Top 3 in Top 10 famous female Kpop idols in the field of dramas.
A hilarious scene in Reply 1988
Hyeri studied at Seoul School of Theater and Arts majoring in film at Konkuk University, so it should come as no surprise that she went from being an idol to acting. Her debut role was as Jang Mi-hyun in SBS's Tasty Life. She quickly rose to fame and went on to star in the teen dramas Schoolgirl Detectives and the romantic comedies Hyde, Jekyll and Me.
Her best acting role was undoubtedly as Sung Duk-sun in Reply 1988, which was a huge commercial success and the drama also became one of the highest-rated Korean dramas of all time. She won the New Star Award at the 2016 SBS Drama Awards for her role as Jung Geu-rin in Entertainer. She then went on to work with 2 TV series, a police drama called Two Cops and the office romantic comedy Miss Lee.