Top Actress Korean

• Park Se-young

Park Se-young (born July 30, 1988) is a South Korean actress. Park made her acting debut in a TV drama in 2002 when she was still a child, but left show business to concentrate on her studies. She returned to acting in 2011, and first drew attention after appearing in Jay Park's "Know Your Name (Acoustic)" music video. She then played supporting roles in family drama If Tomorrow Comes, revenge thriller Man from the Equator, period epic Faith, and teen drama School 2013. In 2013 Park was cast in her first leading role in the daily drama Sincerity Moves Heaven (also known as A Tale of Two Sisters).

• Sandara Park

Sandara Park (Korean: 박산다라; born November 12, 1984), better known as Dara (Korean: 다라), is a South Korean idol singer, actress, dancer and model. She is best known as being a member and the director of communications of the South Korean girl group 2NE1. However, she first gained major popularity on ABS-CBN's Star Circle Quest during her stay in the Philippines. Her younger brother, Park Sang-Hyun, better known as Cheondung, is a member of boy band MBLAQ under J. Tune Entertainment, a subsidiary of JYP Entertainment. Dara released her first digital single "Kiss" in 2009 and it was included as the 9th track in 2NE1's first studio album To Anyone in 2010.

• Hwang Mi-Young\ Tiffany

Stephanie Young Hwang (Korean name: Hwang Mi-young; born August 1, 1989), known by the stage name Tiffany (Korean: 티파니; Japanese: ティファニー), is an American-born South Korean singer, TV presenter, promotional model, rapper, dancer and actress. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Girls' Generation.

• Kim Hee-sun

Kim Hee-sun debuted as the MC of SBS's music show Inkigayo in 1993 during her second year of high school, and has since become famous both at home and abroad as one of Korea's most beautiful actresses. She starred as the heroine in many hit trendy dramas in the 1990s, such as Propose and Forever Yours with Ryu Shi-won, Wedding Dress with Lee Seung-yeon, Mister Q with Kim Min-jong and Song Yun-ah, Tomato with Kim Suk-hoon, and Goodbye My Love with Ahn Jae-wook.

Kim also gradually built up a career in film, beginning in 1997 with Repechage opposite Jang Dong-gun. Director Lee Kwang-hoon subsequently put her in his next film, Ghost in Love in 1999. In her most high-profile role to date, Kim played the daughter of a Mongolian general in the big-budget martial arts fantasy Bichunmoo, shot in China and released in the summer of 2000. Although criticized for her acting in the film, it gave her more local and international exposure than any of her other films. Along with her popular TV dramas, it cemented her position as a Korean wave star in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and throughout Southeast Asia.

• Hye-kyo Song 

Song Hye-kyo (Hangul: 송혜교; born November 22, 1981) is a South Korean actress. She gained popularity through television dramas such as Autumn in My Heart (2000), All In (2003), Full House (2004), and That Winter, The Wind Blows.

In 1996, the 14-year-old Song, then a third-year high school student, won first place in the SunKyung Smart Model Contest, and she made her entertainment debut as a model for the school uniform company. This led to her being cast in a small role in her first television drama, First Love. She would continue to appear in a string of various dramas and sitcoms, notably Soonpoong Clinic. But it wasn't until the KBS drama Autumn in My Heart in 2000 with Song Seung-heon and Won Bin that she rose to fame in Korea and throughout Asia. In 2003, her popularity continued to climb when she played a leading role alongside Lee Byung-hun in the gambling drama All In. The following year, she co-starred with singer Rain in the hit romantic comedy series Full House.

Best New Actress in Korean

• Goo Hara

Goo Hara (born January 13, 1991) is a South Korean idol singer, model, dancer, and actress. She is best known for being a member of Korean pop girl group Kara and for portraying Choi Da-hye, the president's daughter, on City Hunter in 2011.

• Song Ji-hyo

Cheon Seong-im (born August 15, 1981), better known by her stage name Song Ji-hyo is a South Korean film & television actress and model. She is best known for her role as the ballerina Min Hyo-rin in Princess Hours (2006), as well as for her notable roles in Jumong (2007), A Frozen Flower (2008) and Jackal is Coming (2012). Song is also known as the only female member of the popular Korean variety show, Running Man.

• Jessica Jung

Jessica Sooyoun Jung (Korean name: Jung Soo-yeon; born April 18, 1989) is an American-born Korean singer, dancer, actress and model best known as a member of the South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. Born in San Francisco, California, she is fluent in both her native English and Korean after moving to South Korea at age 11.

• Oh Yeon-seo

Oh Yeon-seo (Hangul: 오연서; born June 22, 1987) is a South Korean actress and former singer. She made her entertainment debut in 2002 when she was only 16 years old under her real name Oh Haet-nim, with the band LUV alongside Jo Eun-byul and Jeon Hye-bin. They released their first album "Story" that year, which included the singles "Orange Girl" and "I Still Believe in You." Oh then shifted to acting, and her popularity rose in 2012 with her roles in My Husband Got a Family and Here Comes Mr. Oh.

• Wang Ji-hye

Wang Ji-hye (born Min Ji-hye on December 29, 1985) is a South Korean actress best known for her roles in Protect the Boss, Friend, Our Legend, President, and Personal Taste. She previously dated baseball player Kim Tae-Kyun.

• Lee Yeon-hee

Lee Yeon-hee (born January 9, 1988) is a South Korean actress and model under record label and talent agency, S.M. Entertainment. She made her first appearance in Moon Heejun's music video, "ALONE" in 2001 and officially debuted in the Korean television drama, Sea God as young Junghwa in 2004. She played her first movie in 2006 known as "A Millionaire's First Love" as Eun-whan.  

• Moon Chae-won

Moon Chae-won (born November 13, 1986) is a South Korean actress. Her historical war movie War of the Arrows was the highest grossing Korean film in 2011. She won Best New Actress in both the Grand Bell Awards and the Blue Dragon Film Awards in 2011. She also won the Top Excellence Actress Award (Best Actress Award) in 2011 KBS Drama Awards. Moon Chae Won also received Best Dressed of The Year from Korea's Lifestyle Awards 2011. In 2012, she was appointed as an honorary prosecutor representing prosecutors in South Korea. Moon won her second Top Excellence Actress Awards in 2012 KBS Drama Awards for her role in The Innocent Man. Moon will be acting alongside actor Go Soo in acclaimed director Kang Je Gyu’s new short film The Day Min Woo Comes, which is part of a project supported by the Hong Kong International Film Festival in January 2014.