# 2017 MBC Drama Awards

The 2017 MBC Drama Awards (Korean: MBC 연기대상; RR: MBC Yeon-gi Daesang), presented by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) took place on December 30, 2017. It was hosted by Kim Sung-ryung and Oh Sang-jin.

## Winners and nominees

* This year, the Grand Prize (Daesang) has been determined by judges including PDs from MBC. The "Drama of the Year" award was chosen by viewers.
* Winners denoted in bold
| Grand Prize (Daesang) | Drama of the Year |
| Kim Sang-joong – The Rebel Choi Min-soo – Man Who Dies to Live Ha Ji-won – Hospital Ship Huh Joon-ho – The Emperor: Owner of the Mask Jang Hyuk – Money Flower Jo Jung-suk – Two Cops Uhm Jung-hwa – You Are Too Much Yoo Seung-ho – The Emperor: Owner of the Mask | The Rebel The Emperor: Owner of the Mask Man Who Dies to Live Missing 9 Money Flower Radiant Office Two Cops |
| Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Weekend Drama | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Weekend Drama |
| Jang Hyuk – Money Flower Kim Kap-soo – Man in the Kitchen Kim Jaewon – Father, I'll Take Care of You Kim Ji-hoon – Bad Thief, Good Thief Ji Hyun-woo – Bad Thief, Good Thief Jun Kwang-ryul – You Are Too Much | Lee Mi-sook – Money Flower Choi Soo-young – Man in the Kitchen Kim Mi-sook – Man in the Kitchen Seohyun – Bad Thief, Good Thief Uhm Jung-hwa – You Are Too Much |
| Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries |
| Yoo Seung-ho – The Emperor: Owner of the Mask Choi Min-soo – Man Who Dies to Live Ha Seok-jin – Radiant Office Huh Joon-ho – The Emperor: Owner of the Mask Um Ki-joon – I'm Not a Robot | Ha Ji-won – Hospital Ship Baek Jin-hee – Missing 9 Go Ah-sung – Radiant Office Kang Ye-won – Man Who Dies to Live Kim So-hyun – The Emperor: Owner of the Mask |
| Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Soap Opera | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Soap Opera |
| Go Se-won – Return of Fortunate Bok [ko] Ahn Jae-mo – Enemies from the Past Kwon Hyun-sang – Always Spring [ko] Sunwoo Jae-duk – Always Spring [ko] | Kim Mi-kyung – Person Who Gives Happiness [ko] Kang Sung-yeon – Return of Fortunate Bok [ko] Lee Yoon-ji – Person Who Gives Happiness [ko] Park Si-eun – Teacher Oh Soon-nam [ko] |
| Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama |
| Jo Jung-suk – Two Cops Kim Ji-seok – Children of the 20th Century Im Si-wan – The King in Love Kim Sang-joong – The Rebel Kim Young-kwang – The Guardians Yoon Kyun-sang – The Rebel | Lee Ha-nui – The Rebel Han Ye-seul – Children of the 20th Century Im Yoon-ah – The King in Love Lee Hye-ri – Two Cops Lee Si-young – The Guardians |
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Weekend Drama | Excellence Award, Actress in a Weekend Drama |
| Jang Seung-jo – Money Flower Choi Jong-hwan – Bad Thief, Good Thief Kang Tae-oh – You Are Too Much On Joo-wan – Man in the Kitchen | Jang Hee-jin – You Are Too Much Lim Ju-eun – Bad Thief, Good Thief Park Eun-bin – Father, I'll Take Care of You Seo Hyo-rim – Man in the Kitchen Shin Eun-jung – Bad Thief, Good Thief |
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries |
| Shin Sung-rok – Man Who Dies to Live Choi Tae-joon – Missing 9 Kang Min-hyuk – Hospital Ship Kim Dong-wook – Radiant Office Kim Myung-soo – The Emperor: Owner of the Mask Lee Dong-hwi – Radiant Office | Han Sun-hwa – Radiant Office Jung Kyung-soon [ko] – Hospital Ship Lee So-yeon – Man Who Dies to Live Wang Ji-won – Hospital Ship Yoon So-hee – The Emperor: Owner of the Mask |
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Soap Opera | Excellence Award, Actress in a Soap Opera |
| Kang Kyung-joon – Sisters-in-Law Cha Do-jin – Sisters-in-Law Kim Ji-han – Golden Pouch Lee Ha-yool – Person Who Gives Happiness [ko] | Song Seon-mi – Return of Fortunate Bok [ko] Hahm Eun-jung – Sisters-in-Law Kang Byul – Always Spring [ko] Lee Joo-yeon – Sisters-in-Law Shin Da-eun – Backflow |
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama | Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama |
| Kim Seon-ho – Two Cops Hong Jong-hyun – The King in Love Lee Sang-woo – Children of the 20th Century Oh Min-suk – The King in Love | Chae Soo-bin – The Rebel Im Se-mi – Two Cops Jang Young-nam – The King in Love Kim Seul-gi – The Guardians |
| Golden Acting Award, Actor in a Weekend Drama | Golden Acting Award, Actress in a Weekend Drama |
| Ahn Gil-kang – Bad Thief, Good Thief Hwang Dong-joo [ko] – Father, I'll Take Care of You Kim Chang-wan – Father, I'll Take Care of You Lee Seung-joon – Father, I'll Take Care of You | Shin Dong-mi – Father, I'll Take Care of You Jung Hye-sun – You Are Too Much Kim Bo-yeon – You Are Too Much Kim Soo-mi – Man in the Kitchen Lee Jung-eun – Bad Thief, Good Thief Yoon A-jung – You Are Too Much |
| Golden Acting Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Golden Acting Award, Actress in a Miniseries |
| Oh Jung-se – Missing 9 Kim Kwang-kyu – Hospital Ship Kwon Hae-hyo – Radiant Office Park Chul-min – The Emperor: Owner of the Mask | Jang Shin-young – Radiant Office Kim Seon-kyung [ko] – The Emperor: Owner of the Mask Hwang Seung-eon – Man Who Dies to Live Park Joon-geum – Hospital Ship |
| Golden Acting Award, Actor in a Soap Opera | Golden Acting Award, Actress in a Soap Opera |
| Ahn Nae-sang – Golden Pouch Kim Byung-choon [ko] – Sisters-in-Law Lee Jung-gil – Return of Fortunate Bok [ko] | Song Ok-sook – Person Who Gives Happiness [ko] Geum Bo-ra – Teacher Oh Soon-nam [ko] Kim Cheong [ko] – Sisters-in-Law Lee Hye-sook – Return of Fortunate Bok [ko] |
| Golden Acting Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama | Golden Acting Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama |
| Jeong Bo-seok – The King in Love Ahn Se-ha – Children of the 20th Century Kim Byeong-ok – The Rebel Lee Si-eon – Two Cops Shin Dong-wook – The Guardians | Seo Yi-sook – The Rebel Kim Sun-young – The Guardians Moon Ji-in – Two Cops Ryu Hyun-kyung – Children of the 20th Century |
| Popularity Award, Actor | Popularity Award, Actress |
| Kim Myung-soo – The Emperor: Owner of the Mask Jang Hyuk – Money Flower Jo Jung-suk – Two Cops Kang Min-hyuk – Hospital Ship Kim Ji-seok – Children of the 20th Century Yoo Seung-ho – I'm Not a Robot Yoon Kyun-sang – The Rebel | Kim So-hyun – The Emperor: Owner of the Mask Chae Soo-bin – I'm Not a Robot Ha Ji-won – Hospital Ship Han Ye-seul – Children of the 20th Century Im Yoon-ah – The King in Love Lee Ha-nui – The Rebel Lee Hye-ri – Two Cops |
| Best New Actor | Best New Actress |
| Kim Jung-hyun – The Rebel Kim Seon-ho – Two Cops Kim Ki-bum – The Guardians Kim Myung-soo – The Emperor: Owner of the Mask Jo Sung-hyun – You Are Too Much Lee Ho-won – Radiant Office Lee Seo-won – Hospital Ship Shim Hee-seop [ko] – The Rebel | Lee Sun-bin – Missing 9 Seohyun – Bad Thief, Good Thief Hahm Eun-jung – Sisters-in-Law Han So-hee – Money Flower Kwon Mina – Hospital Ship Lee Joo-yeon – Sisters-in-Law Lee Sang-hee – Children of the 20th Century Lee Soo-min – The Rebel Ryu Hyo-young – Golden Pouch |
| Best Young Actor/Actress | Best Character Award, Best Villain |
| Lee Ro-woon [ko] – The Rebel Nam Da-reum – The King in Love Jo Yeon-ho – Person Who Gives Happiness [ko] Jung Soo-in – The Rebel Lee Chae-mi – Teacher Oh Soon-nam [ko] Lomon – The Guardians Son Bo-seung [ko] – Father, I'll Take Care of You Yoon Chan-young – The King in Love | Choi Tae-joon – Missing 9 Geum Bo-ra – Blow Breeze Han Soo-yeon – Teacher Oh Soon-nam [ko] Huh Joon-ho – The Emperor: Owner of the Mask Seo Yi-sook – Bad Thief, Good Thief |
| Best Character Award, Fighting Spirit Acting | Best Character Award, Comic Character |
| Kim Myung-soo – The Emperor: Owner of the Mask Kim Sang-joong – The Rebel Lee Joo-woo – Return of Fortunate Bok [ko] Lee Si-young – The Guardians Ryu Won – Missing 9 | Jung Kyung-ho – Missing 9 Hwang Dong-joo [ko] – Father, I'll Take Care of You Kim Seon-ho – Two Cops Kim Soo-mi – Man in the Kitchen Shin Sung-rok – Man Who Dies to Live |
| Writer of the Year ||
| Hwang Jin-young – The Rebel ||

## Presenters

Actor Kim Sang-joong gave a memorial speech for late Kim Ji-young (1938–2017), late Kim Young-ae (1951–2017), late Lee Mi-ji [ko] (1960–2017) and late Kim Joo-hyuk (1972–2017).
| Order | Presenter | Award |
| 1 | Ryu Jun-yeol, Nam Ji-hyun | Best New Actor/Actress |
| 2 | Jung Da-bin, Goo Geon-min [ko] | Best Young Actor/Actress |
| 3 | Park Jun-gyu, Seo Yi-sook | Writer of the Year |
| 4 | Yoo Seung-ho, Chae Soo-bin | Best Character Award |
| 5 | Shin Sung-rok, Lee Hwi-hyang | Golden Acting Award in a Weekend Drama/Miniseries |
| 6 | Lee Pil-mo, Kim Ji-ho | Golden Acting Award in a Soap Opera/Monday-Tuesday Drama |
| 7 | Jo Jung-suk, Lee Hye-ri | Popularity Award |
| 8 | Son Ho-jun, Lim Ji-yeon | Excellence Award in a Weekend Drama/Miniseries |
| 9 | Kim Eui-sung, Lee Ha-nui | Excellence Award in a Soap Opera/Monday-Tuesday Drama |
| 10 | Ahn Nae-sang, Uee | Top Excellence Award in a Weekend Drama/Miniseries |
| 11 | Lee Sang-woo, Kim So-yeon | Top Excellence Award in a Soap Opera/Monday-Tuesday Drama |
| 12 | Lee Soon-jae | Drama of the Year |
| 13 | Choi Gyo-sik, Lee Jong-suk | Grand Prize (Daesang) |

## Special performances

| Order | Artist | Song |
| 1 | Mamamoo | Yes I Am (나로 말할 것 같으면) |
| 2 | ASTRO | OST Medley: Don't Ask (묻지 말기로 해) (Two Cops OST) Too Young To Die (죽어도 좋아) (Man Who Dies to Live OST) Let Me Cry (You Are Too Much OST) From The First Time You and Me (처음부터 너와 나) (The Emperor: Owner of the Mask OST) |
| 2 | ASTRO | Crazy Sexy Cool (니가 불어와) |