2024 KBS Drama Awards

The 2024 KBS Drama Awards (Korean: 2024 KBS 연기대상; Hanja: 2024 KBS 演技大賞; RR: 2024 KBS Yeon-gi Daesang), presented by Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), was held on December 31, 2024, from 19:50 (KST) at KBS Hall in Yeouido, Seoul. Jang Sung-kyu in his second consecutive year with Seohyun, a South Korean singer, actress, and songwriter and Moon Sang-min, a South Korean actor and model hosted the award show.^[2][3]

2024 KBS Drama Awards
Official logo
Date	Ceremony: December 31, 2024 (2024-12-31) Broadcast: January 11, 2025 (2025-01-11)
Site	KBS Hall, Yeouido, Seoul
Hosted by	Jang Sung-kyu Seohyun Moon Sang-min
Official website	KBS Drama Awards
Highlights
Grand Prize (Daesang)	Lee Soon-jae
Most awards	9 – Iron Family
Most nominations	21 – Iron Family
Television coverage
Network	KBS2 (Recorded)
Viewership	Ratings: 3.2% Viewership: 641,000[1]
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Due to the tragic crash of Jeju Air Flight 2216 on December 29, 2024, KBS2 decided to cancel the live broadcast of the 2024 KBS Drama Awards on December 31. A special live broadcast to welcome the New Year that was to follow the awards ceremony was also cancelled.^[4][5]

Instead, the event was recorded and was broadcast on January 11, 2025 at 21:20 (KST). The winners were announced on the same day.^[6][7] Lee Soon-jae won the Grand prize (Daesang) for Dog Knows Everything. At the age of 90, he is the oldest grand prize winner among the drama awards.^[8]

Winners and nominees

Lee Soon-jae

Winners of Grand Prize (Daesang)

Nominees for grand prize were announced on December 26, 2024.^[9][10]

Winners are listed first and denoted in bold.^[11]

Grand Prize (Daesang)
Lee Soon-jae – Dog Knows Everything Park Ji-young – Iron Family Kim Ha-neul – Nothing Uncovered Ji Hyun-woo – Beauty and Mr. Romantic Im Soo-hyang – Beauty and Mr. Romantic Kim Jung-hyun – Iron Family
Top Excellence Award, Actor	Top Excellence Award, Actress
Ji Hyun-woo – Beauty and Mr. Romantic Kim Jung-hyun – Iron Family Baek Sung-hyun – Suji & Uri Yeon Woo-jin – Nothing Uncovered Lee Soon-jae – Dog Knows Everything	Park Ji-young – Iron Family Im Soo-hyang – Beauty and Mr. Romantic Kim Ha-neul – Nothing Uncovered Park Ha-na – My Merry Marriage Cha Hwa-yeon – Beauty and Mr. Romantic
Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries	Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries
Park Ji-hoon – Love Song for Illusion Kim Myung-soo – Dare to Love Me Kim Byung-chul – Perfect Family Yeon Woo-jin – Nothing Uncovered Lee Min-ki – Face Me Lee Soon-jae – Dog Knows Everything Jang Seung-jo – Nothing Uncovered	Han Ji-hyun – Face Me Yeonwoo – Dog Knows Everything Kim Ha-neul – Nothing Uncovered Yoon Se-ah – Perfect Family Lee Yoo-young – Dare to Love Me Hong Ye-ji – Love Song for Illusion
Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama
Shin Hyun-joon – Iron Family Kim Jung-hyun – Iron Family Park Sang-won – Beauty and Mr. Romantic Park In-hwan – Iron Family Ji Hyun-woo – Beauty and Mr. Romantic	Keum Sae-rok – Iron Family Kim Young-ok – Iron Family Park Ji-young – Iron Family Im Soo-hyang – Beauty and Mr. Romantic Cha Hwa-yeon – Beauty and Mr. Romantic
Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama	Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily Drama
Baek Sung-hyun – Suji & Uri Oh Chang-seok – The Two Sisters Kim Sa-kwon – My Merry Marriage Jin Ju-hyung – Snow White's Revenge Choi Woong – Snow White's Revenge Choi Jae-sung – My Merry Marriage	Park Ha-na – My Merry Marriage Hahm Eun-jung – Suji & Uri Yang Mi-kyung – My Merry Marriage Oh Hyun-kyung – Suji & Uri Lee So-yeon – The Two Sisters Han Bo-reum – Snow White's Revenge Han Chae-young – Snow White's Revenge
Best Actor in Drama Special/TV Cinema	Best Actress in Drama Special/TV Cinema
Nam Da-reum – "The History of Us" Kim Kang-min – "The Soles Are Hot" Oh Seung-hoon – "Finding Handsome" Tang Jun-sang – "The History of Us" Jung Gun-joo – "The Road in Between" Ha Jun – "The Two Women"	Oh Ye-ju – "To My Lonely Sister" Choi Ri – "The Two Women" Choi Hee-jin – "The Road in Between" Kang Mi-na – "The Two Women"
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Kim Yong-gun – Dog Knows Everything Choi Tae-joon – Iron Family Yoon Je-moon – Nothing Uncovered Go Yoon – Beauty and Mr. Romantic Yoon Da-hoon – Suji & Uri	Yoon Yoo-sun – Beauty and Mr. Romantic Kim Hye-eun – Iron Family Han Chae-ah – Nothing Uncovered Ye Soo-jung – Dog Knows Everything Kang Byul – Suji & Uri Hwang Seok-jeong – Love Song for Illusion
Best New Actor	Best New Actress
Park Sang-nam – My Merry Marriage Seo Bum-june – Nothing Uncovered Kim Jong-hun – Suji & Uri Kim Jin-woo – Snow White's Revenge Kim Hyun-joon – Iron Family Yang Dae-hyuk – Beauty and Mr. Romantic Lee Sang-jun – Beauty and Mr. Romantic	Hong Ye-ji – Love Song for Illusion Han Soo-a – Beauty and Mr. Romantic← Song Ye-bin – Suji & Uri Oh Young-joo – Snow White's Revenge Yang Hye-ji – Iron Family Ji Woo – Love Song for Illusion Yoon Ga-i – Nothing Uncovered
Best Young Actor	Best Young Actress
Moon Seong-hyun – Beauty and Mr. Romantic Kim Seo-ha – My Merry Marriage Lee Si-on – Snow White's Revenge Lee Joo-won – Love Song for Illusion Han Soo-ho – Iron Family	Lee Seol-ah – Beauty and Mr. Romantic Kang Hye-rin – My Merry Marriage Kim Su-ha – Love Song for Illusion Yoon Chae-na – Suji & Uri Jung Seo-yeon – Iron Family Jo Eun-sol – Snow White's Revenge
Popularity Award, Actor	Popularity Award, Actress
Kim Myung-soo – Dare to Love Me Kim Byung-chul – Perfect Family Kim Jung-hyun – Iron Family Park Sang-nam – My Merry Marriage Park Ji-hoon – Love Song for Illusion Baek Sung-hyun – Suji & Uri Yeon Woo-jin – Nothing Uncovered Oh Chang-seok – The Two Sisters Lee Min-ki – Face Me Lee Soon-jae – Dog Knows Everything Jang Seung-jo – Nothing Uncovered Ji Hyun-woo – Beauty and Mr. Romantic Jin Ju-hyung – Snow White's Revenge Choi Woong – Snow White's Revenge	Keum Sae-rok – Iron Family Kim Gyu-seon – Snow White's Revenge Kim Ha-neul – Nothing Uncovered Park Ju-hyun – Perfect Family Park Ha-na – My Merry Marriage Yeonwoo – Dog Knows Everything Yoon Se-ah – Perfect Family Lee So-yeon – The Two Sisters Lee Yoo-young – Dare to Love Me Im Soo-hyang – Beauty and Mr. Romantic Han Bo-reum – Snow White's Revenge Han Ji-hyun – Face Me Han Chae-young – Snow White's Revenge Hahm Eun-jung – Suji & Uri Hong Ye-ji – Love Song for Illusion
Best Couple Award	Scriptwriter Award
Ji Hyun-woo and Im Soo-hyang – Beauty and Mr. Romantic Kim Jung-hyun and Keum Sae-rok – Iron Family Baek Sung-hyun and Hahm Eun-jung – Suji & Uri Park Ji-young, Shin Hyun-joon and Kim Hye-eun – Iron Family Yeonwoo, Lee Soon-jae and Ari – Dog Knows Everything	Seo Sook-hyang – Iron Family

Presenters

Order	Presenter(s)	Award(s)	Ref.
1	Moon Woo-jin and Kim Si-eun [ko]	Best Young Actor/Actress
2	Choo Young-woo and Seo Ji-hye	Best New Actor/Actress
3	Lee Jae-won [ko] and Chae Won-bin	Best Actor/Actress in Drama Special
4	Kim Young-jo (Director of KBS Drama Center) and Oh Na-ra	Best Writer
5	Kang Kyung-hun and Jo Han-chul	Best Supporting Actor/Actress
6	Ahn Jae-wook and Uhm Ji-won	Excellence Award, Actor/Actress in a Daily Drama
7	Lee Young-ae	Popularity Award
8	Jang Sung-kyu	Best Couple Award
9	Ha Jun and Ji Seung-hyun	Excellence Award, Actor/Actress in a Serial Drama
10	Cho Yi-hyun and Seol In-ah	Excellence Award, Actor/Actress in a Miniseries
11	Kim Dong-jun and Uee	Top Excellence Actor/Actress
12	Choi Soo-jong and Park Jang-beom (CEO of KBS)	Grand Prize (Daesang)

Performances

Artist	Act performed	Ref.
Kim Da-hyun [ko]	"A Happy Day" (Beauty and Mr. Romantic OST)
Yook Joong-wan Band	"Everything in the World" (Iron Family OST)

See also

• 2024 MBC Drama Awards
• 2024 SBS Drama Awards