Walk the streets of Korea and you’re bound to hear an angelic voice serenading you. Listen carefully atau don’t listen at all. It doesn’t matter because, before anda know it, you’ll dance to the beat atau hum along.

You’ll feel uplifted and cheery… atau your eyes will well up with emotional tears. You’ll be affected oleh that soulful voice and the message in her song. Where anda are won’t make a difference.

In a cafe. In your car. Out with friends. At halaman awal watching television. atau even eavesdropping on someone’s conversation as anda pass by. You’ve suddenly changed. Just like that. Before anda know it, she’s in you.

And that’s the amazing power of IU.

Since her musik debut in 2008, tropical storm iu quickly grew to become a dangerous category 5 hurricane, sweeping in countless musik awards, achieving all-kills and perfect all-kills, and forever changing the musik industry in Korea as we knew it.

But if anda think that’s the to IU’s abilities, then you’re in for a grand surprise. She also has plenty of songwriting, composing, instrument playing, emceeing, radio hosting, VJing, trend setting, and endorsement hoarding experience under her belt. With her baru saja strings of akting projects; however, iu has officially become lebih than just a populer K-pop idol. She’s become… an all-around entertainer.

And iu is certainly living up to that new judul oleh refusing to be a cookie cutter actress. Although her projects are still limited thus far, her roles have been rather diverse and her acting, nothing short of impressive. Let’s take a look, shall we?

Dream High’s Kim Pil Suk

In her 2011 akting debut, iu portrayed Kim Pil Suk, an overweight girl with big dreams in “Dream High.” Gentle, kind, and often shy, she struggles with ridicule from her classmates and pity from her teachers for her appearance even though she secretly loves herself just the way she is.

Prematurely deemed a failure and cast aside, she, surprisingly, finds a lasting friendship amongst an unlikely group of vastly different individuals, including a boy who, unintentionally, motivates her to lose weight so she could claim the spotlight.

Cute, heartwarming, and a definite tampil stealer, Kim Pil Suk and her inspiring message of loving yourself, flaws and all, is one of the best reasons to watch “Dream High.” The other reason is, of course, the amazing K-pop OST!

And if you’re wondering if she ever gets the boy, cutely portrayed oleh Jang Wooyoung, oleh the way, atau if she ever achieves her dream, you’ll just have to find out for yourself!

You’re the Best, Lee Soon Shin’s Lee Soon Shin

Boldly tackling her first leading role in a 50 episode family drama, iu transforms herself into Lee Soon Shin, a struggling college graduate, in “You’re the Best, Lee Soon Shin!” She strives to find a steady job, a cinta in her long term one-sided crush, and a sumber of light from behind her older sisters’ shadows.

As if that wasn’t already stressful enough, she gets swindled big time oleh a man pretending to be an entertainment company’s CEO. Luckily for our hot-tempered, opinionated heroine, she crosses paths with the real CEO and her life begins to change.

Certainly my favorit role of IU’s to date, she flawlessly showcases a variety of emotions and sizzles with her leading man, Jo Jung Suk, to bring us a warm, jantung fluttering, smiling like a goofball romance. If humor, life lessons, family secrets, striving for success, and downright touching moments are for you, then “You’re the Best, Lee Soon Shin!” is well worth the watch.

It was with this role that iu further solidified her new status as an actress and thoroughly impressed both her co-workers and audience with her natural talent. If ratings of nearly 40% isn’t proof of that, then I don’t know what is! (Oh, maybe a Best New Actress and Best Couple award in the 2013 KBS Awards?)

Bel Ami’s Kim Bo Tong

Immediately following the success of her sebelumnya drama, iu scores her detik leading role in “Bel Ami,” as Kim Bo Tong. Quirky, fashionably creative, and even slightly perverted, Kim Bo Tong is anything but average, unlike the implications in her name. She’s hopelessly in cinta with a man, portrayed oleh Jang Geun Suk, and sets her life goal on… yes, becoming his wife.

Rather lacking in the romance department though, “Bel Ami” focuses lebih on portraying the fact that hard work, dedication, and honing skills are necessary to walk the path of success. And to sell off an endless supply of… socks…

Although I wouldn’t recommend this drama, mostly due to the overbearing and narcissistic personality of the male lead, it’s a great choice for observing IU’s versatility and enjoying her performance of a unique female protagonist. Kim Bo Tong manages to be loveable and touching, which is one of the very few highlights of “Bel Ami.”

anda Can Also Find iu In

“Dream High 2” with a cameo of her Kim Pil Suk character. Although that’s the end, for now, of IU’s akting projects, anda can certainly find her voice cameos in plenty of other dramas. Her songs are frequently used as background music, part of the OST, atau referenced in dialogue, such as in “Fated to cinta You,” “Surplus Princess,” “Discovery of Romance,” “Master’s Sun,” “The Greatest Love,” “Road Number One,” “The Great queen Seondeok,” and more. Can anda determine which songs are hers oleh sound alone?

Which of IU’s dramas were anda a fan of? Which ones will anda be watching? Let me know in the komentar below! I don’t know about you, Soompiers, but I’m really anticipating IU’s selanjutnya drama and I’m hoping it’ll be a good action atau sageuk! How about you?

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