Kim Hye-ja of The Light In Your Eyes won the Grand Prize in the recently concluded 55th Baeksang Arts Awards while My Ajusshi took home Best Drama, becoming the fourth tvN drama to win the award since 2016 (following Signal, Dear My Friends, & Mother).

The Light In Your Eyes also won Best Supporting Actress for Lee Jung-eun while My Ajusshi also bagged the Best Screenwriter prize for Park Hae-young.

Meanwhile, SKY Castle is the biggest winner in terms of the number of wins, taking home a total of 4 awards including Best Director for Jo Hyun-tak, Best Actress for Yum Jung-ah, Best Supporting Actor for Kim Byung-chul, and Best New Actress for Kim Hye-yoon.

WINNERS IN THE TV CATEGORY



The award ceremony took place on May 1 from 9 to 12 P.M. KST.

Grand Prize: Kim Hye-ja of The Light In Your Eyes

Best Drama: My Ajusshi

Best Director: Jo Hyun-tak of SKY Castle

Best Screenwriter: Park Hae-young of My Ajusshi

Best Actor: Lee Byung-hun of Mr. Sunshine

Best Actress: Yum Jung-ah of SKY Castle

Best Supporting Actor: Kim Byung-chul of SKY Castle

Best Supporting Actress: Lee Jung-eun of The Light In Yout Eyes

Best New Actor: Jang Ki-yong of Come And Hug Me

Best New Actress: Kim Hye-yoon of SKY Castle

SOME RED CARPET PHOTOS

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Kim Young-kwang

Kim Byung-chul (SKY Castle)

Kwon Na-ra (My Ajusshi)

Choi Jin-hyuk

Lee Joon-ho

Jung So-min

Kim Nam-gil (The Fiery Priest)

Oh Na-ra (My Ajusshi)

Kim Hyang-ki

Kim Dae-mi

Han Ji-min (The Light In Your Eyes)

Ryu Seung-ryong

Kim Hee-ae

Kim Hye-yoon (SKY Castle)

Yoon Se-ah (SKY Castle)

Yeo Jin-goo (The Crowned Clown)

Lee Da-hee (The Beauty Inside)

Son Ho-jun (The Light In Your Eyes)

Park Hae-joon

Kim Hye-ja (The Light In Your Eyes)

Park Hoon (Memories Of The Alhambra)

Gong Myung

Park Se-wan (Just Dance)

Lee Jung-eun (The Light In Your Eyes)

Namm Joo-hyuk (The Light In Your Eyes)

Park Bo-gum (Host)

Best Drama – My Ajusshi

Best Director – Jo Hyun-tak (Sky Castle)

Kim Suk-yoon – JTBC’s The Light In Your Eyes

– JTBC’s The Light In Your Eyes Kim Won-suk – tvN’s My Ajusshi

– tvN’s My Ajusshi Ahn Gil-ho – tvN’s Memories of the Alhambra

– tvN’s Memories of the Alhambra Lee Eung-bok – tvN’s Mr. Sunshine

– tvN’s Mr. Sunshine Jo Hyun-tak – JTBC’s SKY Castle [WINNER]

Best Screenwriter – Park Hae-young (My Ajusshi)

Kim Soo-jin & Lee Nam-gyu – JTBC’s The Light In Your Eyes

– JTBC’s The Light In Your Eyes Kim Eun-sook – tvN’s Mr. Sunshine

– tvN’s Mr. Sunshine Do Hyun-jung – MBC’s Children of Nobody

– MBC’s Children of Nobody Park Hae-young – tvN’s My Ajusshi [WINNER]

Yoo Hyun-mi – JTBC’s SKY Castle

Best Actor – Lee Byung-hun (Mr. Sunshine)

Kim Nam-gil – SBS’s The Fiery Priest

– SBS’s The Fiery Priest Yeo Jin-goo – tvN’s The Crowned Clown

– tvN’s The Crowned Clown Lee Byung-hun – tvN’s Mr. Sunshine [WINNER]

Lee Sun-gyun – tvN’s My Ajusshi

– tvN’s My Ajusshi Hyun Bin – tvN’s Memories of the Alhambra

Best Actress – Yum Jung-ah (SKY Castle)

Kim Seo-hyung – JTBC’s SKY Castle

– JTBC’s SKY Castle Kim Tae-ri – tvN’s Mr. Sunshine

– tvN’s Mr. Sunshine Kim Hye-ja – JTBC’s The Light In Your Eyes

– JTBC’s The Light In Your Eyes Yum Jung-ah – JTBC’s SKY Castle [WINNER]

IU – tvN’s My Ajusshi

Best Supporting Actor – Kim Byung-chul (SKY Castle)

Kim Byung-chul – JTBC’s SKY Castle [WINNER]

Kim Sang-kyung – tvN’s The Crowned Clown

– tvN’s The Crowned Clown Bae Sung-woo – tvN’s Live

– tvN’s Live Son Ho-jun – JTBC’s The Light In Your Eyes

– JTBC’s The Light In Your Eyes Yoo Yeon-suk – tvN’s Mr. Sunshine

Best Supporting Actress – Lee Jung-eun (The Light In Your Eyes)

Kim Min-jung – tvN’s Mr. Sunshine

– tvN’s Mr. Sunshine Oh Na-ra – tvN’s My Ajusshi

– tvN’s My Ajusshi Yoon Se-ah – JTBC’s SKY Castle

– JTBC’s SKY Castle Lee Da-hee – JTBC’s The Beauty Inside

– JTBC’s The Beauty Inside Lee Jung-eun – JTBC’s The Light In Your Eyes [WINNER]

Best New Actor – Jang Ki-yong (Come And Hug Me)

Park Sung-hoon – KBS2’s My Only One

– KBS2’s My Only One Park Hoon – tvN’s Memories of the Alhambra

– tvN’s Memories of the Alhambra Son Seok-gu – KBS2’s Matrimonial Chaos

– KBS2’s Matrimonial Chaos Wi Ha-joon – tvN’s Romance Is A Bonus Book

– tvN’s Romance Is A Bonus Book Jang Ki-yong – MBC’s Come and Hug Me [WINNER]

Best New Actress – Kim Hye-yoon (SKY Castle)

Nara – tvN’s My Ajusshi

– tvN’s My Ajusshi Kim Hye-yoon – JTBC’s SKY Castle [WINNER]

Park Se-wan – KBS2’s Just Dance

– KBS2’s Just Dance Seol In-ah – KBS1’s Sunny Again Tomorrow

– KBS1’s Sunny Again Tomorrow Lee Seol – MBC’s Less Than Evil

V LIVE Favorite Artist (Male) – D.O. (100 Days My Prince)

The winner of this award was determined by public votes. See the results.

Kim Nam-gil

Nam Joo-hyuk

Doh Kyung-soo (WINNER)

Ryu Jun-yeol

Park Bo-gum

Park Seo-jun

Seol Kyung-gu

Son Ho-jun

Yeo Jin-goo

Yoo Ah-in

Yoo Yeon-seok

Lee Byung-hun

Lee Sun-kyun

Jang Ki-yong

Jung Woo-sung

Jung Hae-in

Ju Ji-hoon

Cha Eun-woo

Ha Jung-woo

Hyun Bin

V LIVE Favorite Artist (Female) – IU (My Ajusshi)

The winner of this award was determined by public votes. See the results.

Kim Seo-hyung

Kim Yoo-jung

Kim Tae-ri

Kim Hye-soo

Kim Hye-yoon

Kim Hye-ja

Park Min-young

Park Bo-young

Park Shin-hye

Bae Doo-na

Seol-hyun

Son Ye-jin

Song Hye-kyo

Yum Jung-ah

Oh Na-ra

Lee Sung-kyung

IU (WINNER)

Lee Ha-nee

Lim Soo-hyang

Han Ji-min



Also read the 54th Baeksang Arts Awards winners (2018).

Also read the 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards winners (2017).

Dubbed as South Korea’s Golden Globe Awards, Baeksang Arts Awards is considered the most prestigious and credible annual award ceremony in Korea that recognizes excellent work and performance in Korean films and television shows. It was established in 1965 by Chang Ki-young, the founder of the Korean-language daily newspaper Hankook Ilbo.

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