''Cheongdam-dong Scandal'' () is a 2014

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Choi Jung-yoon Choi Jung-yoon (born 9 May 1977) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for starring in Korean drama, television dramas, with leading roles in ''Romance Hunter'' (2007), ''Manny (TV series), Manny'' (2011), ''Ojakgyo Family'' (2011), ''Ang ...

, Lee Joong-moon, Kang Seong-min, Seo Eun-chae and Lim Seong-eon. It aired on SBS from July 13, 2014 to January 28, 2015 on Mondays to Fridays at 8:30 a.m. for 158 episodes. Despite airing in a morning time slot, ''Cheongdam-dong Scandal'' hit a peak rating of 22.1% during its 155th episode on December 24, 2014, and had average ratings of 14.8%.

Plot

Cheongdam-dong Cheongdam-dong () is a ward of Gangnam District in Seoul, South Korea. The area is best known in South Korea as an affluent neighborhood populated by a disproportionately high number of high-income individuals and for having some of the most expen ...

is the seat of wealth and prestige in Korean high society, but an ugly, deeply rooted scandal shakes it to its core when a woman who is determined to get pregnant learns that she is being deceived by the family (her mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and her husband) she was married into, and discovering that the building designer (whose mother supposedly had died) that she just befriended was a person she saved when she was a young girl. She is unaware that she is being sought after by her birth mother (after a woman kidnapped her when she was a baby), who is now married to a businessman and now has a daughter who happens to be jealous of her because she sees her as a rival for the love of her life.

Cast

as Eun Hyun-soo *Lee Joong-moon as Jang Seo-joon **Jeon Jin-seo as young Jang Seo-joon *Kang Seong-min as Bok Soo-ho *Seo Eun-chae as Nam Joo-na *Lim Seong-eon as Lee Jae-ni *

Ban Hyo-jung Ban Hyo-jung (born Ban Man-hee on November 27, 1942) is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in 1964 with a bit part in Shin Sang-ok's film ''Rice'', and went on to a prolific career in television drama In film and television ...

as Jang Hye-im *Lee Hye-eun as So-jung *Kim Seung-hwan as Joon-gyu *Uhm Bo-yong as Cho-won *

Kim Hyeseon Kim Hyeseon (born September 28, 1969) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading role in the television drama ''First Wives' Club'' (2007–2008). Career Kim Hyeseon began modeling when she was in middle school. While atte ...

as Kang Bok-hee *Kim Jung-woon as Bok Kyung-ho / Kim Young-gyu *

Yu Ji-in Yu Ji-in (born January 27, 1956) is a South Korean actress active since 1974. She was born Lee Yun-hui in Seoul, South Korea in 1956 and received a bachelor's and master's degree in Theater and Film from Chung-Ang University. When she was a fres ...

as Choi Se-ran *

Im Ha-ryong Im Ha-ryong (born Im Han-yong on October 31, 1952) is a South Korean actor and comedian. During the 1980s and 1990s, Im was one of Korea's foremost comedians (called "gag men") alongside Shim Hyung-rae and Kim Hyung-gon. As his brand of comedy b ...

as Nam Jae-bok *Lee Sang-sook as Woo Soon-jung / Lee Do-hwa *Yang Hae-rim as Park Hye-jung *

Kim Sung-kyung Kim Sung-kyung (born February 15, 1972) is a South Korean television personality and actress. Kim joined the broadcasting network SBS in 1993 as a news presenter, notably as the weekend anchor for the ''SBS Eight O'Clock News''. She left SBS in ...

as Dr. Yoon *Seo Yi as Yoon-joo *Sa-Hee as Joo Young-in *

Lee Jung-gil Lee Jung-gil (born October 1, 1944) is a South Korean actor. After making his acting debut in 1967 in the stage play ''Sakhalinsk's The Sky and the Earth'', Lee has had a prolific career in Korean television and film. Filmography Television ser ...

Jang Mi-hee Chang Mi-hee (born January 27, 1958) is a South Korean actress. She was born Lee Yun-hui in Seoul, South Korea in 1958. Chang debuted as an actress in 1976 as starring in ''Seong Chun-hyang jeon'' directed by Park Tae-won and TBC TV drama, ''Haen ...

*Choi Hyun-soo *Ahn So-mi

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Awards and nominations

References

External links

''Cheongdam-dong Scandal'' official SBS website
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