While You Were Sleeping (2011 TV series)

This article is about the 2011 South Korean TV series. For the 2017 TV series of the same title, see While You Were Sleeping (2017 TV series).

While You Were Sleeping (Korean: 당신이 잠든 사이; RR: Dangshini Jamdeun Sai) is a 2011 South Korean television series starring Lee Chang-hoon, Choi Won-young, Oh Yoon-ah and Lee Young-eun. The daily drama aired on SBS on Mondays to Fridays at 19:15 from May 16 to November 9, 2011 for 120 episodes.^[1]

While You Were Sleeping
Promotional poster
Genre	Romance Melodrama Revenge
Written by	Ma Joo-hee
Directed by	Park Kyung-ryul
Starring	Lee Chang-hoon Choi Won-young Oh Yoon-ah Lee Young-eun
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	120
Production
Executive producer	Kim Jung-min
Producer	Kim Yong-jin
Production location	South Korea
Running time	Mondays to Fridays at 19:15 (KST)
Production companies	Story TV JerryBoys Contents (formerly Bloom Entertainment)
Original release
Network	Seoul Broadcasting System
Release	16 May (2011-05-16) – 9 November 2011 (2011-11-09)

Plot

Oh Shin-young (Lee Young-eun) is a hospital cafeteria nutritionist with a bright personality, who is happily married to Yoon Min-joon (Choi Won-young), who works in the sales department of a food company. But while giving birth, Shin-young falls into a vegetative state induced by the hospital's chief obstetrician Go Hyun-sung (Oh Yoon-ah). Hyun-sung is Min-joon's ex-girlfriend who is still in love with him, despite being married to Chae Hyuk-jin (Lee Chang-hoon), the director of a food company and Min-joon's boss. When Hyuk-jin learns of his wife's betrayal, he plans his revenge.^[2]

Cast

Main characters

• Lee Chang-hoon as Chae Hyuk-jin
• Choi Won-young as Yoon Min-joon
• Oh Yoon-ah as Go Hyun-sung
• Lee Young-eun as Oh Shin-young

Hyuk-jin's family

• Jung Dong-hwan as Chae Dae-pil
• Park Joon-geum as Mrs. Jang
• Baek Min-hyun as Chae Woo-jin
• Kim Jin-woo as Chae Hwan-hee

Min-joon's family

• Kim Ha-kyun as Yoon Hwang-goo
• Song Ok-sook as Na Pil-boon
• Lee Sung-yeol as Yoon So-joon

Hyun-sung's family

• Kim Hak-chul as Go Kyung-ho
• Ahn Hae-sook as Lee Hye-ja

Shin-young's family

• Kang Ye-sol as Oh Shin-hye
• Lee Duk-hee as Shin Sook-hee

Extended cast

• Ahn Ji-hyun as Maeng Hyun-joo
• Min Joon-hyun as Chae Dae-pil's secretary
• Lee Bum-hak as Bum-goo
• Park Woo-chun

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2011	19th SBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Weekend/Daily Drama	Lee Chang-hoon	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Weekend/Daily Drama	Lee Young-eun	Nominated
			Oh Yoon-ah	Nominated
		Special Acting Award, Actress in a Weekend/Daily Drama	Park Joon-geum	Nominated