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 (actor) [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

References

1. "Nielsen Korea (Nationwide) TOP 20 LIST FOR TV PROGRAMS". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 4, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
2. Lee, Kyung-ho (November 23, 2021). "이도현X김소현X성시경, 2021 KBS 연기대상 MC 발탁" [Lee Do-hyun X Kim So-hyun X Seong Si-kyung selected as MCs for the 2021 KBS Drama Awards] (in Korean). MT Star News. Archived from the original on December 2, 2021. Retrieved December 2, 2021 – via Naver.
3. Park, Ha-na (January 1, 2022). "'대상' 지현우 "'신사와 아가씨' 대표로 받았다고 생각해"(종합) [KBS연기대상]" ['Grand Prize' Ji Hyun-woo "I think I received it as the representative of 'Gentleman and Lady'" (Comprehensive) [KBS Drama Awards]] (in Korean). News1. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2022 – via Naver.
4. Jeong, Hye-yeon (January 1, 2022). "[KBS 연기대상]지현우, 대상 "'신사와 아가씨' 작품상이라 생각"(종합)" [[KBS Acting Awards] Ji Hyun-woo, the grand prize "I think 'Gentleman and Lady' is the best picture" (comprehensive)]. Herald POP (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 31, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2022 – via Naver.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• 2021 KBS Drama Awards on KBS World