Baek Ji-won
{{Short description|South Korean actress (born 1973)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Baek|lang=Korean}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|04|30}}
| birth_place = South Korea
| education = Kyung Hee University (BSc in Horticultural)
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|}}
| years_active = 1996–present
| agent = Lead Entertainment{{Cite web|title=Artist Profile Baek Jiwon|url=http://newikkle.com/artist/artist_sub01_view.html?artist_idx=2|website=Lead Entertainment|access-date=March 14, 2021}}
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Baek Ji-won ({{Korean|hangul=백지원}}; born April 30, 1973){{Cite web|script-title=ko:백지원 (Baek Ji-won)|url=https://www.viki.com/celebrities/22221pr-baek-ji-won?|website=Rakuten Viki|access-date=March 14, 2021}} is a South Korean actress. She graduated in Horticultural Science from Kyung Hee University.{{Cite web|script-title=ko:백지원|trans-title=Baek Ji-won|url=https://100.daum.net/encyclopedia/view/33XXXX737275|website=Daum|access-date=March 14, 2021}}{{cite web|script-title=ko:백지원 탤런트, 영화배우|trans-title=Baek Jiwon Talent, movie star|url=https://m.search.naver.com/search.naver?where=m&sm=mtb_etc&mra=bjky&x_csa=%7B%22fromUi%22%3A%22kb%22%7D&pkid=1&os=240477&qvt=0&query=%ED%83%A4%EB%9F%B0%ED%8A%B8%20%EB%B0%B1%EC%A7%80%EC%9B%90|website=Naver|access-date=March 14, 2021}} She made her acting debut in 1996 in play My father got cancer. She is known for her role in television series Once Again (2020), apart from that she appeared in film Solace (2007) and television series The Fiery Priest (2019) and Do You Like Brahms? (2020). She has appeared in television dramas Encounter (2018–19), Racket Boys (2021), Melancholia (2021).{{Cite news|script-title=ko:멜랑꼴리아' 진경-최대훈→장현성-변정수, 황금 라인업 완성(공식)|trans-title='Melancholia' Jin-Kyung-Choi Dae-Hoon → Jang Hyun-Sung-Byeon Jeong-Soo completes the golden lineup|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=609&aid=0000468024|work=Newsen|via=Naver|language=ko|author=Lee Min-ji|date=July 15, 2021|access-date=November 9, 2021}}
Career
Baek Ji-won grew up in an ordinary family with one brother and one sister, none of whom were artists. Despite being a quiet and diligent student, she found herself drawn to a friend at Ewha Girls' High School who exuded a unique and free-spirited vibe as a member of the drama club. Intrigued, she joined the drama club out of curiosity. However, her parents opposed her desire to major in drama in college, so she pursued horticulture instead. To satisfy her passion for acting, she continued to participate in the school drama club. After college, she joined the Yeonwoo Theater Company. Her debut performance was in 'My Dad Has Cancer' in 1996, which her father attended and saw her act for the first time.{{Cite web |last=김 |first=명희 |date=2015-12-01 |script-title=ko:전무후무한 연기로 브라운관의 신스틸러가 된 배우 백지원 |url=https://lady.khan.co.kr/entertainment/article/201512011037231/?pt=nv |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=Lady Kyunghyang |language=ko}}
Baek naturally expanded her field to movies and dramas without ever auditioning for them herself. She was always focused on her performances, and it was usually the production team that noticed her talent and cast her. In 2012, she gained recognition on TV with JTBC's How Long I've Kissed, directed by Ahn Pan-seok and written by Jeong Seong-ju. The casting director who saw Baek's performance recommended her for the role.
Filmography
=Film=
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! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
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| scope="row" | 2003
| If You Were Me | | | rowspan="9" style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|title=Baek Ji-won|url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/per/00043486|website=Korean Movie Database|access-date=March 14, 2021}} |
| scope="row" | 2006
| Solace | Sim In-sook | style="text-align:center" | |
| scope="row" | 2007
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| scope="row" | 2011
| The Apprehenders | Social worker | style="text-align:center" | |
| scope="row" | 2013
| Montage | Detective | style="text-align:center" | |
| scope="row" | 2014
| Head Nurse | style="text-align:center" | |
| scope="row" | 2017
| Teok Joo-ga-ri | style="text-align:center" | |
| scope="row" | 2018
| Sook-jung | style="text-align:center" | |
| scope="row" | 2019
| Family Affair | | style="text-align:center" | |
| scope="row" | 2022
| Birth | Mother Kursula | | style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|script-title=ko:[공식] "韓 최초 김대건 신부 극영화" 윤시윤→안성기 '탄생', 11월 30일 개봉 확정|trans-title=[Official] "Korea's first drama film by Kim Dae-geon" Yoon Si-yoon → Ahn Seong-ki 'Birth' confirmed for release on November 30th|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=312&aid=0000573328|via=Naver|publisher=Ten Asia|language=ko|author=Kang Min-kyung|date=October 5, 2022|access-date=October 5, 2022}} |
| scope="row" | 2023
| Dream | Sun-ja | |
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| scope="row" | 1996
| My father, the talkative one, has cancer | 떠벌이 우리 아버지 암에 걸리셨네 | |Yeonwoo Small Theater in Daehangno |Dec 22 to 31 |{{Cite web |script-title=ko:우리사회에 '암'선고하는 2편 |url=https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/001/0004126338?sid=103 |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=Naver News |language=ko}} |
| rowspan="2" scope="row" | 2005
| rowspan="2" | Asking the Blind Father for Directions | rowspan="2" | 눈 먼 아비에게 길을 묻다 | rowspan="2" | Aunt |National Theater's Byeoloreum Theater |May 4 to 22 |{{Cite web |script-title=ko:가슴 찡한 가족극 "눈먼 아비에게 길을 묻다" |url=https://v.daum.net/v/20050429064743279 |access-date=2025-05-21 |website=Daum}} |
| Seoul Arts Center's Jayu Small Theater
|June 17 to July 17 |{{Cite web |script-title=ko:[공연리뷰]연극 ""눈 먼 아비에게 길을 묻다"" |url=https://v.daum.net/v/20050614102937466 |access-date=2025-05-21 |website=Daum}} |
| scope="row" | 2007
| A Pleasant Deal | 유쾌한 거래 | Jeong-suk | Daehangno Showtic Theater Hall 1 from the 31st | May 31 to June 17 |
| scope="row" | 2009–2010
| Ask the Blind Father for Directions | 하류인생에도 삶은 있어 | Aunt | Seondol Theater in Daehangno, Seoul | Sep 25–Jan 24 | {{Cite web |last=Kang |first=Jong-hoon |date=2009-08-09 |script-title=ko:연극 '눈먼 아비에게...', 4년만에 앙코르 |trans-title=The play 'To the blind father...', Encore for the first time in 4 years |url=https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/001/0002817799?sid=103 |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Naver News |language=ko |archive-date=2023-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206001618/https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/001/0002817799?sid=103 |url-status=live }} |
| scope="row" | 2010
| Shoot My Heart | 내 심장을 쏴라 | | Namsan Arts Center Drama Center | Oct 7 to 24 |{{Cite web |date=2010-10-17 |script-title=ko:연극 '내 심장을 쏴라' |url=https://v.daum.net/v/20101017193506473 |access-date=2025-05-21 |website=Yonhap News Agency |publisher=Daum |language=ok}} |
| scope="row" | 2011
| Good News in Our Neighborhood | 우리동네 굿뉴스 | | Daehakro Seondol Theater | Dec 13, 2011 to Jan 15, 2012 | |
| scope="row" | 2011
|The 32nd Seoul Theater Festival: If There's a Peach Blossom, Pine Flowers Will Fly |(제32회) 서울연극제: 복사꽃 지면 송화 날리고 |Mother |Arko Arts Theater Small Theater |May 6 to 8 |
| scope="row" |2012
|I Miss Your Parents' Faces |니 부모 얼굴이 보고 싶다 |Kim Ji-soo |Sejong Center for the Performing Arts M Theater |June 24 to July 29 |{{Cite web |date=2012-03-13 |script-title=ko:무대에 오르는 '학교폭력' |trans-title='School violence' on stage |url=https://www.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20120313019006 |access-date=2023-09-09 |website=Seoul Shinmun |language=ko}} |
| scope="row" | 2013
| This is Home | 여기가 집이다 | Mrs. Yang | Yeonwoo Small Theater (Daehakro) | June 28 to July 21 | |
| scope="row" | 2013
| Where Are You Going, Mr. Recovery | 어디가세요 복구씨 | Park Soon-yi | Theater Laboratory, 1 Hyehwa-dong | Nov 1 to 17 | |
| scope="row" | 2014
| Living Double Life | 살아있는 이중생 각하 | | National Theater Daloreum Theater | Sep 12 to 28 |
| scope="row" | 2014
| Pillars of Society | 김광보 연출 사회의 기둥들 | Mrs. Holt | LG Arts Center | Nov 19 to 30 |
| scope="row" | 2016
| Rain | 비 | Catherine | Project Box View | Nov 11 to 30 | |
| scope="row" | 2017, 2018
| Why Rooftop Garden Peppers | 옥상 밭 고추는 왜 | | Sejong Cultural Center M Theater | April 12 to 22 |{{Cite web |date=2017-09-21 |script-title=ko:백지원-유원준-이창훈, '엄마는 잠깐 저기 가 있어' (옥상 밭 고추는 왜 제작발표회) |url=https://www.sedaily.com/NewsView/1OL43NW4G8/ |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=The Seoul Economic Daily |language=ko}} |
| scope="row" | 2018
| Termites in the Desert | 사막 속의 흰개미 | Yoon Hyun-sook | Sejong Cultural Center S Theater | Nov 9 to 25 | |
| scope="row" | 2023
| Cherry Orchard | 벚꽃 동산 | Lyubov Andreyevna Ranevskaya | Myeongdong Art Theater | May 4 to May 28 |{{Cite web |last=나 |first=원정 |date=2023-05-12 |script-title=ko:'우영우' 백지원 무대 복귀작 '벚꽃동산'…"120년 전 체호프극에 '내'가 있죠" |url=https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/25162047 |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=JoongAng Ilbo |language=ko}} |
Awards and nominations
Note
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References
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External links
{{Commons}}
- {{HanCinema person|Baek_Ji-won}}
- [https://m.search.daum.net/search?nil_profile=btn&w=tot&DA=SBC&q=%EB%B0%B1%EC%A7%80%EC%9B%90#/portals?api=qsearch2%3A%2F%2Fquery%3D%EB%B0%B1%EC%A7%80%EC%9B%90%26m%3DPRF%26detail%3D1%26sct%3Dperson%26sck%3Ddatahub_homo%2Fperson%2F737275%26portal%3D1%26size%3D10&dc=PRF Baek Ji-won on Daum] {{In lang|ko}}
- {{kmdb person|00043486}}
{{APAN Star Awards for Best Supporting Actress}}
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Category:20th-century South Korean actresses
Category:21st-century South Korean actresses
Category:South Korean film actresses