![]() Her trajectory since then unveiled her as one of the most successful idol-actresses landing roles projects would showcase range in her craft. Nation’s Little Sister Lee Ji-Eun first appeared on a K-drama as Kim Pil-suk of the 2011 teen music drama Dream High. Her swaggg portrayal of Bok-Joo elevated her star status abroad, with the series’ coming-of-age sports theme appealing to a vast younger audience. She established herself as a household name in 2016 with three significant roles: Baek In-ha in Cheese in The Trap, Jin Seo-woo in The Doctors, and the titular character in Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo. The five-foot-nine-inch beauty started in the entertainment industry as a top model, but in 2014, she debuted as an actress under YG Entertainment in the SBS romance medical melodrama It’s Okay That’s Love. From the phenomenal pioneers like Song Hye Kyo, Kim Tae Hee, Jun Ji Hyun, and Son Ye Jin of the first-generation Hallyu, the screens began to familiarize themselves with new faces that would become the next K-drama queens. Unlike other female leads who found their jetstream as child actors, these ones set foot in front of the camera as teenagers and young adults. It signal-fired the fresh wave of girl power entering the scene. While its preceding decade set the foundation for today’s relentless K-drama craze, it was in 2010 to 2019 that content became much more accessible as social networking sites and streaming platforms also became all the rage. The 2010s was a defining era for the Korean wave.
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