2021 KBS Drama Awards

The 2021 KBS Drama Awards (Korean: 2021 KBS 연기대상; Hanja: 2021 KBS 演技大賞; RR: 2021 KBS Yeon-gi Daesang), presented by Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), was held on December 31, 2021, at KBS Hall in Yeouido, Seoul. It was hosted by Lee Do-hyun, Kim So-hyun and Sung Si-kyung.^[2] Grand Prize (Daesang) was awarded to Ji Hyun-woo.^[3]

2021 KBS Drama Awards
Official logo
Date	December 31, 2021 (2021-12-31)
Site	KBS Hall, Yeouido, Seoul
Hosted by	Lee Do-hyun Kim So-hyun Sung Si-kyung
Official website	KBS Drama Awards
Highlights
Grand Prize (Daesang)	Ji Hyun-woo
Television coverage
Network	KBS2, KBS World
Duration	est. 260 minutes
Viewership	Ratings: 6.5% Viewership: 1.21 million people[1]
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Winners and nominees

Winners will be listed first and emphasized in bold.^[4]

Grand Prize (Daesang)
Ji Hyun-woo – Young Lady and Gentleman
Top Excellence Award, Actor	Top Excellence Award, Actress
Cha Tae-hyun – Police University Lee Do-hyun – Youth of May Ji Hyun-woo – Young Lady and Gentleman Jung Yong-hwa – Sell Your Haunted House Kim Myung-soo – Royal Secret Agent Yoon Joo-sang – Revolutionary Sisters	Kim So-hyun – River Where the Moon Rises Park Eun-bin – The King's Affection Choi Myung-gil – Red Shoes Go Min-si – Youth of May Hong Eun-hee – Revolutionary Sisters Jang Na-ra – Sell Your Haunted House
Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries	Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries
Jung Yong-hwa – Sell Your Haunted House Kim Min-jae – Dali & Cocky Prince Cha Tae-hyun and Jinyoung – Police University Kim Myung-soo – Royal Secret Agent Lee Do-hyun – Youth of May	Go Min-si – Youth of May Kwon Nara – Royal Secret Agent Choi Kang-hee – Hello, Me! Jang Na-ra – Sell Your Haunted House Kim So-hyun – River Where the Moon Rises Park Eun-bin – The King's Affection
Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama
Yoon Joo-sang – Revolutionary Sisters Ji Hyun-woo and Kang Eun-tak – Young Lady and Gentleman Kim Kyung-nam – Revolutionary Sisters	Hong Eun-hee – Revolutionary Sisters Park Ha-na – Young Lady and Gentleman Cha Hwa-yeon – Young Lady and Gentleman Jeon Hye-bin – Revolutionary Sisters
Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama	Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily Drama
Ryu Jin – Be My Dream Family Choi Jung-woo – Be My Dream Family Han Sang-jin – The All-Round Wife Kyung Sung-hwan [ko] – Miss Monte-Cristo Sunwoo Jae-duk – Red Shoes	Han Da-gam – The All-Round Wife So Yi-hyun – Red Shoes Choi Myung-gil – Red Shoes Lee So-yeon – Miss Monte-Cristo Park Joon-geum and Park Tam-hee [ko] – Be My Dream Family
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Choi Dae-chul – Revolutionary Sisters Lee Yi-kyung – Royal Secret Agent Ahn Gil-kang – Sell Your Haunted House Kim Kang-min – School 2021, Drama Special: "F20" Kwon Yul – Dali and the Cocky Prince Lee Jong-won – Young Lady and Gentleman Lee Sang-yi – Youth of May	Ham Eun-jung – Be My Dream Family Keum Sae-rok – Youth of May Hong Soo-hyun – Police University Hwang Young-hee – River Where the Moon Rises Kang Mal-geum – Sell Your Haunted House Lee Il-hwa – Young Lady and Gentleman Lee Bo-hee - Revolutionary Sisters
Best Actor in Drama Special/TV Cinema	Best Actress in Drama Special/TV Cinema
Park Sung-hoon – "My Daughter" Ahn Nae-sang – "Nap on the Desert" Choi Jin-hyuk – "Siren" Jo Han-sun – "Abyss" Kang Tae-oh – "A Moment of Romance" Sung Yoo-bin – "Be;twin"	Jeon So-min – "My Daughter" Kim Sae-ron – "The Palace" Jang Young-nam – "F20" Kwak Sun-young – "Oddinary" Shin Ye-eun – "A Moment of Romance"
Best New Actor	Best New Actress
Kim Yo-han – School 2021 Na In-woo – River Where The Moon Rises Rowoon – The King's Affection Choo Young-woo – Police University, School 2021 Hong Kyung – Drama Special: "A Moment of Romance'" Nam Yoon-soo – The King's Affection Park Ji-hoon – At a Distance, Spring Is Green	Krystal Jung – Police University Lee Se-hee – Young Lady and Gentleman Park Gyu-young – Dali and the Cocky Prince Cho Yi-hyun – School 2021 Hwang Bo-reum-byeol – School 2021 Jung Chae-yeon – The King's Affection Keum Sae-rok – Youth of May
Best Young Actor	Best Young Actress
Jo Yi-hyun [ko] – Youth of May Seo Woo-jin – Young Lady and Gentleman Ko Woo-rim [ko] – The King's Affection Park Sang-hoon – River Where the Moon Rises Yoo Joon-seo [ko] – Young Lady and Gentleman	Choi Myung-bin – The King's Affection, Young Lady and Gentleman Lee Re – Hello, Me! Hong Je-yi [ko] – Revolutionary Sisters Kim Yoon-seul [ko] – Drama Special: "My Daughter" Lee Go-eun – Be My Dream Family
Best Couple Award	Best Writer
Cha Tae-hyun and Jinyoung – Police University Ji Hyun-woo and Lee Se-hee – Young Lady and Gentleman Kim Min-jae and Park Kyu-young – Dali and the Cocky Prince Kim Yo-han and Cho Yi-hyun – School 2021 Lee Do-hyun and Go Min-si – Youth of May Na In-woo and Kim So-hyun – River Where the Moon Rises Rowoon and Park Eun-bin – The King's Affection	Kim Sa-kyung – Young Lady and Gentleman
Popularity Award, Actor	Popularity Award, Actress
Jinyoung – Police University Rowoon – The King's Affection	Kim So-hyun – River Where the Moon Rises Park Eun-bin – The King's Affection

Presenters

Order of the presentation, name of the presenter(s), and award(s) they presented

Order	Presenter	Award
1	Lee Sang-yi and Lee Cho-hee	Best New Actor/Actress
2	Moon Woo-jin and Kim Ga-yeon (actress) [ko]	Best Young Actor/Actress
3	Lee Han-wi and Lee Yoo-young	Best Actor/Actress in Drama Special/TV Cinema
4	Lee Gun-joon [ko] (Head of KBS Drama Center) and Park Kyu-young	Best Writer
5	Kim Jae-wook and Jung Soo-jung	Popularity Award
6	Oh Dae-hwan and Oh Yoon-ah	Best Supporting Actor/Actress
7	Jung Yong-hwa and Jin Ki-joo	Excellence Award in a Serial Drama
8	Kang Eun-tak and Park Ha-na	Excellence Award in a Daily Drama
9	Park Sung-hoon and Nana	Excellence Award in a Miniseries
10	Lee Min-jung	Top Excellence Award
11	Kim Ui-chul (CEO of KBS) and Chun Ho-jin	Grand Prize (Daesang)

Special performances

Order of the presentation, name of the artist, and the song(s) they performed

Order	Artist	Performed
1	PROWDMON	"Sunset" (original song by: Crush)
2	Choi Dae-chul, Geum Ho-seok, Jung Hwi-wook	"Le Temps des cathédrales" (대성당들의 시대) (Notre-Dame de Paris OST)
3	Yoon Han	"Moonlight, Flutter" (달빛, 설레인)
	Baek Ji-young	"If I" (The King's Affection OST)

See also

• 2021 SBS Drama Awards
• 2021 MBC Drama Awards