This is a story of Kang Mi Rae (Im Soo Hyang), a girl once bullied for her looks. Mi Rae decides she wants a fresh start and gets plastic surgery to transform her face. When she becomes a college student, she meets Do Kyung Suk (Cha Eunwoo) from their middle school days, who sees people for what they are on the inside and not on the outside; he then becomes attracted to Kang Mi Rae. As Mi Rae begins to get teased once more and labeled as a "Gangnam Beauty" for getting plastic surgery, Kyung Suk becomes the one person that stands up for her. In the process, Mi Rae begins to recover her lost confidence and discovers that true beauty is not about what's on the outside.[1]
Kim Ji Min as Do Kyung Hee, Kyung Suk's younger sister
Baek Song Hee as Young Do Kyung Hee
Woo Hyun as Kang Tae Shik, Mi Rae's father
Kim Sun Hwa as Na Eun Shin, Mi Rae's mother
Do Hee as Oh Hyun Jung, Mi Rae's best friend
Lee Tae Sun as Seo Yoo Jin, Kyung Suk's friend
Park Yoo Na as Yoo Eun, the freshman leader
Jung Seung Hye as Choi Jung Boon, a freshman
Jung Hye Rin as Lee Ji Hyo, a freshman
Kim Do Yeon as Jang Won Ho, a freshman
Kim Eun Soo as Kim Sung Woon, a freshman
Ham Sung Min as Jung Dong Won, a freshman
Baek Soo Min as Go Ye Na, a sophomore
Choi Sung Won as Song Jung Ho, a sophomore
Lee Ye Rim as Kim Tae Hee, a sophomore
Bae Da Bin as Kwon Yoon Byul, the sophomore leader
Seo Ji Hye as Min Ah, a sophomore
Kim Lee Lin as Jo Jung Hyup, a junior
Ryu Ki San as Goo Tae Young
Oh Hee Joon as Kim Chan Woo
Jung Myung Hoon as Young Mo, Sang Won's secretary
Ji Sang Hyeok as Lee Soo Hyun, the Director of Kelen
Hyeon Jik as a male student
Lee Young Ae as Herself (Ep.1)
Park Min Ji as Ah Reum, Yoo Jin's girlfriend (Ep.2)
Cha Bo Sung as Ye Joon a freshman (Ep.2-3)
Song Geon Hee as a freshman (Ep.2-3)
Lee Chae Kyung as Kelen's team leader (Ep. 4)
Jeon Jin Ki as a priest and Yoo Jin's father (Ep.4, 9, 16)
Junoflo as Himself (Ep.4, 6)
Kim Jin Sung as Kim Se Hoon (Ep.5, 10)
Yoon Bora as Kelen's model (Ep.5)
Ha Kyung as Park Yong Chul (Ep.5-6)
Son Young Sun as Soo Ah's grandmother (Ep.8)
Ok Joo Ri as a realtor (Ep.9)
In Sung Ho as a man in the cinema (Ep.15)
Lee Ji Wan as a high school girl
Park Yoon Young as a student who hates to study
Yeo Woon Bok
Yoo In Soo
Park Kwi Soon
Gu Da Song
Soundtrack[]
Main Article: My ID is Gangnam Beauty OST
Episodes[]
Trivia[]
This drama took over the timeslot previously occupied by "Sketch" and was followed by "The 3rd Charm" on September 28, 2018.[2]
The drama was based on the webcomic series of the same name by Gi Maeng-Gi (published from April 8, 2016 to December 29, 2017 via Naver Webtoon).[2]
The Korean term "Gangnam Beauty" is derogatory and refers to women who became beautiful by plastic surgery, "Gangnam" referring to an area in Gangnam, Seoul which is famous for its many plastic surgery clinics.[2]
First script reading took place on May 30, 2018 at JTBC building in Sangam, Seoul, South Korea.[2]
Lee Young-Ae made a cameo appearance in Episode 1.[2]