As we wind down to the 2021 K-Drama season, it’s automatic to look back on notable characters we met this year.
That being said, let’s start with the remarkable female leads that decorated K-Dramaland this year.
From ingeniously conceived to reality-based stories, we marked our girl crushes while getting hefty of life lessons from these fictional characters.
Notably, the woman-empowering imprint left by these vibrantly pictured female stars touches a wide range of people.
Braving choices, protecting loved ones, aspiring dreams; strong K-Drama female leads ran in abundance this season.
Note that this list follows KDRAMADIARY calendar. The drama selection starts from December 2020 to all dramas ending on or before the third Sunday of January 2022.
Kim So Hyun as Pyong Gang | River Where The Moon Rises
Shin Hye Sun as Kim So-yong | Mr. Queen
Park Shin Hye as Gang Seo-hae | Sisyphus: The Myth
Moon Ga Young as Im Ju-kyung | True Beauty
Go Min Si as Kim Myung-hee | Youth of May
Jang Nara as Hong Ji-ah | Sell Your Haunted House
Park Bo Young as Tak Dong-kyung | Doom At Your Service
Jung So Min as Na Young-won | Monthly Magazine Home
Han So Hee as Yoo Nabi | Nevertheless
Shin Min Ah as Yon Hye-jin | Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
Lee Bo Young & Kim Seo Hyung as Seo Hi-soo and Jung Seo-hyun | Mine
Kim Yoo Jung as Hong Cheon-gi | Lovers of the Red Sky
Park Eun Bin as Lee Hwi | The King’s Affection
Han Hyo Joo as Yoon Sae-bom | Happiness
Kim Hye Yoon as Kim Joy | Secret Royal Inspector Joy
Lee Se Young as Sung Deok-im | The Red Sleeve
Gianna Jun as Seo Yi-gang | Jirisan
Honey Lee as Jo Yeon-joo | One The Woman
Lee Sun Bin | Han Sun Hwa | Jung Eunji as Ahn So-hee, Han Ji-yeon and Kang Ji-gu | Work Later, Drink Now
Ahn Hee Yeon as Kim Je-na | IDOL: The Coup
Lee Ji Ah as Shim Su-ryeon | The Penthouse
Kwon Yuri as Soo-kyung | Bossam: Steal The Fate
Lee Ha Na as Kang Kwon-joo | Voice 4
Choi Sooyoung as Lee Geun-young | So I Married The Anti-fan
Song Hye Kyo as Ha Young-eun | Now, We Are Breaking Up
Kim Go Eun as Kim Yumi | Yumi’s Cells
Photos: KBS2 | SBS | MBC | tvN | JTBC
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