Park Han-byul to turn female soldier in sitcom

Park Han-byul [MBN]

Actress Park Han-byul will star in a sitcom starting this December, her first time to take on the genre.

The news came on Tuesday through a press release by MBN, Maeil Business Newspaper's upcoming general broadcasting TV service network.The statement then said that Park will play a female second lieutenant, born between a colonel mother and lieutenant major father in the family sitcom named "Increasingly Bold" (translated title).

"Sitcoms are a genre I had really wanted to take on and I'll be playing an entirely new character so I have high expectations," Park was quoted as saying about her role in the 50-part show revolving around her character's family.

Park, 26, made her debut in 2002 as a fashion magazine model and made her acting debut through film "Wishing Stairs" in 2003.She has since appeared in other films and dramas including her most recent pic "My Black Mini-dress" (2011) and has also been cast in a TV series to be co-produced by Korea and China.

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