Kwak Sun-young

Kwak Sun-young (born May 11, 1983) is a South Korean actress. In 2006 she began her career in musical theater, starring in musical Dalgona. She starred in the stage adaptation of Goong and Full House, among many other musicals and plays. After over a decade on the stage, Kwak made her television debut in 2018. She is best known for her roles in Encounter (2018), VIP (2019), Hospital Playlist (2020), Inspector Koo (2021), Behind Every Star (2022), and Brain Works (2023).

Career
Kwak was born on May 11, 1983, in Seoul. Kwak's first contact with the stage was in high school, when she joined the theater department, even though she wanted to join a band instead. She studied acting at Dongguk University. Later in 2010, she enrolled in graduate school to pursue a master's degree in Performing Arts. After graduating, Kwak made her debut on the stage in the musical Dalgona in 2006. She played Seon, Catsby's girlfriend, in the musical The Great Catsby. In 2014, Kwak was cast in a musical adaptation of the television series Full House. In 2015, Kwak appeared in her first stage play, My Life is Pounding. In 2016, Kwak joined another musical production, Julie and Paul.

In 2018, Kwak started auditioning for advertisements and was cast in "Mom's Side", an advertisement for the energy drink Bacchus-F, which became popular and lead to her being cast in other advertisements and in her first television productions. That same year, she made her first television appearance in the mini-series Your Honor, where Kwak plays Song Ji-yeon, a victim of sexual assault. She later got her first supporting role as Song Hye-kyo's best friend and personal secretary in the television series Encounter. In 2020, Kwak starred in the medical drama Hospital Playlist, as Lee Ik-sun, younger sister of Lee Ik-jun (Jo Jung-suk) and love interest of Kim Jun-wan (Jung Kyung-ho). That same year, Kwak joined another theater production, Lungs.

Personal life
Kwak Seon-young married her non-celebrity husband in 2015 and gave birth to a son the following year.