What makes a good female lead? A strong Personality? Someone who is physically strong? A female lead with a wealthy background and job? A male lead that seems weaker?
I personally think that a good female lead doesn’t need to be any of those things. A good female lead can even come from the rich man poor woman plot as long as the writers create good character development. Also if i think about any of me favorite actresses its because the make the character come alive no matter what character they are given. Sunny from Goblin did have any extreme character development but, she was a much better actress than Kim go eun. Park Bo Young has played a variety of characters from cute to tough and I think that all of her rolls are played very well. In “Because This Is My First Life” The female lead Jung So Min didn’t particularly play a fierce or aggressive female lead but her character was well developed and acted so she was likable. Tunnel had Lee You Young as their female lead and she was a very interesting character that wasn’t cute, or aggressive but instead kind of crazy. Crazy in a very intelligent way that made me love watching her scenes. Suspicious partner had a female lead that was very well written for the most part (except when the writers had a hard time managing the romance and crime aspect) and this female lead had a strong moral compass and perseverance.
These are just a few of my favorites, what is your favorite type of female lead and which actresses did it best?