# 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards

The 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards (Korean: 제52회 백상예술대상) ceremony was held on June 3, 2016, at Grand Peace Hall, Kyung Hee University in Seoul. It was broadcast live on JTBC and was hosted by Shin Dong-yup and Bae Suzy. Organised by Ilgan Sports and JTBC Plus, it is South Korea's only awards ceremony which recognises excellence in both film and television.

## Winners and nominees

* Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
** Nominees

### Film

Grand Prize :
| Lee Joon-ik (director) – Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet, The Throne ||
| Best Film | Best Director |
| Assassination Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet Fourth Place Inside Men Veteran | Ryoo Seung-wan – Veteran Choi Dong-hoon – Assassination Lee Joon-ik – Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet Oh Seung-wook – The Shameless Woo Min-ho – Inside Men |
| Best New Director | Best Screenplay |
| Han Jun-hee – Coin Locker Girl Ahn Gooc-jin – Alice in Earnestland Choi Seung-yeun – Su Saek Hong Won-chan – Office Kim Sung-je – Minority Opinion | Ahn Gooc-jin – Alice in Earnestland Choi Dong-hoon – Assassination Kwak Kyung-taek, Han Seung-woon – The Classified File Ryoo Seung-wan – Veteran Shin Yeon-shick – Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Lee Byung-hun – Inside Men Baek Yoon-sik – Inside Men Hwang Jung-min – Veteran Song Kang-ho – The Throne Yoo Ah-in – The Throne | Jeon Do-yeon – The Shameless Han Hyo-joo – The Beauty Inside Jun Ji-hyun – Assassination Kim Hye-soo – Coin Locker Girl Lee Jung-hyun – Alice in Earnestland |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Lee Geung-young – Minority Opinion Bae Seong-woo – Office Cho Jin-woong – Assassination Oh Dal-su – Veteran Uhm Tae-goo – Coin Locker Girl | Ra Mi-ran – The Himalayas Jang Young-nam – The Classified File Jeon Hye-jin – The Throne Ryu Hyun-kyung – Office Uhm Ji-won – The Silenced |
| Best New Actor | Best New Actress |
| Park Jung-min – Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet Go Kyung-pyo – Coin Locker Girl Park Bo-gum – Coin Locker Girl Park Seo-joon – The Chronicles of Evil Tae In-ho – Shadow Island | Park So-dam – The Priests Jeong Ha-dam – Steel Flower Kim Sae-byuk – A Midsummer's Fantasia Kim Si-eun – Su Saek Kwon So-hyun – Madonna |
| Most Popular Actor | Most Popular Actress |
| Doh Kyung-soo – Pure Love | Bae Suzy – The Sound of a Flower |

### Television

| Grand Prize | Best Drama |
| Descendants of the Sun (drama) | Signal Descendants of the Sun Reply 1988 She Was Pretty Six Flying Dragons |
| Best Entertainment Program | Best Educational Show |
| King of Mask Singer Actor School [ko] My Little Television Please Take Care of My Refrigerator Same Bed, Different Dreams | Examination [ko] Kim Je-dong's Talk to You The Next Human The Secret Readers Club [ko] Wind for School [ko] |
| Best Director | Best Screenplay |
| Shin Won-ho – Reply 1988 Jung Dae-yoon – She Was Pretty Kim Won-seok – Signal Lee Eung-bok, Baek Sang-hoon – Descendants of the Sun Shin Kyung-soo – Six Flying Dragons | Kim Eun-hee – Signal Kim Eun-sook, Kim Won-seok – Descendants of the Sun Kim Young-hyun, Park Sang-yeon – Six Flying Dragons Lee Woo-jung – Reply 1988 Yang Hee-seung – Oh My Ghost |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Yoo Ah-in – Six Flying Dragons Cho Jin-woong – Signal Joo Won – Yong-pal Namkoong Min – Remember Song Joong-ki – Descendants of the Sun | Kim Hye-soo – Signal Hwang Jung-eum – She Was Pretty Kim Hyun-joo – I Have a Lover Ra Mi-ran – Reply 1988 Song Hye-kyo – Descendants of the Sun |
| Best New Actor | Best New Actress |
| Ryu Jun-yeol – Reply 1988 Ahn Jae-hong - Reply 1988 Byun Yo-han – Six Flying Dragons Lee Dong-hwi – Reply 1988 Yook Sungjae – Who Are You: School 2015 | Kim Go-eun – Cheese in the Trap Lee Hyeri – Reply 1988 Lee Sung-kyung – Flower of Queen Park So-dam – My First Time Ryu Hye-young – Reply 1988 |
| Best Male Variety Performer | Best Female Variety Performer |
| Kim Gura – My Little Television Jeong Jun-ha – Infinite Challenge Kim Sung-joo – King of Mask Singer Kim Young-chul – Real Men Yoon Jung-soo – With You | Kim Sook – With You Hong Yoon-hwa [ko] – People Looking for a Laugh [ko] Jang Do-yeon – Comedy Big League Oh Na-mi [ko] – Gag Concert Park Na-rae – Comedy Big League |
| Most Popular Actor | Most Popular Actress |
| Song Joong-ki – Descendants of the Sun | Song Hye-kyo – Descendants of the Sun |

### Special awards

| Awards | Recipient |
| InStyle Fashion Award | Park Bo-gum, Bae Suzy |
| iQIYI Global Star Award | Song Joong-ki, Song Hye-kyo |