After a 2-year absence from the small screen, Baek Jin-hee is about to make her long-awaited return to the world of K-dramas. It's now official: the actress will play one of the leading roles in "Judge Lee Han Yeong"an MBC drama starring the charismatic Ji Sung.
This new legal and fantasy series promises to captivate. Based on a web novel, "Judge Lee Han Yeong" follows the story of a judge unjustly convicted and executed... who finds himself thrown 20 years into the past in an attempt to escape his fateful fate. An audacious pitch combining justice, revenge and time travel.
Alongside Ji Sung, Baek Jin-hee will play Song Na-yeona legal journalist for the Daejin Daily. Determined and passionate, she'll stop at nothing to get to the truth. Her collaboration with Judge Lee Han-yeong promises to be full of tension, emotion and twists and turns as they investigate complex cases together... and the past itself.
This series marks a turning point for Baek Jin-hee, whose last role was in 2023 in the family drama "The Real Has Come!". The following year, the actress chose to take a media break. But 2025 will be the year of her comeback, and what better way to reconnect with the public than in an MBC drama with a prestigious cast?
Active since 2009, Baek Jin-hee has made her mark in dramas such as Empress Ki, Triangle, My Daughter Geum Sa Wolor Missing 9. She has always managed to combine accuracy and intensity, two qualities we can't wait to rediscover in this new role.
The cast of Judge Lee Han Yeong is shaping up to be a solid one: Park Hee-soon, Won Jin-A, Tae Won-seok and Oh Se-young also join the adventure. The directors are Lee Jae-jinknown for his previous work on The Spies Who Loved Me and Woman with a Suitcase.
Judge Lee Han Yeong will be broadcast at second half of 2025 on MBC and will count 14 episodes.
