Nam Ji-hyun
Acting • Born 1995-09-17
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.
Filmography
46 credits
A Reason to Live
Movie • 2011
Ji-min
The Happy Island
Movie • 2010
Narrator
My Captain Mr. Underground
Movie • 2006
Park Ji-min
Hwayi: A Monster Boy
Movie • 2013
Yoo-kyung
Shadowless Sword
Movie • 2005
young Yeon So-ha
The Map Against the World
Movie • 2016
Soon-sil
Tunnel
Movie • 2016
Mi-Na
Mapado 2: Back to the Island
Movie • 2007
Girl in the past
If You Were Me 4
Movie • 2009
Park Jin-ju (Blue Bird on the Desk)
Be with Me
Movie • 2010
Student
Off The Course
TV • 2021
Kang Soo Ji
The Witch's Diner
TV • 2021
Jeong Jin
It's Me, Grandmother
TV • 2010
Eun Ha
High Cookie
TV • 2023
Choi Soo-young
Sixth Sense
TV • 2020
Self
Little Women
TV • 2022
Oh In-kyung
Warrior Baek Dong Soo
TV • 2011
Yoo Ji-sun (young)
Say You Love Me
TV • 2004
Seo Young-chae [young]
Giant
TV • 2010
young Hwang Jung-yeon
To the Beautiful You
TV • 2012
Hong Da-hae
Will It Snow For Christmas?
TV • 2009
Han Ji-wan (young)
Lobbyist
TV • 2007
young Yoo So-young (Maria)
Angel Eyes
TV • 2014
Young Yoon Soo-wan
King Sejong the Great
TV • 2008
young Princess Shim
East of Eden
TV • 2008
Kim Ji-hyun (10 years old)
The Great Queen Seondeok
TV • 2009
young Princess Deokman
Late Night Restaurant
TV • 2015
Hye-ri
Shopaholic Louis
TV • 2016
Ko Bok-Shil
What Happens to My Family?
TV • 2014
Kang Seo-Wool
Suspicious Partner
TV • 2017
Eun Bong-Hee
Little Girl Detective
TV • 2012
Can't Live Without You
TV • 2012
Eun Deok
My Love
TV • 2006
Kim Min
Our Happy Ending
TV • 2008
Kang Mi-Na
Mystery Freshman
TV • 2016
Oh Ah-young
Little Girl Detective
TV • 2012
Street Woman Fighter
TV • 2021
Self
100 Days My Prince
TV • 2018
Hong-sim / Yoon Yi-seo
Good Partner
TV • 2024
Han Yu-ri
Dear My Room
TV • 2018
Bride
365: Repeat the Year
TV • 2020
Shin Ga Hyun
Running Man
TV • 2010
Self
Amazing Saturday
TV • 2018
Self
The Clinic for Married Couples: Love and War
TV • 1999
To My Beloved Thief
TV • 2026
Hong Eun-jo (Gil-dong)
Make Me Tremble
TV