Biography

Park So-Dam was schoolmates with actress Kim Go-eun. The 2 actresses are the same age and attended the same university.

Unlike on Parasite, where she plays the younger daughter, she is the oldest of 3 children in real life. She has a younger sister and brother, with her brother being the youngest of the 3.

Before starring in Parasite, Park So Dam was already familiar with Bong Joon Ho movies. One of the works that she liked the most is Memories of Murder (2003). In fact, she told W magazine that she was too scared to see the thriller properly when he was younger, and she finally managed to re-watch it recently.

According to Park So Dam, embodying her character Ki Jung felt natural right from the start. She mentioned on Collider Interviews that when she first read the scenarios in Parasite, she felt as if her lines had been written by her and she didn't really have to memorize every single line.

Record of Youth (2020) is Park So Dam's first television series after a string of movies. Her last K-drama was Cinderella and the Four Knights (2016), back in 2016.