Park Ji-hyun, First Korean Actress to Be Nominated for an International Emmy… A Triumph Following in the Footsteps of Jang Hyuk and the Late Lee Sun-kyun

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Actress Park Ji-hyun has become the first Korean actress to be nominated for an International Emmy Award.According to the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (IATAS) on the 25th, Park Ji-hyun of *Sixty Years in the Rain* has been nominated for Best Actress in a Drama at the 54th International Emmy Awards.With a total of 64 nominees and actors selected across 16 categories from 22 countries worldwide, Korean content achieved a remarkable feat in both the Best Individual Performance and Best Miniseries categories.This marks the third time a Korean actor has advanced to the finals for an individual performance award at the International Emmys.Previously, in 2011, Jang Hyuk of the KBS 2TV drama *The Slave Hunters* became the first Korean actor to be nominated for Best Actor, and in 2022, the late Lee Sun-kyun of the Apple TV+ original series *Dr. Brain* was nominated as the second actor. Park Ji-hyun has become the first Korean actor to win an acting award in four years since Lee Sun-kyun. In particular, this marks a new milestone as she is the first Korean female actor to achieve this feat in history.The film that nominated Park Ji-hyun, *Eun-jung & Sang-yeon*, examines the half-life of two friends, Ryu Eun-jung (played by Kim Go-eun) and Cheon Sang-yeon (played by Park Ji-hyun), who first met during their school days and, while admiring each other, also felt jealousy and resentment. The film brings together Director Jo Young-min, known for weaving the delicate textures of relationships in SBSs *Do You Like Brahms?* and JTBCs *Understanding Love*, and writer Song Hye-jin, known for her rich and nuanced writing style.Park Ji-hyun perfectly embodied the role of Cheon Sang-yeon, a promising film producer who, after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, asks her longtime friend Eun-jung to accompany her to a helpless death. From the vibrant days of her late teens to the bitter animosity of her twenties and thirties, and finally to the detachment of her forties as she attempts to extinguish the last candle of her life, Park Ji-hyun has embodied the rings of time spanning thirty years through her deep gaze and precise breath.The lineup for the Best Actress award, in which Park Ji-hyun will compete, is formidable. She is competing against Sheridan Smith of the UKs *I Fought the Law*, Barbara Mori of Mexicos *The World of Luca*, and Mona Mina Leon of Belgiums *Holy Sh!t*.The good news for K-content at this awards ceremony is not limited to acting awards. The Disney+ original series *Hyper Knife*, starring Sol Kyung-gu and Park Eun-bin, has also been nominated. Dramas have been selected as nominees in the TV Movie and Miniseries categories.In particular, Park Eun-bin, the lead actress of *Hyperknife*, was the key figure who lifted the first-ever International Emmy Award (Telenovela Series) trophy in the history of Korean dramas with KBS 2TVs *Love Is a Thing* in 2022. Four years later, Park Eun-bin has once again placed a starring role in the finals for the International Emmy Award for Best Television Series.The 54th International Emmy Awards ceremony will be held in New York, USA, on November 23.

Actress Park Ji-hyun has become the first Korean actress to be nominated for an International Emmy Award.

According to the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (IATAS) on the 25th, Park Ji-hyun of *Sixty Years in the Rain* has been nominated for Best Actress in a Drama at the 54th International Emmy Awards.

With a total of 64 nominees and actors selected across 16 categories from 22 countries worldwide, Korean content achieved a remarkable feat in both the Best Individual Performance and Best Miniseries categories.

This marks the third time a Korean actor has advanced to the finals for an individual performance award at the International Emmys.

Previously, in 2011, Jang Hyuk of the KBS 2TV drama *The Slave Hunters* became the first Korean actor to be nominated for Best Actor, and in 2022, the late Lee Sun-kyun of the Apple TV+ original series *Dr. Brain* was nominated as the second actor. Park Ji-hyun has become the first Korean actor to win an acting award in four years since Lee Sun-kyun. In particular, this marks a new milestone as she is the first Korean female actor to achieve this feat in history.

The film that nominated Park Ji-hyun, *Eun-jung & Sang-yeon*, examines the half-life of two friends, Ryu Eun-jung (played by Kim Go-eun) and Cheon Sang-yeon (played by Park Ji-hyun), who first met during their school days and, while admiring each other, also felt jealousy and resentment. The film brings together Director Jo Young-min, known for weaving the delicate textures of relationships in SBS’s *Do You Like Brahms?* and JTBC’s *Understanding Love*, and writer Song Hye-jin, known for her rich and nuanced writing style.

Park Ji-hyun perfectly embodied the role of Cheon Sang-yeon, a promising film producer who, after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, asks her longtime friend Eun-jung to accompany her to a helpless death. From the vibrant days of her late teens to the bitter animosity of her twenties and thirties, and finally to the detachment of her forties as she attempts to extinguish the last candle of her life, Park Ji-hyun has embodied the rings of time spanning thirty years through her deep gaze and precise breath.

The lineup for the Best Actress award, in which Park Ji-hyun will compete, is formidable. She is competing against Sheridan Smith of the UK's *I Fought the Law*, Barbara Mori of Mexico's *The World of Luca*, and Mona Mina Leon of Belgium's *Holy Sh!t*.

The good news for K-content at this awards ceremony is not limited to acting awards. The Disney+ original series *Hyper Knife*, starring Sol Kyung-gu and Park Eun-bin, has also been nominated. Dramas have been selected as nominees in the TV Movie and Miniseries categories.

In particular, Park Eun-bin, the lead actress of *Hyperknife*, was the key figure who lifted the first-ever International Emmy Award (Telenovela Series) trophy in the history of Korean dramas with KBS 2TV's *Love Is a Thing* in 2022. Four years later, Park Eun-bin has once again placed a starring role in the finals for the International Emmy Award for Best Television Series.

The 54th International Emmy Awards ceremony will be held in New York, USA, on November 23.