Hardworking Female Lead Korean Dramas & Movies

H.I.T (2007)

H.I.T

Rank #5215

The Homicide Investigation Team (H.I.T.) led by Cha Soo Kyung, was established to investigate the case of a serial terminateer. The other four members were assigned from different precincts and,...

Hush (2020)

Hush

Rank #5217

“Hush” is an office drama about newspaper reporters and their everyday struggles, problems, and ethical dilemmas. Han Jun Hyeok is a veteran reporter for a newspaper. He first became a...

Wang's Family (2013)

Wang’s Family

Rank #5265

The Wang family faces a number of challenges: elitism; discrimination; children moving back home after living on their own during colleges; the power dynamics between husband, wife and family; and...

Will Be Okay

Will Be Okay, Never Die

Rank #5377

Oh Min Joo, a rookie employee of an office who dreams of quitting her job. She experiences the ups and downs one goes through in the workplace and represents the...

Hearts of Nineteen (2006)

Hearts of Nineteen

Rank #5477

Guk Hwa is a young country girl who leaves Yanbian (China) for Korea to get married. When she arrives in Seoul, she finds out that her fiancé had just died...

Lie to Me

Lie to Me

Rank #5481

Gong Ah Jung, a level 5 Ministry of Culture official, gets entangled in a web of lies when she mistakenly lies that she’s married to Hyun Ki Joon, a noble...

Must You Go? (2021)

Must You Go?

Rank #5508

Min Yoo Jung is a 25-year-old woman who dreams of becoming a successful pop musician. But her musical dreams are a long way from coming true – and she spends...

Hyde

Hyde, Jekyll, Me

Rank #5573

Gu Seo Jin is a third-generation chaebol who runs the theme park Wonder Land. He seemingly has everything — looks, brains, and fortune. But a traumatic incident in his childhood...

Second to Last Love

Second to Last Love

Rank #5659

An adult romance about a forty-something woman finding love and who works as a television producer. She has no interest in romance and just concerns herself with preparing for retirement,...

Cheese in the Trap

Cheese in the Trap

Rank #5662

Having returned to college after a year long break due to her family’s poor background, Hong Seol, a hardworking over-achiever, inadvertently gets on the wrong side of her senior, Yoo...

Golden Bride

Golden Bride

Rank #5733

Jin Joo is a half-Korean and half-Vietnamese girl who marries a Korean man, Kang Jun Woo, in order to come to Korea to look for her biological father who abandoned...

What Happened in Bali

What Happened in Bali

Rank #5784

Lee Soo Jung is a travel agent who is seeking her good luck in Bali after a harsh and unforgiving childhood. She meets Jae-min, Kang In Wook, and Young Joo...

Golden Garden (2019)

Golden Garden

Rank #5822

Eun Dong Joo attempts to get back her stolen life. When she was 6 years-old, she was abandoned at an orphanage. She did not remember anything except her name. Despite...

Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) 2 (2021)

Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) Season 2

Rank #5841

Everything continues to unravel for the radio show professionals. Their devolving marriages must now contend with the revelation of the identities of their husbands’ paramours. (Source: Netflix)...

The Queen of Office (2013)

The Queen of Office

Rank #5927

This drama is about miss Kim, a big shot contract worker that is so charismatic not even a high-level executive can make her budge. She will be at odds with...

Gloria (2010)

Gloria

Rank #5949

Gloria is an intense tale of people who are fiercely devoted to surviving their rough lives, focusing in particular on the life of a nightclub singer, Na Jin Jin, who...

Penny Pinchers (2011)

Penny Pinchers

Rank #6021

Ji Woong is a loser. He can’t find a job, lies to his mom for money, and fails in the bedroom for want of 50 won. He may not have...

Dancing Queen (2012)

Dancing Queen

Rank #6072

Jung Hwa, also known as Shinchon’s Madonna, was famous in her heyday as the talent of the town. Offered the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of becoming a Korean pop star in the...

The Running Mates: Human Rights (2019)

The Running Mates: Human Rights

Rank #6148

“The Defender: Human Rights” follows investigators for the Human Rights Promotion Commission. They fight for those whose human rights are violated. Han Yoon Seo works as an investigator for the...

Trot Lovers (2014)

Trot Lovers

Rank #6377

Jang Joon Hyun is a talented and popular musician. He looks down upon the traditional trot music genre. Meanwhile, Choi Chun Hee works multiple jobs as the breadwinner to support...

The World That They Live In (2008)

The World That They Live In

Rank #6428

Joo Jun Yeong, a producer working her way in the male dominated world of drama creators. Co-star Hyun Bin plays her mentor, who makes Joo’s character’s life miserable at first,...

Assorted Gems (2009)

Assorted Gems

Rank #6440

The four siblings in the fire-armg family were named after precious jewels: eldest daughter Bi Chwi (Jade), eldest son San Ho (Coral), second daughter Ryu Bi (Ruby), and the youngest...

Twinkle Twinkle (2011)

Twinkle Twinkle

Rank #6528

This drama tells the success story of Han Jung Won, a workaholic careerwoman, who is determined to make her own way in life without the help of her family, which...

Double Patty (2021)

Double Patty

Rank #6769

Kang Woo Ram is busy preparing to get a job. Lee Hyun Ji is a would-be anchor, but she works at a homemade hamburger restaurant. One night, Woo Ram visits...