From 'Wild Thing' to tvN: Park Ji-hyun's Move Into Rom-Com Territory

Actor Park Ji-hyun is moving between film and television with a run of projects that show a wider range than her earlier work.

She currently stars in the tvN Monday-Tuesday drama "Tomorrow Also, Work!" as Cha Ji-yoon, a burned-out office worker known among colleagues as the "clock-out fairy." The role puts her at the center of the show, balancing the everyday frustrations of a Korean office job with a slow-building romance.

Park has built a steady filmography across recent years, including the films "Hidden Face" and "A Normal Family, But Rated R," along with the dramas "Reborn Rich," "Flex X Cop," and the Netflix series "Eun-jung and Sang-yeon." Her turn as Cheon Sang-yeon in "Eun-jung and Sang-yeon," a character followed from her 20s into her 40s, drew strong reviews for its emotional detail.

Last month she appeared in the film "Wild Thing" opposite Gang Dong-won and Uhm Tae-goo. Park plays Byun Do-mi, the center of a fictional co-ed group called Triangle. On stage her character is a polished pop star. Off stage she is blunt and a little offbeat, and that contrast gives the film much of its energy. The in-film music video for Triangle's "Love is" has passed 4.4 million views and continues to draw attention online.

"Tomorrow Also, Work!" marks her first romantic comedy since her 2017 debut. She plays Cha Ji-yoon as someone caught between love and work, and her performance leans into the small, realistic shifts in mood that make the character feel grounded rather than styled.

"Tomorrow Also, Work!" airs Mondays and Tuesdays at 8:50 p.m. KST on tvN.