The 59th Baeksang Arts Awards () ceremony, organised by JoongAng Group, was held at Incheon Paradise City, Incheon on April 28, 2023, at 17:30 KST. The event was hosted by Shin Dong-yup, Bae Suzy, and Park Bo-gum and was broadcast live in South Korea by JTBC and internationally by TikTok. The annual awards ceremony is one of South Korea's most prestigious award shows, recognizing excellence in film, television, and theatre, through strict screening conducted by 60 professional evaluators, judges in the industry, and a group of experts representing TV, film, and theater through a fierce screening process.
The nominees were announced on April 7, 2023, via its official website. All works released between April 1, 2022, to March 31, 2023, were eligible for nominations. The final candidates for the Grand Prize – Film category were the movie Decision to Leave and its director, Park Chan-wook. For the Grand Prize – Television, the finalists included actress Park Eun-bin, the legal drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo, actor Lee Sung-min, screenwriter Kim Eun-sook, and the revenge series The Glory.
The night's highest honors, the Grand Prize (Daesang), were awarded to Decision to Leave in the film category and Park Eun-bin in the television category, respectively. Decision to Leave and The Night Owl were the most decorated films of the ceremony with three awards each, while The Glory was the most-awarded television series, also receiving three.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and emphasized in bold.
Film Decision to Leave (film) Park Chan-wook (director) – Decision to Leave | The Night Owl Next Sohee Hansan: Rising Dragon Hunt Decision to Leave |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" | | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" | |- | style="vertical-align:top" | Park Chan-wook – Decision to Leave Kim Han-min – Hansan: Rising Dragon Ahn Tae-jin – The Night Owl Lee Jung-jae – Hunt Jung Ju-ri – Next Sohee Ahn Tae-jin – The Night Owl Kim Se-in – The Apartment with Two Women Park Yi-woong – The Girl on a Bulldozer Lee Sang-yong – The Roundup Lee Jung-jae – Hunt Ryu Jun-yeol – The Night Owl as Cheon Kyung-soo Ma Dong-seok – The Roundup as Ma Seok-do Park Hae-il – Decision to Leave as Jang Hae-joon Song Kang-ho – Broker as Ha Sang-hyun Jung Woo-sung – Hunt as Kim Jung-do Tang Wei – Decision to Leave as Song Seo-rae Bae Doona – Next Sohee as Yoo-jin Yang Mal-bok – The Apartment with Two Women as Su-gyeong Yum Jung-ah – Life Is Beautiful as Oh Se-yeon Jeon Do-yeon – Kill Boksoon as Gil Bok-soon Byun Yo-han – Hansan: Rising Dragon as Wakisaka Kang Ki-young – The Point Men as Qasim / Lee Bong-han Kim Sung-cheol – The Night Owl as Crown Prince Sohyeon Park Ji-hwan – The Roundup as Jang I-soo Yim Si-wan – Emergency Declaration as Jin-seok Park Se-wan – 6/45 as Yeon-hee Bae Doona – Broker as Soo-jin Ahn Eun-jin – The Night Owl as Jo So-yong Yum Jung-ah – Alienoid as Heug-seoul Lee Yeon – Kill Boksoon as Kim Yeong-ji Park Jin-young – Christmas Carol as Joo Il-woo / Joo Wol-woo Roh Jae-won – Missing Yoon as Jung Joon-ok Byeon Woo-seok – 20th Century Girl as Poong Woon-ho Seo In-guk – Project Wolf Hunting as Park Jong-doo Ong Seong-wu – Life Is Beautiful as Jeong-woo Kim Si-eun – Next Sohee as So-hee Go Youn-jung – Hunt as Jo Yoo-jeong Kim Hye-yoon – The Girl on a Bulldozer as Goo Hye-young Lee Ji-eun – Broker as Moon So-young Ha Yoon-kyung – Gyeong-ah’s Daughter as Yeon-su Jung Joo-ri – Next Sohee Park Gyu-tae – 6/45 Lee Jung-jae, Jo Seung-hee – Hunt Park Chan-wook, Jeong Seo-kyeong – Decision to Leave Ahn Tae-jin, Hyun Kyu-ri – The Night Owl Lee Mo-gae (Cinematography) – Hunt Ryu Seong-hui (Art direction) – Decision to Leave Jeong Seong-jin, Jeong Chul-min (VFX) – Hansan: Rising Dragon Cho Young-wook (Music) – Decision to Leave Hong Seung-cheol (Lighting) – The Night Owl
Films with multiple nominations The following films received multiple nominations: Nominations Films 8 The Night Owl 7 Decision to Leave Hunt 5 Next Sohee 4 Hansan: Rising Dragon 3 Broker The Roundup 2 6/45 Kill Boksoon Life Is Beautiful The Apartment with Two Women The Girl on a Bulldozer
Films with multiple awards The following films received multiple awards: Wins Films 3 Decision to Leave The Night Owl 2 Next Sohee
Television Park Eun-bin (actress) – Extraordinary Attorney Woo as Woo Young-woo Extraordinary Attorney Woo (drama) (ENA) Lee Sung-min (actor) – Reborn Rich as Jin Yang-chul Kim Eun-sook (screenwriter) – The Glory The Glory (drama) (Netflix) The Glory (Netflix) My Liberation Notes (JTBC) Our Blues (tvN) Extraordinary Attorney Woo (ENA) Little Women (tvN) Yoo In-shik – Extraordinary Attorney Woo Kim Kyu-tae – Our Blues Kim Seok-yoon – My Liberation Notes Kim Hee-won – Little Women Lee Joo-young – Anna Psick Show Season 3 (YouTube) Earth Arcade (tvN) Physical: 100 (Netflix) EXchange Season 2 (TVING) SNL Korea 3 (Coupang Play) | style="vertical-align:top" | Adult Kim Jang-ha (MBC Gyeongnam) National Investigation Headquarters (Wavve) In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal (Netflix) Your Literacy Skills+ (EBS) Hidden Earth: 3 Billion Years on the Korean Peninsula (KBS)
| style="vertical-align:top" | Lee Sung-min – Reborn Rich as Jin Yang-chul Son Suk-ku – My Liberation Notes as Gu Ja-gyeong Lee Byung-hun – Our Blues as Lee Dong-seok Jung Kyung-ho – Crash Course in Romance as Choi Chi-yeol Choi Min-sik – Big Bet as Cha Mu-sik | Song Hye-kyo – The Glory as Moon Dong-eun Kim Ji-won – My Liberation Notes as Yeom Mi-jeong Kim Hye-soo – Under the Queen's Umbrella as Queen Im Hwa-ryeong Park Eun-bin – Extraordinary Attorney Woo as Woo Young-woo Bae Suzy – Anna as Lee Yumi / Lee Anna
Jo Woo-jin – Narco-Saints as Byeon Ki-tae Kang Ki-young – Extraordinary Attorney Woo as Jung Myung-seok Kim Do-hyun – Reborn Rich as Choi Chang-je Kim Jun-han – Anna as Choi Ji-hoon Park Sung-hoon – The Glory as Jeon Jae-joon | Lim Ji-yeon – The Glory as Park Yeon-jin Kim Shin-rok – Reborn Rich as Jin Hwa-young Yeom Hye-ran – The Glory as Kang Hyeon-nam Lee El – My Liberation Notes as Yeom Ki-jeong Jung Eun-chae – Anna as Lee Hyeon-ju
Moon Sang-min – Under the Queen's Umbrella as Grand Prince Seongnam / Yi Kang Kim Gun-woo – The Glory as Son Myeong-oh Kim Min-ho – New Recruit as Park Min-seok Joo Jong-hyuk – Extraordinary Attorney Woo as Kwon Min-woo Hong Kyung – Weak Hero Class 1 as Oh Beom-seok | Roh Yoon-seo – Crash Course in Romance as Nam Hae-yi Kim Hieora – The Glory as Lee Sa-ra Lee Kyung-seong – My Liberation Notes as Kwak Hye-suk Joo Hyun-young – Extraordinary Attorney Woo as Dong Geu-ra-mi Ha Yoon-kyung – Extraordinary Attorney Woo as Choi Su-yeon
Kim Jong-kook Kian84 Kim Kyung-wook Jun Hyun-moo Hwang Je-sung | Lee Eun-ji Kim Min-kyung Park Se-mi Lee Soo-ji Joo Hyun-young
Park Hae-young – My Liberation Notes Kim Eun-sook – The Glory Moon Ji-won – Extraordinary Attorney Woo Jeong Seo-kyung – Little Women Hong Jung-eun, Hong Mi-ran – Alchemy of Souls Ryu Seong-hui (Art direction) – Little Women Noh Young-sim (Music) – Extraordinary Attorney Woo Song Nak-hoon, Jo Jin-hyeon, Hwang In-woo (Cinematography) – Inkigayo Hwang Jin-hye (Visual Effects) – Extraordinary Attorney Woo Jang Jong-kyung (Cinematography) – The Glory
Television programs with multiple nominations The following television programs received multiple nominations: Nominations Television programs 10 Extraordinary Attorney Woo 9 The Glory 7 My Liberation Notes 4 Anna Little Women 3 Our Blues Reborn Rich 2 Crash Course in Romance Under the Queen's Umbrella
Television programs with multiple awards The following television programs received multiple awards: Wins Television programs 3 The Glory 2 Extraordinary Attorney Woo
Theater None Elected – Doosan Art Center Jeong Hee-jung – Rabbit Hole Theater Teenage Dick – National Theater DRAG x Namjangsinsa [Drag by Namjangsinsa] – Drag King Contest |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" | | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" | |- | style="vertical-align:top" | Ha Ji-seong – Teenage Dick Kwon Eun-hye – DRAG x Namjangsinsa [Drag by Namjangsinsa] Choi Ho-young – Transfers Choi Hee-jin – Nosce Ha Ji-eun – The Welkin Now Archive (theater) – A Little Lonely Monologue and Always Friendly Songs Bae Hae-ryul (writer) – Once Upon a Time, There Was an Asian Small-Clawed Otter Living in Seoul City Jang Han-sae (director) – The World is Ending Like This, Without a Bang, With Sobs Jin Ju (writer) – Class Han A-reum (director and writer) – Plastic Paradise
Special awards The voting for the TikTok Popularity Award was held from 11:00 KST on April 18 to 16:00 KST on April 26 via TikTok. AwardsRecipientTikTok Popularity Award – MalePark Jin-youngTikTok Popularity Award – FemaleLee Ji-eunGucci Impact AwardNext Sohee
Presenters and performers The following individuals and teams, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.
Presenters Presenter(s)Award(s)Koo Kyo-hwan and Kim Hye-junBest New Actor – Television, Best New Actress – Television and Best Newcomer – Theater Lee Hong-nae and Lee Yoo-miBest New Actor – Film, Best New Actress – Film and Best New Director – FilmKim Byung-chul and Lee Moo-saengBest Technical Achievement – Television, Best Technical Achievement – Film, Best Screenplay – Television and Best Screenplay – FilmCho Hyun-chul and Kim Shin-rokBest Supporting Actor – Television and Best Supporting Actress – TelevisionJo Woo-jin and Lee Soo-kyungBest Supporting Actor – Film and Best Supporting Actress – FilmKim Shin-rok and Kim Sun-ah Gucci Impact AwardLee Yong-jin and Joo Hyun-youngBest Entertainment Program, Best Male Variety Performer and Best Female Variety PerformerLee Je-hoon and Greg HsuBest Director – Television and Best Director – FilmYoon Hyun-min and Yoo In-naTikTok Popularity Award for Most Popular Actor and Most Popular ActressPark Wan-gyu and Hwang Sun-miBest Acting – TheaterSul Kyung-gu and Lee Hye-youngBest Actor – Film and Best Actress – FilmPark Shin-hye and Park Hyung-sikBest Educational Show, Best Film and Best DramaPark Ji-ahBaeksang TheaterLee Jun-ho and Kim Tae-riBest Actor – Television and Best Actress – TelevisionRyoo Seung-wanGrand Prize – FilmUhm Jung-hwa and Jeongdo HongGrand Prize – Television
Performers Name(s) Performed Park Jin-young, Kim Si-eun, Oh Ji-yul, Lim Ji-ho, Kang Hyun-oh and Kim Jung-young "A Throwing Stone"
See also 59th Grand Bell Awards 32nd Buil Film Awards Chunsa Film Art Awards 2023
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