The Lady in Dignity () is a South Korean television series starring Kim Hee-sun, Kim Sun-ah, Jung Sang-hoon with Lee Tae-im and Lee Ki-woo. The series aired on cable network JTBC on Fridays and Saturdays at 23:00 (KST) time slot from June 16 to August 19, 2017. It became one of the highest-rated Korean dramas in cable television history.
Synopsis
The story of an elegant Cheongdam-dong woman named Woo Ah-jin (Kim Hee-sun), who relished a life of luxury by marrying a quasi-chaebol son, until Park Bok-ja (Kim Sun-ah) walks into her life.
Cast
Main
A cheerful, elegant and charismatic woman who married into a rich family, but hit rock bottom after her husband's betrayal.
A cool and unfazeable woman who climbs her way up the social totem pole despite coming from a small village.
Youngest son of Ahn Tae-dong and also Ah-jin's cheating husband.
Ji-hoo's sexy art teacher who is overwhelmed with greed for fame and honor. She betrays Ah-jin who helped her into the art world and cheats with her husband Jae-suk.
A coma patient turned lawyer. He had feeling toward Ah-jin and willing to help her either with her father-in-law's business or her divorce process
Supporting
People around Ah-jin
People around Jae-suk
- Kim Yong-gun as Ahn Tae-dong, Jae-suk's father
- Seo Jeong-yeon as Park Joo-mi, Ahn Jae-goo's wife
- Han Jae-young as Ahn Jae-goo, Jae-suk's brother
- Oh Na-ra as Ahn Jae-hee, Jae-suk's sister
- Yoon Sa-bong as Yoon-su,
- Lee Chae-mi as Ahn Ji-hoo, Ah-jin and Jae-suk's daughter
- Lee Geon-woo as Ahn Woon-kyu, Park Joo-mi and Ahn Jae-goo's son
Extended
- Song Young-gyu as Jang Sung-soo, a plastic surgeon
- Kim Bub-rae as Seo Moon-tak, who owns a hotel group
- Chae Dong-hyun as Kim Bong-shik, Kyung Hee's husband
- Hwang Hyo-eun as Chun Bang-soon, a friend of Park Bok-Ja
- Jo Sung-yoon as Goo Bong-chul, a personal trainer
- Lee Jung-eun as Gook Sun-young, Ki Ho's secretary
- Song Tae-yoon as Choi Ki-seok, Hyo-Joo's boyfriend
- Seo Kyung-hwa as Mrs. Jo, the housekeeper
- Yoon Ye-in as Kyung San-daek
- So Hee-jung as Oh Poong-sook, a restaurant owner
- Park Jin-woo as Mr. Park, Head of Department
- Lee Young-hoon as Mr. Kim, the lawyer
- Lee Kan-hee as Madam Kwak
- Kim Sun-bin as Han Min-ki
- Baek Seung-hoon as Bodyguard
- Baek Bo-ram as Se-hee
- Jeon Soo-kyeong as Director Seo
- Jun Hun-tae as Detective Lee
- Park Hoon
Special appearances
Original soundtrack
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Reception
The Lady in Dignity is one of JTBC's highest rated drama with a single episode rating of 12.065%. Culture critic Jung Duk-hyun says that the drama is not just a soap opera about couples' affairs, but a "social drama" where the two women's confrontation symbolizes the power and class structures of the society.
Due to its popularity, JTBC did a rerun of the series from October 2âÂÂ6, 2017 with four-episode marathon per day starting from 7:00 (KST).
Ratings
In this table, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings.
Awards and nominations
References
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