Kim So Hyun is a popular South Korean actress. Born on June 4, 1999, she began her acting career at the age of 7. She is best known for her roles in the “Moon Embracing the Sun” (2012), “Rooftop Prince” (2012), “Missing You” (2012), “I Hear Your Voice” (2013), “The Suspicious Housemaid” (2013), “Triangle” (2014), “Reset” (2014), “The Girl Who Sees Smells” (2015), “Who Are You: School 2015” (2015), “Page Turner” (2016), “Nightmare Teacher” (2016), “Bring It On, Ghost” (2016), “Goblin” (2016-2017) and “Radio Romance” (2018). Kim So Hyun has won numerous Best Young Actress awards for her roles and is considered one of the best young actresses working today.

Kim So Hyun

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In her final year of high school, Lee Hong Ju (Kim So Hyun) fell head over heels in love. But this first brush with love ended in heartbreak. Ever since, she has been deeply skeptical when it comes to everything love-related. A decade later, she has become an animation producer when fate reunites her with her former crush, Hu Yeong (Chae Jong Hyeop), in a cafe. He has returned to South Korea from the United States, and is now a 29-year-old financial planner. They are both hit by a wave of emotions. Could a fresh chance at romance be in the cards? Or has too much water passed under the bridge? This 2024 South Korean drama series was based on a webtoon by Nam Ji Eun and Kim In Ho and was directed by Song Hyun Wook.

Serendipity's Embrace

🔮Meant to be together Team

Lee Hong Ju

Mok Sol Hui (Kim So Hyun) can “hear” other people’s lies, no matter how hard they try to hide the truth. Her “superpower” has left her jaded and she considers everyone she meets to be morally bankrupt. That changes fast when she meets her new neighbor: the successful music producer and murder case suspect Kim Do Ha (Hwang Min Hyun). Sol Hee learns that her superpowers do not work on this mystery man... and unexpectedly starts to fall for him. Will she ever learn the deepest secrets of his heart? This 2023 South Korean drama series was directed by Noh Young Sub and Nam Sung Woo.

My Lovely Liar

The Mythomaniacs

KBS2

Raised as a soldier since birth, ambitious Princess Pyeong Gang (Kim So Hyun) intends to become the first Empress of Goguryeo after she learns about her real identity. She will stop at nothing to realize her dream, but her plans hit a hitch when she meets the peace-loving On Dal (Na In Woo). The duo fall for each other, despite their very different outlooks. On Dal decides to do whatever it takes to help Pyeong Gang achieve her goal, even if it means turning his back on his values. But the Princess’ quest to take the throne could end up forcing her to pay a price she is hesitant to pay, as a deadly fight for power is about to break out. Will Pyeong Gang and On Dal – and their love – survive this bloody struggle? This 2021 South Korean drama series was based on the novel “Princess Pyeong Gang” by Choi Sa Gyu and was directed by Yoon Sang Ho.

River Where the Moon Rises

After being attacked by a group of female assassins, young swordsman Jeon Nok Du (Jang Dong Yoon) sets out to track down one of his assailants. However, his quest leads him to a village populated entirely by widows. In order to evade detection, Nok Du disguises himself as a woman while he searches for clues. But one of the residents, Dong Dong Ju (Kim So Hyun), learns Nok Du’s secret identity… although she has a secret of her own: she has escaped from an ill-fated gisaeng (courtesan) apprenticeship. Will they succeed in keeping each others’ identities a secret? And what will happen when they begin to fall for each other? This 2019 South Korean drama series was based on the hit webtoon “Nok Du Jeon” by Hye Jin Yang and was directed by Kim Dong Hwi.

The Tale of Nokdu

💞Lovers Secrets Joseon's Team

Dong Dong Ju

KBS02

Soo Ho is a top class actor with a shining career. He debuted as a child actor, and at a very young age, he realized that in order to succeed, he must hide his true self behind a mask. He smiles in front of the cameras, but when alone at home, he's always depressed and gets nightmares. Geu Rim is a young, passionate assistant writer for a radio show. She is a woman with initiative and drive. Positive mindset and tenacity are her forte. One day, she gets asked to be the main writer for a radio show, but there is one condition. She must cast Soo Ho as the DJ for the show. Although she had a feeling from the start that it wouldn't be an easy task, it turns out to be quite difficult. For Geu Rim whose dream since childhood was writing for her own radio show, she must capture this opportunity. Their story begins by Geu Rim meeting the top celebrity, Soo Ho.

Radio Romance

Love On The Air Team 💗

Song Geu Rim

Despite having the power to see the future, field reporter Nam Hong Joo (Suzy) is often powerless to stop those events from happening. Having recently acquired the ability to foresee future events, prosecutor Jung Jae Chan (Lee Jong Suk) manages to save the life of police officer Han Woo Tak (Jung Hae In), whose death would have been used to frame Hong Joo. By surviving the attempt on his life, Woo Tak also gains the ability to see the future. Realizing their lives are somehow intertwined, Hong Joo, Jae Chan, and Woo Tak agree to work together to solve the mystery surrounding their unusual abilities and find ways to protect those they love most. This 2017 South Korean drama series was directed by Oh Choong Hwan.

While You Were Sleeping

The Dream Team ✨

Betrayed by his king, Kim Shin (Gong Yoo), a decorated military general from the Goryeo Dynasty, was forced to watch his family die before him. Saved by the Almighty, yet condemned to an eternal life as a goblin, Kim Shin uses his supernatural abilities to save humans, including the mother of Ji Eun Tak (Kim Go Eun), an optimistic high school student with a strange connection to the supernatural. When Eun Tak is repeatedly drawn to him, Kim Shin wonders if she might be the one he has spent an eternity searching for, the only one who can set his soul free, the Goblin Bride. Written by Kim Eun Sook, this award-winning 2016 South Korean fantasy romance series was directed by Lee Eung Bok and Kwon Hyuk Chan.

Guardian: The Lonely and Great God

The Immortal Team

They became an unlikely team. Park Bong Pal (Taecyeon) is a college student who has always had the ability to see and communicate with ghosts. To make extra money, he hires himself out as an exorcist who helps people vanquish the ghosts haunting them, with only about a 50-50 success rate. He crosses paths with Kim Hyun Ji (Kim So Hyun), the ghost of a 19-year-old student who died in a car accident but has been wandering the Earth for five years because she is unable to move on to the afterlife. When Bong Pal and Hyun Ji first meet, they accidentally kiss and sparks fly. But more importantly, Hyun Ji knows that Bong Pal holds the key to her past so she decides to move in with him. With her ability to see how ghosts died, Hyun Ji teams up with Bong Pal to help ghosts cross over into the next world. But what secrets does Joo Hye Sung (Kwon Yool), a professor at Bong Pal’s university, hold to both Bong Pal and Hyun Ji’s predicaments? “Bring It On, Ghost” is a 2016 South Korean drama series directed by Park Joon Hwa. It is based on the webcomic "Ssawooja Gwishina” written by Im In Seu.

Bring It On, Ghost

GHOSTBUSTERS

Kim Hyun Ji

A page turner is the person who turns the pages of the music score for the performer. The page turner must be neither faster than nor slower than the performer and must turn the pages silently. As if not even present onstage, they must wear clothes that do not stand out, enter one step behind and leave one step ahead of the performer, like a ghost of the stage.This "ghost of the stage" must keep rhythm as a partner of the piano player, the audience member closest to the performer, and potentially an evil presence that can ruin the performance. Our lives contain this kind of page turner. Among the young characters in this drama is the main character, who performs on the stage, and the page turner, who helps them. How will the stage of these young people look? On this stage, who is the star and who will end up turning the page? They shine through unpredictable performances, but we can take a peek at the moment these pained youths turn the page.

Page Turner

The Page Turners

Yoon Yoo Seul

What would you do if you realize that there is something not quite right about your school?

Kang Ye Rim (Kim So Hyun) is the president of her class and the top student. The seemingly perfect student becomes concerned, however, when she begins to feel that something strange is going on with her teacher, Han Bong Goo (Uhm Ki Joon), and the other kids in her class, including her friend, Seo Sang Woo (Lee Minhyuk).

Everyone around Ye Rim seems to fall into a trance, and then her classmates' dreams seem to become reality as soon as they dream it. Can Ye Rim uncover the reason for these strange occurrences before it’s too late?

“Nightmare Teacher” is a 2016 Viki Original web drama series directed by Hyun Moon Sub.

Nightmare Teacher

Nightmare Teacher Team

Eun Bi is a high school girl who lives without her parents in Tongyeong. She keeps being bullied by other students and is forced to drop out of school. She tries to kill herself out of frustration and pain by jumping into a river. However, she is saved by Eun Byeol, her twin sister. Eun Byeol was adopted by a wealthy family when she was young. After being rescued, Eun Bi is admitted to a hospital, but she has lost her memory. To make matters worse, Eun Byeol goes missing. Mi Kyung, Eun Byeol's adoptive mother, searches everywhere, looking for her. And when she runs into Eun Bi, she mistakes her for Eun Byeol. Not remembering anything, Eun Bi thinks she really is Eun Byeol and starts living as her. Revolving around the high school girl whose life has been changed by a twist of fate, the various aspects of students' lives unfold.

Who Are You

The Back to School Team

Lee Eun Bi/Go Eun Bil

Cho Rim comes home from school and finds out that her parents were killed by a serial killer. She also gets into a car accident while running away from the killer and stays in a coma state for six months. When she wakes up, she doesn\u2019t remember what happened in the past or her own name. And she gains a supernatural power that enables her to see smells. Moo Gak, a detective, also loses his younger sister named Eun Seol, to a murderer. He gets a big shock and loses consciousness, which takes him six months to regain consciousness. Without knowing each other\u2019s painful family loss history, Cho Rim and Moo Gak meet each other, and Cho Rim\u2019s ability becomes a big help to Moo Gak, and they become very close.

The Girl Who Sees Smells

The Sensory Team

SBS, KOCOWA

Bok Nyu is a housekeeper who does everything she is told to do. But for being a housekeeper, she seems a bit suspicious since she always wears her cap deep and never smiles. Sang Chul has four children and lived separately to provide for their education. But even though he has a wife, Sun Young, who is devoted to her family, Sang Chul has an affair. When Sun Young eventually finds out, she commits suicide. Sang Chul reunites and lives with his four children again, who have returned to Korea. He hires Bok Nyu to become the housekeeper for his family. While the mysterious Bok Nyu and the four siblings stay together, Bok Nyu's secrets start to unfold one by one.

Suspicious Housekeeper

The Outlandish Team

Eun Han Kyul

A boy has the psychic power to read other people's minds. Because of that ability, he learned how irrational our world is and how many aggrieved people there are. The boy wants to help them using his power, but the problem is the boy is still a minor. However, there is a woman who overcame the adversity of poverty and became a public defender. Sometimes those who lack their ability become perfect heroes. These days, when rewards and punishments are not fair and desperate people suffer, we want to hear the story where justice is served. This is a 21st-century fairy tale where you can meet a hero who finds happiness by helping others.

I Hear Your Voice

The loss of your first love can influence everything you do and every decision you make for the rest of your life. Han Jung Woo (Park Yoo Chun) is a homicide detective who pursues murderers and puts them behind bars. When he was in high school, he was in love with a girl whose father was a murderer. She would get bullied and teased by other kids, and Jung Woo would always stand up for her and try to protect her. But an accident separates the two lovers, and each is forced to go on with his and her life. But Jung Woo has never given up his love for his first love. 
 
Fourteen years later, that girl, Lee Su Yeon (Yoon Eun Hye) is a fashion designer who is still haunted by her past but trying to move on with her life. She is dating financial consultant Kang Hyun Jun (Yoo Seung Ho), who adores her and will do anything for her. But his jealousy emerges when Su Yeon and Jung Woo meet again by chance in adulthood and their past feelings for each other surface. Kim Eun Joo (Jang Mi In Ae), an artist, also is envious of Su Yeon’s hold on Jung Woo’s heart. Will Jung Woo lose his first love twice in his life, or does fate have other plans for them? 
 
“I Miss You” is a South Korean drama series directed by Lee Jae Dong.

I Miss You

Missing Love Team

Lee Soo Yeon

Can you escape the difficulties of your current life by returning to a more innocent area of your heart? A group of grade school friends hold a reunion after 30 years. Lee Tae Jin (Choi Cheol Ho) is a magazine editor who is separated from his wife and learns that he has a terminal illness. He wants to see his grade school friends again so he organizes a reunion. It may be specifically to see Im Ji Hyun (Kim Ji Soo), whom he has always liked, and Seo Young Wook (Ryu Jung Han), his biggest rival and friend. Ji Hyun has been going through a tough time since her husband lost his job, and she has been working at a hospital cafeteria to help support her family. Young Wook is a police detective with a wife and a son. Kim Mi Hee (Lee Ah Hyun) is a rich Gangnam housewife who used to have a crush on Young Wook but now is drawn to Tae Jin. When Ji Hyun sees Young Wook again, she falls in love with him all over again, and her complicated life gets even more complicated. “Love Again” is a 2012 South Korean drama series directed by Hwang In Roe. This is the Korean remake of a the Japanese drama “Love Again Shokogun.”

Love Again

Second Chance Team

Jung Yoo Ri

Lee Gak is a Crown Prince in the Joseon era. He's got one love of his life, Princess Hwa Yong. Unfortunately, she dies in the lake outside the palace, which sends him into a deep state of sadness. He develops a way to reunite himself with her in her next life by traveling with his loyal servants to Seoul's 21st-century city. That is where he meets Park Ha, the stepsister of the reincarnated Princess Hwa Yong. He isn't used to the lifestyle, but he is determined to find his soulmate in Seoul.

Rooftop Prince

 The Joseon Power Rangers

Hwa Yong

The reigning queen orders the killing of her stepson in order to continue her family's ability to take control over the kingdom. Yeon Woo, who happens to hold the position of the crown princess, suffers an illness that leads to her alleged death. Now, it's up to the King Hwon to decipher the truth, and put an end to the wars that wrath over the kingdom.

The Moon Embracing the Sun

team 'Eclipse'

MBC, KOCOWA

Two children are born in the same village at the same time. One child is born as the son of the wealthy Lord Kim's family, while the other child, not even knowing who his father is, is born in a mud hut as the son of a poor woman named Maksun. However, the mother of Lord Kim's family ends up dying after giving birth to the child. Lord Kim brings Maksun, who also gave birth on the same day to have the child breastfed. For her son's well-being, Maksun secretly switches the child with her own. Thus, Maksun's son gets raised by Lord Kim's family with the name Gwidong, and the real child of Lord Kim's family grows up with the name Chundoong. However, thanks to a twist of fate, Gwidong and Chundoong become friends and love the same girl named Dongnyeo.

The Duo

The switched

Seok Bong is a bellhop who works at the Oseong Hotel. He is preparing to be a successor to his business mogul father, whom he hopes to meet someday. To live an extravagant life like a successful magnate, he buys and drinks the best wine with the monthly income he saves. Unlike Seok Bong, Shin Mi lives a modest life by wearing jeans, enjoying free food samples at a supermarket, and saving money. And she is none other than the heir to the Oseong Group. Woon Seok is a capable man with chiseled looks, but he has a lot on his mind as an heir to the conglomerate. And there is a woman who desires to win his heart. It's Tae Hee, who possesses a charm like a femme fatale's and thinks money can buy everything. How would the world of the four different characters living lives of big shots and falling in love go?

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