In Lee Sung Kyung's acting career, she had a fantastic year in 2016 due to the release of two highest-grossing films. Released at the end of 2016, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo has created a craze across Asia because of its fresh theme, lovely content, and talented actors. She plays the heroine in this film for the first time. Completely different from the female lead image that people imagine, Kim Bok Joo is an extremely strong girl who values justice. Therefore, most of the boys in the school have no sympathy for the girls who are studying weightlifting. However, a handsome swimmer named Joon Hyung (Nam Joo Hyuk) accidentally met her again and discovered that she was a childhood friend. Since then he frequently makes fun of Bok Joo. They gradually start to feel something and fall in love with one another.

Many people became enthralled by Lee Sung Kyung's cuteness as she skillfully assumed the role of an innocent and lovely weightlifting female athlete. The part of weightlifter Kim Bok Joo is a character completely changed the image of Lee Sung Kyung. At the same time, the role also proves that her acting ability is not only framed with evil villains but can also act well in other diverse roles. This role helped her win the Excellence Award at the 35th MBC Drama Award.

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Genre: Sports, Coming-of-age, Rom-com

Directed by: Oh Hyun-jong
Release date: 2017
Episodes: 16

Lee Sung Kyung's most recent film, Dr. Romantic 2, is a socio-psychological film that uses medical issues as its main premise. This is the follow-up to the Doctors instructors' 2016 series. Three years after the events of part 1 of the series, Kim Sa Bu (played by Han Suk Kyu) visits Geosan University Hospital to hire a physician. Seo Woo Jin (Ahn Hyo Seop) is the selected new surgeon. After making another error in the operating room, Cha Eun Jae (Lee Sung Kyung) is suspended and is forced to accompany two medical professionals to Doldam Hospital.

In Dr. Romantic 2, each life story in the movie has a deep human meaning. All are conveyed through the actors' genuine and delicate acting. And in this latest movie, Lee Sung Kyung, even more, shows her ripe acting talent, perfectly portraying the role. She acted very well, fully expressing the character's psychology, and performed extremely well with her eyes full of hatred, completely touching the emotions of the audience and did not disappoint the audience.

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Genre: Medical, Melodrama, Romance

Directed by: Lee Gil-bok
Release date: 2020
Episodes: 36

In the drama Shooting Stars, Oh Han Byul (Lee Sung Kyung), a talented PR leader who works in the entertainment industry, spends her entire day at work and is very busy. Actor Gong Tae Sung (Kim Young Dae) is well-known and is managed by Oh Han Byul. Though they initially seem to be at odds with one another, the two work together and encounter amusing scenarios. However, after extensive interaction, the two eventually start to feel something for one another.

This movie was made after Lee Sung Kyung's absence time, but there are many disagreements regarding the storyline and her performance. However, Lee Sung Kyung won viewers over with her outstanding acting and chemistry with his co-stars. Viewers are fascinated by the couple's beauty and interesting interactions. Surely with the humorous and romantic details that Shooting Star brings, this will surely become a favorite couple in the near future.

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Genre: Romantic comedy

Directed by: Lee Soo-Hyun
Release date: 2022
Episodes: 16

The life of outstanding female singer Choi Michaela (Lee Sung Kyung) is told in the film About Time. She is able to perceive both her own and other people's enduring power. She meets Lee Do Ha after a vehicle accident one day (played by Lee Sang Yoon). Choi Michaela abruptly realized that being with Lee Do Ha would cause her life clock time to stop ticking. She thus makes an effort to keep him close. They gradually fall in love.

The brilliance of Lee Sung Kyung makes playing a vocalist no issue. She acted out the scenes while playing her own instruments and showcasing her lovely voice. The new spooky concept combined with the talented Korean beauty's natural acting, Lee Sung Kyung's film makes viewers feel satisfied when watching this romantic love story. Although the film has elements of supernatural fiction, the content is very gentle, full of sweetness and meaning, helping the audience appreciate this life more, so it does not create a feeling of boredom when watching.

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Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Melodrama

Directed by: Kim Hyung-Sik, Park Shin-woo
Release date: 2018
Episodes: 16

After a successful encroachment in Queen's flower, in 2015, actress Lee Sung Kyung had her first main role in the 50-episode drama Queen's flower. Lee Sung Kyung's film is about Rena Jung (Kim Sung Ryung) who is a beautiful chef with the ambition of owning a cooking show of her own. Her husband is the eldest son of a tycoon family. However, their relationship is not very good. In the past, Rena Jung once abandoned her daughter. Now, her daughter, Kang Yi Sol (Lee Sung Kyung) appears and begins to take revenge on her mother for abandoning her.

Although he did not have much acting experience and took on a heavy role for the first time in a series, Lee Sung Kyung demonstrated her acting ability through Queen's Flower, which received much praise and proved her acting talent. As a result, she received many nominations for the Best Actress award and won the Best New Actress award in the Special Drama Project category.

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Genre: Melodrama

Directed by: Lee Dae-young, Kim Min-Shik
Release date: 2015
Episodes: 50

Love + Sling tells the story of Gui Bo - a single father raising children, who dream of becoming a professional wrestler. Now that it's too late, Gui Bo must rely solely on his son Sung Woong (played by Lee Sung Kyung) in the hopes that one day he would realize his unfulfilled wish. He went to his friend Ga Young to confide in and convey his thoughts. The answer he received was that Ga Young had fallen in love with his father, which Sung Woong did not like.

Ga Young played by Lee Sung Kyung is a bit humorous, a dynamic girl who transmits a lot of positive energy to everyone. In the role of Ga Young, she is a girl who always flirts with Gui Bo - her best friend's father, and surprises this single father many times. It can be seen that Lee Sung Kyung is very suitable for roles that are a bit "crazy", typically her impressive success in "Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo" 2 years ago. The film brings many humorous situations, interwoven with touching scenes that take away the audience's tears. Try it out!

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Genre: Wrestling, Drama, Comedy

Directed by: Kim Dae-Woong
Release date: 2018
Episodes: 1 (110 minutes)

In Miss and Mrs. Cops, two female police officers Ran Mi Ra (as Mi Young) and Lee Sung Kyung (as Ji Hye) work together to seek justice after learning about a case of sexual harassment. The incident is surreptitiously recorded, put on the dark web, and eventually forgotten. Despite the fact that both of them are accomplished female police officers who were transferred to work in the district due to disciplinary issues, they nonetheless made the decision to collaborate with the police to bring this case to light and stop similar actions from happening in the future.

With her exceptional acting talent and captivating on-screen chemistry with her co-star, Lee Sung Kyung portrays a fearless policewoman this time, offering the viewers a different perspective of her. The film has been an unexpected success since its debut. This action film highlights the worst aspects of Korean culture. The movie nonetheless features hilarious parts to assist keep the audience's emotions in check, so it doesn't leave them with a gloomy feeling. Regarding Lee Sung Kyung's acting, it has been noted that she does a good job of conveying the psychology of her characters only with her facial expressions.

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Genre: Action-Comedy
Directed by: Jung Da-won

Release date: 2019

Episodes: 1 (107 minutes)

This is a medical drama with a focus on friendship and love between gifted doctors called Doctors. Yoo Hye Jung, portrayed by Park Shin Hye in the movie, is a high school student with a strong, intransigent demeanor. Hye Jung never really opened her heart to people because of her sad childhood. She subsequently meets her teacher Hong Ji Hong (played by Kim Rae Won), who inspires her to pursue a career in medicine, and as a result, her life gradually transforms. All her problems with her high school friend Jin Seo Won (Lee Sung Kyung) and later also her colleague were gradually revealed and resolved.

With Jin Seo Won being a cute, intelligent student who hailed from a family with a history in medicine, Lee Sung Kyung has successfully represented the part of Jin Seo Won. Seo Woo starts to show his darker side after numerous misunderstandings and arguments with his buddies. Additionally, Lee Sung Kyung does a fantastic job at capturing the character's inner personality in the movie.

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Genre: Medical, Drama, Romance
Directed by: Oh Choong-hwan

Release date: 2016

Episodes: 20

It's Okay, That's Love is a famous movie with high views. The film's content revolves around the lives of a writer with obsessive-compulsive disorder Jang Jae Yeol and a doctor Ji Hae Soo. All of them have had many problems in their lives and encountered some misunderstandings, but over time, they have erased previous understandings and developed feelings in the process of being together.

In the film, Lee Sung Kyung is in charge of the role of a beautiful but sassy, careless high school girl Oh So Nyeo. The cast of It's okay, that love is full of big and talented names, so with a supporting role, the name Lee Sung Kyung can also become a "phenomenon" and skyrocket in movies. In the movie, Lee Sung Kyung can be compared with "Asian Prince" Lee Kwang Soo, both of them cooperate extremely well, creating many situations of laughing out of tears, creating a comfortable feeling for the audience to watch. After the success of It's Okay, That's Love both have influence not only in their hometown but also in Asian countries.

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Genre: Romance, Melodrama, Medical
Directed by: Kim Kyu-Tae

Release date: 2014

Episodes: 16

Hong Seol and Yoo Jung are the main characters in Cheese in the Trap, a love story about two people who share a single love but lead quite different lifestyles due to Hong Seol's challenging circumstances and need to exert every effort to succeed. Yoo Jung, on the other hand, was given a luxurious life at birth and has an odd personality, but he learns to unite with two people out of the deepest love, like the missing part of the other, to aid her. From point of view of film, people will learn a lot from having an ideal figure, and this is undoubtedly a sweet love.

Lee Sung Kyung plays the supporting character of Baek In Ha, a conceited, feisty, arrogant, and materialistic girl, in the film Cheese in the Trap. The performance was excellent and gave the audience a negative impression of her, but they failed to notice that she was changing into the persona she adopted. Overall, Lee Sung Kyung has had great success in this job. The actress has had numerous offers from writers and directors due to Cheese in The Trap's popularity.

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Genre: Romance, Drama
Directed by: Lee Yoon-Jung

Release date:2016

Episodes: 16