"When Life Gives You Tangerines" leads 61st Baeksang Arts Awards Nominations

The nominations for the 61st Baeksang Arts Awards have been announced! Selected by a panel of 60 industry experts, television drama series that aired from April 1, 2024 until March 31, 2025 were eligible for this year's roster.

Netflix’s decades-spanning slice-of-life drama When Life Gives You Tangerines unsurprisingly received the most number of nominations, including Best Drama, Best Writer (Im Sang-choon), Best Director (Kim Won-suk), acting nods for Lee Ji-eun, Park Bo-gum, Yeom Hye-ran, Choi Dae-hoon, and child actress Kim Tae-yeon.

Lovely Runner, Trauma Code: Heroes on Call, and Doubt also received multiple nominations.

To reflect the inclusion of online and streaming content, the TV Drama category will be referred to as the Broadcast category beginning this year.

The awards ceremony will be held at Coex in Seoul on May 5, 2025, Monday at 8PM KST. Monitor our social media pages for updates!

Here are the nominees in the Broadcast (TV Drama) category:

BEST DRAMA

When Life Gives You Tangerines

Trauma Code: Heroes On Call

Lovely Runner

Doubt

The Tale of Lady Ok

BEST DIRECTOR

Kim Won-suk, When Life Gives You Tangerines

Song Yeon-hwa, Doubt

Lee Do-yoon, Trauma Code: Heroes on Call

Jung Ji-in: Jeongnyeon, The Star Is Born

Kim Hee-won: Light Shop

BEST SCREENPLAY

Kim Jung-min, Family Matters

Park Ji-sook, The Tale Of Lady Ok

Lee Si-eun, Lovely Runner

Im Sang-choon, When Life Gives You Tangerines

Choi Yu-na, Good Partner

BEST ACTOR

Park Bo-gum, When Life Gives You Tangerines

Ju Ji-hoon, Trauma Code: Heroes On Call

Byeon Woo-seok, Lovely Runner

Lee Jun-hyuk, Dongjae, The Good Or The Bastard

Han Suk-kyu, Doubt

BEST ACTRESS

IU, When Life Gives You Tangerines

Go Min-si, The Frog

Kim Tae-ri, Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born

Kim Hye-yoon, Lovely Runner

Jang Na-ra, Good Partner

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Kim Jun-han, Good Partner

Roh Jae-won, Squid Game 2

Yoon Kyung-ho, Trauma Code: Heroes on Call

Choi Dae-hoon, When Life Gives You Tangerines

Hyun Bong-sik, Dongjae The Good Or The Bastard

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Kim Kook-hee, Family Matters

Kim Jae-hwa, The Tale Of Lady Ok

Yeom Hye-ran, When Life Gives You Tangerines

Ok Kyung-hwa, Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born

Jung Eun-chae, Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born

BEST NEW ACTOR

Kim Jeong-iin, Doubt

Song Geon-hee, Lovely Runner

Cha Woo-min, Study Group

Choo Young-woo, The Tale Of Lady Ok

Heo Nam-jun, Your Honor

BEST NEW ACTRESS

Kim Tae-yeon, When Life Gives You Tangerines

Roh Jeong-eui, The Witch

Jo Yoon-su, The Tyrant

Chae Won-bin, Doubt

Ha Young, Trauma Code: Heroes On Call

TECHNICAL AWARD

Culinary Class Wars, Art

Doubt, Filming

Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born, Music

Study Group, Martial Arts

Hellbound 2, VFX