''Star in My Heart'' () was a 1997

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series run on MBC. One of the earlier Korean dramas to air outside Korea, as part of what became known as the Korean Wave, it was very popular and helped its cast (particularly

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) become widely recognized., The drama also marked

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's final

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appearance prior to transition in the big screen with The Contact later that year.

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Orphan Lee Yun-hee (

Choi Jin-sil Choi Jin-Sil (December 24, 1968 – October 2, 2008) was a South Korean actress. She was considered one of the best actresses in South Korea, nicknamed "The Nation's Actress". She played leading roles in 18 films and 20 television dramas, appea ...

) is adopted into a hostile family environment. She harbors an undiscovered artistic talent, which helps to catapult her into the lives of two men. She was taken to her father's friend family, after her father died, although while his father's friend had warm feeling towards her she was met with hostility from her new stepmother (

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) and her stepsister Ahn Yi-hwa ( Jo Mi-ryung), who throughout the series are intriguing with against her. She becomes engaged in a relationship with a young, promising star Kang Min-hee (

) a son of a rich businessman who's against his only son being a singer because it doesn't uphold to his values of a good occupation a man should be busy with. Lee Joon-hee (

Cha In-pyo Cha In-pyo (; born October 14, 1967) is a South Korean actor and director. Early life Cha graduated from Rutgers University in the U.S. with a degree in economics. His father ran a shipping company and had intended for Cha to take over the f ...

), who's a lead designer in one of the fashion houses, becomes a friend of Yun-hee and eventually helps her to make a career as a designer as well.

Cast

as Lee Yun-hee *

as Kang Min-hee *

as Lee Joon-hee *

as Soon-ae * Jo Mi-ryung as Ahn Yi-hwa *

as Mrs. Song *Lee Young-hoo as Mr. Ahn *Park Chul as Ahn Yi-ban *Oh Ji-myung as Min-hee's father *

Sunwoo Yong-nyeo Sunwoo Yong-nyeo (born Jung Yong-rye on August 15, 1945) is a South Korean actress. Sunwoo originally wanted to become a classical ballerina, but when she passed TBC's open recruitment in 1965, this led to her entertainment debut as a dancer on ...

as Min-hee's mother *

Maeng Sang-hoon Maeng Sang-hoon (born October 29, 1960) is a South Korean actor from the Sinchang Maeng clan Sinchang Maeng clan () is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan was in Asan, South Chungcheong Province. According to the research held in 2000, th ...

as Heo Kwang-young *

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as Han Jae-bong *Yoo Tae-woong as Joon-young *

Han Seung-yeon Han Seung-yeon (born July 24, 1988), better known mononymously as Seungyeon, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is best known as the main vocalist of the South Korean girl group Kara and for her role in ''Hello, My Twenties!''. Early li ...

as orphan

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