In Photos: Park Shin-Hye And Her K-Drama Leading Men Through The Years

Baek Sung-Hyun in "Stairway to Heaven" (2003)

In Park Shin-hye's first-ever K-drama, she played the young version of Choi Ji-woo's character, Han Jung-su, who has a childhood friend in Cha Song-joo (the older version is portrayed by Kwon Sang-woo and the younger one is Baek Sung-hyun). This iconic melodramatic series sees these two characters' relationship develop, evolve, and deepen to unconditional love proportions through the years amidst heart-racing car accidents and heartbreaking illnesses. Park Shin-hye and Baek Sung-hyun would reunite 13 years later via the K-drama "The Doctors."

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Baek Sung-Hyun in "Stairway to Heaven" (2003)

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Lee Wan in "Tree of Heaven" (2006)

This romance melodrama features an against-all-odds kind of love story between Hana (Park Shin-hye) and Yoon Seo (Lee Wan). Her mother ends up marrying his father, making them step siblings. They become close over time and fall in love with each other, but the fact that they're a family now complicates their relationship.

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Lee Wan in "Tree of Heaven" (2006)

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Se7en in "Prince Hours" (2007)

This rom-com imagines Korea as a constitutional monarchy. A prince (Se7en as Kang Hoo/Lee Hoo) who grew up as a commoner is brought into the palace as a candidate to become the Crown Prince. He then meets Shin Sae-ryung (Park Shin-hye), the daughter of the Prime Minister who's being groomed as the next Empress of Korea, and she falls in love with Prince Lee Hoo.

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Se7en in "Prince Hours" (2007)

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Jang Keun-Suk in "You're Beautiful" (2009)

This rom-com musical drama focuses on a boyband called A.N.Jell. Jang Keun-suk's Hwang Tae-kyung is the arrogant leader of the band. Park Shin-hye plays the roles of twins Ko Mi-nyeo (female) and Ko Mi-nam (male); Mi-nyeo is forced to disguise as her brother who's a member of A.N.Jell when he goes on a brief hiatus. Tae-kyung discovers that Mi-nyeo is a girl and they eventually develop romantic feelings for each other.

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Jang Keun-Suk in "You're Beautiful" (2009)

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Jung Yong-Hwa in "Heartstrings" (2011)

Park Shin-hye and Jung Yong-hwa, whose characters were in a love triangle with Jang Keun-suk's in "You're Beautiful," reunited in "Heartstrings." In this K-drama, they played two musically-inclined characters who are faced with the challenge of having to choose between career and love.

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Jung Yong-Hwa in "Heartstrings" (2011)

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Yoon Shi-Yoon in "My Cute Guys" (2013)

Park Shin-hye's Go Dok-mi is a freelance copy editor with a very shy personality; as much as possible, she doesn't step out of her house. She has fallen in love with the man living across her apartment (Kim Jung-san as Han Tae-joon), and spies at him. He gets caught by Yoon Shi-yoon's Enrique (who happens to be Tae-joon's cousin), and their relationship that started in an extraordinary way evolves into a romantic one. Enrique becomes instrumental in her having self-confidence.

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Yoon Shi-Yoon in "My Cute Guys" (2013)

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Lee Min-Ho in "The Heirs" (2013)

This series zooms in on the lives of rich high school students from influential families, who are meant to take over their families' companies. Park Shin-hye's Cha Eun-sang stands out in this group because, although she comes from a poor family, she's enrolled in the same school as theirs, thanks to a scholarship. Her mother works for the family of Kim Tan (Lee Min-ho), the son of his father's mistress and is set to become the heir of their family's company. He falls in love with Eun-sang amidst conflicts caused by social hierarchy.

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Lee Min-Ho in "The Heirs" (2013)

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Lee Jong-Suk in "Pinocchio" (2014)

"Pinocchio" portrays the negative effects of sensationalism in media. Lee Jong-suk's Ki Ha-myung can attest to how destructive false news can be when his father, the captain of a firefighting squad, is blamed for the death of his squad in a factory explosion. He later meets Park Shin-hye's Choi In-ha, who suffers from Pinocchio Syndrome (she breaks into hiccups when she lies). They both become reporters, determined to expose the wrongdoings of the anchorwoman responsible for ruining Ha-myung's life.

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Lee Jong-Suk in "Pinocchio" (2014)

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Kim Rae-Won in "The Doctors" (2016)

Park Shin-hye's Yoo Hye-jung is a rebellious high school student. When she meets Kim Rae-won's Hong Ji-hong, a biology teacher (he was a doctor but had to quit because of an incident), she finds her purpose in life, thanks to him mentoring her. They go their separate ways and reunite 13 years later; she's now a neurosurgeon and he has restarted his life as a doctor. At this point in their lives, the romantic tension between them is too strong they can no longer ignore it.

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Kim Rae-Won in "The Doctors" (2016)

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Hyun Bin in "Memories of the Alhambra" (2018)

"Memories of the Alhambra," which was primarily filmed in Spain, stars Hyun Bin as Yoo Jin-woo, the CEO of an investment company. He travels to Spain to meet the creator of an AR game, who mysteriously disappears. Jin-woo meets the creator's sister, Park Shin-hye's Jung Hee-joo, and their relationship deepens as he struggles to distinguish reality from virtual reality.

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Hyun Bin in "Memories of the Alhambra" (2018)

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