Kim Sun Ah is an award-winning South Korean actress who is best known for her role in the hit television drama “My Name Is Kim Sam Soon” (2005). Born on October 1, 1975, she immigrated to Japan with her family when she was young and grew up in Tokyo. She attended college at Ball State University in Indiana in the United States. Kim Sun Ah accidentally broke into entertainment when she stood in for a friend in a modeling job while she was on vacation in South Korea in 1996. She then dropped out of college to pursue a modeling career. She made her acting debut in supporting roles in 1997 and has since starred in many popular films and television dramas, including “City Hall” (2009), “Scent of a Woman” (2011), “I Do, I Do” (2012), “Masked Prosecutor” (2015) and “Should We Kiss First” (2018).

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Do Jae Yi (Kim Sun Ah) is a human rights lawyer who has built up a large following on social media. She has a reputation for defending the vulnerable and victims of sexual crime. Ten years ago, she was the victim of a terrible, haunting crime. Now, she has become a veritable “queen of masks.” To most of the world, she is a paragon of justice. But behind closed doors, she is exploiting a corrupt politician. And she is secretly helping the current mayor to get out of messy situations – as part of her own plan to become the next mayor.

Do Jae Yi is friends with two powerful women. The first is Joo Yoo Jung (Shin Eun Jung), the director of an influential arts foundation. The second is the hard-working and ambitious Yoon Hae Mi (Yoo Sun), who worked her way up from the bottom at a prestigious hotel to the position of Vice President. The three women’s former friend, Go Yoo Na (Oh Yoon Ah) feels she was betrayed by the rest of the women. She moved to the USA in a bid to start her life again. But when she returns to South Korea in search of her missing daughter, her path crosses with those of her former friends. Could revenge be in the cards when they reunite?

“Queen of Masks” is a 2023 South Korean drama series that was directed by Kang Ho Joong.

Queen of Masks

👑 Queen of Masks Team 👑

JTBC

As chief of a special investigation team at the Central District Prosecutors’ Office, Han Hye Ryul (Kim Sun Ah) has achieved a great deal of success in her career. But for Hye Ryul, being successful just isn’t enough. As the third generation of a wealthy and powerful family who has used their collective careers in law to build an empire of wealth and power, Hye Ryul refuses to be satisfied with anything less than the best.

With her sights set on becoming the next Prosecutor General, Hye Ryul hopes to break free from the family ties that bind her. But with a family like hers, breaking free comes at a very steep price. With her father, Han Gun Do (Song Young Chang) working as an attorney for one of the country's biggest law firms, and both her mother, Ham Gwang Jeon (Lee Mi Sook), and her husband, Na Geun Woo (Ahn Jae Wook), working as professors at a prestigious law school, each member of her family casts a very large shadow over Hye Ryul. Tired of people denigrating her work because of her family’s prestigious background, Hye Ryul is willing to do whatever it takes to satisfy her desires.&nbsp;

When talk of her husband’s possible consideration for the next presidential candidate begins to circulate, Hye Ryul takes matters into her own hands. With her family soon embroiled in several scandals, will Hye Ryul finally have a chance to seize that which she has most desired?

A story of wealth and ruin, “The Empire” is a 2022 South Korean melodrama directed by Yoo Hyun Ki.

The Empire

SBS, KOCOWA

Do Young lived and worked in a public bathhouse after leaving the orphanage. Yeo Ok, the head of Deo Group, finds favor in her eyes of Do Young, and with Yeo Ok's support, Do Young changes her name to Jenny Jang and gets to run a high-end fashion boutique. Also, she becomes a central and powerful figure in the political and business circles as she secretly solves problems for the upper classes. Jenny's ultimate goal is to become the queen of the Deo family using the international city development project. On the other hand, Yeo Ok plans to take advantage of Jenny and abandon her as soon as she succeeds in making Deo Group one of the top 10 corporates in Korea through the international city development project. To do so, Yeo Ok shouldn't make Jenny notice her scheme.

Secret Boutique

🌹The Secret Team🌹

Jenny Jang

KBS02

Ha Dae Cheol is a prosecutor that works at the South District Prosecutors\u2019 Office, and Yoo Min Hui is a capable detective at the Homicide Department of Gangnam Police Station. Dae Cheol feels there are always loopholes in the law, and the law is not always equal for everyone. So he works as a materialistic prosecutor in the daytime and becomes a man in the mask who seeks justice using violence at night. For Dae Cheol, Min Hui is the only love. However, due to her old trauma, Min Hui finds it hard to form intimate relationships with men. Hyeon Ung, Dae Cheol\u2019s stepbrother and a prosecutor, also falls in love with Min Hui, drawing a love triangle.

The Man in the Mask

The Vigilantes

Yoo Min Hee

The Scent of a Woman is a Korean drama about a single woman in her mid-thirties who quits her abusive job after finding out she has six months left to live. She decides to take herself to Japan, where she meets a handsome, wealthy stranger, and the two fall in love as they cross things off her bucket list. *Some tissues might be required.

The Scent of a Woman

The politics we have learned from books about social studies in school or from more difficult professional books in college should be the same as what we learned. But now, what does politics look like in reality? Are there no more dreams or hopes? Here, there is a mayor. The mayor is with a lot of affection. She always corrects her mistakes and starts anew. Whenever she has a chance, she carries a shopping cart. She says the gas price is too high when using the official car, so she uses a bicycle instead. She has boldly shaken off the tricks of conspiracy and party strategy. We dream that the cynicism and ignorance of the people who look at politics will be replaced with expectations and hopes through the success story of the erratic and pleasant mayor of a small town, City Hall.

City Hall

MBC, KOCOWA

Cho Hee is a member of the Cultural Relic Control Team at the Cultural Heritage Administration. She chose her career path because of her dad, who was a grave robber. He left saying that he'd quit after he finishes his last job but has been missing since then. In hopes of finding her dad, Cho Hee decides to join the Control Team. She meets Bum Sang while she's working on the Control Team. He's an ancient art appraiser and restoration expert and is excellent at his job, handsome, and humble. At least he seems it until you really get to know him. Cho Hee and Bum Sang start bickering as they run into each other more and more. Are they bickering, or are they falling in love?

Night After Night

Girl Scouts

Research shows over 73 percent of Korean women believe they\u2019re fat. And among those 73 percent, our heroine Kim Sam Soon exists. She\u2019s a heartbroken 29-year-old woman. She didn\u2019t go to college, got fired on Christmas, nor she has a lover or a lovely car. She lives in harsh reality but still dreams like any other 29-year-old woman. She dreams of having a movie-like romance with her ideal man, but she knows it is unlikely to happen. When she buries herself in work, it feels like she can carry on without getting married and just travel around the world. But sometimes, her heart flutters to a kind man, and she starts to get afraid of how time flies. She feels like she\u2019ll be able to achieve all her dreams if she can just suddenly hit the jackpot. To all Sam Soons, we present you this romance. We hope you stay strong just like Sam Soon. May life deceives you, and you shed tears over love, but don\u2019t let yourselves down but firm your heart up.

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