Baby Faced Beauty
Baby Faced Beauty (Korean: 동안미녀; Hanja: 童顏美女; RR: Dong-an Minyeo) is a 2011 South Korean television series starring Jang Na-ra, Choi Daniel, Ryu Jin, and Kim Min-seo.[1] It aired on KBS2 from May 2 to July 5, 2011 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes. The drama is about an aspiring 34-year-old fashion designer who fakes her age to get a job in a fashion company.[2][3]
| Baby Faced Beauty | |
|---|---|
Promotional poster | |
| Genre | Romance Comedy |
| Written by | Jung Do-yoon Oh Seon-hyung |
| Directed by | Lee Jin-seo Lee So-yeon |
| Starring | Jang Na-ra Choi Daniel Ryu Jin Kim Min-seo |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Lee Gun-joon |
| Producer | Hong Suk-goo |
| Running time | Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 (KST) |
| Production company | AStory |
| Release | |
| Original network | Korean Broadcasting System |
| Original release | 2 May – 5 July 2011 |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 동안미녀 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 童顏美女 |
| Revised Romanization | Dongan Minyeo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Tongan Minyŏ |
The romantic comedy had kicked off with a viewership rating of around 6 percent, but gradually rose and surpassed the 15 percent mark. Originally slated for 18 episodes, it was extended by 2 more episodes due to its popularity.[4] It ranked number one in its primetime timeslot for five consecutive weeks.[5][6]
Synopsis Edit
34-year-old So-young (Jang Na-ra), has lackluster education background (a mere high school degree) and bad credit history (due to her younger, spendthrift sister). After getting fired from a fabric factory she worked at for 14 years, she has trouble finding a new job. When her younger sister, So-jin (Oh Yeon-seo), rejects the offer of working at a fashion design company called "The Style", So-young decides to take her sister's place by pretending to be 10 years younger. Other than the specialty of turning ordinary materials into something special, her advantage is her babyface. In the workplace, she encounters Seung-il (Ryu Jin), the company president who eyes her with interest, and Jin-wook (Choi Daniel), a marketing director who falls in love with her without knowing that she is seven years older than him.[7][8]
Cast Edit
Main Edit
- Jang Na-ra as Lee So-young[9][10]
- Choi Daniel as Choi Jin-wook[11]
- Ryu Jin as Ji Seung-il
- Kim Min-seo as Kang Yoon-seo
Supporting Edit
- The Style Design Company
- Hong Rok-gi as Manager Jang Ki-hong
- Son Hwa-ryung as Assistant Manager Jang Mi-soon
- Yoo Yun-ji as Park Na-ra
- Kim Mi-kyung as Director Baek
- Na Young-hee as Managing Director Hyun Ji-sook
- Yoo Tae-woong as Team Leader Kim Joon-soo
Extended Edit
- Oh Yeon-seo as Lee So-jin
- Hyun Young as Ji Joo-hee
- Yoon Hee-seok as Noh Yong-joon, So-young's uncle
- Ahn Seo-hyun as Ji Hyun-yi
- Kim Hye-ok as Jung-ok, So-young's mother
- Kim Kyu-chul as So-young's father
- Kim Bo-yoon as Kwon Hye-jung
- Park Chul-min as Sun-nam
- Lee Seung-hyung as Director Ahn Jung-nam
- Yoon Joo-sang as Jin-wook's father
- Geum Ho-suk as Min-ki
- Clara Lee[a] as Chae Seul-ah
- Bang Min-ah as Hye-mi (cameo, ep 1 & 6)
- Jeon So-min as Lee Jin-hee (cameo)
- Park Sung-kwang (cameo)
- Jung Joo-eun
Ratings Edit
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TNmS Ratings[12] | AGB Nielsen[13] | ||||
| Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area | Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area | ||
| 1 | 2 May 2011 | 5.8% | 6.5% | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| 2 | 3 May 2011 | 6.8% | 7.3% | 6.3% | 7.0% |
| 3 | 9 May 2011 | 9.5% | 10.8% | 9.0% | 10.0% |
| 4 | 10 May 2011 | 8.9% | 9.9% | 9.6% | 10.6% |
| 5 | 16 May 2011 | 10.3% | 11.8% | 10.6% | 11.4% |
| 6 | 17 May 2011 | 12.0% | 13.5% | 11.9% | 12.4% |
| 7 | 23 May 2011 | 10.5% | 12.1% | 12.1% | 13.1% |
| 8 | 24 May 2011 | 12.0% | 14.2% | 12.8% | 14.1% |
| 9 | 30 May 2011 | 10.8% | 11.9% | 11.0% | 12.2% |
| 10 | 31 May 2011 | 12.0% | 13.5% | 12.5% | 13.9% |
| 11 | 6 June 2011 | 13.3% | 15.2% | 13.4% | 15..1% |
| 12 | 7 June 2011 | 15.3% | 16.5% | 15.5% | 17.0% |
| 13 | 13 June 2011 | 15.2% | 17.1% | 15.2% | 16.4% |
| 14 | 14 June 2011 | 14.4% | 16.4% | 15.8% | 17.5% |
| 15 | 20 June 2011 | 15.1% | 18.0% | 14.4% | 15.5% |
| 16 | 21 June 2011 | 13.8% | 15.7% | 14.6% | 15.9% |
| 17 | 27 June 2011 | 14.3% | 15.9% | 14.0% | 14.7% |
| 18 | 28 June 2011 | 14.9% | 16.9% | 15.1% | 15.8% |
| 19 | 4 July 2011 | 15.1% | 16.3% | 15.9% | 16.7% |
| 20 | 5 July 2011 | 16.6% | 18.1% | 16.2% | 16.5% |
| Average | 12.3% | 13.9% | 12.6% | 13.6% | |
Awards Edit
2011 KBS Drama Awards Edit
- Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries – Jang Na-ra[14]
- Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries – Choi Daniel
International broadcast Edit
- It aired on Japanese cable channel KNTV from November 18, 2011 to January 27, 2012,[15] with reruns on cable channel LaLaTV beginning June 25, 2014.[16]
- It aired on Thailand on Workpoint TV beginning September 24, 2013.[17]
Notes Edit
- ^ Credited as Lee Sung-min.
References Edit
- ^ Hong, Lucia (15 March 2011). "Jang Nara and Choi Daniel cast in new KBS TV series". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ Oh, Jean (27 April 2011). "Jang Nara ends six-year TV hiatus". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ Kim, Jessica (28 April 2011). "PREVIEW: KBS TV series Baby Faced Beauty (working title)". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ Kim, Jessica (10 June 2011). "Babyfaced Beauty extended by 2 episodes". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ Kim, Heidi (8 June 2011). "KBS Babyfaced Beauty becomes new winner on TV chart". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ Hong, Lucia (6 July 2011). "Babyfaced Beauty makes proud exit atop TV charts". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ Hong, Lucia (22 March 2011). "Cast of new KBS series Baby Faced Beauty hold first script reading". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ Choi, Ji-eun (3 May 2011). "REVIEW: KBS TV series Babyfaced Beauty – 1st episode". 10Asia. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ Hong, Lucia (30 March 2011). "Jang Nara to celebrate ten years in entertainment industry". 10Asia. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ Hong, Lucia (27 April 2011). "Jang Nara: Bringing out the middle-aged woman in me". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ Hong, Lucia (25 March 2011). "Actor Choi Daniel begins shooting for new MBC drama". 10Asia. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ . TNMS Ratings (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2013-11-28. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
- ^ . Nielsen Korea (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2013-12-26. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
- ^ Hong, Lucia (2 January 2012). "Shin Ha-kyun scores top prize at 2011 KBS Drama Awards". 10Asia. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 2013-05-30. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
- ^ "韓流・華流イケメン見るならDatv！".
- ^ "เรื่องย่อ Baby-faced Beauty". luvasianseries (in Thai). 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
External links Edit
- Official website (in Korean)
- Baby Faced Beauty on KBS World