# Park So-dam

Park So-dam (Korean: 박소담; born September 8, 1991) is a South Korean actress. She gained recognition through her appearances in the film The Priests (2015) as well as television series such as Cinderella with Four Knights (2016), Record of Youth (2020), and Death's Game (2023–2024).
She achieved international fame for her role in the 2019 critically acclaimed dark comedy thriller film Parasite, which won the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Picture. The actors won the Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards.

## Early life and education

When Park was in high school, she watched the musical Grease and developed an interest in acting. While in university, Park started her career by turning to independent films after being rejected from around seventeen auditions.
In 2010, Park enrolled in the School of Drama at Korea National University of Arts. She was part of the Class of 2010 in the Department of Acting, alongside classmates such as Kim Go-eun, Lee Yoo-young, Ahn Eun-jin, Lee Sang-yi, Kim Sung-cheol, Cha Seo-won, and Lee Hwi-jong.

## Career
### 2013–2016: Early career

Park graduated from Korea National University of Arts in February 2014 and is called Jeon Do-yeon of the short film world. In 2013 alone, she appeared in eight short films and gave impressive performances in over 15 short films.
Known as a prolific performer in independent cinema, Park starred in the Korean Academy of Film Arts feature Ingtoogi: Battle of the Internet Trolls and the indie Steel Cold Winter, the latter of which drew notice when it premiered at the Busan International Film Festival. Park also took small parts in mainstream titles Scarlet Innocence and The Royal Tailor.
She broke into the mainstream in 2015 after making a strong impression with her performance in The Silenced, which nabbed her a win for Best Supporting Actress from the Busan Film Critics Awards. She then featured in box office hits Veteran and The Throne, which led to her casting in the critically acclaimed mystery thriller The Priests. Her role as an evil possessed high school student won her multiple Best New Actress nods.
Park also extended her filmography to television. In 2016, she took the lead role in KBS2's medical drama A Beautiful Mind and tvN's romantic comedy series Cinderella with Four Knights. She then appeared in 2016 revival of the hit play Closer, by Patrick Marber, opposite Bae Seong-woo, Seo Hyun-woo, Kim So-jin, and Kim Seon-ho.

### 2019–present: Rising popularity through Parasite and career breakthrough

In 2019, Park starred in Bong Joon-ho's black comedy, Parasite. The film received international critical acclaim and was a box office success in South Korea. She gained recognition for her role as a crafty, whipsmart younger sister of the family, and became known for her "Jessica Jingle". In the same year, Park joined the variety show Three Meals a Day: Mountain Village along with Yum Jung-ah and Yoon Se-ah.
In 2020, Park was cast in the youth drama Record of Youth as an aspiring makeup artist. In the same year, Park participated in the variety show Gamsung Camping which is a camping variety show with Park Na-rae, Ahn Young-mi, Son Na-eun, Solar. Later, Park made her comeback in the stage play The Student and Mr. Henri, a stage play she performed in 2017.
In 2022, Park returned to the big screen in three years in the crime action film Special Delivery, playing a professional delivery driver.
In 2023, she starred in Lee Hae-young's spy action film Phantom as a Korean secretary to a high-ranking Japanese officer in 1933. During that same year, Park starred as the female lead in Death's Game, portraying a mysterious entity known as "Death", who punishes a man to 12 cycles of painful deaths as punishment for his suicide and insults of Death.

## Personal life
### Health

On December 13, 2021, it was revealed that Park had been diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer during a regular health checkup, and underwent surgery according to the opinion of the medical staff.
On February 7, 2022, Park's agency confirmed that Park had recently recovered from COVID-19.

## Filmography
### Feature film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2013 | Steel Cold Winter | Ji-yeon | |
| 2013 | Ingtoogi: The Battle of Internet Trolls | Yeon-hee | Independent film |
| 2014 | The Legacy | Eun-seon | |
| 2014 | One on One | Coffee delivery girl | |
| 2014 | Scarlet Innocence | Chung-yi's friend | Bit part |
| 2014 | The Royal Tailor | Yoo-wol | |
| 2015 | C'est Si Bon | Schoolgirl 1 | Bit part |
| 2015 | The Silenced | Hong Yeon-deok | |
| 2015 | Veteran | The Youngest | |
| 2015 | The Throne | Lady Moon | |
| 2015 | The Priests | Lee Young-shin | |
| 2016 | Snow Paths | Maria | |
| 2016 | Take Off 2 | Lee Ji-hye | Cameo |
| 2017 | Man of Will | Han Yeong-hee | Special appearance |
| 2018 | Ode to the Goose | Innkeeper's daughter | |
| 2018 | The Underdog | Bamyi | Voice |
| 2019 | Parasite | Kim Ki-jung / Jessica | |
| 2020 | Fukuoka | So-dam | |
| 2022 | Special Delivery | Eun-ha | |
| 2023 | Phantom | Yuriko | |
| TBA | Gyeongju Travelogue | Yeong-ju | |

### Short film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2013 | No More No Less | Schoolgirl | |
| 2013 | Most Ordinary Existence | Su-jin | |
| 2013 | Death Theatre | Schoolgirl | |
| 2014 | Playgirl | — | |
| 2014 | Suzi | Suzi | |
| 2014 | Inevitable | Lee Mi-young | |
| 2015 | The Vampire Lives Next Door | Na-mi | from omnibus Color of Asia – Masters |
| 2015 | Blue Monday's Woman | So-dam | |

### Television series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2015 | KBS Drama Special: "Red Moon" | Princess Hwawan | Drama special |
| 2015 | My First Time | Han Song-yi | |
| 2016 | A Beautiful Mind | Gye Jin-sung | |
| 2016 | Cinderella with Four Knights | Eun Ha-won | |
| 2020 | Record of Youth | Ahn Jeong-ha | |
| 2023–2024 | Death's Game | Death | |

### Television shows

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 2019 | Three Meals a Day: Mountain Village | Cast Member | with Yum Jung-ah, Yoon Se-ah | |
| 2020 | Gamsung Camping | Cast Member | with Park Na-rae, Ahn Young-mi, Son Na-eun, Solar | |

### Hosting

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2020 | 2nd day 34th Golden Disc Awards | with Lee Seung-gi |
| 2021 | 1st day 35th Golden Disc Awards | with Lee Seung-gi |
| 2021 | Opening ceremony 26th Busan International Film Festival | with Song Joong-ki |
| 2023 | 37th Golden Disc Awards | with Sung Si-kyung, Lee Da-hee and Nichkhun |

### Radio shows

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 2022 | This is Ahn Young-mi, the date muse at two o'clock | Special DJ | October 3,4 | |

## Theater

| Year | Title | Title | Role | Venue | Date | Ref. |
| Year | English | Korean | Role | Venue | Date | Ref. |
| 2016 | Let Me In | 렛미인 | Eli | Seoul Arts Centre CJ Towol Theatre | January 21 to February 28 | |
| 2016 | The Medici 2016 | 더 메디치 2016 | Herself | Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) | August 27 to 28 | |
| 2016 | Closer | 클로저 | Alice Ayres (Jane Jones) | Yegreen Theater | September 6 to November 13, 2016 | |
| 2017-2018 | The Student and Monsieur Henri [fr] | 앙리할아버지와 나 | Constance Piponnier | Yes 24 Stage 1 | Dec 15 to Feb 18 | |
| 2018 | The Student and Monsieur Henri [fr] | 앙리할아버지와 나 | Constance Piponnier | Seongnam Art Centre Ensemble Theatre | March 16 to 17 | |
| 2018 | The Student and Monsieur Henri [fr] | 앙리할아버지와 나 | Constance Piponnier | Ulsan Culture and Arts Centre Small Performance Hall | April 20 to 21 | |
| 2018 | The Student and Monsieur Henri [fr] | 앙리할아버지와 나 | Constance Piponnier | Daejeon Arts Centre Ensemble Hall | May 4 to 5 | |
| 2018 | The Student and Monsieur Henri [fr] | 앙리할아버지와 나 | Constance Piponnier | Centum City Sohyang Theatre Shinhan Card Hall | May 26 to 27 | |
| 2018 | The Student and Monsieur Henri [fr] | 앙리할아버지와 나 | Constance Piponnier | Suwon SK Atrium Grand Performance Hall | June 1 to 2 | |
| 2020 | The Student and Monsieur Henri [fr] | 앙리할아버지와 나 | Constance Piponnier | Hanam Culture and Arts Centre Small Theatre (Arang Hall) | November 6 to 7 | |
| 2020 | The Student and Monsieur Henri [fr] | 앙리할아버지와 나 | Constance Piponnier | Sejong Gugak Centre | November 13 to 14 | |
| 2020–2021 | The Student and Monsieur Henri [fr] | 앙리할아버지와 나 | Constance Piponnier | Yes24 Stage 1 | December 3 to February 14 | |
| 2021 | The Student and Monsieur Henri [fr] | 앙리할아버지와 나 | Constance Piponnier | Gyeonggi Art Centre Small Theatre, Suwon | March 27 to 28 | |
| 2021 | The Student and Monsieur Henri [fr] | 앙리할아버지와 나 | Constance Piponnier | Guri Art Hall Cosmos Grand Theatre, Guri | April 17 | |
| 2021 | The Student and Monsieur Henri [fr] | 앙리할아버지와 나 | Constance Piponnier | Gimhae Cultural Centre Hani Hall, Gimhae | May 1 | |
| 2021 | The Student and Monsieur Henri [fr] | 앙리할아버지와 나 | Constance Piponnier | Online | May 31 | |

## Discography
### Singles

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Our Feeling" (Lee Yoon Chan feat. Kim Min-jae, Park So-dam & Lee Yi-kyung) | 2015 | My First Time OST |

## Ambassadorship

* Honorary Ambassador for Efficient Tourism in Korea (2021)

## 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 |
| APAN Star Awards | 2016 | Best New Actress | Cinderella with Four Knights | Nominated |
| APAN Star Awards | 2021 | Popular Star Award, Actress | Record of Youth | Nominated |
| Asia Artist Awards | 2020 | Popularity Award (Actress) | Park So-dam | Nominated |
| Asian Film Awards | 2016 | Best Supporting Actress | The Priests | Nominated |
| Baeksang Arts Awards | 2016 | Best New Actress – Television | My First Time | Nominated |
| Baeksang Arts Awards | 2016 | Best New Actress – Film | The Priests | Won |
| Baeksang Arts Awards | 2020 | Best Supporting Actress – Film | Parasite | Nominated |
| Baeksang Arts Awards | 2022 | Best Actress – Film | Special Delivery | Nominated |
| Blue Dragon Film Awards | 2015 | Best New Actress | The Silenced | Nominated |
| Blue Dragon Film Awards | 2016 | Best Supporting Actress | The Priests | Won |
| Blue Dragon Film Awards | 2019 | Best Supporting Actress | Parasite | Nominated |
| Blue Dragon Film Awards | 2022 | Best Actress | Special Delivery | Nominated |
| Buil Film Awards | 2015 | Best New Actress | The Silenced | Nominated |
| Buil Film Awards | 2016 | Best New Actress | The Priests | Nominated |
| Buil Film Awards | 2016 | Best Supporting Actress | The Priests | Won |
| Busan Film Critics Awards | 2015 | Best New Actress | The Silenced | Nominated |
| Chunsa Film Art Awards | 2016 | Best New Actress | The Priests | Won |
| Chunsa Film Art Awards | 2022 | Best Actress | Special Delivery | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Awards | 2020 | Best Acting Ensemble | Parasite | Nominated |
| Grand Bell Awards | 2015 | Best New Actress | The Silenced | Nominated |
| Grand Bell Awards | 2022 | Best Actress | Special Delivery | Nominated |
| Interpark Golden Ticket Awards | 2016 | Best Actress in a Play | Let Me In Closer | Won |
| IndieWire Critics Poll | 2019 | Best Supporting Actress | Parasite | 10th place |
| JTBC | 2020 | Best Chemistry Award | Park So-dam with Solar Gamsung Camping | Won |
| KBS Drama Awards | 2016 | Best New Actress | A Beautiful Mind | Nominated |
| KOFRA Film Awards | 2016 | Best New Actress | The Priests | Won |
| Korea Film Actors Association Awards | 2015 | Popular Movie Star | The Priests | Won |
| Korean Film Producers Association Awards | 2016 | Best Supporting Actress | The Priests | Won |
| Max Movie Awards | 2016 | Best New Actress | The Priests | Won |
| Max Movie Awards | 2016 | Rising Star Award | Park So-dam | Won |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2020 | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Motion Picture | Parasite | Won |
| Women in Film Korea Awards | 2015 | Best New Actress | The Priests | Won |

### Listicles

Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement :
| Publisher | Year | Listicle | Placement | Ref. |
| Cine 21 | 2015 | New Actress of the Year | 1st | |