Hwang Shin Hye is an award-winning South Korean actress who has long been considered one of the most beautiful actresses in Korea. Born on April 16, 1963, she has won many Best Actress awards in both films and television dramas. Hwang Shin Hye began her career as a model and then made her acting debut in the 1983 television drama “Father and Son,” which brought her her first acting award as Best New Actress at the 1984 MBC Drama Awards and launched her reputation as the “most perfect face in Korea.” She has since appeared in many popular films and television dramas, including the recent “It’s Okay Because I Am a Mom” (2015) and “The Legend of the Blue Sea” (2016).

Hwang Shin Hye

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So Ri, the CEO of an online shopping mall, is the only child of Kwang Nam and Ok Hee. So Ri is ambitious, competitive, and independent. She started her online shopping mall with Ha Ru and Yun A, her friends from high school. Yun A is So Ri's friend, but she is also her rival in love. She has a crush on Ha Ru, and she pines for him hopelessly. But when she is with So Ri, Yun A is a completely different person and can be as sly as a fox. After getting a divorce from Ok Hee, Kwang Nam remarried Ha Ru's mom, Hee Ok. Ok Hee and Hee Ok used to be best friends, but now, they can't seem to figure out where everything went wrong. These three families, whose fates are twisted with each other's, continue on to face a wild and crazy future.

Love Twist

Three families live under one roof at a boarding house called Samgwang Villa. Sun Jeong's family lives a pure and simple life and doesn't have a lot of money. Jung Hoo's family is rich but is far from peaceful. Jung Won's family looks perfect from the outside but is actually quite rocky. Others join these families at Samgwang Villa, each with their own stories. What is the meaning of family in this day and age, with so many single-person households and people choosing not to get married? Let's meet the people who open their hearts to one another to live and love as a family in Homemade Love Story.

Homemade Love Story

How can a mermaid from the Joseon era survive in modern society?
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Shim Cheong (Jun Ji Hyun) is a mermaid who follows her one true love, a nobleman’s son named Kim Moon from the Joseon Dynasty to modern-day Seoul. Moon’s modern doppelgänger is Heo Joon Jae (Lee Min Ho), a highly-skilled scam artist who first becomes interested in Shim Cheong because of a jade bracelet worth $6 million that she wears.
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With nowhere to go, Shim Cheong is taken in by Joon Jae, who also finds his con partners, Jo Nam Doo (Lee Hee Joon) and Tae Oh (Shin Won Ho), hiding out in his home from a vengeful past victim of their scams. Shim Cheong discovers a rival for Joon Jae’s heart in Cha Shi Ah (Shin Hye Sun), a researcher at KAIST who deals with ancient artifacts.
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The plot takes a sinister turn when a dangerous killer named Ma Dae Young (Sung Dong Il) is sent by Joon Jae’s stepmother to murder him in order to make her own son the heir to Joon Jae’s fortunes. Can Shim Cheong survive her strange new environment while also helping Joon Jae avoid the dangers that await him?
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“The Legend of the Blue Sea” is a 2016-2017 South Korean drama series directed by Jin Hyuk. The story is inspired by a historical tale about a mermaid contained in a short story anthology known as Eou Yadam by Joseon-era scholar Yu Mong In.

The Legend of the Blue Sea

The Blue Sea

What could derail a woman at the pinnacle of her professional career? 

Na Jong Hee (Hwang Shin Hye) is a very successful chef who just celebrated her 50th birthday. With a wonderful family and friends, Jong Hee has everything going for her both professionally and personally. 

But that all changes when Jong Hee learns that she has early onset of Alzheimer’s disease. How will her family deal with such devastating news? 

“It’s Okay Because I Am a Mom” is a two-episode 2015 South Korean miniseries directed by Yoon Yeo Chang.

It's Okay Because I Am A Mom

Unforgettable mom

Na Jong Hee

A decade after a man loses his first love, he falls in love with her younger sister only to face the intertwined tragedies of their two families that was caused by their parents. Kang Moo Yeol (Sung Hoon) lost the love of his life, Han Yoo Rim (Seohyun), but unknowingly falls in love with her younger sister, Han Yoo Jung (Choi Yoon Young), 10 years after the tragedy. Moo Yeol’s half-brother, Hong Soo Hyuk (Shim Ji Ho), also falls in love with Yoo Jung. But will Moo Yeol and Yoo Jung be able to move forward with their ill-fated relationship when they realize the roles that their parents played to bring them to this point in their lives? “Madly in Love (aka Passionate Love)” is a 2013 South Korean drama series directed by Bae Tae Sub.

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