She Was Pretty | |
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Written by | Jo Sung-hee |
Directed by | Jung Dae-yoon |
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Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language(s) | Korean |
No. of episodes | 16 |
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Executive producer(s) | Han Hee |
Producer(s) | Moon Suk-hwan Oh Kwang-hee |
Running time | 70 minutes |
Production company(s) | Bon Factory |
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Original network | Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation |
Original release | September 16 | – November 11, 2015
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Followed by | Scholar Who Walks the Night |
Related shows | Sweet, Savage Family |
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She Was Pretty (Hangul: 그녀는 예뻤다; RR: Geunyeoneun Yeppeodda) is a 2015 South Korean television series starring Hwang Jung-eum, Park Seo-joon, Go Joon-hee, and Choi Si-won. It aired on MBC from September 16 to November 11, 2015, on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 22:00.
It reunited Hwang Jung-eum with Park Seo-joon, who previously starred together in Kill Me, Heal Me; and Hwang Jung-eum with Go Joon-hee, who previously starred together in Can You Hear My Heart.
A romantic comedy about two past acquaintances who meet again after they've gone through a reversal of fortunes and appearances, set in the backdrop of a fashion magazine's publishing office.
Kim Hye-jin was a very pretty girl from a rich family. After her family's publishing company went bankrupt, she experienced hardships then lost her beauty too. Ji Sung-joon was an unattractive boy with low self-esteem, but grows up as a handsome and successful editor.
The two decided to meet again as adults, but Sung-joon was unable to recognize Hye-jin. Ashamed to meet her first love and ruin his perception of her, Hye-jin asks her attractive best friend, Ha-ri, to appear in her place. Things, however, soon get complicated as Hye-jin was assigned to work at The Most magazine publishing office where Sung-joon is the deputy chief editor. He openly mistreats and belittles her for her clumsy nature, not knowing that she was his real childhood friend. Ha-ri also continues to meet Sung-joon, and soon develops feelings for him. On the other hand, Hye-jin finds a good friend in her workplace, Shin-hyuk, who slowly falls in love with her.
In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
A Chinese remake of the drama, titled Pretty Li Huizhen started airing on Hunan TV in 2017.