Oh Yu-jin confirmed to appear in ‘Park’s Contract Marriage’

Actress Oh Yu-jin has confirmed her casting for MBC's 'Veolent Woman Park's Contract Marriage', which is scheduled to air in the second half of this year.

On the 3rd, her agency WNY said, "Oh Yu-jin is attempting a new acting transformation by taking on the role of Hong Na-rae in MBC's new Friday-Saturday drama 'Yeolnyeo Park's Contract Marriage.' We ask for your interest and love."

Oh Yu-jin's appearance in 'Veolent Woman Park's Contract Marriage' is about the golden contract between Park Yeon-woo (played by Lee Se-young), a 19th-century Confucian girl with a desire to overcome death and arrived in Korea in 2023, and Kang Tae-ha (played by Bae In-hyuk), the 21st-century emotionless king. It is a drama about a marriage story.

Oh Yu-jin is scheduled to play the role of Hong Na-rae, an adaption mate who teaches Park Yeon-woo, who came from Joseon, how to adapt to the new Joseon, her older brother Bara-gi, who relies on her older brother Hong Seong-pyo (Jo Bok-rae) like a parent, and an infinitely positive energizer job seeker.

Oh Yu-jin is an actress who began to make herself known through short films such as 'The Wind Becomes the Wind', 'Hello, My Spring Day', 'Your Only Side in This World', and 'Gift'. 'My Girlfriend', in which she starred as the lead, was selected as a domestic competition candidate at the Seoul International Elementary Short Film Festival and received attention from the film industry.

She played the role of Joo Hye-min in the tvN drama 'True Beauty', which made her face known to the public, and left a deep impression with her delicate acting that was unusual for a rookie. In addition, he played the main character Han Dong-rim in the OCN original cinematic drama 'Dark Hole', his first full-length starring role cast in the same year, and drew attention for portraying a character with various aspects based on solid acting skills and thorough character research.

Oh Yu-jin played the lead role of Kang Seon-hee in Wave's original drama 'Youth Blossom', portraying a character that is different from her previous works, and expressed it in detail with the acting skills she had accumulated while appearing in many major works one after another.

As proof of Oh Yu-jin's tireless efforts, she was finally selected as the title role female lead in 'NEW Love Playlist', the sequel to 'Love Playlist', which pioneered the genre of domestic web dramas by creating a legend with a total of 700 million views. He was selected despite the competition. Immediately after it aired, it garnered great attention not only domestically but also overseas, garnering attention as a rising star.

‘Yeolnyeo Park’s Contract Marriage’ is a drama based on the web novel and webtoon of the same name. Director Park Sang-hoon of ‘Terius Behind Me’ and ‘Self-Luminous Office’ and writer Ko Nam-jeong, who showed off his vibrant writing skills in ‘Wife Scandal: The Wind Rises’, teamed up. It is scheduled to air in the second half of this year.

Kim Ji-won, Ten Asia reporter bella@tenasia.co.kr