One thing we really love about K-dramas is that we get to see different industries in professions, especially when it comes to the leading ladies (lots of leading men are chaebols, so...). We asked Cosmo Girls to tell us about the most interesting + unusual jobs they've seen—from the super realistic to the wildly fictional, here's a bunch of awesome K-drama leading lady professions we've seen over the years:
1. Foreign film translator + interpreter in Run On
The leading lady: Shin Se Kyung as Oh Mi Joo
2. Team manager of a web portal in Search: WWW
The leading lady: Im Soo Jung as Bae Tammy
3. Publisher in Romance Is A Bonus Book
The leading lady: Lee Na Young as Kang Dani
4. Art curator in Her Private Life
The leading lady: Park Min Young as Sung Deok Mi
5. French tour guide in The Package
The leading lady: Lee Yeon Hee as Yoon So So
6. Weightlifter in Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo
The leading lady: Lee Sung Kyung as Kim Bok Joo
7. Female stuntwoman in Secret Garden
The leading lady: Ha Ji Won as Gil Ra Im
8. Furniture maker in Personal Taste
The leading lady: Son Ye Jin as Park Kae In
9. Fashion brand CEO in Crash Landing On You
The leading lady: Son Ye Jin as Yoon Se Ri
10. Undercover boy band member in You're Beautiful
The leading lady: Park Shin Hye as Gemma/Ko Mi Nam
11. Police detective/officer in Signal, Stranger, He Is Psychometric, and Flower Of Evil
The leading lady: Kim Hye Soo as Cha Soo Hyun, Bae Doona as Han Yeo Jin, Shin Ye Eun as Yoon Jae In, and Moon Chae Won as Cha Ji Won
11. Fake Robot in I Am Not A Robot
The leading lady: Chae Soo Bin as Jo Ji Ah/Aji 3
12. CEO of a hotel for the dead in Hotel Del Luna
The leading lady: IU as Jang Man Wol
13. Urban legends tv show producer in Tale Of The Nine-Tailed
The leading lady: Jo Bo Ah as Nam Ji Ah
14. Dream catcher in Mystic Pop-Up Bar
The leading lady: Hwang Jung Eum as Weol Ju
15. Undercover eunuch in Love In The Moonlight
The leading lady: Kim Yoo Jung as Hong Ra On/Hong Sam Nom
16. Female bodyguard with superpowers in Strong Woman Do Bong Soon
The leading lady: Park Bo Young as Do Bong Soon
17. Palace historian in Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung
The leading lady: Shin Se Kyung as Goo Hae Ryung
18. Gothic children's storybook author in It's Okay To Not Be Okay
The leading lady: Seo Ye Ji as Ko Mun Yeong
20. Con artist in Private Lives
The leading lady: Seohyun as Cha Joo Eun
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