52nd Baeksang Arts Awards

52nd Baeksang Arts Awards
Date	June 3, 2016
Site	Grand Peace Hall, Kyung Hee University, Seoul
Country
Presented by
Host	Shin Dong-yup Bae Suzy
Organised by	Ilgan Sports JTBC Plus
Highlights
Grand Prize – Film	Lee Joon-ik (director) – Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet, The Throne
Grand Prize – TV	Descendants of the Sun (drama)
Official website	baeksangartsawards
Television/Radio coverage
Network	JTBC

The 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards (Hangul: 제52회 백상예술대상) ceremony was held on June 3, 2016, at Grand Peace Hall, Kyung Hee University in Seoul. It was broadcast live on JTBC and was hosted by Shin Dong-yup and Bae Suzy. Organised by Ilgan Sports and JTBC Plus, it is South Korea's only awards ceremony which recognises excellence in both film and television.

Winners and nominees

• Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
  • Nominees

Film

Grand Prize
Lee Joon-ik (director) – Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet, The Throne
Best Film	Best Director
Assassination Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet Fourth Place Inside Men Veteran	Ryoo Seung-wan – Veteran Choi Dong-hoon – Assassination Lee Joon-ik – Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet Oh Seung-wook – The Shameless Woo Min-ho – Inside Men
Best New Director	Best Screenplay
Han Jun-hee – Coin Locker Girl Ahn Gooc-jin – Alice in Earnestland Choi Seung-yeun – Su Saek Hong Won-chan – Office Kim Sung-je – Minority Opinion	Ahn Gooc-jin – Alice in Earnestland Choi Dong-hoon – Assassination Kwak Kyung-taek, Han Seung-woon – The Classified File Ryoo Seung-wan – Veteran Shin Yeon-shick – Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet
Best Actor	Best Actress
Lee Byung-hun – Inside Men Baek Yoon-sik – Inside Men Hwang Jung-min – Veteran Song Kang-ho – The Throne Yoo Ah-in – The Throne	Jeon Do-yeon – The Shameless Han Hyo-joo – The Beauty Inside Jun Ji-hyun – Assassination Kim Hye-soo – Coin Locker Girl Lee Jung-hyun – Alice in Earnestland
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Lee Geung-young – Minority Opinion Bae Seong-woo – Office Cho Jin-woong – Assassination Oh Dal-su – Veteran Uhm Tae-goo – Coin Locker Girl	Ra Mi-ran – The Himalayas Jang Young-nam – The Classified File Jeon Hye-jin – The Throne Ryu Hyun-kyung – Office Uhm Ji-won – The Silenced
Best New Actor	Best New Actress
Park Jung-min – Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet Go Kyung-pyo – Coin Locker Girl Park Bo-gum – Coin Locker Girl Park Seo-joon – The Chronicles of Evil Tae In-ho – Shadow Island	Park So-dam – The Priests Jeong Ha-dam – Steel Flower Kim Sae-byuk – A Midsummer's Fantasia Kim Si-eun – Su Saek Kwon So-hyun – Madonna
Most Popular Actor	Most Popular Actress
Doh Kyung-soo – Pure Love	Bae Suzy – The Sound of a Flower

Television

Grand Prize	Best Drama
Descendants of the Sun (drama)	Signal Descendants of the Sun Reply 1988 She Was Pretty Six Flying Dragons
Best Entertainment Program	Best Educational Show
King of Mask Singer Actor School My Little Television Please Take Care of My Refrigerator Same Bed, Different Dreams	Examination Kim Je-dong's Talk to You The Next Human The Secret Readers Club Wind for School
Best Director	Best Screenplay
Shin Won-ho – Reply 1988 Jung Dae-yoon – She Was Pretty Kim Won-seok – Signal Lee Eung-bok, Baek Sang-hoon – Descendants of the Sun Shin Kyung-soo – Six Flying Dragons	Kim Eun-hee – Signal Kim Eun-sook, Kim Won-seok – Descendants of the Sun Kim Young-hyun, Park Sang-yeon – Six Flying Dragons Lee Woo-jung – Reply 1988 Yang Hee-seung – Oh My Ghost
Best Actor	Best Actress
Yoo Ah-in – Six Flying Dragons Cho Jin-woong – Signal Joo Won – Yong-pal Namkoong Min – Remember Song Joong-ki – Descendants of the Sun	Kim Hye-soo – Signal Hwang Jung-eum – She Was Pretty Kim Hyun-joo – I Have a Lover Ra Mi-ran – Reply 1988 Song Hye-kyo – Descendants of the Sun
Best New Actor	Best New Actress
Ryu Jun-yeol – Reply 1988 Ahn Jae-hong - Reply 1988 Byun Yo-han – Six Flying Dragons Lee Dong-hwi – Reply 1988 Yook Sungjae – Who Are You: School 2015	Kim Go-eun – Cheese in the Trap Lee Hyeri – Reply 1988 Lee Sung-kyung – Flower of Queen Park So-dam – My First Time Ryu Hye-young – Reply 1988
Best Male Variety Performer	Best Female Variety Performer
Kim Gura – My Little Television Jeong Jun-ha – Infinite Challenge Kim Sung-joo – King of Mask Singer Kim Young-chul – Real Men Yoon Jung-soo – With You	Kim Sook – With You Hong Yoon-hwa – People Looking for a Laugh Jang Do-yeon – Comedy Big League Oh Na-mi – Gag Concert Park Na-rae – Comedy Big League
Most Popular Actor	Most Popular Actress
Song Joong-ki – Descendants of the Sun	Song Hye-kyo – Descendants of the Sun

Special awards

Awards	Recipient
InStyle Fashion Award	Park Bo-gum, Bae Suzy
iQIYI Global Star Award	Song Joong-ki, Song Hye-kyo

External links

• Official website