Nam Ji-hyun
- Acting
- September 17, 1995 · Incheon, South Korea
Biography
Nam Ji-hyun (born September 17, 1995) is a South Korean actress who successfully transitioned from being one of the industry's premier child artists to an acclaimed lead, well-loved for her roles in Queen Seondeok, Shopping King Louis, Suspicious Partner, and 100 Days My Prince. Nam began her career as a child actress, and is best known for her roles in East of Eden (2008), Queen Seondeok (2009), Will It Snow for Christmas? (2009), Angel Eyes (2014), and What Happens to My Family? (2014). She also appeared in the miniseries Girl Detective, Park Hae-sol, teen drama To the Beautiful You, and the films A Reason to Live and Hwayi: A Monster Boy. In 2016, she headlined her first drama, MBC's romantic-comedy Shopaholic Louis with Seo In-guk, where she impressed viewers with her acting. In 2017, she starred in SBS's legal drama Suspicious Partner alongside Ji Chang-wook. The show enjoyed modest viewership share, but it beat its competitor by topping the important 20-49-year-old demographic, as well as streaming, popularity, and brand reputation charts for consecutive weeks. In 2018, Nam starred alongside EXO's D.O in the historical romance drama 100 Days My Prince. The series was a commercial success, becoming the fifth highest-rated Korean drama in cable television history. In 2020, Nam starred in the fantasy mystery thriller 365: Repeat the Year as a perfectionist webtoon writer.
Known for
Filmography
- Make Me Tingle · Gong Yeon-su
- To My Beloved Thief · Hong Eun-jo / Gil-dong
- Call Me Baby · Self
- Good Partner · Han Yu-ri
- Whenever Possible · Self
- High Cookie · Choi Soo-young
- Jae Joong and Friends
- Little Women · Oh In-kyung
- Street Woman Fighter · Self
- The Witch's Diner · Jeong Jin
- Off The Course · Kang Soo Ji
- Sixth Sense · Self
- 365: Repeat the Year · Shin Ga Hyun
- Dear My Room · Bride
- 100 Days My Prince · Hong-sim / Yoon Yi-seo
- Amazing Saturday · Self
- Suspicious Partner · Eun Bong-Hee
- Shopaholic Louis · Ko Bok-Shil
- The Map Against the World · Soon-sil
- Tunnel · Mi-Na
- Mystery Freshman · Oh Ah-young
- Late Night Restaurant · Hye-ri
- What Happens to My Family? · Kang Seo-Wool
- Angel Eyes · Young Yoon Soo-wan
- Hwayi: A Monster Boy · Yoo-kyung
- To the Beautiful You · Hong Da-hae
- Can't Live Without You · Eun Deok
- Little Girl Detective
- Little Girl Detective
- A Reason to Live · Ji-min
- Warrior Baek Dong Soo · Yoo Ji-sun (young)
- It's Me, Grandmother · Eun Ha
- Running Man · Self
- Be with Me · Student
- Giant · young Hwang Jung-yeon
- The Happy Island · Narrator
- Will It Snow For Christmas? · Han Ji-wan (young)
- If You Were Me 4 · Park Jin-ju (segment "Blue Bird on the Desk")
- The Great Queen Seondeok · young Princess Deokman
- East of Eden · Kim Ji-hyun (10 years old)
- Our Happy Ending · Kang Mi-Na
- King Sejong the Great · young Princess Shim
- Lobbyist · young Yoo So-young (Maria)
- Mapado 2: Back to the Island · Girl in the past
- My Love · Kim Min
- My Captain Mr. Underground · Park Ji-min
- Shadowless Sword · young Yeon So-ha
- Say You Love Me · Seo Young-chae [young]
- The Clinic for Married Couples: Love and War
- Jjinhan Gobaek: 183Hz · Gong Eun-young