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Queen of Tears, Marry My Husband, Lovely Runner, Boyhood and more K-dramas bag accolades at the Korea Drama Awards.
The 2024 Korea Drama Awards, held on October 12 this year at the Gyeongnam Culture and Arts Center, evaluates dramas from terrestrial, cable, comprehensive programming channels, and OTT platforms from the past year. This year marked the 15th edition of the awards ceremony.
The tvN drama Queen of Tears won four awards, Marry My Husband and Lovely Runner two awards each.
The Coupang Play series Boyhood took home three awards, including Excellence Award, Actor and Best New Actor and Actress awards.
Boyhood won the Excellence Award, Actor (Yim Si Wan), Best New Actor and Best New Actress awards (Lee Si Woo and Kang Hye Won, respectively).
With positive feedback from viewers, Season 2 is highly anticipated. Following the success of Season 1, COUPANG TV announced the production of Boyhood Season 2 soon after Season 1 concluded. In May, during a special lecture on the topic of "The Production of Boyhood and the Video Industry" in Gangwon Province, director Lee said he had "started planning for Boyhood Season 2." However, no news regarding the release of the K-drama has been announced.
Here is the full list of winners
- Grand Prize (Daesang): Lee Ha Nee (Knight Flower)
- Best Drama: Queen of Tears
- Top Excellence Award, Actor: Yim Siwan (Boyhood)
- Top Excellence Award, Actress: Jung Ryeo Won (The Midnight Romance in Hagwon)
- Excellence Award, Actor: Lee Yi Kyung (Marry My Husband) and Ji Seung Hyun (Korea-Khitan War)
- Excellence Award, Actress: Go Min Si (Sweet Home Season 2)
- Best New Actor: Baek Seo Hoo (Miss Night and Day) and Lee Si Woo (Boyhood)
- Best New Actress: Kang Hye Won (Boyhood)
- Scene Stealer (Male): Kim Hong Pa (The Whirlwind)
- Scene Stealer (Female): Jung Young Joo (Lovely Runner, Miss Night and Day)
- KDF Award: Kim Yoon Seo and Lee Ga Ryeong
- Best Villain: Lee Yi Kyung (Marry My Husband)
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Late Byun Hee Bong
- Best Original Soundtrack: Kim Tae Rae (ZeroBaseOne)
- Best Couple: Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Ji Won (Queen of Tears)
- Hot Star Award (Male): Byeon Woo Seok (Lovely Runner)
- Hot Star Award (Female): Kim Ji Won (Queen of Tears)
- Global Star Award: Kim Soo Hyun (Queen of Tears)
- Hot Star Award: Park Jae Chan (DKZ)
