''Live Your Own Life'' () is a

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starring

Uee Kim Yu-jin (; born April 9, 1988), better known by her stage name Uee (; sometimes romanized as U-), is a South Korean singer and actress. She is best known for being a former member of South Korean girl group After School from 2009 to 2017, ...

Ha Jun Ha Jun (born Song Joon-Chul on 3 April 1987), also known by his ex-stage name Song Ha-jun, is a South Korean actor. Filmography Film Television series Theater Awards and nominations Listicles Notes References External links ...

, and Go Joo-won. The series is about a daughter who devoted her whole life to her family, but now has to break away because of the difficulties they cause, and live an independent life. It premiered on

KBS2 KBS 2TV is a South Korean free-to-air Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen ...

on September 16, 2023, and aired every Saturday and Sunday at 20:05 ( KST).

Cast and characters

Main

as Lee Hyo-sim, third sibling, trainer from TS Fitness *

as Kang Tae-ho * Go Joo-won as Kang Tae-min, heir to Taesan Group

Supporting

Hyo-sim's family

Yoon Mi-ra Yoon Mi-ra (; born December 18, 1951) is a South Korean actress. Filmography Film Television series Awards and nominations References External links * * * 1951 births Living people 20th-century South Korean ac ...

as Lee Seon-soon, Hyo-sim's mother * Nam Sung-jin as Lee Hyo-seong, Hyo-sim's older brother * Lim Ji-eun as Yang Hee-joo, Hyo-seong's wife * Seo Seol-hwan as Lee Hyo-jun, Hyo-sim's second brother who is preparing for the law exam * Kim Do-yeon as Lee Hyo-do, Hyo-sim's younger brother * Lee Ga-yeon as Ruby, Hyo-seong and Hee-joo's eldest daughter * Lee Joo-won as Lee Phillip, the youngest son of Hyo-seong and Hee-joo

Tae-ho's family

* Jeong Young-sook as Choi Myung-hee, Tae-ho's grandmother *

Lee Hwi-hyang Lee Hwi-hyang (; born October 1, 1960) is a South Korean actress. She joined the Miss MBC beauty pageant in 1981, and made her acting debut in 1982. Among Lee's notable television drama In film and television show, television, drama is ...

as Jang Sook-hyang, Jin-beom's wife and Tae-hee's mother * Noh Yeong-guk (Ep. 1~7) -

Kim Kyu-chul Kim Kyu-chul (born April 6, 1960) is a South Korean actor. Kim spent more than a decade as a stage actor before he made his onscreen breakthrough in 1993 with Im Kwon-taek's '' Seopyeonje'', considered one of the classics of Korean cinema. Kim b ...

(Ep. 8~50) as Kang Jin-beom, the current chairman of Taesan Group, and Sook-hyang's husband * Lee Kwang-ki as Yeo Jin-su, executive director of Taesan Group * Kim Bi-joo as Kang Tae-hee, the precious daughter of Taesan Group, and Jang Sook-hyang's daughter

Uicheon Villa

* Jeon Won-ju as Bang Geun-soon, Uicheon Villa building owner whose children and grandchildren immigrated to the United States * Park Geun-soo as Park Woo-joo, a golf instructor * Kim Yu-ha as Park Ga-on, the cutie of Uicheon Villa, and an elementary school student

TS Fitness

* Kang Shin-jo as Yang Jeon-min * Rho Sang-bo as Hwang Chi, a dumb trainer * Lee Ye-sol as Min Ga-young, a trainer * Jin Tae-hyun as Jang Seon-woo, a trainer * Yoon Ye-in as a talkative old lady who always comes in first at 6 a.m. * Choo Eun-kyung as Kang Jeong-suk * Lee Chun-sik as Hwang No-sik, a grandfather who likes to talk about politics * Park Ki-sun as Choi In-soo, a current orthopedic surgeon * Kim Jong-hoon as Choi Mi-nam, a trainer who causes a commotion at TS Fitness because he couldn't distinguish between public and private affairs

Others

Nam Bo-ra Nam Bo-ra (; born November 27, 1989) is a South Korean actress. She appeared in '' Sunny'', ''Moon Embracing the Sun'', and '' Don't Cry, Mommy''. Personal life Nam grew up in a large family, with one elder brother and twelve younger siblings ( ...

as Jeong Mi-rim, an aspiring celebrity *

Lim Ju-eun Lim Ju-eun (; born January 7, 1988) is a South Korean actress. Career Lim is best known her roles in the horror thriller ''Soul'' (also known as ''Hon''), the campus musical drama ''What's Up'', and the quirky rom-com '' Wild Romance''. In 201 ...

as Choi Sook-yung, daughter of the president and anchor of Korea's best full-length TV live * Lee Seung-cheol as Chairman Choi, president of TV Live * Ahn Hong-jin as Park Jong-min, a private loan man * Lee Ho-jae as Kang Geun-man, Tae-ho's grandfather, and the first chairman of Taesan Group * Park Hyung-joon as Kang Joon-beom, Tae-ho's father who was so capable during his lifetime that he was likely to be the successor to Taesan, but died in an accident at Daegwallyeong Pass.

Extended

* Park Yeo-reum as Han So-ra, a nurse * Kim Mi-ra as Madame Seo, the concubine of Taesan Group's first chairman, Kang Geun-man.

Production

was confirmed as the main lead of the series in April 2023. This is her comeback in a weekend drama of KBS2, as she last appeared five years ago in the 2018 television series '' My Only One''. Go Joo-won also makes a comeback in the series as he last appeared in the 2019 TV series '' Haechi''. The stills from the script-reading site were revealed on September 2, 2023. The supporting cast of the series includes

, Jeong Young-sook,

, Jeon Won-ju, Noh Yeong-guk, Lee Kwang-ki, Nam Seong-hwan, Seol Seol-hwan, Kim Do-yeon,

, and Kim Bi-jo.

Music

Choi In-hee and Oh Hye-joo composed the music for the series. OST Part.1 of ''Live Your Own Life'', "My Song", sung by

Lim Jeong-hee Lim Jeong-hee (; born May 17, 1981, in Seoul, South Korea), also known as J-Lim, is a South Korean singer who debuted in 2005 under JYP Entertainment. One of her notable performances in 2005 was the 5th Pattaya Music Festival in Thailand, which ...

, was released on September 17.

Original soundtrack

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Viewership

Accolades

Notes

References

External links

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