Not necessary that she should be a single mother to show her strength in upbringing her children. A mother who balances her time with her children, household, and job, who is supportive, caring, and has enough potential to do anything for their children, is a super-mom for us. This list will show you many versions of mothers and affection. You might relate to one of the mothers to your own. Every mom is a super-mom when she is courageous and optimistic about her family and not fully supportive of societal expectations, prioritizing her family over society.
1. Cha Yu Ri Of From Hi Bye, Mama!
Hi Bye, Mama's story plot revolves around this mother. She died in an accident while pregnant with nine months child. Fortunately, the child means her daughter gets saved. After four years after this incident, Kim Tae-hee, Cha Yu-ri, the mother, becomes human and is granted 49 days to achieve the position she had previously. She struggles to get closer to her daughter, who is unaware of her biological mother but has a stepmother now.
2. All Moms From Sky Castle
Yum Jung-ah, as Han Seo-jin, desperately wants her daughter to get into Seoul National University's medical school. Lee Tae-ran, as Lee Soo-Im, is a very supportive stepmother, unlike other moms. Yoon Se-ah, as No Seung-Hye, later becomes protective of her child. Oh Na-ra, as Jin Jin-hee, is the type of mother who is after the success of her children and can do anything to achieve. These moms have varieties in their motherhood.
3. Dong Baek From When The Camellia Blooms
Oh Dong-Baek (Gong Hyo-jin) is an orphan and a single mother with her child who settles in a small town and opens a bar named Camellia. Her story depicts the single-parent stigma and relations when she comes across various characters and Hwang Yong-Sik, a cop, her love partner. Baek, who kept quiet at her bullying, now has learned to fight back the society to protect herself and her son.
4. Ma Jin Joo From Go Back Couple
Most of the time, it happens that an ambitious woman struggles with her career after becoming a mom. Jang Na-ra is playing Ma Jin-Joo, the mother who was a contrasting personality. She comes to a realization point that she wants to work and not be just a homemaker. Moms are multitasking at work. They need to care for themselves along with their families. Ma Jin-Joo and her husband get a chance to part ways by going back to their 20-year-old selves.
5. Jo Kang Ja From Angry Mom
Kim Hee-sun played Jo Kang-Ja, a mother who goes to next level heights to protect her daughter. She cares for her daughter so much that when she notices the extreme bullying situation towards her daughter has resulted in treating her in the hospital, Kang-Ja, enrolls as a student to find the bullies but ends up discovering the corrupt education system.
6. Kang Hye Soo From Marriage Contract
Uee played Kang Hye-soo, a struggling mother. She starts working in a restaurant to pay off her late husband's debt and raise her daughter. She then agrees to donate her liver to the restaurant owner's mother in return for a large amount of money by making a marriage contract to make the liver donation legal. She also looks forward to the marriage to set her daughter's life with a guardian in her life when Uee knows that she has an inoperable brain tumor and has a few months to live.
7. All Moms From Reply 1988
Whoever has watched Reply 1988 would know the magic these three ladies have. They are loving and caring, not only to their children but to the whole neighborhood. Reply 1988 has many episodes dedicated to motherhood and how mothers generally are so concerned. These three are typical moms, funny, entertaining, and emotional. They have their real names in the drama but are known as Lee Il-Hwa as Duk-Seon's mother, Ra Mi-ran as Jung-hwan's mother, and Kim Sun-young as Sun-woo's mother.
8. Mothers From Green Mothers’ Club
Like the mothers from the Sky Castle drama, these five moms have elementary school-age children. They have friendship and rivalry, love for their children, and the acceptance of different aspects of becoming a mother and as a person. Let’s watch this community, emotional connection entangling their stories with Lee Yo-won as Lee Eun-Pyo, Choo Ja-Hyun as Byun Chun-hee, Kim Gyu-Ri as Seo Jin-ha, Jang Hye-jin as Kim Young-mi, and Joo Min-Kyung as Park Yun-Joo.
9. Soo Jin From Mother
We often have heard the saying that teachers are our second mothers. This drama is an example of this saying when a teacher takes severe steps to save a child's life and career. Lee Bo-young played Kang Soo-jin, Yoon-Bok's teacher, who comes across the fact that Yoon-Bok gets abused by her family. Then she attempts to kidnap the child and become his adoptive mother. Isn't it pure that there needs no blood relation to care for and love someone?
10. Kim Mi Kyung From K-Dramas
She is the mother of K-dramas. Featuring sometimes as a Strong and quiet, supportive but still a typical mom in dramas- It’s Okay to Not Be Okay, The Heirs, Forecasting Love and Weather, Her Private Life, Kim Mi Kyung has won every K-drama fan's hearts. She played a Mute mother, a Non-biological supportive mother, and a typical matchmaker mother. The veteran actress is still our mom in dreams.
