on Beautiful Mind.

As a high school student, Park So Dam saw Grease when it aired. Her interest in acting grew as a result of this. Her career as an actress got its start in independent films when she was still a student after she was turned down for about seventeen acting jobs.

Movies

Park So Dam is also well-known for his work as an actor in indie films. A Korean Academy of Film Arts film and an independent film starring her were both released. When Park So Dam’s film opened at the Busan International Film Festival, it received a lot of attention.

In 2014, Park So Dam had minor roles in Scarlet Innocence and The Royal Tailor, both of which were released by major studios. Furthermore, in 2015, she became a household name. Following her performance in The Silenced, which left a lasting effect. Park So Dam won the Busan Film Critics Award for “Best Supporting Actress” for her work in this film.

Veteran and The Throne, two big office successes in 2015, followed. Her role in the critically acclaimed mystery thriller The Priests the following year was a direct result of this success. So Dam played Lee Young-shin, a possessed high school student, in this film.

When it came time for her next role, Park So Dam had just completed filming on Bong Joon-dark ho’s comedy, Parasite. International critical praise and box office success in South Korea made Parasite a box office hit around the world. In addition, she became famous for her “Jessica Jingle” as the family’s clever, whip-smart younger sister. The character So-dam emerged in Fukuoka in 2020. In 2021, she will also appear in Ghost.

Television Series

The actress has also branched out into television. OnStyle’s My First Time featured Park as Han Song-yi in the year 2015. KBS2’s Red Moon Drama Special featured So Dam as Princess Hwawan before this.

KBS2’s medical drama A Beautiful Mind and tvN’s romance comedy Cinderella with Four Knights starred So Dam in 2016. Both So Dam and Jung Il-woo were cast in the major parts in the latter. They were joined by notable performers like as Lee Jung Shin, Choi Min and Son Naeun in the supporting cast. In 2020, Park was cast as Ahn Jung-ha, an ambitious makeup artist, in the youth drama Record of Youth.