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While You Were Sleeping
2017
· TV Show
· 30 min episodes
· 1 season
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81/100
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The drama is about a woman, Nam Hong Joo, who can see accidents that take place in the future through her dreams. And a prosecutor, Jung Jae Chan, who struggles to stop the woman's dreams from coming true.
Details
- Directors
- Oh Choong-hwan, Park Soo-jin
- Writer
- Park Hye-ryun
- Studio
- iHQ
- Released
- 27 September 2017
- Country
- South Korea
- Language
- Korean
- Episode length
- 30 min
- Rated
- TV-14
- Episodes
- 32 across 1 season
- Awards
- 8 wins, 13 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 21 →8 wins from 21 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| 13th Seoul International Drama Awards 2018 | Outstanding Korean Actress | Bae Suzy | Nominee |
| 13th Seoul International Drama Awards 2018 | Outstanding Korean Actor | Lee Jong-suk | Nominee |
| 13th Seoul International Drama Awards 2018 | Top Excellence Award for Korean Drama | While You Were Sleeping | Winner |
| 54th Baeksang Arts Awards 2018 | Most Popular Actress | Bae Suzy | Winner |
| 6th APAN Star Awards 2018 | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Lee Jong-suk | Nominee |
| 6th APAN Star Awards 2018 | K-Star Award, Actress | Bae Suzy | Nominee |
| 6th APAN Star Awards 2018 | K-Star Award, Actor | Lee Jong-suk | Nominee |
| 6th APAN Star Awards 2018 | Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Bae Suzy | Nominee |
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21 awards — While You Were Sleeping
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25th SBS Drama Awards
11 nominations, 5 won
| Best Couple | Lee Jong-suk & Bae Suzy | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Kim Won-hae | Winner |
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Wednesday–Thursday Drama | Lee Sang-yeob | Winner |
| Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Wednesday–Thursday Drama | Lee Jong-suk | Winner |
| Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Wednesday–Thursday Drama | Bae Suzy | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Hwang Young-hee | Nominee |
| Character of the Year | Lee Sang-yeob | Nominee |
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Wednesday–Thursday Drama | Jung Hae-in | Nominee |
| Excellence Award, Actress in a Wednesday–Thursday Drama | Ko Sung-hee | Nominee |
| Youth Acting Award | Shin Yi-joon [ ko ] | Nominee |
| Youth Acting Award | Nam Da-reum | Nominee |
13th Seoul International Drama Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Top Excellence Award for Korean Drama | While You Were Sleeping | Winner |
| Outstanding Korean Actor | Lee Jong-suk | Nominee |
| Outstanding Korean Actress | Bae Suzy | Nominee |
54th Baeksang Arts Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Most Popular Actress | Bae Suzy | Winner |
Korea First Brand Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Drama Category | While You Were Sleeping | Winner |
6th APAN Star Awards
4 nominations
| Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Bae Suzy | Nominee |
| K-Star Award, Actor | Lee Jong-suk | Nominee |
| K-Star Award, Actress | Bae Suzy | Nominee |
| Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Lee Jong-suk | Nominee |
19th Mnet Asian Music Awards
1 nomination
| Best OST | Bae Suzy – "I Love You Boy" | Nominee |