Liked watching Park So Yi’s role from The Atypical Family? Here are few more k-dramas to explore
Many are unaware that Park So Yi began performing as a child actor when she was just six years old.
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Park So Yi is winning people over worldwide with her portrayal of Jang Ki Yong’s daughter, Bok In Ah in The Atypical Family. Take a look back at her performances as a young actor in K-dramas and movies over the years, including Little Women, Pawn, See You in My 19th Life, and others.
1. My Country: The New Age
In the historical romance, Park So Yi plays Yang Se Jong’s sister, young Seo Yeon, alongside co-stars Woo Do Hwan and Kim Seol Hyun. My Country: The New Age is set toward the conclusion of the Goryeo period, when two friends with different ideals about how to advance their country end up at odds with one another.
2. Pawn
Park So Yi advanced her career as a young actor by playing a crucial part in the comedy-drama Pawn as the collateral. After placing first out of 300 auditions, she was cast as 9-year-old Seung Yi, whose mother’s unpaid debt is taken as collateral by debt collectors Doo Seok (Sung Dong Il) and Jong-bae (Kim Hee Won).
3. Deliver Us From Evil
Park So Yi, who played Yoo Min in the film, was nominated for a Baeksang Arts Award award for Best New Actress in Film. In the gripping action film Deliver Us From Evil, an assassin’s life is completely upended when he discovers he has a daughter, whose existence he was unaware of until she is in danger.
4. Little Women
In the gripping and perplexing family mystery K-drama Little Woman, three impoverished sisters are thrown into a vicious struggle for 70 billion won against the wealthiest family in Korea. Kim Go Eun portrays Oh In Joo as an adult, while Park So Yi plays the younger version of the eldest sister.
5. JUNG_E
In the 2023 post-apocalyptic science fiction picture JUNG_E, Park So Yi portrays young Yun Seo Hyun. The film centers on Yun Seo Hyun, who is doing her utmost to avert a civil war and preserve the planet by developing a cutting-edge battle AI inspired by her mother, the war hero Yun Jung Yi.
6. Dr. Cheon and The Lost Talisman
In the dark fantasy movie Dr. Cheon and the Lost Talisman, an exorcist makes a living by solving cases using his “ghost-like” knowledge. The protagonist lacks the ability to perceive or battle spirits. However, everything ends when he is charged with hazardous possession. Yoo Min is portrayed by Park So Yi as the little girl who is possessed.
7. See You in My 19th Life
Park So Yi’s portrayal of the younger version of Ban Ji Eun, later played by Shin Hye Sun, enthralled audiences once again. The protagonist of See You in My 19th Life is a lady with the ability to recall her prior lives through paranormal means.
Current project
Park So Yi is now playing the character of Bok In Ah, the daughter of Jang Ki Yong, in the television series The Atypical Family, which also stars Chun Woo Hee and Claudia Kim.
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