Here is a list of tv shows where a woman can be considered the villain. Many have their own tragic backstory and reasons but what they did was still evil.

Evil women😈

Tencent

Qiao An Hao (Sierra Li) and Lu Jin Nian (Dylan Xiong), former high school lovers separated by misunderstandings, reunite years later when Jin Nian, now a successful entertainment company CEO, and An Hao, an aspiring actress, enter a fake marriage. Complicating matters, Jin Nian is impersonating his comatose younger brother, creating a web of deception and unresolved romantic tension. As they navigate their contractual relationship, their past feelings threaten to resurface and unravel their carefully constructed arrangement. Will their shared history help or hinder their elaborate charade? This is a 2018 Chinese drama series directed by Zhou Xiao Peng, adapted from the novel Bringing the Nation's Husband Home by Ye Fei Ye.

Pretty Man

Men Should Have Warm Hearts

KBS2

Working-class highschooler Jan Di (Ku Hye Sun) secures a scholarship at the prestigious Shin Hwa High School. Shin Hwa is attended by elites, most infamously the F4 — the four richest boys in school. Not one to stir up trouble, Jan Di keeps to herself... until her best friend accidentally drops ice cream on F4 leader Goo Joon Pyo (Lee Min Ho). After Jan Di stands up for her friend, her anonymity goes out the window and the F4 won't leave her alone. However, as Jan Di learns more about the F4, she realizes that there's more than meets the eye... and it seems Joon Pyo feels the same way. Will this unlikely duo find romance? Released in 2009 and based on the Japanese manga of the same name, this drama is a worldwide phenomenon and a fan-favorite classic. It was directed by the late Jeon Ki Sang and Lee Min Woo.

Boys Over Flowers

🌸The Fabulous Four Team🌸

KBS02

Teenager Go Hye Mi (Bae Suzy) dreamed of attending Julliard and becoming a classical singer, but after her wealthy father goes bankrupt and runs away to avoid loan sharks, she’s left behind to handle his affairs. A debt collector suggests that she attend Kirin Arts High, where students train in the hopes of becoming K-pop idols, become a singer, and use the money from album sales to repay her father’s debts. Hye Mi finds the idea distasteful, but agrees when the debt collector threatens to force her younger sister into work instead. After auditioning for Kirin, Hye Mi encounters students like aspiring dancer Jin Guk (Taecyeon), Kim Pil Sook (IU), and more, who help her broaden her horizons and learn more about music and performing. Hye Mi grows closer to Jin Guk in particular, despite a rocky first encounter, changing her life forever.

Dream High

JTBC

Once bullied for her looks, Kang Mi Rae (Im Soo Hyang) undergoes a dramatic transformation through plastic surgery, only to face new challenges in college when people ridicule her for altering her appearance. Reconnecting with Do Kyung Suk (Cha Eun Woo), who values inner beauty over appearances, Mi Rae finds herself caught between external judgment and internal growth. As Kyung Suk stands up for her against harsh labels and superficial commentary, Mi Rae starts to reclaim her confidence and realizes that true beauty is about who you are on the inside… and starts to sense that she and Kyung Suk might become more than just friends. This 2018 Korean drama was adapted from the webtoon of the same name by Maenggi Ki and was directed by Choi Sung Bum.

My ID Is Gangnam Beauty

The Beauty Lovers

As a child, Ki Ha Myung’s (Lee Jong Suk) life was torn apart by the media: his firefighter father was accused of killing his team members, and his devastated mother jumped off a cliff, trying to take Ha Myung with her. However, Ha Myung survived, rescued by an old man with memory loss who renamed him after his own deceased son. Now named Choi Dal Po, he grew up with his “niece” Choi In Ha (Park Shin Hye), a girl the same age as him who suffers from "Pinocchio Syndrome," which causes her to hiccup uncontrollably whenever she tells a lie. As adults, they end up hired as reporters for rival news stations, navigating the cutthroat world of broadcast news, and encountering ethical dilemmas and the tragic consequences of biased reporting while also working through their burgeoning feelings for each other and the dark secrets of their pasts.

Pinocchio

The Can't Lie Team

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.

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