Park Soo Ae stars as Kim In Hye in the film "The Flu." When a deadly strain of avian influenza or bird flu breaks out at the rate of 2,000 new cases an hour, Kim In Hye  risks her own life to find a cure.

Park took the role because she says that she often catches the flu herself and was intrigued by the idea that it could spread so quickly and cause so many deaths.

But she also took the part because she is an actress who constantly likes to challenge herself with new and interesting roles.

Her most popular roles were in the films "Sunny" and "Midnight FM." She played an empress in love in the film "The Sword With No Name" and a woman with Alzheimer's disease in the drama "A Thousand Years Promise." She starred as an ambitious woman who wants to be First Lady in the drama "Yawang."

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