No matter what society has told us throughout our lives, women are powerful, smart, and remarkably strong. But when it comes to female characters being portrayed on TV, there are only few who embodied the real-life intelligent and highly skilled woman. And so to celebrate all the amazing women in our lives, let’s take a look at some of the most impressive female leads in K-dramaland who runs the show with the strength of their personalities.
Here are 10 Must-Watch Korean Dramas With Smart And Strong Female Leads.
1. Hotel Del Luna
The beautiful but moody owner of Hotel del Luna for 1,300 years is a female lead character that has the power and strength to carry the show on her own. In the drama, Singer-songwriter and actor, IU transformed into the hotel manager of Hotel Del Luna as Jang Man-Wol. Her character is smart and brave, but also sarcastic and ruthless. She is someone that’s not to be messed with, especially with her past crimes, which led her to serve a sentence as the manager for Hotel Del Luna.
2. Vagabond
The crime-thriller features an intelligent and highly skilled female lead character who is willing to put things on the line in order to uncover the truth behind the plane crash. She chose the life of a civil servant to support her family but ends up becoming a covert operative. Bae Suzy’s character Go Hae-ri proved to be a female lead that isn’t to be messed with, she may not be the most skilled agent in the NIS, but she’s smart, and wants to help get to the bottom of things.
3. Mr. Sunshine
The historical romantic melodrama Mr. Sunshine has a female lead that’s just as skilled as her male counterpart. Her personality and skills put her as an equal force with her love interest, who’s a Captain in the United States Marine Corps. Kim Tae-ri’s character Ae Shin, defies the odds of what being a woman is meant to be during her time period and breaks all stereotypes.
4. Crash Landing On You
Besides her impeccable fashion sense, the female lead character in the hit series “Crash Landing On You” is also known for her fearless and cut-throat personality. Even though she is her father’s illegitimate child, her existence threatens her half elder brothers. And because of this, she left the family fortune and founded her own empire. But still, her father chooses her as his successor, based on her abilities as a businesswoman, as shown by her successfully building her own company, instead of her half-brothers.
5. Strong Woman Do Bong-soon.
A literally strong woman character that takes smashing stereotypes to a whole new level with her defining personality and physical ability. Born with superhuman strength, Park Bo Young’s character Do Bong Soon can lift buses, and a female lead that definitely doesn’t need to be saved.
6. Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo.
Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo is another K-drama that nails the concept of an extremely physically strong woman. Lee Sung-kyung transforms as a naturally gifted weightlifter with an ambitious and outgoing personality. While growing up with her father who was a former weightlifter, she got inspired to do the same thing. Although she still feels shyness and awkwardness around boys, she does not hesitate to beat them up if they provoke her.
7. The King: Eternal Monarch
Kim Go-Eun’s character as Jeong Tae-eul from “The King: Eternal Monarch” surprised viewers with her upfront attitude and her skills as a police officer. She’s ranked as an Inspector in the Violent Crimes Squad and takes her work seriously. In the fantasy drama, she keeps her head up even when she learns that there’s a parallel world, and did not hesitate to get to the bottom of things.
8. Fight For My Way
Kim Ji Won’s character as Choi Ae-ra in the hit rom-com “Fight For My Way” falls into an average person category. She’s working as a department store employee at the information desk but she’s fighting for a chance to realize her lifelong dream of becoming an on-air announcer. Though it seems that the world and fate is against her, she continues to fight with determination and perseverance, rejecting outside circumstances to hold her back from achieving her dreams.
9. Doctors
Having gone through a tough childhood, Park Shin Hae’s character Yoo Hye Jung was a delinquent in high school and find it hard to trust anyone. However, somewhere along the way, her thoughts about others changed and decides to do better for herself, and successfully becomes a respected neurosurgeon.
10. Mr. Queen
Despite being portrayed as a woman with the soul of a man named Bong-hwan from the modern age, Shin Hye Sun’s character Queen Cheorin is still a clever and skillful woman. In the fantasy drama, she is the 25th queen of the Joseon Dynasty with a strong affection to the king and ready to sacrifice her love and freedom for her family.
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