Actress Kim Hee-sun returns to the small screen.This time, she transforms into the ‘Kyungdan Mom Show Host’ and takes on the role of working moms.

According to her agency Hinge Entertainment on the 26th, Kim Hee-sun has been cast as the main character Jo Na-jeong in TV CHOSUN new weekend miniseries ‘There Is No Next Life’.

You can meet Kim Hee-sun, who has a completely different vibe from her previous work, ‘Our Home’, and she realistically portrays the delicate emotions felt by middle-aged women.

The work will premiere in November and will also be streamed on the global OTT Netflix.

‘Because There Is No Next Life’ is a comic growth story of three friends in their 40s who are tired of the same old days, the war of raising children, and the hamster wheel of work life, and they struggle for a better ‘complete life’.It is a work in which director Sung Do-joon of the drama ‘Uncle’ and writer Shin I-won of ‘Green Mothers Club’ have joined forces, and it is expected to create solid reality and empathy.

Kim Hee-sun plays Jo Na-jeong, a former promising show host who earned hundreds of millions of won a year, but is currently experiencing a career gap while raising two sons.While living as an ordinary housewife, she decides to stand on stage again through a chance encounter and begins a cheerful yet serious challenge toward the second act of her life.Kim Hee-sun will portray the story of a 41-year-old career woman’s reality and ideals, work and childcare, frustrations and challenges without filtering.

Kim Hee-sun’s 41-year-old best friends are played by Han Hye-jin and Jin Seo-yeon.Attention is focused on the friendship and growth of the three women who live in different environments and have different concerns.


Reporter Lee Jeong- annjoy@donga.com

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