kim eun hwa

Tell me how I finally figured it out, That now you're caught in the things You said you'd never do. And now its starting to show Like her skin fell out out of her clothes, She's got a list of moves to make. Stay for me, Because it was the first. Yeah it was the... Stay on me. Take your time lighting the room. When all is said and done I bet you're covering. Is it a wonder you're lonely, Taking chances to feel again. I bet you never knew, I bet you never. Stay for me, Because it was the first. Yeah it was the... Stay on me. Suddenly, a cloud must have cut a hole in my head, When i was tangled all in your words. How quick to forget, We are, With eyes unimpressed You're sealing the conversations. And are you wondering how things could be? Just staring at the surface, When all the walls have tendencies. But it's not your fault when no one taught you how. And now the one you once loved is leaving. You're so sure that I'd be just fine here. But you were surely just taking your own time dear.

NICKNAMES:

Eunnie by her friends
June in the States
Milk Teeth Eun Hwa for her smile

AGE & DOB: Twenty-four & April 23th, 1988
OCCUPATION: Actress
AGENCY: Sasa Entertainment
FACE CLAIM: Kiko Mizuhara
SECRET: Absolutely fears being on variety shows; she believes her dry humor does not carry well through on them. Eun Hwa's older brother is a suffering drug addict and often comes to her for money.
PLAYED BY: Metalheart

Personality

From an interview in Cosmopolitan, 2010

Sitting across from me is Kim Eun Hwa, fresh faced and properly poised in a chiffon dress. She politely smiles at me, her doe eyes bright in the morning as she patiently waits for me to begin the interview. This is our second time meeting, the first encounter being shortly after Untamed Hearts premiered and the young woman is still as delicate looking as then. But I am prepared, having learned that she is quite confident in her talents and in herself.

“It’s been a while, Kim Eun Hwa-sshi,” I begin only to be interrupted by her light voice asking to be addressed as simply Eun Hwa. When I respond by asking to be called by my first name then, insisting we both drop the formalities, she laughs and grins, tucking her face away to hide her infamous smile. I’ve heard that she does not like the nickname Milk Teeth Eun Hwa and I have asked her about it but she smartly answered ambiguously.

I start with the standard issued questions and she answers just as mechanically, always polite and with grace that does not belong to a twenty-two year old woman. And yet it suits her, the way she sits upright and sips her tea – her favorite is chamomile with star anise – like a little mouse, placing her cup down onto its saucer without a sound. Her hands return to their laced formation on the table and she nods whenever I pause in assurance that she is attentive.

Some would be quick to call her boring, a timid and reserved girl but she is quite vibrant. When I fumble over a word, tired from my disastrous morning and lack of sleep, she bites her lip to succumb a laugh and speaks the word perfectly for me. I thank her and she shakes her head, laughter in her voice. “It’s alright, I used to have the same problem with that word.”

And somehow, we end up digressing from the interview for five minutes, trying out surreptitiously in several different sentences and find that she has quite the dark sense of humor. She might look like the pure white flower but Kim Eun Hwa holds a twinkle in her eye when she speaks an innuendo and there is no blush on those cheeks.

“How did you feel about the love scenes in this movie?” I question her, becoming the nervous journalist after her sexual joke and my apprehension seems to entertain her but she answers professionally, passing up on the opportunity to tease me as I grow red with the image she is describing.

“And this was my first time but…it was not uncomfortable. It was in the very beginning when you realize that although the scene is supposed to be intimate, there are twenty men on set and you’re topless, moaning and trying to look like you are in the moment but it’s hard when you’re being directed to kiss this way or touch a certain area...That love scene was easier than the second; Being rammed into by the back for a good twenty minutes hurts after a while.”

Eun Hwa laughs at the end but I fear my silence quiets her down unintentionally and she becomes docile again. I try to pry into her once more but it is futile and she answers discreetly even to the playful jokes. Now, my job is to have her respond to the questionnaire but the interview serves no purpose if I publish one that holds the same, regurgitated answers she gives to any other magazine. And so I ask her about her father.

She lights up like a carnival ride and tells of him lovingly, smiling without regard of her milk teeth, and sits comfortably now. She cradles her cheek in a hand and lets the other fingers draw across the air as she describes a moment between them. It’s a comical story where he asks her to play the role of a chicken and a fire alarm goes off. She remains still, slowly looking around without a single expression and he asks her what exactly is she doing?

“I tell him, ‘I’m a chicken. I don’t know how to react to a sound I’ve never heard before.’” Eun Hwa grins at her own cleverness and brushes the silliness away with a hand. “It was funny to me and appa was so shocked but then burst with laughter….But, yeah, he’s good now.”

It is nice to see her so open and casual, and she is a sweet person, offering to pay for breakfast and insisting until I give in. It is hard to imagine she is the same person many critics dislike for her statement of a year ago. She has the intention to silence them and prove them wrong, stating firmly that she believes Stone Wolf will show her range.

Her talent as an actress is undeniable and I am certain critics have lashed out on the young woman due to the same uncomfortable feeling that grips me as she makes another inappropriate joke. She is one of the little sisters we appreciate smiling and being innocent. But Kim Eun Hwa turns twenty-three next year and has long been out of college. She is a young woman, comfortable in her skin enough to show her bare body across thousands of screens, and is no longer the eighteen year old girl from Morning Glories. We may not be ready for such a reality but Kim Eun Hwa has blossomed as a woman and from what I have learned of her, she is going to take the scene by storm gracefully.

“You are really into sex jokes,” I comment.

She grins (never smirks) and lifts her twinkling eyes to mine. “I’m really into sex. Ah! Ahjusshi, please don’t look like that, it was a joke, really! Ahjusshi? Ahjussi? Omo….”

Park Eun Hwa (Korean: 박은 화; born on April 23, 1988), better known by her stage name, Kim Eun Hwa (Korean: 김은 화) is a South Korean actress. She is known for her roles as Oh Mina in the film, Untamed Hearts and Kwon Sun Ye in the independent film, Stone Wolf. She is a graduate of Korea National University of Arts.

Kim Eun Hwa was born in Seyeong-gu, Busan, South Korea on April 23, 1988. She is named after her mother who passed away from complications during childbirth. Eun Hwa’s father is the notable and respected stage actor, Park Jae Seok. Since a child, Eun Hwa was interested in the visual arts, performing in both school and community plays. Showing promise, her father arranged for Eun Hwa to move to the United States and live with her uncle, stage actor Park Kibum.

Eun Hwa would live stateside from the age of seven to eighteen, visiting her family in South Korea during the summers and winter breaks. She attended public schooling in New York and continued her passion for theatre, partaking in several productions. When she was not a performer, she participated in the backstage aspects, including set designing and lighting.

During her high school years, she became acquainted with her first acting coach whom Eun Hwa credits for her style of acting. She was accepted into The Juilliard School but did not attend when her father grew severely ill and she decided to return to South Korea to be with him and her older brother.

Eun Hwa continued to pursue her acting aspirations, approaching SASA Entertainment within the same year she returned to South Korea; she would sign with them shortly after and debut under her mother’s name, Kim Eun Hwa. Due to her extensive tutelage in the profession, along with her credentials (her acceptance letter from Julliard making a great impression), she spent very little time in acting classes and within a few months of being under SASA Entertainment, she landed her first role in the drama Morning Glories. Her sequential roles were minor in dramas with surprising high ratings in their time slots that exposed her to a wide audience. After her fourth TV role, she ventured onto film making and after an initial audition, she landed the leading role in the movie Untamed Hearts, beating out many other competitive and well known actresses. Some say her father’s presence in the acting community spearheaded the decision but Kim Eun Hwa vehemently denies the rumor to this day.

Untamed Hearts propelled her forward in the industry. It was well-received by the public and Eun Hwa’s acting was praised for its natural form and sincerity. She departed from TV dramas and focused on movie scripts, ranging from romantic comedies to tragedies. She would graduate from Korea National University of Arts in 2009. Eun Hwa delivered 3 major motion picture each year from 2008 - 2010, but reportedly digressed into independent films when she “felt that I learned all that I could from cheerful characters.”

Her statement would harm her image as many critics were quick to remark about her overall inexperience and that her acting abilities were better suited for idol dramas. Despite her agency’s call to reconsider, she did not sign onto another commercial film and sought the leading female role in the independent film, Stone Wolf alongside actor Choi Shin Ra. Eun Hwa garnered praise for her role as the conflicted wife of the crime syndicate leader and ushered in recognition from even overseas in Japan. She is being considered for nomination in the category of Best Supporting Actress in the Paeksang Awards.

She is currently filming War Lines alongside fellow SASA Entertainment actor, Kim Jyung Woo.

Eun Hwa endorses a shampoo line since her Untamed Hearts days and is a spokesperson and advocate for KARA, the Korea Animal Rights Advocate group. She is looking towards another independent, psychological film by fellow Stone Wolf director, Lee Bom and has stated that she would like to star in a drama down the road.