Park Ji-hu

Biography

Park Ji-hu (born November 7, 2003, in Daegu, South Korea) is a South Korean actress who has established herself as one of the promising young talents in the Korean entertainment industry. She began her acting career at a young age and gained widespread recognition for her emotional performances in films and television dramas. She made her acting debut in 2016 and received her first major breakthrough with the critically acclaimed independent film House of Hummingbird (2018), directed by Kim Bora. Her portrayal of Kim Eun-hee earned her international appreciation and several awards, including Best Actress at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, making her the youngest recipient of the award at the time.

Career

Park Ji-hu started exploring acting after being discovered through a street audition during her childhood. She made her early screen appearances in the short film Home Without Me and the feature film Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned (2016). She subsequently appeared in Fabricated City (2017) and the thriller film The Witness (2018), gradually gaining experience in the Korean film industry.

Her breakthrough came with House of Hummingbird (2018), in which she played Eun-hee, a young girl navigating family difficulties, loneliness and the challenges of growing up. Her performance received widespread critical acclaim and established her as a talented young actress.

In 2020, she appeared in the drama film Black Light, further demonstrating her ability to portray emotionally complex characters. She achieved international popularity in 2022 when she played Nam On-jo in the Netflix zombie-apocalypse series All of Us Are Dead. Her performance introduced her to a much wider international audience.

The same year, she appeared as Oh In-hye in the television drama Little Women, alongside Kim Go-eun, Nam Ji-hyun and Wi Ha-joon. In 2023, she played Hye-won in the disaster thriller film Concrete Utopia, starring Lee Byung-hun, Park Seo-joon and Park Bo-young.