Lee Se Young is a South Korean actress who began her career as a child actress. Born on December 20, 1992, she made her acting debut at the age of 4 in the 1997 television drama “The Brothers’ River.” She has since appeared in many popular films and television dramas. Making an easy transition into adult roles, some of her recent dramas include “Goddess of Marriage” (2013), “Adolescence Medley” (2013), “Trot Lovers” (2014) and “Vampire Detective” (2016).

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Ji Kang Hee (Lee Se Young) grew up in her father's rural motel "Motel California." Facing prejudice in their small town due to her mixed-race background, she formed a close bond with her childhood friend, Cheon Yeon Soo (Na In Woo), who was also bullied. She fell in love with Yeon Soo, but decided to leave their hometown for Seoul when she turned twenty, eventually pursuing a career in interior design. Twelve years later, Kang Hee returns to her hometown and reunites with Yeon Soo, who now works as a veterinarian. Unbeknownst to Kang Hee, Yeon Soo has long held feelings for her, but he has allowed rumors to circulate that he's dating someone to avoid unwelcome propositions. Will their "one-sided" loves finally get resolved after decades of keeping their feelings quiet?

Motel California

California 7️⃣

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Five years after her time studying abroad in Japan, Choi Hong (Lee Se Young) works at her father's publishing company in Korea. Unexpectedly, she ends up running into her ex, Jungo Aoki (Kentaro Sakaguchi), who's now a successful author visiting Korea to promote his new book... that happens to be about their previous relationship and all the things Jungo wished he told Hong. Taken aback, Hong remains cold and distant with Jungo, not wanting to let their reunion stir up painful memories. Jungo, however, sees their encounter as an opportunity to try again and vows to do things differently this time around. Can these two heal the wounds of their past and write a new happy ending for themselves, or has the book closed for good on their relationship? This 2024 Korean drama was directed by Moon Hyun Sung and adapted from the novel of the same name by Gong Ji Young and Hitonari Tsuji.

What Comes After Love

Nostalgic

Choi Hong

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To show their gratitude to the loyal viewers, 2023 MBC Entertainment Awards is holding a special festival! Together with MBC which offers diverse variety contents, you will be wowed by the special collaboration stages prepared by the hottest artists. Besides, there will be lots of funny and emotional moments at the awards ceremony. Dex, the youngest son and variety rookie of MBC, Hyun Moo, the original son of MBC, and Lee Se Young, are the hosts of the night. Let's enjoy the party to the fullest!

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As a newly married woman in 19th-century Korea, Park Yeon Woo’s (Lee Se Young) life should have been a happy one. But when her new husband dies shortly after their wedding, her life goes from bad to worse when she’s kidnapped and thrown down a well. What should have been the end of her story turns out to be just the beginning when her fall into the well lands her in a swimming pool in modern-day Korea. Fished out by Kang Tae Ha (Bae In Hyuk), Yeon Woo soon finds herself presented with a strange request: to join him in a contract marriage. Lost in a strange new world, will Yeon Woo agree to make a dying man’s wish come true? This 2023 South Korean historical romance series was directed by Park Sang Hoon.

The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract

✨ The Marvellous ✨ team

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Jung Ho, Yu Ri, Se Yeon, and Jin Ki have been friends for 17 years since Seoyeon High. Jung Ho is a landlord who used to be called the Monster Genius of the prosecution. Despite his clumsiness, he is a cool guy with a mysterious charm. Yu Ri is an eccentric lawyer who won the past Miss Korea contest with her outstanding looks. Her hot-tempered characteristic that cannot stand injustice leads her to quit her firm and start a law cafe of her own. When she goes to see her landlord for the contract, she finds out that he is her old friend Jung Ho. From that point, a crazy relationship that develops from friendship to love begins.

The Law Cafe

☕ My Cup of Lawve 💕 Team

Prince Yi San (Lee Junho) vows to become a benevolent monarch despite his cruel grandfather's reign. He falls for Sung Deok Im (Lee Se Young), an intelligent and spirited palace maid. Yi San aims to make her his concubine but Deok Im knows becoming a royal consort would restrict her freedom and rob her of joy. Undeterred by Deok Im’s misgivings, Yi San’s pure love slowly wins her over. Will their hard-earned love be able to withstand the turmoils of palace life? Based on the novel of the same name by Kang Mi Kang, this 2021 South Korean historical series was directed by Jung Ji In and Song Yeon Hwa.

The Red Sleeve

💞Love Finds A Way 🛣

Living a precarious life as a part-timer at a convenience store, Ae Ri works to support her mother, who is on a waiting list for a heart transplant. Unfortunately, her mother's physical condition worsens, leading her to forgo the long-awaited opportunity for the transplant, yet just like that, her mother disappears. Things were already chaotic enough for Ae Ri, and then she receives a phone call from a strange man claiming he's 31 days in the future.

Kairos

⏱ The Chronos Team ⏱

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Han Do Woo (Suho), a genius patissier with extraordinary talent, runs a mysterious bakery where his pastries are rumored to grant wishes. Noh Mi Rae (Lee Se Young), a writer for the baking show "Top 3 Bakery Kings", is determined to convince Do Woo to appear on her program. Despite her initial professional pursuit, Mi Rae finds herself increasingly drawn to the enigmatic baker as she attempts to persuade him. Her persistent efforts to secure his participation gradually transform into a potential romantic connection. As their interactions unfold, Mi Rae discovers there might be more to Do Woo than his culinary skills. This is a 2020 Viki Original romantic comedy drama directed by Kim Young Joon.

How Are You Bread

🥯 Soboro Ppang Team 🥯

People think it is a doctor's bounden duty to save a patient's life. But things are different now. Things are needed to be considered other than saving one's life. Modern medicine has been developed remarkably, and it is quite possible to save a person's life who is on the verge of death. But we need to think about if prolonging a patient's life makes the patient truly happy. Yo Han is a promising doctor who needs only 10 seconds to figure out a patient's condition. While he is gaining fame with his outstanding skills, he confronts one patient who changes his whole life. Si Young is a doctor with a warm heart. Her family has been doctors for generations, and she takes after her mother's exceptional talent and her father's high empathic ability. But one day, Si Young suddenly leaves the hospital. After a year later, she goes to the penitentiary to serve as a temporary medical doctor, and she meets a prisoner who was a former doctor. He is a genius who can grasp the patient's condition within 10 seconds. After meeting him, Si Young's life totally changes. And the day she comes back to the hospital, she meets the prisoner again, and this time, he is a professor. Doctor John is a human medical drama of anesthetists who seek the cause of mysterious pain their patients suffer, like detectives chasing after a suspect.

Doctor John

In the tumultuous kingdom of Joseon, political unrest threatens the reign of King Lee Hun (Yeo Jin Goo), who faces constant assassination attempts. To protect the monarch, a lookalike clown named Ha Sun (Yeo Jin Goo) is brought to the palace to serve as the king's double. As Ha Sun skillfully impersonates the ruler and navigates the complex royal court, he unexpectedly develops feelings for the elegant Queen Yoo So Woon (Lee Se Young). Adapting the film "Gwanghae: The Man Who Became King," this drama explores the dangerous world of royal deception and unexpected love. This is a 2019 South Korean historical drama directed by Kim Hee Won.

The Crowned Clown

THE ON FIRE PENGUINS TEAM 🔥🐧

Jin Seon Mi (Oh Yeon Seo), born with the ability to see spirits, is tasked by the powerful demon Woo Ma Wang (Cha Seung Won) to retrieve a mystical fan from a haunted house. There, she encounters the mischievous deity Son Oh Gong (Lee Seung Gi), who tricks her into freeing him by promising to protect her but erases her memory and abandons her. Years later, Seon Mi runs a real estate business flipping haunted properties, using her powers to exorcise spirits. She reconnects with Oh Gong, now trying to regain his immortality by performing good deeds. As their lives become intertwined, Seon Mi discovers she holds the key to his destiny. Together, they face dangerous spirits and scheming deities, but their growing bond raises the ultimate question: can their love overcome fate, or is it doomed to end in heartbreak?

Hwayugi

The Monkey Minions

In the early 1990s, the controversial pop star Yoo Hyun Jae (Yoon Si Yoon) is at the peak of his fame as one half of the chart-topping “first-generation” K-pop act J2. But his life is thrown into disarray when he accidentally travels forward in time! He finds life in 2017 almost impossible to adjust to, until he finds his former manager (Cha Tae Hyun) – and meets the manager’s son Lee Ji Hoon (Kim Min Jae). Together with his lifelong friend Choi Woon Seung (Lee Se Young), Ji Hoon is preparing to take the civil service exam, but he is also secretly training to become a K-pop star. Can this motley crew help each other to achieve their goals – and will the journey lead them to a remarkable discovery about Hyun Jae’s true identity? This 2017 South Korean drama was directed by Yoo Ho Jin, Cha Tae Hyun, and Kim Sang Hoon.

The Best Hit

👍 The Besties 👍

Chun Hee, who has a talent for singing trot, must give up on dating, marriage, childbearing, social relationships, and saving up for a home to support her troublemaker father and young sister as the family's breadwinner. She had always lived in the shadows of this difficult environment, but when she's singing trot on stage, she shines more than anyone else. Chun Hee, who had grown up singing and listening to trot from a young age, meets a skilled yet ill-tempered composer named Jun Hyun, who starts to change her life. Jun Hyun had always considered trot and country music tacky, but as he gets to know Chun Hee, who is extraordinarily gifted in trot, he starts to compose trot music and even begins a life-risking romance.

Lovers of Music

The Trot Lovers Team

In rural 1982 South Korea, a feared girl gang runs the local high school, led by Young Sook (Park Bo Young). Although she’s known for her rough-and-tumble ways, she has a weakness: her crush on Joong Gil (Lee Jong Suk), the school’s charming playboy who’s tried to woo everyone at the school except her. When So Hee (Lee Se Young), a beautiful new transfer student from Seoul arrives, Joong Gil immediately develops a crush on her, inciting Young Sook’s ire. Young Sook and So Hee quickly develop a rivalry, made worse when Gwang Sik (Kim Young Kwang), the leader of a rival school's male gang with his own feelings for Young Sook, decides to get involved.

Hot Young Bloods

So Hee

Ji Hye is a proud woman who speaks her mind and works as a writer for a radio show. Tae Wook meets Ji Hye at a private gathering, and after two years of keeping an eye on her, he decides to ask her out. After a year of dating, Ji Hye accepts his marriage proposal despite being unsure about her feelings for him. Tae Wook is a prosecutor and successor of a conglomerate group who decides to marry Ji Hye against his father's wishes. However, Ji Hye asks to call off their engagement because she can't withstand the overwhelming pressure of her future in-laws. Ji Hye then leaves for a trip to Jeju Island, where she meets and falls in love with Hyun Woo, paving the way for these three people's stormy and complicated future.

Goddess of Marriage

The Goddesses Team

Han Jung Woo (Park Yoo Chun), a dedicated homicide detective, has never forgotten his first love, Lee Su Yeon (Yoon Eun Hye), whom he protected from bullies during high school when her father was a murderer. An accident separated them, but Jung Woo's love remained constant. Fourteen years later, Su Yeon is now a fashion designer dating financial consultant Kang Hyun Jun (Yoo Seung Ho), who becomes jealous when Su Yeon and Jung Woo reconnect. Artist Kim Eun Joo (Jang Mi In Ae) also harbors feelings for Jung Woo, adding complexity to their emotional landscape. As past feelings resurface, the characters must navigate their complicated relationships and unresolved emotions. This is a 2012 South Korean melodrama directed by Lee Jae Dong and Park Jae Beom.

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