Sandara Park

**Sandara Park** is a South Korean actress, singer and host. She was a member of 2NE1. She gained fame first in the Philippines by joining as a contestant on the talent show, *Star Circle Quest* where she became the runner-up of the show.

Sandara is considered as one of the most popular South Korean celebrity in the Philippines where she holds the honorific nicknames, "*Pambansang Krung Krung ng Pilipinas*" and "*BoA of the Philippines*".

## Early Life

Sandara Park was born in Busan, South Korea. She has two younger siblings, Durami and Sanghyun, who is also known as Thunder who also debuted as an idol as part of MBLAQ.

Sandara's family was initially in the middle class until her father's business went bankrupt, thus, it forced Sandara's father to move to the Philippines and start his business there. The whole family moved to the Philippines in 1994.

## Career

### 2004-2007: Career in the Philippines

In 2004, Sandara auditioned in the talent show, *Star Circle Quest* after getting encouraged by the Filipina actress, Pauleen Luna. Over the course of the season, Park escaped elimination several times, and reached the final ten contestants. During the last elimination round, Park received approximately half a million text votes and finished in second place, behind Hero Angeles.

After the show, she signed a contract with Star Magic.

In August 2007, she moved back to South Korea with her family and a day later, she signed a contract under YG Entertainment.

### 2017- present: Switch to hosting

On January 2017, it was announced that Dara would be the new host of Get It Beauty alongside Honey Lee, Park Narae and Kim Sejeong.

In 2019, after becoming a special host for WINNER's episode, Dara was announced to be the new MC of Video Star.

In 2020, Dara marked her first role in a musical as the 'pretty' Oh Haeyoung in the adaption of the drama, Another Oh Haeyoung.

On May 14, 2021, YG Entertainment announced Dara's departure from the company after 17 years with them. On September 01, 2021, Dara signed a contract with ABYSS Company.

## Personal Life

Sandara was on a relationship with the Filipino actor Joseph Bitangcol from 2004 to 2007. She was linked to other celebrities such as, Hero Angeles, G-Dragon and Kim Soohyun.

## Filmography

### Films

* *Volta* (2004
* *Bcuz of U* (2004)

* *Can This Be Love* (2005)
* *D' Lucky Ones* (2006)
* *Super Noypi* (2006)
* *One Step* (2017)
* *Cheese in the Trap* (2018)
* *107th Year of Night* (2018)

### Television Series

* *Krystala* (ABS-CBN, 2004)
* *SCQ Reload: Ok Ako!* (ABS-CBN, 2004)
* *Maalaala Mo Kaya: Scrapbook* (ABS-CBN, 2004)
* *Your Song: Everything You Do* (ABS-CBN, 2006)
* *Komiks Presents: Machete* (ABS-CBN, 2006)
* *Crazy for You* (ABS-CBN, 2006)
* *Abt Ur Luv* (ABS-CBN, 2006)
* *Dalawang Tisoy* (RPN, 2007)
* *The Return of Iljimae* (MBC, 2009)
* *My Love from the Star* (SBS, 2013)
* *Dr. Ian* (Naver TV Cast, 2015)
* *We Broke Up* (CJ E&M, 2015)
* *The Producers* (KBS2, 2015)
* *Missing Korea* (KBS, 2015)
* *One More Happy Ending* (MBC, 2016)
* *Dinner Mate* (SBS, 2020)

### Variety Shows

* *Two Yoo Project Sugar Man* (JTBC, 2015–2016)
* *Relationship Appeal* (OnStyle, 2017)
* *Living Together in an Empty Room* (2017)
* *Get it Beauty* (2017)
* *All Broadcasting in the World* (MBC, 2017–2018)
* *Mimi's Shop* (JTBC, 2018)
* *Borrowing Troubles* (JTBC, 2018)
* *Stage K* (2019)
* *Real Man 300* (2019)
* *Video Star* (MBC, 2019- present)
* *Follow Me* (2020)
* Idol League (2020- present)
* *King of the Masked Singer* (2020- present)
* *Celebeauty Season 3* (2021- present)