# Nam Ji-hyun

Nam Ji-hyun (Korean: 남지현; born September 17, 1995) is a South Korean actress. Nam began her career in 2004 as a child actress in the television series Say You Love Me [ko] (2004). She is best known for her roles in Queen Seondeok (2009), Suspicious Partner (2017), 100 Days My Prince (2018), 365: Repeat the Year (2020), and Good Partner (2024).

## Early life and education

Nam Ji-hyun was born on September 17, 1995 at Bupyeong District, Incheon, South Korea. She enrolled in Sogang University as a Psychology major in 2014, and finished her degree in February 2020, while she remained as an active actress in between her studies.

## Career
### 2004–2015: Beginnings as a child actress

In February 2004, Nam began her acting career through MBC television series titled Say You Love Me [ko] (2004).
In 2008, Nam won a Best Young Actress award at the 2008 MBC Drama Awards for her performance in the East of Eden (2008).
In 2009, she starred in the historical drama Queen Seondeok (2009), she played the role of the young Queen Sondeok. Later that year, Nam starred in Will It Snow for Christmas? (2009) alongside actor Kim Soo-Hyun.
In 2011, Nam starred in the dark fantasy films A Reason to Live (2011), which featured Song Hye-kyo.
She later appeared in the miniseries Girl Detective, Park Hae-sol (2012), followed by the teen drama To the Beautiful You (2012) and the film Hwayi: A Monster Boy (2013). She also starred in the series Angel Eyes (2014) and What Happens to My Family? (2014).

### 2016–present: Rising popularity and leading roles

In 2016, she headlined her first drama, MBC's romantic-comedy Shopping King Louie with Seo In-guk, where she impressed viewers with her acting.
In 2017, she starred in SBS's legal drama Suspicious Partner alongside Ji Chang-wook. The show enjoyed modest viewership share, but it beat its competitor by topping the important 20-49 year old demographic, as well as streaming, popularity, and brand reputation charts for consecutive weeks.
In 2018, Nam starred alongside Exo's D.O in the historical romance drama 100 Days My Prince. The series was a commercial success, becoming the twelfth highest-rated Korean drama in cable television history.
In 2020, Nam starred in the fantasy mystery thriller 365: Repeat the Year as a perfectionist webtoon writer.
In October 2022, it was announced that Nam would be holding a Welcome to my house!' fan meeting on November 26. On October 31, the agency announced that it had postponed the fan meeting ticket booking schedule, The original date was November 1, postponed to November 8 due to the Seoul Halloween crowd crush.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2005 | Shadowless Sword | young Yeon So-ha | |
| 2006 | My Captain Mr. Underground | Park Ji-min | |
| 2007 | Mapado 2: Back to the Island | Girl in the past | |
| 2009 | If You Were Me 4 | Park Jin-ju | segment: "Blue Birds on the Desk" |
| 2009 | Astro Boy | Cora | animated, Korean dubbing |
| 2010 | Happy Ulleung Man | Documentary narrator | |
| 2010 | Family Plan | Ji-min | short film |
| 2010 | Ghost (Be With Me) | | segment: "Tell Me Your Name" |
| 2011 | A Reason to Live | Ji-min | |
| 2013 | Hwayi: A Monster Boy | Yoo-kyung | |
| 2016 | The Tunnel | Mina | |
| 2016 | The Map Against The World | Soon-Sil | |

### Television series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | Radio Report | | |
| 2004 | Say You Love Me [ko] | young Seo Young-chae | |
| 2006 | My Love | Kim Min | |
| 2006 | My Love Clementine | Jang Ba-da | |
| 2007 | Lobbyist | young Yoo So-young (Maria) | |
| 2008 | The Great King, Sejong | young Princess Shim | |
| 2008 | Our Happy Ending | Kang Mi-na | |
| 2008 | East of Eden | young Kim Ji-hyun | |
| 2009 | Queen Seondeok | young Princess Deokman | |
| 2009 | Will It Snow for Christmas? | young Han Ji-wan | |
| 2010 | Giant | young Hwang Jung-yeon | |
| 2010 | It's Me, Grandmother | Park Eun-ha | |
| 2011 | Warrior Baek Dong-soo | young Yoo Ji-sun | |
| 2012 | Drama Special Series: "Girl Detective, Park Hae-sol" | Park Hae-sol | one-act drama |
| 2012 | Can't Live Without You | Eun-deok | |
| 2012 | To the Beautiful You | Hong Da-hae | |
| 2014 | Angel Eyes | young Yoon Soo-wan | |
| 2014 | What Happens to My Family? | Kang Seo-wool | |
| 2015 | Late Night Restaurant | Hye-ri | Cameo (Episode 7) |
| 2016 | Mystery Freshman | Oh Ah-yeong | Drama special |
| 2016 | Shopping King Louie | Ko Bok-shil | Lead role |
| 2017 | Suspicious Partner | Eun Bong-hee | Lead role |
| 2018 | 100 Days My Prince | Yeon Hong-sim / Yoon Yi-suh | Lead role |
| 2019 | Dear My Room | | Cameo (Episode 11) |
| 2020 | 365: Repeat the Year | Shin Ga-hyun | Lead role |
| 2021 | JTBC Drama Festa: "Off Route" | Kang Su-ji | one-act drama |
| 2022 | Little Women | Oh In-kyung | Lead role |
| 2024 | Good Partner | Han Yu-ri | Lead role |

### Web series

| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
| 2021 | The Witch's Diner | Jeong Jin | |
| 2023 | High Cookie | Choi Soo-young | |

### Music videos appearances

| Year | Song title | Artist | Ref. |
| 2015 | "Shaking" (흔들린다) | Taeil (Block B) | |

## 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 |
| Asia Artist Awards | 2016 | Best Entertainer Award, Actress | Shopping King Louie | Won |
| Baeksang Arts Awards | 2015 | Best New Actress – Television | What Happens to My Family? | Nominated |
| Blue Dragon Film Awards | 2013 | Best New Actress | Hwayi: A Monster Boy | Nominated |
| Buil Film Awards | 2012 | Best New Actress | A Reason to Live | Nominated |
| Dong-A.com's Pick | 2018 | Next Generation Noteworthy Actress | Nam Ji-hyun | Won |
| KBS Drama Awards | 2012 | Best Young Actress | Girl Detective, Park Hae-sol | Won |
| KBS Drama Awards | 2014 | Best New Actress | What Happens to My Family? | Won |
| KBS Drama Awards | 2014 | Best Couple Award | Nam Ji-hyun with Park Hyung-sik What Happens to My Family? | Won |
| Korea Drama Awards | 2017 | Excellence Award, Actress (Drama) | Suspicious Partner | Nominated |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2008 | Best Young Actress | East of Eden | Won |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2009 | Best Young Actress | Queen Seondeok | Won |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2016 | Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Shopping King Louie | Nominated |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2016 | Best New Actress | Shopping King Louie | Won |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2016 | Best Couple Award | Nam Ji-hyun with Seo In-guk Shopping King Louie | Nominated |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2020 | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries | 365: Repeat the Year | Won |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2020 | Best Couple Award | Nam Ji-hyun with Lee Joon-hyuk 365: Repeat the Year | Nominated |
| SBS Drama Awards | 2006 | Best Young Actress | My Love | Won |
| SBS Drama Awards | 2007 | Best Young Actress | Lobbyist | Nominated |
| SBS Drama Awards | 2017 | Excellence Award, Actress in a Wednesday-Thursday Drama | Suspicious Partner | Won |
| SBS Drama Awards | 2017 | Best Couple Award | Nam Ji-hyun with Ji Chang-wook Suspicious Partner | Nominated |
| Soompi Awards | 2018 | Best Actress of the Year | Suspicious Partner | Nominated |
| Soompi Awards | 2018 | Best Couple | Nam Ji-hyun with Ji Chang-wook Suspicious Partner | Nominated |
| Soompi Awards | 2018 | Best Kiss | Nam Ji-hyun with Ji Chang-wook Suspicious Partner | Won |
| Soompi Awards | 2019 | Best Actress of the Year | 100 Days My Prince | Nominated |
| Soompi Awards | 2019 | Best Couple Award | Nam Ji-hyun with Do Kyung-soo 100 Days My Prince | Won |
| The Seoul Awards | 2018 | Popularity Award (Actress) | Nam Ji-hyun | Nominated |