The winners of the MBC Drama Awards 2024 have been revealed.
The MBC Drama Awards is an annual awards ceremony held by the domestic South Korean broadcasting channel MBC, which awards excellent achievements in K-dramas aired on its network. This year's ceremony was hosted by Kim Sung Joo and Chae Soo Bin.
The event, scheduled to air as a live broadcast on December 30, 2024, was recorded and aired on January 5, 2025, due to the Jeju Air passenger plane crash.
Here is the full list of winners:
- Grand Prize (Daesang): Han Seok Kyu (Doubt)
- Drama of the Year: Chief Detective 1958
- Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries: Lee Je Hoon (Chief Detective 1958), Yoo Yeon Seok (When the Phone Rings)
- Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries: Lee Ha Nee (Knight Flower)
- Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily/Short Drama: Seo Joon Young (The Brave Yong Su Jeong)
- Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily/Short Drama: Uhm Hyun Kyung (The Brave Yong Su Jeong), Oh Seung Ah (The Third Marriage)
- Best Actor Award: Byun Yo Han (Black Out)
- Best Actress Award: Kim Nam Joo (Wonderful World)
- Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries: Lee Jong Won (Knight Flower), Lee Dong Hwi (Chief Detective 1958)
- Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries: Chae Soo Bin (When the Phone Rings)
- Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily/Short Drama: Moon Ji Hoo (The Third Marriage)
- Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily/Short Drama: Oh Se Young (The Third Marriage)
- Best Supporting Actor: Jo Jae Yoon (Knight Flower, Black Out)
- Best Supporting Actress: Kim Mi Kyung (Knight Flower, Black Out)
- Best New Actor: Heo Nam Jun (When the Phone Rings), Lee Ga Sub (Black Out)
- Best New Actress: Chae Won Bin (Doubt)
- Best Character Award: Kwon Hae Hyo (Black Out, Bitter Sweet Hell), Jung Sang Hoon (The Pork Cutlets)
- Best Couple Award: Yoo Yeon Seok and Chae Soo Bin (When the Phone Rings)
- Lifetime Award: Choi Bool Am
- Special Plaque of Appreciation Award: Kim Soo Mi (posthumous)