Mature female role models in k-dramas

Mature heroines of dramaland. Wise, able to grow, learning, changing perspective. Strong, smart (or getting smart), girly or motherly, deeply emotional or with cool aura. Which role stayed with you as an example of "great character development"?

dudette Jun 13, 2025
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  • Our Unwritten Seoul

    1. Our Unwritten Seoul

    Korean Drama - 2025, 12 episodes
    8.8
    498 points by 5 voters
    Twin sisters Yoo Mi Ji and Yoo Mi Rae differ in everything except their faces. Yoo Mi Ji, the younger of the twins, has ended her short heyday as a promising track ...more
  • Alchemy of Souls

    2. Alchemy of Souls

    Korean Drama - 2022, 20 episodes
    9.1
    396 points by 4 voters
    In the fictional country of Daeho, young mages struggle to overcome twisted fates caused by the forbidden "alchemy of souls," a spell that swaps souls between bodies. Naksu, an elite assassin, finds ...more
  • My Mister

    3. My Mister

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
    9.0
    394 points by 4 voters
    Park Dong Hun is a middle-aged engineer who is married to attorney Kang Yun Hui. However, his life is not that happy as he has two unemployed brothers, Sang Hun and Gi ...more
  • Daily Dose of Sunshine

    4. Daily Dose of Sunshine

    Korean Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
    8.8
    297 points by 3 voters
    Jung Da Eun, a nurse, is transferred to the neuropsychiatry department, facing challenges as she navigates this unfamiliar field. With the support of Chief Nurse Song Hyo Jin, she grows professionally. Meanwhile, ...more
  • Melo Movie

    5. Melo Movie

    Korean Drama - 2025, 10 episodes
    8.2
    294 points by 3 voters
    Kim Mu Bi, an aspiring film director and assistant director, quietly works to follow in her father's footsteps in the film industry. Ko Gyeom, a passionate film critic, aims to watch every ...more
  • Doom at Your Service

    6. Doom at Your Service

    Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
    8.4
    291 points by 3 voters
    Tak Dong Gyeong has been working hard ever since her parents passed away. Her life seemed more stable after working as a web novel editor for 6 years, but then she gets ...more
  • True to Love

    7. True to Love

    Korean Drama - 2023, 14 episodes
    8.1
    197 points by 2 voters
    The series follows the romantic journey of Yeon Bo Ra, a celebrated love coach and successful author of romance novels, and Lee Soo Hyuk, a charming man who grapples with matters of ...more
  • Under the Queen's Umbrella

    8. Under the Queen's Umbrella

    Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes
    9.0
    195 points by 2 voters
    Within the palace exist troublemaking princes who cause nothing but headaches for the royal family and are about to be turned into proper crown princes. Their mother, Im Hwa Ryeong, is the wife ...more
  • Hospital Playlist

    9. Hospital Playlist

    Korean Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
    9.0
    193 points by 2 voters
    The stories of people going through their days are seemingly ordinary but actually special at the hospital, a place known as the microcosm of life, where someone is being born and someone's ...more
  • Moving

    10. Moving

    Korean Drama - 2023, 20 episodes
    9.0
    188 points by 2 voters
    Kim Bong Seok, Jang Hui Su, and Lee Gang Hun, seemingly typical high school students, bear extraordinary inherited powers. Bong Seok can fly, Hui Su possesses exceptional athleticism and rapid injury recovery, ...more
  • My Liberation Notes

    11. My Liberation Notes

    Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes
    8.5
    100 points by 1 voters
    Set in Sanpo Village where more people leave than remain, the three Yeom siblings, Chang Hee, Mi Jung, and Ki Jung, wish to escape from a life rife with uncertainty. A mysterious ...more
  • Search: WWW

    12. Search: WWW

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.3
    100 points by 1 voters
    This drama delves into the challenges and triumphs of modern women who have chosen career over traditional family roles. Bae Ta Mi, a competitive director at a major web portal company in ...more
  • Be Melodramatic

    13. Be Melodramatic

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.3
    99 points by 1 voters
    Im Jin Joo, Lee Eun Jung, and Hwang Han Joo are best friends who are 30-years-old. Hwang Han Joo is the head of a marketing team for a drama production company. She ...more
  • Lost

    14. Lost

    Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
    8.4
    95 points by 1 voters
    At forty years old, Lee Boo Jeong has lost her way. She feels like she has reached the end of her potential and achieved absolutely nothing. Lee Kang Jae is twenty-seven, a ...more

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