How much do actresses make per drama episode?
100 million won per episode (Around ~$84,000) - Lee Young Ae, Jun Ji Hyun
60 million won per episode (Around ~$50,500) - Song Hye Gyo
50 million won per episode (Around ~$42,000) Go Hyun Jung, Choi Ji Woo, Ha Ji Won
The most highly treated actresses are of course, Lee Young-ae and Jeon Ji-hyeon. They are a premium because they hardly star in dramas anyways. Lee Young-ae, who is looking forward to coming back with the drama "Saimdang, the Herstory", is amazing just simply by her presence. Emperor's Group, a co-producer invested 10 billion won into the drama. This is thanks to Lee Young-ae's popularity in the Chinese region.
Jeon Ji-hyeon starred in the drama "My Love from the Star" for the first time in 14 years since the 1999 drama "Happy Together". Her pay per episode is 100 million won. Sponsors and advertisement agencies competed with one another to get to her. Not only did she cause a syndrome with "My Love from the Star" but she also made it big with the movie "The Assassination" and we wonder what's next.
Song Hye-kyo comes next. She is on the same boat with writer Kim Eun-sook this time. She's been on the 50 million won per episode line ever since the drama "That Winter, the Wind Blows".
Choi Ji-woo also signed for 50 million won per episode with tvN. She is the highest paid actress since the opening of the broadcasting station. She's also become a premium because it's the first non-ground-wave drama she's in for the first time in 21 years.
40 million won per episode (Around ~$33,600) -Kim Tae Hee
35 million won per episode (Around ~$29,500) - Gong Hyo Jin
30 million won per episode (Around ~$25,000) - Park Bo Young, Shin Min Ah
Kim Tae-hee gets 40 million won per episode just for laying down. It's a decrease considering her failure in "Jang Ok-jeong" but she's top class.
Kong Hyo-jin is also slightly under 40 million won. However, she didn't mind the cut starring in "Producers" although it was lesser than what she received in "It's Okay, That's Love".
Park Bo-yeong increased her value to 30 million won in just 7 years of her acting life. She was the best paid actress in tvN before Choi Ji-woo.
25 million won per episode (Around ~$21,000) - Moon Chae Won, Park Shin Hye
20 million won per episode (Around ~$17,000) - Suzy, Yoona
Park Shin-hye gets lesser than expected. She is appealing with her hard working character since she was a child actress. Everyone thinks her next drama will be paying her much more than this as she made it so big with "Pinocchio".
Idol stars and actresses Suzy and Yoona are getting paid somewhere around the 20 million won line.
[Netizens comments]Article: 2015 Actresses, most recent list of pay per episode
Source: Ilgan Sports via Nate
1. [+255, -8] Aigoo... while others have to work to their bones to make that in a year, they make it in one episode ㅋㅋ no wonder everyone and their parents are trying to get their kids to become celebrities... ㅋㅋ Since in this life, I was born with this face and forced to a fate where I have to work hard for my money, please let me be born with a pretty face and talents in my next life.. ㅋ
2. [+246, -27] Song Hye Gyo makes 60 million won per episode... which means she makes nearly 10 billion won off of a 16 episode mini series.. and she still tried to evade taxes? ㅋㅋㅋ
3. [+185, -14] A few of these really don't deserve that pay. Just because they're top stars, they can get away with poor acting and no work for the past 10 years, just relying on their pretty faces to pick up CF deals and get top star treatment everywhere else.
4. [+34, -9] Yoona's a horrible actor and doesn't even have any successful dramas, why does she receive so much?
5. [+33, -11] Choi Ji Woo, Yoona, Shin Min Ah, Kim Tae Hee, and Suzy receive way too much for their actual skill level. Son Hyun Joo's amazing at acting and I'm sure she barely makes 10 million won an episode..
Source: Naver
1. [+3,016, -51] I'm okay with them receiving this much and the dramas doing well... what I'm not okay with is dramas spending more than half of their expense budget on paying these celebrities such high guarantees and then not being able to pay the rest of the cast and production crew.
2. [+2,132, -115] Jun Ji Hyun receives that much?? Hul
3. [+1,614, -154] But all Kim Tae Hee did was lay there...
4. [+437, -13] There are so many celebrities who receive way more than they deserve ㅋㅋㅋ I remember Song Seung Hun was offered 'Thousand Days' Promise' but he demanded 80 million won per episode so it went to Kim Rae Won who contracted for 50 million won per episode. At the time, actors like Han Suk Gyu and Shin Ha Gyun were shooting 'Deep-Rooted Tree' and 'Brain' at barely 20 million won per episode ㅋㅋ
5. [+429, -26] And how many of those actresses actually deserve that pay
6. [+428, -30] Celebrities make stupid amounts of money. This is just crossing a line... there are so many people out there suffering for every cent they earn. I think some of these pays need to be brought down... the world shouldn't revolve around them.
7. [+452, -56] How can you make 100 million won per episode....... they make more than a CEO's salary of an average company;;
So omona, do you agree with their pay?
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