“Shadow Beauty” is a drama depicting the dangerous double life of a high school girl, Koo AeJin, who is bullied at school but lives as gorgeous star "Genie" on social media.
The drama is based on the webtoon of the same name written by AHUM.
The leads in the drama are Shim DalGi, Golden Child’s Choi BoMin, and PENTAGON's HongSeok.
Shim DalGi has appeared in the dramas “The School Nurse Files”, “Hospital Playlist”, and “Save Me 2.”
Choi BoMin gained positive reactions from fans with his appearances in the dramas “A-Teen 2" and “18 Again." He has also appeared in the dramas “Crash! Insignificant Roommates” and “Melting Me Softly."
HongSeok most recently starred in the web drama “Blue Birthday” alongside Red Velvet’s YeRi. He has also acted in the dramas “Move To Heaven”, “Phoenix 2020”, “Anniversary, Anyway”, and “Best Chicken.”
fromis_9’s Lee NaGyung (“Welcome To Heal Inn”), and rookie actresses Heo JeongHee and Baek JiHye, will also be starring in this drama.
The production team of “Shadow Beauty” said, "The ensemble of actors, full of energy and armed with their own personalities, was better than I imagined.”
Here is more information.
Shadow Beauty (2021)
Information
Title: Shadow Beauty / Geurimja Minyeo / 그림자 미녀
Director: Bang SooIn
Writer: Bang SooIn
Network: KAKAO TV
Runtime: From November 20
# of Episodes: 13
Genre: Drama
Language: Korean
Summary
Koo AeJin, a high school girl who is bullied, lives a double life outside of the classroom as gorgeous star "Genie" on social media.
Cast
Shim DalGi as Koo AeJin
A high school student who lives a double life as popular influencer ‘Genie’ on social media due to makeup and photo retouching.
Golden Child’s Choi BoMin as Kim HoIn
As the class president, HoIn looks like an ordinary schoolboy on the surface but is hiding something deep inside.
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PENTAGON's HongSeok as Lee JinSeong
A Busan boy who dreams of becoming an idol and AeJin's only friend.
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fromis_9's Lee NaGyung as Genie
Koo AeJin’s online persona and SNS Goddess “Genie.”
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Heo JeongHee as Yang HaNeul
A classmate who bullies AeJin.
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Baek JiHye as Jo SaeHee
She torments AeJin along with HaNeul.
Teaser & Posters
Here is one of the teasers.
Follow Genie on her Instagram.
View this post on Instagram
Here are the official posters.
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About the webtoon
“Shadow Beauty” (그림자 미녀 in Korean) is a popular webtoon written by AHUM (아흠). The webtoon was featured on KaKao’s page and exceeded 700,000 subscribers. You can read the webtoon (in Korean) on the KaKao Page Website or App. (Age restriction over 15 years old)
Have a glimpse at the webtoon below.
"Shadow Beauty" webtoon
