True Beauty

True Beauty

Details

• Title: 여신강림 / Yeosingangrim
• Genre: Drama, romance, comedy, school
• Episodes: 16
• Broadcast network: tvN
• Broadcast period: 2020-Dec-09 to 2021-Feb-04
• Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 22:30
• Original Soundtrack: True Beauty OST

Synopsis

Im Joo Kyung is a high school girl with a complex about her natural appearance. Watching online tutorials, she becomes a master of make-up. She is popular at school and is considered quite pretty by her classmates, but she is terrified to show anyone her bare face.

User/Viewer Ratings

4.50

(20 votes)

Cast

Correlation Chart

Main Cast

• Moon Ga Young as Im Joo Kyung
  • Lee Go Eun as child Im Joo Kyung
• Cha Eun Woo as Lee Soo Ho
  • Lee Seung Woo as child Lee Soo Ho
• Hwang In Yup as Han Seo Joon
• Park Yoo Na as Kang Soo Jin

Joo Kyung's family

• Jang Hye Jin as Hong Hyun Sook (Joo Kyung's Mother)
• Park Ho San as Im Jae Pil (Joo Kyung & Hee Kyung's father)
• Im Se Mi as Im Hee Kyung (Joo Kyung's older sister)
  • Park Seo Kyung as child Im Hee Kyung
• Kim Min Ki as Im Joo Young (Joo Kyung's younger brother)
  • Park Joo Hwan (박주환) as child Im Joo Young

Soo Ho's family

• Jung Joon Ho as Lee Joo Hun (Soo Ho's father)

Seo Joon's family

• Park Hyun Jung as Lee Mi Hyang (Seo Joon's mother)
• Yeo Joo Ha (여주하) as Han Ko Woon (Seo Joon's younger sister)

Soo Jin's family

• Seo Sang Won as Kang Joon Hyuk (Soo Jin's father)
• Yoo Dam Yun (유담연) as Ki JI Yun (Soo Jin's mother)

Saebom High School

• Oh Ui Shik as Han Joon Woo (literature teacher)
• Ahn Sang Woo as student dean
• Kim Jae Hwa as music teacher
• Ahn So Rim (안소림) as Lee Ye Rim (science teacher)
• Song Hoon as history teacher
• Lee Sun Young (이선영) as math teacher
• Han Sang Jo (한상조) as PE teacher
• Kim Byung Choon as vice principal
• Kang Min Ah as Choi Soo Ah
• Lee Il Joon as Yoo Tae Hoon
• Lee Sang Jin as Ahn Hyun Kyu
• Lee Woo Je as Kim Cho Rong
• Kim Hyun Ji (김현지) as Kim Si Hyun
• Lee Joo Ahn as Choi Man Sik (Seo Joon's friend)
• Choi Yi Sun (최이선) as Ho Jin Woong (Seo Joon's friend)
• Han Myung Hwan (한명환) as Kim Gun Woo (Seo Joon's friend)
• Lee Soo Min (이수민) as Lee Ha Joon (Seo Joon's friend)
• Park Hyun Woo (박현우) as Lee Ji Hoon (Seo Joon's friend)
• Jo Sang Yun (조상연) as Park Sang Nyung (Seo Joon's friend)
• Kim In Yi as Lee Yun Soo (ep 5)

Yongpa High School

• Shin Jae Hwi as Lee Sung Yong
• Jun Hye Won as Park Sae Mi
• Oh Yoo Jin (오유진) as Joo Hye Min
• Seo Hye Won as Park Ji Hee
• Kim Ryool Ha (김률하) as Kim Ka Young
• Hwang Jung Ha (황정하) as Byun Joon Hyuk

Others

• Im Hyun Sung as owner of Wangja Comic Store
• Kim Jung Hak as CEO Oh (CEO of Move Entertainment)
• Park Young Soo as Park Colombus
• Lee Jae Eun as maid (ep 3)

Extended cast

• Lee Tae Ri as Wang Hyun Bin (ep 1)
• Kim Jin Ok as cashier (ep 1)
• Go Woo Ri as Selena (ep 1,4,9, 16 a beauty creator that Joo Kyung admired)
• Kang Chan Hee as Yoon Se Yun (ep 1, 4-5, 11-12, 16)
• Moon Hak Jin (문학진) as convenience store friend #2 (ep 3)
• Lee Jae Wook as Baek Kyung (ep 4, couple at cinema)
• Kim Hye Yoon as Eun Dan Oh (ep 4, couple at cinema)
• Jung Gun Joo as Ryu Hyung Jin (ep 7, baseball player)
• Woo Hyun as the camping site manager (ep 8)
• Lee Shi Young as Swarovski saleswoman (ep 8)
• Lee Han Wie as plastic surgeon (ep 13)
• Kim Young Dae as Oh Nam Joo (ep 15)
• Im Da Young (임다영) as Chae Ni (ep 15-16, a celebrity under Move Entertainment)
• Shin Seo Woo

Production Credits

• Production Companies: Studio Dragon, Studio N, Bon Factory (본팩토리)
• Director: Kim Sang Hyup
• Original writing: Yaongi (야옹이)
• Screenwriter: Lee Shi Eun

Episode Ratings

See True Beauty/Episode Ratings

Notes

• Based on the 2018 webtoon of the same title by Yaongi (야옹이).

Recognitions

• 2021 Brand Customer Loyalty Award:
  • Best Male Idol Actor (Cha Eun Woo)
  • Male Rookie Actor (Hwang In Yup)

External Links

• Official site
• HanCinema
• English Wikipedia
• Korean Wikipedia

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