Hwang Bo-ra

Acting

Hwang Bo-ra

Born

1983-10-02 (43)

Place of birth

Busan, South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

57 titles

Hwang Bo Ra is a South Korean actress. Born on October 2, 1983, she made her acting debut in the 1999 film “Memento Mori.” But she shot to fame after appearing as the “cup noodle girl” in a ramen commercial in the mid-2000s. The 2007 film “Skeletons in the Closet” brought her a few Best New Actress awards. Hwang Bo Ra has appeared in many popular films and television dramas since, including “Love Rain” (2012), “Arang and the Magistrate” (2012), “Cunning Single Lady” (2014) and “Ms. Temper & Nam Jung Gi” (2016).

Known for

Running Man poster
8.2

These days, as variety shows are gradually disappearing, this is one of Korea’s representative variety shows that has been responsible for Sunday evenings for over 10 years. This program features numerous stars and members going around various places, playing games, and completing missions. In particular, among the many fun elements of variety shows, this one focuses solely on laughter. Open your eyes! Big fun is coming in! Open your mouth! Big laughter is coming in! Open your heart! Useful lessons are coming in!

Running Man

2010

Nonstop poster
5.3

Nonstop is a South Korean slice-of-life sitcom that broadcast its first season in 2000 on MBC. It continued with 5 more seasons. The series was popular for its cast of teen idols, many who debuted through the show..

Nonstop

2000

KBS Drama Special poster
7.4

Forget the existing one-act dramas! Short but impactive! KBS Drama Special presents high quality single episode dramas. Dramas are the broadcast content with the widest public appeal. KBS Drama Special will produce short dramas of far-reaching impact involving at times a serious social message, unique emotions or perspectives. It will stay abreast of modern viewership.

KBS Drama Special

2010

Where Is My Home poster
6.5

Celebrities are here to find your home sweet home! The show features two teams of celebs competing to help their clients find the new houses for them. As "real estate coordinators," celebs visit realtors and discover houses that fit the needs of the clients. They aren't afraid of cold weather, continuous allies to go through, nor stiff steps to climb. In the end, clients grades how much they are happy with celebs' proposals. Which team will get the clients pleased?

Where Is My Home

2019

Let's Eat Dinner Together poster
7.0

As more and more people are getting used to eating dinner alone, Kang Ho-dong and Lee Kyung-kyu visit ordinary Korean families at dinner time and share their lives as they eat dinner together.

Let's Eat Dinner Together

2016

Real Romance Love Letter poster
7.3

Male and female contestants compete for "each other" in romance games. For example guests have to dance in order to impress the person they are after. Contestants are artists, actors, models, comedians, and MCs of the South Korean entertainment industry.

Real Romance Love Letter

2003

Film credits

2020s · 3 titles

2010s · 10 titles

The Phone poster
6.9

When his wife is murdered, Dong-ho loses the light in his life, breaks down and falls into depression. But he knows that as long as the killer is still around, he can not get out of his loss. Then, one day, he receives a call and can not believe who he is listening to.

The Phone

2015

Chronicle of a Blood Merchant poster
7.1

Set in a village right after the Korean War, poor but good-hearted Heo Sam-gwan sets out to win the most beautiful girl in the village, Heo Ok-ran, by selling his blood to earn money. Years later, the two are happily married with three children, but their family undergoes a crisis when Sam-gwan's eldest son doesn't resemble him and rumors spread about the boy's paternity.

Chronicle of a Blood Merchant

2015

Bounty Hunters poster
7.2

Lee Shan and Ayo are ex-Interpol agents who are now bounty hunters, chasing fugitives for cash rewards. When the two of them are framed for a hotel-bombing, they join hands with a legendary bounty hunter named Cat, along with her teammates, to find the real bomber.

Bounty Hunters

2016

The Discloser poster
6.6

Captain Gang has died in a test flight accident. Dae-ik discovers a huge corruption scandal while trying to determine the cause of death. He reports it to journalist Jung-sook, but things changed in unexpected ways.

The Discloser

2017

Trade Your Love poster
5.8

Sung-seok and Hae-joo, who have been under pressure of marriage, devise a scheme at their first meet; a fake wedding. They reach an agreement under the desire of not only being free from their parents’ meddling but carrying their secret future plan. Sung-seok plans to run away with his lover who has a kid and Hae-joo plans to start her new career abroad after their planned marriage. However, their families get too much excited about this news more than their expectation and their near-flawless plan starts to become a mess.

Trade Your Love

2019

Petty Romance poster
6.2

A comic artist and an unemployed sex columnist are trying to work together in order to win a lucrative comic-book competition.

Petty Romance

2010

Phantom Detective poster
6.9

Hong Gil-dong is an infallible private detective with an exceptional memory and quirky personality. While chasing the only target he failed to find, he gets entangled in a much bigger conspiracy than he bargained for.

Phantom Detective

2016

Joomoonjin poster
6.0

A magical love story involving a man who lives his life like a ghost and a country girl that falls in love with him. On a rural mountain in Jumunjin, South Korea a girl named Jina (Hwang Bo-Ra) runs a mountain lodge. The place is soon set to close down because of rumors that ghosts live in the lodge. Jina then encounters a ghost (played by Kim Ki-Bum) who she takes an interest in. But, the closer she gets to help him the further the ghost pushes her away.

Joomoonjin

2010

Navigation poster
7.5

One spring day when the autumn colors had filled, three members of the movie club suddenly decide to borrow a senior's car and take a trip to an isolated village in Mountain Nae-jang. Being their first trip there, they get lost a little and witness a terrible accident and they pick up a navigation device nearby. The kind voice on the device leads them to their destination but they end up somewhere they never expected. They decide to take a break and find a piece of flat stone to grill some meat on but they realize the stone was a gravestone and hurriedly run away in their car. Their tragedy starts when someone jumps out from nowhere and is hit by their car

Navigation

2014

Ordinary People poster
NR

A typical employee, Goo Jaepil is on the verge of a breakdown. His wife files for divorce and his boss demands that he perform an absurd task. He agrees to the task in order to keep his job, but a mishap spawns a new predicament and soon Jaepil is suspected of murder.

Ordinary People

2017

2000s · 4 titles

Series credits

Running Man poster
8.2

These days, as variety shows are gradually disappearing, this is one of Korea’s representative variety shows that has been responsible for Sunday evenings for over 10 years. This program features numerous stars and members going around various places, playing games, and completing missions. In particular, among the many fun elements of variety shows, this one focuses solely on laughter. Open your eyes! Big fun is coming in! Open your mouth! Big laughter is coming in! Open your heart! Useful lessons are coming in!

Running Man

2010

Nonstop poster
5.3

Nonstop is a South Korean slice-of-life sitcom that broadcast its first season in 2000 on MBC. It continued with 5 more seasons. The series was popular for its cast of teen idols, many who debuted through the show..

Nonstop

2000

KBS Drama Special poster
7.4

Forget the existing one-act dramas! Short but impactive! KBS Drama Special presents high quality single episode dramas. Dramas are the broadcast content with the widest public appeal. KBS Drama Special will produce short dramas of far-reaching impact involving at times a serious social message, unique emotions or perspectives. It will stay abreast of modern viewership.

KBS Drama Special

2010

Where Is My Home poster
6.5

Celebrities are here to find your home sweet home! The show features two teams of celebs competing to help their clients find the new houses for them. As "real estate coordinators," celebs visit realtors and discover houses that fit the needs of the clients. They aren't afraid of cold weather, continuous allies to go through, nor stiff steps to climb. In the end, clients grades how much they are happy with celebs' proposals. Which team will get the clients pleased?

Where Is My Home

2019

Let's Eat Dinner Together poster
7.0

As more and more people are getting used to eating dinner alone, Kang Ho-dong and Lee Kyung-kyu visit ordinary Korean families at dinner time and share their lives as they eat dinner together.

Let's Eat Dinner Together

2016

Real Romance Love Letter poster
7.3

Male and female contestants compete for "each other" in romance games. For example guests have to dance in order to impress the person they are after. Contestants are artists, actors, models, comedians, and MCs of the South Korean entertainment industry.

Real Romance Love Letter

2003

Dogs Are Incredible poster
1.0

Korea's "Comedy King," Lee Gyeonggyu, who's also known for his love for dogs and the country's most famous dog expert, Kang Hyungwook, team up to study how the humans and the pets live in peace and harmony.

Dogs Are Incredible

2019

Busted! poster
7.8

Suspense, surprises and fun abound in this Korean variety game show featuring big personalities and even bigger mysteries in every episode.

Busted!

2018

Business Proposal poster
8.5

In disguise as her friend, Ha-ri shows up to a blind date to scare him away. But plans go awry when he turns out to be her CEO — and makes a proposal.

Business Proposal

2022

Midnight Horror Story poster
8.7

Six celebrities are judged by “Dark Spirits” as they compete to tell the best horror story for a chance to win this haunting Korean variety show.

Midnight Horror Story

2021

Vagabond poster
8.3

Stuntman Cha Dal-geon gets involved in a tragic airplane crash and ends up discovering a national corruption scandal in the process. Go Hae-ri, the oldest daughter of a deceased marine, decides to work for the National Intelligence Service as a secret ops agent in order to support her mom and younger siblings, although all she wanted to do is to become a civil servant.

Vagabond

2019

Touch Your Heart poster
8.2

Hoping to make a comeback after a bad scandal, an actress agrees to research a new role by taking a job as a secretary for a prickly attorney.

Touch Your Heart

2019

What's Wrong with Secretary Kim poster
8.3

When his secretary unexpectedly quits, an arrogant executive will do anything to bring her back.

What's Wrong with Secretary Kim

2018

Crash Course in Romance poster
8.2

The series follows the bittersweet relationship between a banchan shop owner whose daughter enters the war of Korea's college entrance exams, and a top hagwon instructor.

Crash Course in Romance

2023

Fight for My Way poster
7.9

A former taekwondo champion and an information desk worker aspire to chase their dreams in a world that isn't kind to those with mediocre credentials.

Fight for My Way

2017

My Strange Hero poster
7.5

When Kang Bok-Soo was a high school student, he was falsely accused of committing violence and kicked out of school. This was caused by his first love Son Soo-Jung and a male student Oh Se-Ho. Kang Bok-Soo is a now an adult, but his life has not gone smoothly. To get revenge on Son Soo-Jung and Oh Se-Ho, he returns to the same high school as a student. The environment at the school has changed and Kang Bok-Soo gets involved in unexpected cases.

My Strange Hero

2018

O’PENing poster
6.3

O'PENing is the new name of Drama Stage which has been broadcasting the winning work of the O'PEN storyteller contest. The franchise will continue to make meaningful steps to introduce and support new writers to see the light of the world and diversify content genres.

O’PENing

2022

Destined with You poster
8.1

A lawyer bound by a centuries-old curse becomes entangled with a civil servant who holds the key to his freedom — igniting an unexpected romance.

Destined with You

2023

Kiss Sixth Sense poster
7.9

Hong Ye-sul, a competent account executive at an advertising company, has one secret— she can see the future when her lips come into contact with another person. When Ye-sul accidentally kisses her stern team chief Cha Min-hu, she sees the impossible: herself in bed with him some time in the future. To add to her confusion and frustration, her ex-boyfriend Lee Pil-yo is attempting to win back her heart, shaking her life up even more.

Kiss Sixth Sense

2022

Dali & Cocky Prince poster
7.3

Despite a rough start, love begins to blossom between an art director and the son of a family who grew their business from the ground up.

Dali & Cocky Prince

2021

Windy Mi Poong poster
6.1

The romance between a bright woman, Mi-Poong, who defected from North Korea and a man, Jang-Go, in Seoul who is a stickler for the rules. Conflicts also arise over a 100 billion won inheritance.

Windy Mi Poong

2016

Mystic Pop-up Bar poster
8.0

At this mysterious late-night food cart run by an equally mysterious woman and her part-timer, customers are provided a space for respite and counseling through their dreams. But most importantly, everyone here is treated equally—living or dead.

Mystic Pop-up Bar

2020

The Miracle We Met poster
7.8

A man dies in a car crash, but awakes with the spirit of another person. He becomes the head of two families and he agonizes over his two different wives.

The Miracle We Met

2018

Entourage poster
7.7

Young-Bin is a rising star actor in South Korea. He has been best friends with Ho-Jin, Joon and Geobook since they were all children. Young-Bin belongs to a management company with Kim Eun-Gab as the CEO.

Entourage

2016

Dangerous Women poster
NR

Dangerous Women is a 2011 South Korean television series starring Go Eun-mi, Hwang Bo-ra, Kim Jung-hyun, and Yeo Hyun-soo. The morning soap opera aired on MBC on Mondays to Fridays at 7:50 a.m. from October 10, 2011 to March 30, 2012 for 124 episodes.

Dangerous Women

2011

Moonshine poster
7.9

About human love against the backdrop of the most powerful alcohol prohibition period in the Joseon. The private prosecutor who comes to Seoul to raise the family, a poor man and his wife who start to make drinks to pay off their debts, and the prince who keeps going over the wall to drink; the drama is about three people who can end each other's lives fatefully encountering in front of a secret liquor warehouse.

Moonshine

2021

Firstborn poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Firstborn

2013

My Girl poster
7.7

A woman with a gift for lying is employed by a chaebol heir to act as his long-lost cousin. To keep up the charade for his family, the two must live under the same roof, but their growing attraction to each other poses a problem for pretending to be relatives.

My Girl

2005

Romance in the House poster
7.8

After his business crashes, a man disappears from his family for 11 years. But when he makes a return as their wealthy landlord, a messy reunion ensues.

Romance in the House

2024

Love Rain poster
6.9

A story of two couples' journey of new love, loss and unexpected reunion spans decades, from the 1970s through present day.

Love Rain

2012

Tale of Arang poster
6.3

The foolhardy ghost of the young girl Arang seeks to discover the truth behind her unjust death and meets a magistrate named Eunoh, who has the ability to see ghosts.

Tale of Arang

2012

Zombie Detective poster
8.4

Kim Moo-Young wakes up to find he has become a zombie with no memories of his past. Witnessing the death of a Detective, he has assumed his identity to try discover the mysteries of his past. Meanwhile, Kong Sun-Ji works as investigative journalist who quits whilst investigating the 'Santa Killer' case. By chance the two are brought together and various circumstances lead to Sun-Ji working at Moo-Young's detective agency as an intern.

Zombie Detective

2020

Cunning Single Lady poster
7.6

After suffering during their marriage, a divorcée hopes to seduce her ex husband into an apology – but he thinks she wants his newfound wealth.

Cunning Single Lady

2014

Smile, Mom poster
6.0

Smile, Mom is a 2010 South Korean television drama starring Lee Mi-sook, Park Won-sook, Ji Soo-won, Yoon Jung-hee, Go Eun-mi and Lee Jae-hwang. The weekend theater drama aired on SBS from November 6, 2010 to April 24, 2011 on Saturdays and Sundays at 20:50 for 50 episodes.

Smile, Mom

2010

Mr. Back poster
6.0

An old man is given the power to age backwards, but every time he falls in love he ages forward.

Mr. Back

2014

Jang Geum, Oh My Grandma poster
5.6

The show follows the hectic lives, romantic relationships, and love for food of three siblings, Han San Hae, Han Jin Mi, and Han Jung Shik, supposed modern-day decedents of the legendary Dae Jang Geum.

Jang Geum, Oh My Grandma

2018

Hyena poster
7.6

To survive in a dog-eat-dog world, two rival lawyers with high-class clientele tear apart anything that stands in the way of their ambitions.

Hyena

2020

Ms. Temper & Nam Jung Gi poster
6.1

Ok Da-Jung is the youngest team leader in the cosmetics industry. She has divorced three times so far. She doesn't care what others think about her and she also has quite a temper. Nam Jung-Gi works as a section chief at the same cosmetics company as Ok Da-Jung. Unlike her, Nam Jung-Gi has a timid and nice personality. He can't say anything that makes others uncomfortable. He is able to make Ok Da-Jung's blood boil.

Ms. Temper & Nam Jung Gi

2016

Road No. 1 poster
8.0

A high-budget war epic, Road Number One commemorates the sixty years that have passed since the Korean War. It's based around the historical Route 1, a national highway that served as the main passageway between North and South Korea during the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950. Lee Jang Woo, the son of a poor peasant, has been in love with his master's daughter, Soo Yeon, since childhood. He joins the military in order to put her through medical school and becomes a brilliant officer, leading his men to victory through guerilla warfare. Mistakenly believing that Jang Woo was killed in battle, Soo Yeon becomes engaged to military officer Tae Ho. Jang Woo returns on the eve of their wedding, and the two are briefly, painfully united, but the eruption of war tears them apart once again, forcing him to fight alongside Tae Ho on top of everything. Jang Woo keeps fighting to get back to his love, but the war continues to find new ways to keep them apart. Leading drama stars So Ji Sub and Kim Ha Neul portray star-crossed lovers who are torn apart by war.

Road No. 1

2010

2004 Human Market poster
8.0

Korean TV SBS Miniseries - 2004 Human Market, aired from 08 March 2004 to 11 May 2004.

2004 Human Market

2004