Go Doo Shim is a celebrated veteran South Korean actress who has enjoyed a prolific career in film, television, theater and radio. Born on May 22, 1951, she made her acting debut in the 1972 television series “Chief Inspector” and is known for playing the tirelessly devoted mother figure in many of her works. Go Doo Shim has won the Grand Prize (Daesang), the top award in acting, a record number of six times for her roles in the television dramas “Fetters of Love” (1989), “The Dancing Gayageum” (1990), “My Husband’s Woman” (1992), “Virtue” (2000), “Ode to the Han River” (2004) and “More Beautiful Than a Flower” (2004). Some of her recent memorable roles include “Immortal Classic” (2012), “Marry Him If You Dare” (2013), “A Word From Warm Heart” (2013), “The Legendary Witch” (2014), “High Society” (2015), “The Eccentric Daughter-in-Law” (2015) and “All About My Mom” (2015).

Go Doo Shim

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In 2023, Ha Eun Gyeol (Ryeoun) is a high schooler and a budding rock musician. He stumbles upon a magical music store that sends him back in time to 1995… where he comes face-to-face with his father Ha Lee Chan (Choi Hyun Wook), who is still in high school! Things get even weirder when he discovers that Lee Chan has a crush on the icy cellist Se Kyeong (Seol In Ah) – not Eun Gyeol's mother, Cheong Ah (Shin Eun Soo)! To try and make things right, Eun Gyeol must join a band fronted by his father. Can Eun Gyeol bring his future parents together? And will he ever get back to his “modern” life? This 2023 South Korean drama series was directed by Son Jong Hyun.

Twinkling Watermelon

🍉Viva la Watermelon🍉Team

Ja Geum Sun (Go Doo Shim), escaped North Korea during the Korean War, leaving behind her husband and son. She founded the Nakwon hotel chain, hoping it would serve as a lighthouse to reunite her lost family. Approaching the end of her life, she yearns to meet her grandson Ri Mun Sung. Her assistant Jeong Sang Cheol (Sung Dong Il), is tasked with the mission and discovers her grandson has become a human trafficker, deciding to keep the truth from Geum Sun, he hires Yoo Jae Heon (Kang Ha Neul), a struggling stage actor, to pose as her grandson instead. Jae Heon agrees but quickly finds he is in over his head. He also has to contend with Park Se Yeon (Ha Ji Won), Geum Sun's granddaughter who manages the hotel and is determined to maintain control. This is a 2022 South Korean drama series directed by Yoon Sang Ho.

Curtain Call

🎭 Lighthouse Keepers 🎭

JTBC

When Pyo In Sook (Ahn Eun Jin) is diagnosed with a terminal illness, she hardly feels anything about it at all, despite having just months to live. She moves into hospice care, where she meets two other women: Sung Mi Do (Joy), a social media influencer, and Kang Se Yeon (Kang Ye Won), a frustrated housewife, who are also suffering from diseases. They encounter Min Woo Cheon (Kim Kyung Nam), an elite contract killer hiding deep emotional pain. United by their desire for revenge, the three women plan to eliminate those who have wronged them before their time runs out. However, as their friendship deepens and unexpected feelings develop between In Sook and Min Woo Cheon, their original plans begin to shift. This is a 2021 South Korean drama series directed by Oh Hyun Jong.

The One and Only

✨  Never Walk Alone ✨ Team

Gap Soon is the third daughter of three siblings. She has been in a long-term relationship with a guy preparing for a state exam. As they have known each other since elementary school, their hearts don't exactly flutter at the sight of each other. Neither of them has enough money without having achieved anything substantial, so they cannot even think of getting married. One day, Gap Soon suddenly gets pregnant, so they decide to move in together. However, their life together doesn't go smoothly.

Our Gap Soon

The Solim Team

KBS02

In Yeong, a member of an unpopular girl band, reluctantly accepts an offer to appear in a show to experience a role of a daughter-in-law in order to survive in the harsh showbiz industry. In the show, she becomes a fake daughter-in-law of Chun Ja and a fake wife of Myeong Seok, the eldest son of the eldest son's family. Chun Ja and Myeong Seok do not really like In Yeong at first, even knowing that it is only for show. However, they are saved from a crisis with the help of In Yeong, and Myeong Seok gradually falls in love with her. Check out if they will be able to become a real family.

The Virtual Bride

The Minions

Yang Choon Ja

This is about a touching family love that depicts love and hatred between a mother and daughter. The main characters are Jin Ae, the daughter who believes she can be happy only if she gets out of her house, and San Ok, the mother who always says, "Do you know what it is like to live as a mother? Try putting yourself in my shoes!" Lastly, Yeong Seon wants to be a lovely mother-in-law. However, things go differently than planned, and their behavior often causes misunderstandings. Let us follow their stories and find ways to become a good family.

All about My Mom

Mom Knows Best Team

The drama "You Are The Best" transfers the message of consolation, hope and healing to those of us suffering from this competitive society. This is a humanistic drama that makes us realize that happiness cannot be felt just from materialistic or external values but from simple but truthful love, and a society that is full of people who share.

You Are The Best

The Shin Shin Couple

Channel A

Park Gye Hyang (actress name), a renowned national cultural asset for Korean cooking, guards her family's centuries-old secret kimchee recipes. When a remote restaurant begins serving kimchee that rivals her own, tensions rise as two families with potentially shared culinary heritage become entangled in a competitive battle. Various parties seek to obtain the coveted recipes for their own purposes, setting the stage for a flavorful conflict that will determine whose kimchee truly reigns supreme. This is a delectable 2012 South Korean drama series directed by Jang Hyung Il and Kim Sang Rae.

Immortal Classic

Team Kimchi 

Seo Joo Hee (Kim Tae Hee), an accomplished jockey with dreams of winning the Grand Prix Championship, has her career abruptly halted by a devastating racing accident that injures her arm and costs her beloved horse. Falling into deep depression, she travels to Jeju Island hoping to heal and find new purpose. There, she meets Lee Woo Suk (Yang Dong Geun), a champion jockey who understands her pain and helps her rediscover her passion for racing. With Woo Suk's support, Joo Hee finds the courage to restart her career and pursue her championship dreams once more. This is a 2010 South Korean sports film directed by Yang Yun Ho that explores themes of resilience and second chances.

Grand Prix

MBC, KOCOWA

A Ri Young is working as a TV drama writer, and her pen name is Eun A. Her father, Jin Sub, abandoned his wife and A Ri Young for a colleague of his wife's to start a new family. While working as a deputy director at Taeyang Daily, Jin Sub is shocked to learn that the drama writer Eun A is actually his daughter, A Ri Young. Ye Young, Jin Sub's new daughter, was in a happy relationship with her boyfriend, Ju Wang. However, A Ri Young shakes up her life with her vengeance, and Ye Young learns that her mother had seduced her father, who was already married, to start a new family.

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