2022 APAN Star Awards Nominees: Song Joong Ki, Shin Min Ah, Park Eun Bin, More Earn Nods As Best Actor, Actress

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The list of stars who will compete for the 2022 APAN Star Awards has been revealed as nominees for various categories have officially been released.

Slated on September 29 at the Korea International Exhibition Center (KINTEX) in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province, the upcoming ceremony will be hosted by Girls’ Generation Yuri and Jung Il Woo.

The 2022 APAN Star Awards has 21 categories which include Drama of the Year, Best Director, Best Actor and Actress, and more.

For this year, smash hit series like Squid Game, The Red Sleeve, My Liberation Notes, Our Blues, and Extraordinary Attorney Woo are competing for the Drama of the Year category.

Meanwhile, Kim Nam Gil of Through the Darkness, Namgoong Min of MBC’s The Veil, Vincenzo’s Song Joong Ki, 2PM’s Lee Junho of The Red Sleeve Cuff, and Lee Je Hoon of Taxi Driver will be competing for the Best Actor in a Miniseries.

As for the Best Actress in a Miniseries, it includes Kim Tae Ri for Twenty Five, Twenty One, Seo Hyun Jin for Why Her? and Honey Lee for One the Woman.

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Interestingly, Park Eun Bin will represent The King’s Affection and Extraordinary Attorney Woo and the same goes for Shin Min Ah for her role in Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha and Our Blues.

Check out the 2022 APAN Star Awards Nominees below.


Best New Actor:

Kang Young Suk

Park Seo Ham

Yoon Chan Young

Tang Jun Sang

Choi Hyun Wook

Best New Actress:

Choi Sung Eun

Noh Yoon Seo

Park Ji Hu

Jung Ho Yeon

Cho Yi Hyun


Best Supporting Actor:

Park Ji Hwan

Yoon Kyung Ho

Heo Sung Tae

Yoon Byung Hee

Choi Young Joon


Best Supporting Actress:

Cha Ji Yeon

Kim Shin Rok

Kim Ji Hyun

Baek Ji Won

Lee El

Excellence Award (Actor in a Miniseries)

SF9’s Rowoon

Choi Woo Shik

Son Seok Koo

Ahn Hyo Seop

Jin Sun Kyu

Excellence Award (Actress in a Miniseries)

Kim Sejeong

Yoo Sun

Kim Ji Won

Shin Hyun Bin

Lee Se Young


Top Excellence Award (Actor in a Miniseries)

Song Joong Ki

Kim Nam Gil

Lee Je Hoon

Namgoong Min

2PM’s Lee Junho


Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries:

Park Eun Bin

Shin Min Ah

Kim Tae Ri

Seo Hyun Jin

Honey Lee


Best Director

Hwang Dong Hyuk (Squid Game)

Jung Ji In and Song Yeon Hwa (The Red Sleeve Cuff)

Kim Hee Won (Vincenzo)

Yoo In Sik (Extraordinary Attorney Woo)

Han Joon Hee (D.P.)

Drama of the Year

Squid Game

The Red Sleeve

My Liberation Notes

Our Blues

Extraordinary Attorney Woo

In addition, categories for the 2022 APAN Star Awards also include Best Short-form Drama, Best Web Drama, Best Writer, Excellence Award for Actor and Actress in a Serial Drama, Top Excellence Award for Actor and Actress in a Serial Drama, Excellence Award for Actor and Actress in an OTT Series and lastly, Top Excellence Award for Actor and Actress in an OTT Series.

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