Ten years have passed since she first appeared in front of the viewers. The pretty 13-year-old girl who appeared on the music video of Lee Seung-hwan’s “Flower” is now a 23-year-old woman. She is Park Shin-hye. As the Korean saying goes, even mountains and rivers change in 10 years. So has Park Shin-hye. We use ten key words to describe her.

◆10 years ①
“If I draw a graph of the last 10 years, it goes up and down. There is a break, and then it goes up again. I became stronger over the process. Everyone thinks that I have comfortably walked the ‘path of a leading actress,’ but that is not true. I debuted at an early age, and I know that I am still young, but a lot happened over those ten years. I still have a lot of things I want to do and things I have to do.”
 
◆ 10-Million Admissions for “Miracle in Cell No. 7” ②
“I didn’t expect it, but people call me the actress who drew in 10 million moviegoers. Many people have congratulated me, but I don’t know. I liked that I was able to work with great actors. I feel the pressure of the title, but I am also motivated to do better.”

◆ Jang Geun-seok, Jeong Yong-hwa ③
Jang Geun-seok and Jeong Yong-hwa are two search key words linked to Park Shin-hye. The two actors appeared alongside Park Shin-hye on dramas, and the fans are still interested in their relationship. Netizens are suspecting that she is going out with Jeong Yong-hwa who co-starred in “You’re Beautiful” and “Heartstrings” with her. “I think my expressions show how I feel. I wonder how well we look together for people to think like that. We are of the same age, too.”

◆ “Flower Boy Next Door” Go Dok-mi ④
“She was very different from the previous roles I had taken. I met a very intriguing person (Go Dok-mi). I had fun while acting out her character. Her worries and pains, the conflicts I had with my friends, misunderstandings. They are questions that I still carry with me. While I was acting as Go Dok-mi, I asked myself these questions.”

◆ Woman Park Shin-hye ⑤
“How do you become a woman? I’m also curious. I was born a girl. It is not something I have figured out completely. I still have to work on being Park Shin-hye, the actress, and Park Shin-hye, the woman.”
 
◆ Lee Seung-hwan ⑥
Lee Seung-hwan is a musician and the founder of Dream Factory. “I think I learned a lot from him, about ego, individual thinking, teamwork, and so much more. He taught me a lot of things even while I was training to become an actress.”

◆ Adult childhood ⑦
“I experienced what our society can be at an earlier age than most. There were things I had to do alone, and I had to be responsible. I am quite greedy. I don’t want to lose either my normal lifestyle or my career. I think that makes me look “mature” in front of people. But I never thought of myself as mature.”

◆ First actress to go on an Asian tour ⑧
To celebrate her 10 years since her debut, she will start her Asian tour on March 17 in the Philippines and perform in Japan and in China, all the way until April. “It is not a common opportunity. Others around me were a little worried, but I am grateful that I can do this tour as an actress.”

◆ Singer ⑨
Park Shin-hye is well-known for her singing talent. She has participated in OST albums for her dramas and even sang at Jang Geun-seok’s fan meetings abroad. “I don’t think I am a singer material. I participated in OST albums because I think that soundtracks are an extension of my acting. I can put emotions into tunes,” she said.

◆10 years later ⑩
Ten years from now, Park Shin-hye will be thirty-four. What will she be like? “I think I will be enjoying my work as I am enjoying it right now,” she said. “My mom is very positive and bright. She says that she is the prettiest person in the world, and I am the second prettiest. But a lot of people say that I look like her. These days, I find myself thinking, ‘Yes, I am her daughter.’ “