A Happy Woman (Hangul: 행복한 여자; RR: Haengbokhan Yeoja; also known as Blissful Woman) is a 2007 South Korean television series starring Yoon Jung-hee, Kim Suk-hoon and Jung Gyu-woon. It aired on KBS2 from January 6 to July 21, 2007 on Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 for 58 episodes.
As the titular "happy woman," Lee Ji-yeon (Yoon Jung-hee) is an accessory designer with a cheerful, go-getting personality despite often being looked down upon because of her humble educational and family background. She ends up in a love triangle with her wealthy husband (Jung Gyu-woon) and a lonely detective (Kim Suk-hoon), as the drama explores what happiness means for a woman in terms of family, work, and love.
Yoon Jung-hee as Lee Ji-yeon
Ji-yeon is an accessory designer. She graduated from a vocational college and is therefore looked down on by her peers at work. At her home, she is the youngest daughter of three and was raised by a divorced single mother. She is not her mother's biological child - she is her divorced father's love child. She married into a wealthy family and her mother-in-law does not approve of her. Despite these hardships in both her personal and work life, Ji-yeon is bright, kind, and optimistic.
Jung Gyu-woon as Choi Joon-ho
Ji-yeon's husband. The second son of a wealthy family, he has a modern attitude and a sophisticated manner. He married Ji-yeon without regard to her wealth and background.
Kim Suk-hoon as Kim Tae-seop
A detective. He became estranged from his widowed mother during his teenage years when she remarried. He worked hard to graduate high school on his own and attended police academy. He then re-established his relationship with his mother, and even accepted his stepfather, but still remains somewhat distant.
Lee family
Go Doo-shim as Park Won-hee (mother)
Kang Boo-ja as Son Young-soon (grandmother)
Moon Jung-hee as Lee Ji-sook (older sister)
Kim Yoon-jung as Lee Ji-seon (youngest sister)
Kim Jae-man as Hwang Dae-gil (Ji-seon's husband)
Kim So-hyun as young Ji-yeon
Choi family
Joo Hyun as Choi Hyun-doo (father)
Sa Mi-ja as Byun Young-ja (mother)
Park Sung-woong as Choi Joon-sik (older brother)
Choi Ji-na as Moon Sun-young (Joon-sik's wife)
Kim family
Jang Yong as Lee Jong-min (stepfather)
Park Soon-chun as Tae-seop's mother
Kim Dae-sung as Lee Ji-hoon (stepbrother)
Extended cast
Jang Mi-inae as Jo Ha-young (Joon-ho's college girlfriend)
Kim Yoon-kyung as Yoo Mi-ra (Tae-seop's ex-girlfriend)
Kang Ji-sub as Jang Byung-gyu
Lee Mi-young as Byung-gyu's mother
Park Sa-rang as (Ji-yeon and Joon-ho's daughter)
Kang Yi-seok as (Tae-seop's adopted son)
Shin Dong-mi as Huh Jong-mi (Ji-yeon's friend)
Choi Suk-goo as a jewelry distributor
Kim Myung-kook as a Detective (Tae-seop's boss)
Choi Jae-won as Ko Pil-doo (Sun-young's dermatologist)
Jo Sung-kyu
2007 KBS Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama - Yoon Jung-hee
