Kim Hee Ae in Secret Affair and The World of the Married (Korean Drama 2014 - 2020)

Lately I've been so overwhelmed with the news of Kim hee ae and her latest drama which most of Korean drama lovers known and that she was awarded as the best actress in Baeksang Art awards 2020. Therefore, I need to share some of my thoughts through my writing here about her.

Long before her drama (The world of the married -TWotM) became an undoubtly formidable hits drama this year, I've seen her in her previous drama back in 2014, Secret Affair (SA).

Both her new and previous drama shared the same theme, an affair or forbidden love from a married person. The most obvious difference would be her role there. 

Let's start with Secret Affair (2014). There,  she was the one who did the affair with one young pianist in his 20s while she was an independent unhappy married woman in her 40s. Yes, she was having a cold relationship with her husband who worked as a professor for years. He'd never touched her and seldom communicating other than works and daily conversation due to him being too busy on his own. Having been too lonely for years, she suddenly saw something interesting in the new talented young pianist who sought new knowledge for his skill from her. The rest was where all the problems, conflicts, love, secrets and society stigma collided until the end. It was a good drama and worth to watch with 8/10 for my personal rating.

As for The World of the Married (2020), it's quite the opposite where she played as a betrayed wife by her cheating husband with a young woman. Due to too much hype and attention on this drama also dozens of spoilers all over the social medias, I've decided not to watch this anytime soon. However, I somehow got the essence of the story and all the praises for her acting there.

In brief, both of her roles in these dramas offered one similar problem in different perspectives. I don't justify myself with agreeing her having an affair in SA, but under a different circumstance, she deserved a man who truly loved her like the young pianist and not as cold as her husband who made her as a mere pride show. However, in TWotM. as a woman, I would fully agree with her letting go of her toxic relationship with her ex husband for a better life. I need to spoil a bit about the ending for it was not like a fairy tale happy ever after ending story but a chunk of life with a lesson learned and moral values. 

Other than that, her 'high end-fashion runway style' costumes in both dramas were all excellent and had made her a great description of high society lady there. Unfortunately I didn't have more times to collect those pictures of her clothes to show here.

That's for her reel life as far as I follow. As her real life, she is happily married with her husband and children.
 

*The drama posters are not mine but belongs to the rightful owner but the graphic drawing picture above is mine.