Soo Ae

JTBC

Yoon Jae Hee (Soo Ae), the head of Sung Jin Cultural Foundation, is a highly ambitious woman who trades her long-term relationship for a strategic marriage to Jung Joon Hyuk (Kim Kang Woo), the illegitimate son of the powerful Sung Jin Group. Determined to elevate her husband to the presidency, she allies with the future Public Prosecutor General and wages a calculated war against her in-laws to secure her husband's absolute control. However, her carefully orchestrated plans may be complicated by her husband's own hidden agenda. As a tale of relentless ambition and secret desires unfolds within the elite echelons of South Korean society, Jae Hee's ruthless pursuit of power threatens to unravel everything she has meticulously built. This is a 2021 South Korean psychological mystery thriller drama directed by Jun Chang Geun.

Artificial City

KBS02

After her mother’s sudden death, flight attendant Hong Na Ri (Soo Ae) returns to her hometown, only to find a young, handsome man, Go Nan Gil (Kim Young Kwang), claiming to be her stepfather. He insists he married her mother shortly before her passing and now owns her mother’s beloved dumpling restaurant and land. Skeptical and infuriated, Na Ri attempts to expose Nan Gil as a fraud, but the more she digs, the more she uncovers secrets about her family and Nan Gil’s mysterious past… and an unexpected and unconventional romance begins to bloom. This drama was based on the web comic of the same name by Yoo Hyun Sook.

Sweet Stranger and Me

Unexpected Lovers

Department store sales clerk Byun Ji Sook (Soo Ae) has been trapped in a horrendous cycle of debt thanks to her father and brother. Everything changes when she encounters Seo Eun Ha (also played by Soo Ae), a wealthy heiress who looks just like her. Eun Ha is engaged to Choi Min Woo (Ju Ji Hoon), the heir apparent of a massive conglomerate, but his status as an illegitimate son puts other family members against him. Unbeknownst to Min Woo, Eun Ha is having an affair with his half-sister’s husband Min Seok Hoon (Yeon Jung Hoon), who wants the company to himself. When Eun Ha ends up dead, Seok Hoon blackmails Ji Sook into taking Eun Ha’s place, launching her headfirst into the perils of high society. Will Ji Sook find a place for herself in Eun Ha’s world – and can she help Min Woo avoid a horrible fate of his own?

Mask

The Pretenders

Born into extreme poverty, Da Hae (Park Soo Ae) was determined to claw herself into a higher economic status, no matter the cost. As an orphaned child, she met Ha Ryu (Kwon Sang Woo), and the two grew close despite being separated through adoption. Ha Ryu is willing to do anything for Da Hae – which turns out to be his fatal flaw, as she primarily sees him as a pawn in her life. After the tragic loss of their daughter, Da Hae abandons and betrays Ha Ryu in favor of a wealthier man. She eventually becomes the first lady, and Ha Ryu ends up as the prosecutor for her corruption case. Is this Ha Ryu’s chance to get “revenge” on Da Hae, or will she manage to get her way yet again?

King of Ambition

     The Ambitious Team

Joo Da Hae

In 1971 South Korea, Soon Yi (Soo Ae) enters an arranged marriage with Sang Gil (Uhm Tae Woong), who remains emotionally distant and seemingly attached to his past love. When Sang Gil is deployed to Vietnam with the South Korean military, Soon Yi is determined to find him. Recruited by opportunistic band leader Jung Man (Jung Jin Young), she becomes a performer known as Sunny, entertaining troops and gaining popularity among senior officers. Her journey through the war-torn landscape becomes a quest not just to locate her husband, but to understand her own strength and purpose. As she navigates the challenging environment of the Vietnam War, Soon Yi transforms from a traditional wife into a resilient and independent woman seeking connection and meaning. This is a 2008 South Korean movie that was directed by Lee Jun Ik.

Sunny

"Sunny Fun's"

When Professor Yoon Suk Young's (Lee Byung Hun) former student asks him to appear as a guest on a TV show that reunites famous individuals with people from their past, he agrees, hoping to track down a woman named Seo Jung In (Soo Ae). They met in 1969, when South Korea was mired in political turmoil. Suk Young was a college student, and Jung In was a librarian in a rural village. The duo met when Suk Young and his classmates traveled from the big city to the countryside on a mission to help modernize the village, and they ended up falling in love. However, their relationship was cruelly derailed by dark family secrets and a tidal wave of political change. Will Suk Young and Jung In finally meet again, or will Suk Young's quest for reunion end in failure? This movie won several awards, including Best Film, at the Chunsa Film Art Awards.

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