''Don't Dare to Dream'', also known as ''Jealousy Incarnate'' (), is a 2016

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n television series starring

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Go Kyung-pyo Go Kyung-pyo (; born June 11, 1990) is a South Korean actor and comedian. He gained recognition for his role in the television series ''Reply 1988'' (2015–16) and has since starred in ''Don't Dare to Dream'' (2016) and '' Chicago Typewriter'' ...

Lee Mi-sook Lee Mi-sook (born April 2, 1960) is a South Korean actress. One of the best-known actresses of 1980s Korean cinema, Lee's most famous films from this era include Bae Chang-ho's ''Whale Hunting'' and ''The Winter That Year Was Warm'', Lee Doo-yong ...

, Park Ji-young,

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, and

Seo Ji-hye Seo Ji-hye (; born August 24, 1984) is a South Korean actress. After first attracting attention in the horror film ''Voice'', Seo has since starred in numerous television dramas, notably ''Shin Don'' (2005), '' Over the Rainbow'' (2006), ''I L ...

. It aired every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:00 ( KST) on SBS from August 24 to November 10, 2016, for 24 episodes.

Synopsis

Weather caster, Pyo Na-ri (

), and

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, Lee Hwa-shin (

), are long-time colleagues at SBC broadcasting station. Na-ri has had a crush on Hwa-shin three years ago but things change when she meets the perfect man Go Jung-won (

), a

chaebol A chaebol (, ; ) is a large industrial South Korean conglomerate run and controlled by an individual or family. A chaebol often consists of multiple diversified affiliates, controlled by a person or group whose power over the group often exc ...

heir and close friend of Hwa-shin. Meanwhile, Sung-sook (

) and Ja-young ( Park Ji-young), who are rivals in both love and career, get entangled with Kim Rak (

), a restaurant owner and landlord of the building where Na-ri lives.

Cast

Main

as Pyo Na-ri :Na-ri is a weather broadcaster with an optimistic personality. Graduating from a third-rate college and having no money or connections, Na-ri is full of insecurities, but continues to persevere and work hard to keep her place at the station. She used to have a crush on Hwa-shin for 3 years. *

as Lee Hwa-shin :Hwa-shin is a star reporter and news anchor with a great education and family background. He has a proud, competitive and macho personality; and gets jealous when Na-ri is with Jung-won as he starts developing feelings for her. *

as Go Jung-won :A polite, friendly man who is serious when it comes to love. Jung-won is the boss of a publishing company, and a

heir of a large corporation that manages several luxury clothing brands. He falls for Na-ri at first sight. *

as Kye Sung-sook : A reporter-turned-anchorwoman. Jong-shin's first wife and Ppal-gang's mother. * Park Ji-young as Bang Ja-young :Department head of SBC station and announcer. Jong-shin's second wife. *

as Kim Rak :Chef and owner of a restaurant, and landlord to Nari and her family. A kind and caring man who cares for his tenants like family. *

as Hong Hye-won :The daughter of the Senior Secretary to the President for Public Affairs and a news anchor for the 7PM news. She's intelligent and capable in her career. However, in her 29 years of life, she hasn't had one ordeal to deal with and she doesn't believe people are equal, making her self-conceited and has a mingled reputation.

Supporting

Crazy 18

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as Lee Ppal-gang * Kim Jung-hyun as Pyo Chi-yeol, Na-ri's brother *

Ahn Woo-yeon Ahn Byeong-ho (born 7 January 1991), better known by his stage name Ahn Woo-yeon, is a South Korean actor. He starred in TV series such as ''Five Enough'' (2016), ''Don't Dare to Dream ''Don't Dare to Dream'', also known as ''Jealousy Incarnat ...

as Oh Dae-goo

People around Hwa Shin

* Park Jung-soo as Hwa-shin's mother *

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as Lee Jong-shin, Hwa-shin's brother and Ppal-gang's father

People around Jung Won

Choi Hwa-jung Choi Hwa-jeong (born February 10, 1961) is a South Korean actress, radio presenter and television presenter. Her syndicated talk radio show ''Power Time'', airs via SBS Power FM and its provincial affiliates since 1996. Filmography Film ...

as Kim Tae-ra, Jung-won's mother and Kim Rak's sister * Park Sung-hoon as Secretary Cha

People at SBC broadcasting company

Kwon Hae-hyo Kwon Hae-hyo (born November 6, 1965) is a South Korean television, film and stage actor. He is also an activist, involved in the Unite Our People Movement Headquarters, the Abolish the Family Registry and Create Family Equality Organization, th ...

as Oh Jong-hwan *

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as Choi Dong-ki *

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as Uhm Ki-dae *

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as Keum Soo-jung * Park Eun-ji as Park Jin *

Seo Yu-ri Seo Yu-ri (born February 8, 1985) is a South Korean daewon broadcasting voice actress, actress, cosplayer and VJ. She is well known for a cast member on the TV show ''Saturday Night Live Korea'', ''My Little Television ''My Little Television'' ...

as Hong Ji-min * Kim Ye-won as Na Joo-hee * Jun Ji-an as Im Soo-mi * Yoo Jung-rae as Kan Mi-young * Lee Chae-won as Yang Sung-sook * Park Seo-young as Jang Hee-soo * Sung Chang-hoon as New agency staff * Lee Myung-haeng as 7 o'clock news anchor

People at Rak Villa

Seo Eun-soo Lee Jeong-min (; born March 2, 1994) is a South Korean actress and model. Seo made her acting debut in the 2016 television drama '' Don’t Dare to Dream''. Seo received her big break after portraying the role of Seo Ji-soo in the KBS2 family dram ...

as Ri Hong-dan, Na-ri and Chi-yeol's step mother * Sul Woo-hyung as Pyo Bum, Na-ri's step brother * Suh Hyun-suk as Lee Seung-han

People at Sun Hospital

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as Keum Suk-ho, Oncologist *

Park Jin-joo Park Jin-joo (born December 24, 1988) is a South Korean actress. She starred in television series such as ''Jealousy Incarnate'' (2016), and ''Something About 1 Percent'' (2016). Filmography Film Television series Web series Television ...

as Nurse Oh Jin-joo

Extended

* Min Jung-sub * Song Ha-rim as School office clerk who attended the festival * Yeo Un-bok as surgeon * Choi Kyu-sik as Taxi driver * Lee Do-yeob * Jang Hae-min * Lee Yoon-sang as Executive Officer of Yonee Group's hotel * Kwan Eun-soo

Special appearances

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as Guy in Thailand nightclub (Ep. 1) * Vivian Cha as Guy's girlfriend (Ep. 1) *

as news anchor *

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as Orthopaedist * Oh Se-deuk as Chinese restaurant chef * Jung Kyung-sun as Pyo Na-ri's mother *

Han Ji-min Han Ji-min (born November 5, 1982) is a South Korean actress. After minor roles in '' All In'' and ''Dae Jang Geum'', Han had her breakout role in revenge series ''Resurrection'' in 2005. This was followed by leading roles in period dramas ''Capi ...

as Han Ji-min, Hwa-shin's blind date (Ep. 11) *

Kim Kyung-ran Kim Kyung-ran (born September 28, 1977) is a South Korean television personality and former announcer. She was a cast member in the reality show '' The Genius: Rules of the Game'', and is a cast member in the reality show '' The Genius: Grand Fin ...

as announcer open recruitment judge (Ep. 14) * Ahn Hye-kyung as announcer applicant (Ep. 14) *

Jun Hyun-moo Jun Hyun-moo (born November 7, 1977) is a South Korean host and television personality. Before becoming a host, he was a news anchor and radio announcer. Education Jeon graduated from Yonsei University Yonsei University (; ) is a private r ...

as announcer applicant (SBS announcer) (Ep. 14) * Oh Jung-yeon as announcer applicant (Ep. 14) * Kim Yoon-sang as announcer applicant (SBS announcer) (Ep. 14) *

Lee Sun-kyun Lee Sun-kyun (born March 2, 1975) is a South Korean actor. After beginning his career in musical theatre, for many years Lee was relegated to minor and supporting roles onscreen, only getting to play lead characters in one-act dramas on KBS ''D ...

Na-ri's blind date (Voice) (Ep. 15) *

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as Hong Soo-young, Hwa-shin and Jung-won's first love (Ep. 17)

Broadcast rights bidding

KBS

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and SBS both expressed interest in broadcast rights for ''Don't Dare to Dream''. When the casting was first announced in February 2016, the drama was then in talks to air on KBS 2TV, but SBS decided to join the

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. In April 2016, it was announced that SBS won the drama's broadcast rights.

Original soundtrack

Charted songs

Ratings

In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. *NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.

Awards and nominations

Miscelleanous

The show has been analyzed as "a case study of the application of the Tie-Up Theory to a romantic narrative as a form of simulation of human mating processes with social cognition valence".

References

External links

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