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Her Private Life
I call it 'love' and the world calls it 'fan girl'
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Park Min-young
Sung Deok-mi
16 eps
Kim Jae-uck
Ryan Gold / Heo Yoon-jae
16 eps
Ahn Bo-hyun
Nam Eun-gi
16 eps
Jung Jae-won
Cha Shi-an
16 eps
Kim Bo-ra
Cindy / Kim Hyo-jin
16 eps
Park Jin-joo
Lee Sun-joo
16 eps
Kim Mi-kyeong
Ko Young-sook
16 eps
Maeng Sang-hun
Sung Geun-ho
16 eps
Hong Geum-bi
Choi Da-In
16 eps
Kim Sun-young
Eom So-hye
16 eps
Seo Ye-hwa
Yoo Kyung-a
16 eps
Jung Won-chang
Kim Yoo-sub
16 eps
Im Ji-gyu
Kang Seung-min
16 eps
Lee Il-hwa
Kong Eun-young
16 eps
Park Myung-shin
Nam Se-yeon
16 eps
Amy Aleha
Art Collector
16 eps
Yang Hee-won
Young Nam Eun-gi
16 eps
Kim Mi-hye
Hotel Employee
16 eps
Noreen Joyce Guerra
Cha Shi-an's Fan
16 eps
Kang Jeong-woo
NIS Agent
16 eps
Yoo Yong-min
Joo-hyuk
16 eps
Jeong Si-yul
Kang Geon-woo
16 eps
Kim Chang-hoi
Secretary Kim
16 eps
Han Hyun Uk
Member of White Ocean
1 eps
Hwang In Ho
Member of White Ocean
1 eps
Lee In Pyo
Member of White Ocean
1 eps
Yoo Ji Ahn
Member of White Ocean
1 eps
Kim Ho-chang
Ryan's psychiatrist
1 eps
Ariane Desgagnés-Leclerc
US Art Exhibit patron
1 eps
Lee Chae-kyung
Choi Eun-Hye
1 eps
Choi Jae-sup
Duk Mi imagining autopsy
1 eps
Moon Hak-jin
Duk Mi imagining autopsy
1 eps
Kim Yeong-ok
Duk Mi's grandmother
1 eps
Yeo Moo-yeong
[the man Sung Duk Mi was running away from]
1 eps
Hwang Hyo-eun
Latte
2 eps
Choi Na-Moo
Fan-girl
2 eps
Jeong Soo-young
Fortune teller
1 eps
Park Seul-gi
MC of Shi Ahn's fan meeting
1 eps
Lee Hyo-bi
[child who drew Ryan Gold's face]
1 eps
Yang Hee Jae
[Eun Gi's gym 'yellow belt' student]
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Her Private Life actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Her Private Life reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Humour.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
An art curator's life unravels, as she tries to keep her pastime as a die-hard K-pop fan secret from her gallery's new director.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 16 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20201 episode
In the world of fandom, nothing is too much. Being a fanatic of something make our lives exciting, meaningful, and fulfilling. This fanatic romance comedy will show you what it takes to be a fanatic fan, and what it means to be a “Deokhoo.” Sung Deok Mi is one such person who takes her professional life serious, and someone who takes her private life of being a fanatic fan even more. Ryan Gold, who is a man drenched with success, enters Deok Mi’s life at the Chaeum Art Gallery as the director and slowly starts to fall for her charms. After slowly getting to know each other, Ryan learns Deok Mi is a serious fan of Cha Shi An, an idol singer, of whom she secretly runs a fan page of. And through her craze, he starts to take interest in being a fan himself and gradually delves into the life of being a fanatic fan. Watch as these two characters take the meaning of being a fan to a new level as they fall in love.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201916 episodes
7.7IMDbIn the world of fandom, nothing is too much. Being a fanatic of something makes our lives exciting, meaningful, and fulfilling. This fanatic romance comedy will show you what it takes to be a fanatic fan, and what it means to be a “Deokhoo”, fangirl. Sung Deok Mi is one such person who takes her professional life serious, and someone who takes her private life of being a fanatic fan even more. Ryan Gold, who is a man drenched with success, enters Deok Mi’s life at the Chaeum Art Gallery as the new director and slowly starts to fall for her charms. After slowly getting to know each other, Ryan learns Deok Mi is a serious fan of Cha Shi An, an idol singer, of whom she secretly runs a fan page of. And through her craze, he starts to take interest in being a fan himself and gradually delves into the life of being a fanatic fan. Watch as these two characters take the meaning of being a fan to a new level as they fall in love.
Best episode · S01E05 Ryan and Deok Mi’s Relationship
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E01
Fandom, Fanatic, and Obsessions
S01E16
Finale Episode, To New York
S01E15
You Are My Home
S01E14
A Star That Shines My Dark Heart
S01E13
Always With You, Even When You're Alone
S01E12
The Fact That I'm Your Fan Means I'm on Your Side
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Jinnie ChoiExecutive Producer
Writing
- Kim Hye-youngWriter
Direction
- Hong Jong-chanDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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