MBC‘s shining drama actors have meaningfully wrapped up 2024.

The ‘2024 MBC Drama Awards’ that aired on the 5th had a meaningful time looking back on 2024, a year filled with well-made dramas with the actors we loved back then. The grand prize of the ‘2024 MBC Drama Awards’ went to Han Suk-kyu, who returned to MBC with ‘So Intimate Traitor’, making the award even more meaningful.

Han Suk-kyu, who won the grand prize for the first time in about 30 years, starting with the Rookie of the Year award 31 years ago and continuing with the Best Acting award, said, “I’ve been thinking about how family has been the biggest theme in everything I‘ve done in my life. That’s why I wanted to convey the importance of family through the work ‘So Intimate Traitor’. “Everything that we actors do is a gesture for the audience and viewers. “The only thing I worry about as an actor is how to convey my feelings truthfully,” he said.

Lee Ha-nui, who won the Best Acting Award in the Miniseries category for “Night Blooming Flowers,” said, “I‘m not the type of person to receive such a big award, but I’ve met such great people. I wasn‘t sure about my physical condition, but I was able to be here because so many viewers responded. I want to share this award with those who are still sacrificing for others in this world.”

The Best Actor Award in the Miniseries category went to Yoo Yeon-seok for “The Call You Just Dialed” and Lee Je-hoon for “Chief of Investigation 1958.” Yoo Yeon-seok said, “I think this award is not just for me alone, but rather to praise the staff and actors who worked so hard to film our drama,” expressing his gratitude. “It seems like December has been particularly cold and heartbreaking. He ended 2024 with a New Year’s greeting, ”I hope the new year will be filled with only smiles.“

Lee Je-hoon expressed his affection, saying, ”Although I was lacking in many ways while working on the project, I did my best with the thought of giving the viewers a precious project as a gift. I think it will be a project that they will remember for the rest of their lives.“ He also raised expectations by pledging, ”I think the biggest reason I could choose this project was because of teacher Choi Bool-am, who played Team Leader Park. I will continue to do my best not to follow in the footsteps that teacher has shown me.“

In addition, as befitting its reputation as a powerhouse of dramas, the main characters of several projects enjoyed the joy of receiving awards as they presented new fun to viewers every week in 2024, from daily dramas to one-act dramas and Friday-Saturday dramas. ‘Death to Snow White - Black Out’ took home five awards, including Best Actor for Byun Yo-han, Best Newcomer, Best Supporting Actor and Actress, and Best Character. ‘The Phone Call You‘re Dialing Now’ took home four trophies, including Best Acting, Best Couple, and Best Newcomer, while the actors of ‘Chief of the Investigation Team 1958’ were nominated for Best Drama of the Year and Best Acting. ‘Flowers that Bloom at Night’ also took home four awards, including Best Acting and Best Supporting Actor and Actress.

In particular, actor Choi Bool-am, who has been with viewers for a long time and has acted out the joys and sorrows of life, received the Merit Award, and the late Kim Soo-mi received a special plaque of appreciation, leaving a lasting impression. Seo Hyo-rim, who accepted the award on her behalf, brought tears to the eyes of the viewers as she talked about the relationship between the late Kim Soo-mi and MBC.

In this way, the ‘2024 MBC Drama Awards’ not only presented various things to see last year, but also gave a deep resonance by looking back on the history of MBC dramas. MBC Drama Awards’ longtime MC Kim Sung-joo and Chae Soo-bin, who is challenging the MC position this year, showed fantastic chemistry, and the special stage of La Poem, which covered all of MBC dramas, brought back nostalgia.

The MBC drama lineup that will fill 2025 was also revealed, drawing attention. From the romance ‘Motel California’, which will be drawn by Lee Se-young and Na In-woo, to ‘Undercover High School’, which will feature the activities of a National Intelligence Service agent who goes undercover as a high school student, to the high teen romance ‘Bunny and Brothers’, which will be drawn by young stars, to ‘Labor Attorney No Mu-jin’, which will feature a labor attorney who sees ghosts and solves labor issues, various works of various genres are scheduled to be presented.

This year‘s ‘2024 MBC Drama Awards’ was replaced with a recorded broadcast to express deep condolences to the victims of the passenger plane crash and to offer comfort to their bereaved families. The awards ceremony was held in a calm atmosphere, with all the winners in attendance expressing their condolences in their acceptance speeches.


[List of winners (works) of ‘2024 MBC Drama Awards’]

▲ Grand Prize: Han Suk-kyu (‘So Intimate Traitor’)
▲ Best Acting Award Mini-series (Female): Lee Ha-nui (&Flowers that Bloom at Night’)
▲ Best Acting Award Mini-series (Male): Yoo Yeon-seok (‘The Phone Call You Just Got’), Lee Je-hoon (‘Chief of Investigation 1958’)
▲ Best Acting Award Daily (Female): Uhm Hyun-kyung (‘Brave Warriors Yong Soo-jung’), Oh Seung-ah (‘The Third Marriage’)
▲ Best Acting Award Daily (Male): Seo Jun-young (‘Brave Warriors Yong Soo-jung’)
▲ Best Actor Award (Female): Kim Nam-joo (‘Wonderful World’)
▲ Best Actor Award (Male): Byun Yo-han (‘Snow White’s Death - Black Out’)
▲ Drama of the Year: ‘Chief of Investigation 1958’
▲ Best Couple Award: Yoo Yeon-seok Chae Soo-bin (‘The Phone Call You‘re Dialing Now’)
▲ Best Character Award: Jung Sang-hoon (‘I Hate Tonkatsu’) / Kwon Hae-hyo (‘Us, Home’ / ‘Death to Snow White - Black Out’)
▲ Merit Award: Choi Bool-am
▲ Special Appreciation Plaque: The late Kim Soo-mi
▲ Excellence Award for Acting in a Miniseries (Female): Chae Soo-bin (‘The Phone Call You’re Dialing Now’)
▲ Excellence Award for Acting in a Miniseries (Male): Lee Dong-hwi (‘Chief of the Investigation Team 1958’), Lee Jong-won (‘Flowers that Bloom at Night’)
▲ Excellence Award for Acting in a Daily Series (Female): Oh Se-young (‘The Third Marriage’)
▲ Excellence Award for Acting in a Daily Series (Male): Moon Ji-hoo (‘The Third Marriage’)
▲ Supporting Award for an Actor (Female): Kim Mi-kyung (‘Flowers that Bloom at Night’) Flower’ / ‘Snow White‘s Death - Black Out’)
▲ Best Supporting Actor (Male): Jo Jae-yoon (‘Flower that Blooms at Night’ / ‘Snow White’s Death - Black Out’)
▲ Best New Actor (Female): Chae Won-bin (‘The Intimate Traitor’)
▲ Best New Actor (Male): Lee Ga-seop (‘Snow White‘s Death - Black Out’), Heo Nam-joon (‘The Phone Call You Just Made’)

Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com Reporter jhj@donga.com