She Was Pretty

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She Was Pretty
File:She Was Pretty Poster.jpg
Also known as
  • She Was Beautiful
  • Puzzled Lovers
  • Pretty Woman
Genre
Written by Jo Sung-hee
Directed by Jung Dae-yoon
Starring
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 16
Production
Executive producer(s) Han Hee
Running time 70 minutes
Production company(s) Bon Factory
Release
Original network Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Original release September 16 (2015-09-16) –
November 11, 2015 (2015-11-11)
External links
Website

She Was Pretty (Hangul그녀는 예뻤다; RRGeunyeoneun 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]

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

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.
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.
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.
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

Kim Hye-Jin's little sister
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.
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
Mother of Kim Hye-jin
Father of Min Ha-ri
  • Seo Jung-yeon as Na Ji-seon
Step mother of Min Ha-ri

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
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
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
2015
4th APAN Star Awards
Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Park Seo-joon Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Hwang Seok-jeong Nominated
Grimae Awards
Excellence in Drama Award Lee Jin-seok, Roh Hyeong-sik Won
Best Lighting Director Award Kim Yong-sam Won
MBC Drama Awards
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
52nd Baeksang Arts Awards
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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