She Was Pretty
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Written by | Jo Sung-hee |
Directed by | Jung Dae-yoon |
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Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language(s) | Korean |
No. of episodes | 16 |
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Executive producer(s) | Han Hee |
Running time | 70 minutes |
Production company(s) | Bon Factory |
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Original network | Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation |
Original release | September 16 November 11, 2015 |
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She Was Pretty (Hangul: 그녀는 예뻤다; RR: Geunyeoneun Yeppeodda) is a 2015 South Korean television series starring Hwang Jung-eum, Park Seo-joon, Go Joon-hee, and Choi Siwon.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] It aired on MBC from September 16 to November 11, 2015, on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 22:00.[11][12][13][14][15] It reunited Hwang Jung-eum with Park Seo-joon, who previously starred together in Kill Me, Heal Me;[16] and Hwang Jung-eum with Go Joon-hee, who previously starred together in Can You Hear My Heart.[17]
Contents
Plot
A romantic comedy about two past acquaintances who meet again after they've gone through a reversal of fortunes and appearances, set in the backdrop of a fashion magazine's publishing office.
Kim Hye-jin was a very pretty girl from a rich family. After her family's publishing company went bankrupt, she experienced hardships then lost her beauty too. Ji Sung-joon was an unattractive boy with low self-esteem, but grows up as a handsome and successful editor.
The two decided to meet again as adults, but Sung-joon was unable to recognize Hye-jin. Ashamed to meet her first love and ruin his perception of her, Hye-jin asks her attractive best friend, Ha-ri, to appear in her place. Things, however, soon get complicated as Hye-jin was assigned to work at The Most magazine publishing office where Sung-joon is the deputy chief editor. He openly mistreats and belittles her for her clumsy nature, not knowing that she was his real childhood friend. Ha-ri also continues to meet Sung-joon, and soon develops feelings for him. On the other hand, Hye-jin finds a good friend in her workplace, Shin-hyuk, who slowly falls in love with her.
Cast
Main characters
- Hwang Jung-eum as Kim Hye-jin [18][19][20]
- Jung Da-bin as young Hye-jin
- An intern in the administration section before being appointed as junior editor. She used to be a beautiful, wealthy, and smart girl, but lost everything. Embarrassed at her failures in life, she asked her best friend Ha-ri, to meet with her first love Sung-joon, using her name. She thought that would be the end of her fate with Sung-joon, but turns out it's only the beginning of her nightmare, as he then becomes her boss. Despite the misfortunes, she still strives to do her best.
- Park Seo-joon as Ji Sung-joon
- Yang Han-yeol as young Sung-joon
- The youngest deputy chief editor in Korea. Stubborn and arrogant but also brilliant in his work. Contrary to Hye-jin, he was unattractive and shy but grows up to become handsome and successful. Immediately after returning to Korea, he contacted his first love, Hye-jin. Both of them were each other’s best friend when they were younger. He was traumatized as a child when his mother had died in a car accident on a rainy day. After that, on days that it rained, he was unable to carry out his daily activities, that is, until he had met Hye-jin. He ends up falling for her even when he didn’t recognize that she was his childhood friend and first love.
- Go Joon-hee as Min Ha-ri
- Lee Ja-in as young Ha-ri
- A hotelier. She is Hye-jin's best friend and roommate. A beautiful and stylish woman with good personality. While continuing to pretend to be Hye-jin, she ends up falling for Sung-joon. Fearing that her relationship with her best friend might be compromised, she tries several times to tell him the truth only to fail in the end and having Hye-jin find out first.
- Choi Siwon as Kim Shin-hyuk
- A senior feature editor. He is generally a free-spirited, fair, and straightforward man but with mysterious identity. He is Hye-jin's direct supervisor at work, and they developed a close relationship. He calls Hye-jin Jackson because when he first met her she was wearing white socks like Michael Jackson. He ends up falling for her even before her beauty transformation. He found out about her relationship with Sung-joon one day when she was drunk. He also came to find out about how her friend Ha-ri was impersonating Sung-joon’s first love and persuaded her to come clean. He didn’t want to be just friends with Hye-jin but in the end, he decided that it was better to have her as a friend than not at all.
Supporting characters
- Jung Da-bin as Kim Hye-Rin / Kim Hye-Jin (young)
- Kim Hye-Jin's little sister
- Hwang Seok-jeong as Kim Ra-ra
- She is the chief editor of The Most magazine. Her nephew is the company chairmans’s son.
- She also played the role as the manager/ Ajumma in the restaurant on episode 7
- Shin Dong-mi as Cha Joo-young
- Ahn Se-ha as Kim Poong-ho
- He is the company chairman’s son but keeps it a secret from his coworkers until towards the end of the drama.
- Park Yu-hwan as Kim Joon-woo[21]
- Kang Soo-jin as Joo Ah-reum
- Shin Hye-sun as Han Seol
- She finds out about the fact that the son of the chairman is one of her coworkers and sets out to become his love interest. She mistakenly thinks that it is Joon-woo and later finds out but she stays with him because she started to develop feelings for him.
- Kim Ha-gyoon as Boo Jong-man
- Jo Chang-geun as Gwang Hee
- Jin Hye-won as Lee Seol-bi
- Cha Jung-won as Jung Seon-min
- Bae Min-jung as Park Yi-kyung
- Im Ji-hyun as Lee Eun-young
- Park Choong-seon as Kim Jong-seob
- Father of Hye-jin
- Lee Il-hwa as Han Jung-hye
- Mother of Kim Hye-jin
- Lee Byung-joon as Min Yong-gil
- Father of Min Ha-ri
- Seo Jung-yeon as Na Ji-seon
- Step mother of Min Ha-ri
- Yoon Yoo-sun as Cha Hye-jung
Special appearances
- Kim Sung-oh as the man at pub (episode 3)
- Kim Je-dong as The Most 20th Anniversary's party MC (episode 9)
- Lee Joon-gi as the guest for The Most 20th Anniversary (episode 9)
- Seo In-guk as the guest for The Most 20th Anniversary (episode 9)
- UEE as the guest for The Most 20th Anniversary (episode 9)
- Park Hyung-Sik as the guest for The Most 20th Anniversary (episode 9)
- Lee Sang Hoon as interviewee for Editor Kim (episode 11)
Ratings
In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
Episode # | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | ||||
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TNmS Ratings[22] | AGB Nielsen[23] | Highest Internet Ratings | ||||
Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area | Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area | |||
1 | September 16, 2015 | 4.9% | 5.8% | 4.8% | 5.0% | 18.1% |
2 | September 17, 2015 | 7.1% | 8.1% | 7.2% | 7.8% | 25.1% |
3 | September 23, 2015 | 8.0% | 9.1% | 8.5% | 9.4% | 30.9% |
4 | September 24, 2015 | 7.8% | 8.8% | 9.9% | 9.9% | 32.5% |
5 | September 30, 2015[24] | 9.0% | 10.8% | 10.7% | 11.9% | 40.6% |
6 | October 1, 2015 | 8.4% | 10.4% | 10.2% | 11.3% | 40.2% |
7 | October 7, 2015 | 11.8% | 13.7% | 13.1% | 14.2% | 47.0% |
8 | October 8, 2015 | 13.2% | 15.4% | 14.5% | 16.3% | 49.6% |
9 | October 15, 2015[25] | 16.2% | 19.1% | 16.7% | 17.9% | 59.4% |
10 | October 21, 2015[26] | 15.3% | 17.4% | 17.3% | 19.7% | 59.6% |
11 | October 22, 2015 | 17.2% | 19.7% | 17.7% | 19.2% | 59.8% |
12 | October 28, 2015 | 15.5% | 17.8% | 16.5% | 17.9% | 58.6% |
13 | October 29, 2015 | 15.0% | 17.5% | 18.0% | 19.8% | 56.0% |
14 | November 4, 2015 | 15.3% | 17.4% | 15.9% | 17.8% | 58.0% |
15 | November 5, 2015 | 15.0% | 17.8% | 16.9% | 18.7% | 52.8% |
16 | November 11, 2015 | 15.0% | 17.7% | 15.9% | 17.7% | N/A[27] |
Average | 12.17% | 14.16% | 13.36% | 14.66% | - |
Original soundtrack
No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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1. | "쿵쿵쿵" (Thumping) | Kim Min-seung | 3:25 |
2. | "가끔" (Sometimes) | Zia | 3:56 |
3. | "한 걸음 더" (One More Step) | Ki Hyun from Monsta X | 3:25 |
4. | "모르나봐" (You Don't Know Me) | Soyou from Sistar, Brother Su | 3:20 |
5. | "너뿐이야" (You're the Only One) | Choi Siwon | 4:18 |
6. | "먼 길" (A Long Way) | Park Seo Joon | 4:12 |
7. | "(They Long to Be) Close to You" | The Carpenters | 3:41 |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
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Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Park Seo-joon | Nominated |
Best Supporting Actress | Hwang Seok-jeong | Nominated | ||
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Excellence in Drama Award | Lee Jin-seok, Roh Hyeong-sik | Won | |
Best Lighting Director Award | Kim Yong-sam | Won | ||
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Grand Prize (Daesang) | Hwang Jung-eum | Nominated | |
Drama of the Year | She Was Pretty | Nominated | ||
PD Choice Award | Hwang Jung-eum | Won | ||
Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Hwang Jung-eum | Won | ||
Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Park Seo-joon | Won | ||
Choi Siwon | Nominated | |||
Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Go Joon-hee | Nominated | ||
Top 10 Stars | Hwang Jung-eum | Won | ||
Park Seo-joon | Won | |||
Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries | Ahn Se-ha | Nominated | ||
Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries | Hwang Seok-jeong | Won | ||
Shin Dong-mi | Nominated | |||
Best New Actor in a Miniseries | Park Yu-hwan | Nominated | ||
Best New Actress in a Miniseries | Shin Hye-sun | Nominated | ||
Best Young Actor | Yang Han-yeol | Won | ||
Popularity Award, Actor | Park Seo-joon | Won | ||
Choi Siwon | Nominated | |||
Popularity Award, Actress | Hwang Jung-eum | Won | ||
Go Joon-hee | Nominated | |||
Best Couple Award | Park Seo-joon and Hwang Jung-eum | Nominated | ||
Writer of the Year | Jo Sung-hee | Won | ||
2016 |
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Best Drama | She Was Pretty | Pending |
Best Director (TV) | Jung Dae-yoon | Pending | ||
Best Actress (TV) | Hwang Jung-eum | Pending | ||
Most Popular Actor (TV) | Park Seo-joon | Pending | ||
Most Popular Actress (TV) | Hwang Jung-eum | Pending |
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External links
- She Was Pretty official MBC website (Korean)
- She Was Pretty at MBC Global Media
- She Was Pretty at HanCinema
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- Korean-language television programming
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- 2015 South Korean television series debuts
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- 2010s South Korean television series
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