Wednesday, 23 September 2015

Son Tae-Young - "You're The Best Lee Soon-Shin"


Born in 1980, Son Tae-Young was former Miss Korea before family commitments made her resign to an actress’s role. Although often apart of the supporting cast, one of her most noted roles is Lee Hye-Shin in the Korean drama “You’re the Best Lee Soon-Shin”.

Lee Hye-Shin is the eldest daughter of the Lee family. Having grown up beautiful and the most popular girl in school, she graduated from a top university and was going to lead a prosperous career at a multinational company as a lawyer before she married a man who was considered perfect – wealthy, handsome and from a prominent family. Due to her husbands work, she moved from Korea to China to become a mother and housewife.

Son Tae-Young’s character, seems like a typical story about a perfect life however if it wasn’t for her good life it wouldn’t reveal the complications that lie beneath such a pretty story.


Throughout the series, she continues to display her elegance and knowledge however this serves to continuously remind the audience that she lost important opportunities during her marriage. Lee Hye-Shin is a character that deals with accepting failure and the pressure that comes with attaining perfection. It also deals with the stereotypes of women supposedly being unable to be independent.

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