9 Korean Actresses Who Are Absolute Workaholics

Number 3 was in a K-Drama or film every year for 16 straight years!

Many male Korean actors are workaholics, as a lot of them choose to be involved in an acting project for multiple straight years. This is also true for Korean actresses, such as these 9.

1. Park Shin Hye

Park Shin Hye has been in K-Drama or movie every year since 2003.

2003: Stairway to Heaven

2004: Not Alone

2005: Cute or Crazy

2006: Tree of Heaven

2007: Prince Hours

2008: Bicheonmu

2009: You’re Beautiful 

2010: Cyrano Agency

2011: Heartstrings 

2012: Don’t Worry, I’m a Ghost (Drama special)

2013: The Heirs

2014/2015: Pinocchio

2016: The Doctors

2017: Heart Blackened

2018/2019: Memories of the Alhambra

2020: #Alive

2021: Sisyphus: The Myth

2. Park Min Young

Park Min Young has been in K-Drama every year since 2006, with only a brief break in 2013 and 2021.

2006/2007: Unstoppable High Kick

2008: Hometown of Legends

2009: Ja Myung Go

2010: Sungkyunkwan Scandal

2011: City Hunter 

2012: Dr. Jin

2014: A New Leaf

2015: Healer

2016: Remember

2017: Queen for Seven Days

2018: What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim

2019: Her Private Life

2020: When the Weather Is Fine

2022: Forecasting Love and Weather

3. Son Ye Jin

Son Ye Jin has been in K-Drama or film every year since 2000, with only a brief break in 2017 and 2021.

2000: Secret Tears 

2001: Delicious Proposal

2002: Great Ambition 

2003: Summer Scent 

2004: A Moment to Remember 

2005: April Snow 

2006: Alone in Love

2007: Yobi, the Five Tailed Fox (Voice actress)

2008: Spotlight 

2009: White Night 

2010: Personal Taste 

2011: Spellbound

2012: The Tower 

2013: Don’t Look Back: The Legend of Orpheus

2014: The Pirates 

2015: Bad Guys Always Die

2016: The Truth Beneath

2018: Something in the Rain

2019/2020: Crash Landing on You

2022: Thirty-Nine

4. Kim Yoo Jung

Kim Yoo Jung has been in K-Drama or film every year since 2004, with only a brief break in 2019.

2004: Freezing Point

2005: Sympathy for Lady Vengeance

2006: Princess Hours 

2007: Rainbow Eyes 

2008: Painter of the Wind

2009: Temptation of an Angel

2010: Dong Yi

2011: Gyebaek

2012: Moon Embracing the Sun 

2013: Golden Rainbow 

2014: Secret Door

2015: Angry Mom

2016: Love in the Moonlight

2017: Because I Love You 

2018: Clean with Passion for Now

2020: Backstreet Rookie 

2021: Lovers of the Red Sky

2022: 20th Century Girl

5. Kim So Hyun

Kim So Hyun has been in K-Drama or film every year since 2006.

2006: Ten Minute Minor (Drama City)

2007: A Happy Woman

2008: My Name Is Pity (Short film)

2009: Ja Myung Go 

2010: Becoming a Billionaire

2011: The Duo

2012: Moon Embracing the Sun 

2013: I Can Hear Your Voice 

2014: Triangle 

2015: Who Are You: School 2015

2016: Hey Ghost, Let’s Fight

2017: The Emperor: Owner of the Mask

2018: Radio Romance

2019-2021: Love Alarm 

2021: River Where the Moon Rises

6. Kim Ji Won

Kim Ji Won has been in K-Drama or film every year from 2011-2022, with only a short break in 2015.

2011: High Kick: Revenge of the Short Legged

2012: To the Beautiful You 

2013: The Heirs 

2014: Gap-dong 

2015: Hidden Identity (Cameo)

2016: Descendants of the Sun

2017: Fight for My Way 

2018: Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead

2019: Arthdal Chronicles

2020-2021: Lovestruck in the City

2022: My Liberation Notes

7. Yoo In Na

Yoo In Na has been in K-Drama or film every year since 2009, with only a brief break in 2018.

2009: High Kick! Through the Roof

2010: Secret Garden

2011: The Greatest Love 

2012: Queen and I 

2013: You Are the Best 

2014: My Love from the Star 

2015: The Secret Message 

2016: One More Happy Ending

2017: Goblin

2018: Top Star U-back (Cameo)

2019: Touch Your Heart 

2020: The Spies Who Loved Me

2021-2022: Snowdrop

8. Jung So Min

Jung So Min has been in K-Drama every year since 2012, with only a short break in 2019.

2012: Standby 

2013: Came to Me and Became a Star (Drama special)

2014: Big Man

2015: D-Day

2016: The Sound of Your Heart

2017: My Father is Strange 

2018: The Smile Has Left Your Eyes

2019: Abyss + Be Melodramatic (Cameo) 

2020: Soul Mechanic

2021: Monthly Magazine Home

2022: Alchemy of Souls

9. Lee Sung Kyung

Lee Sung Kyung has been in K-Drama or film every year since 2014, with a break in 2021.

2014: It’s Okay, That’s Love

2015: Flower of Queen

2016: Cheese in the Trap 

2017: Trolls (Voice actress)

2018: About Time 

2019: Miss & Mrs. Cops

2020: Dr. Romantic 2

2022: Sh**ting Stars

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