Park Ji-ah (actress, born 1977)

In this Korean name, the family name is Park.

This article is about the actress born in 1977. For the actress born in 1972, see Park Ji-ah (actress, born 1972).

Park Ji-ah (Korean: 박지아; born 18 July 1977) is a South Korean actress.^[1] She is known for her roles in dramas such as Link: Eat, Love, Kill, Our Blues and Once Upon a Small Town.^[2][3]

Park Ji-ah
Born	Park Ji-ah (1977-07-18) 18 July 1977 (age 48) Seoul, South Korea
Other names	Park Ji-a
Education	Myongji College
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1998 – present
Agent	Jannabi Entertainment
Known for	Link: Eat, Love, Kill Our Blues Once Upon a Small Town
Korean name
Hangul	박지아
RR	Bak Jia
MR	Pak Chia

Early life

Park Ji-ah started her career in 1998 in theatre plays. She has performed in stage plays and musicals such as Blood and Seed, Daughters of Igalia, Elephant Song, Mokship, and Build Simcheongjeon.^[4]

Career

In 2021, she signed with Jannabi Entertainment and worked in her first drama Beyond Evil. The following year she had a supporting role in drama Our Blues, portraying the role of Hye-ja, a woman who takes care of her autistic granddaughter. The role was very well-received. Park Ji-ah said that she learned the Jeju dialect used in the role of a local haenyeo, and that many asked her if she was from Jeju.^[4] Later, she played the role of Park Seon-hwa in Link: Eat, Love, Kill.^[5][6]

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2021	Beyond Evil	Neighborhood woman	[7]
2022	Our Blues	Park Hye-ja	[8]
	Link: Eat, Love, Kill	Park Seon-hwa	[9]
	Once Upon a Small Town	Cha Yeon-hong	[10]
2022	The Law Cafe	Hair Stylist
2023	The Good Bad Mother	Doctor
	KBS Drama Special: "Half Lies"	Seok-ran	[11]
	Delightfully Deceitful	Prisoner	[12]
2024	Crash	Park Hyeon-jeong	[13]
	A Virtuous Business	Butcher shop owner	[14]
	The Trunk	Pawn Shop Owner	[15]
	Brewing Love	Sim Young-ja	[16]

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2024	It Has to Be a Secret	Ha-young	[17]

Theatre

Year	Title	Korean Title	Role
2006	Bandit	밴디트	Marie
2007	Dreamy	몽연	Masked person
2008	Oasis Laundry Heist Incident	오아시스세탁소습격사건	Jang Min-sook[18]
2010	Thank You Honey	여보 고마워	Mother-in-law[19]
2011	Miss Young Ae	막돼먹은 영애씨	Young-ae[20]
2012	Miss Young-ae, Who Is Lost	막돼먹은 영애씨	Young-ae
	Propose	프로포즈	Jin-young
2013	Hyegyeonggung Hong	혜경궁 홍씨	Choi Sang-gung[21]
2014	Pyongyang Maria	평양마리아	Grandma[22]
	Frankenstein	프랑켄슈타인	Clarie
2015	With	이랑	Wol-jik Chasa
	Piece Of Paper	토막 土幕	Gyeongseon Cheo
2015	Winter Story	겨울이야기	Nobility
	Heavy Metal Girls	헤비메탈 걸스	Eun-ju[23]
	I Have Soup	국물 있사옵니다	Park Yong-ja
2017	Doorbell	초인종	Mom
	You're Carrying Gwangju-ri, Again	조끼	Grandmother[24]
2018	September	9월	Seon-hee
	Grandma - Suwon	할머니 - 수원	Grandma
	Completely Out Of The Blue	완전히 파란색	Lady Han
	A Magician's Story	어느 마술사 이야기	Mother[25]
2019	Galileo's life	갈릴레오의 삶	Madame Sarti
	2nd Feminism	제2의 페미니즘	Morgan
	Daughters of Igalia	이갈리아의 딸들	Son[26]
	Elephant Song	엘리펀트 송	Peterson[27]
2021	76 Festival	76 축제	Gwi-duk

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee / Work	Result	Ref.
54th Dong-A Theater Awards	2017	Rookie of the Year Award	You're Carrying Gwangju-ri, Again	Won	[28]