ENA's popular K-drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo premiered in 2022 and remains one of the most beloved legal K-dramas globally. It follows the story of an autistic lawyer named Woo Young-woo, who has an IQ of 164 and was a topper of her batch.
The K-drama revolves around how Young-woo finds her professional footing despite having a spectrum disorder and limited ability to engage in social interactions. Extraordinary Attorney Woo stars Park Eun-bin as the lead, alongside numerous popular names from the Korean entertainment industry.
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Extraordinary Attorney Woo cast and characters
The K-drama, which is also available to stream on Netflix, depicts how Young-woo, who joins a law firm and tries to solve the cases given to her with her intelligence while also making several friends along the way, and learning more about her own past that had been hidden from her since childhood.
Here is the main cast and character list of Extraordinary Attorney Woo:
1) Park Eun-bin as Woo Young-woo
Park Eun-bin plays the autistic lawyer, Woo Young-woo, in the K-drama, who likes to talk about whales. At the beginning of the K-drama, Young-woo joins the Hanbada law firm. She lacks social skills, but she still tries to do her best. Over the 16 episodes of the legal K-drama, Young-woo succeeds in making her own place in Hanbada, who initially were skeptical of letting her work in the firm.
Apart from winning hearts globally with the legal drama, Eun-bin has also appeared in numerous other popular K-dramas such as Queen Seondeok, Hello, My Twenties!, The King's Affection, Hyper Knife, and will also be seen in Netflix's upcoming superhero K-drama, The Wonderfools.
2) Kang Ki-young as Jung Myung-seok
Kang Ki-young plays an important character named Myung-seok in the K-drama. He is Young-woo's boss and a senior attorney at the Hanbada law firm. While initially he had his doubts about Youn-woo's abilities, he gradually comes around and becomes an important part of Young-woo's life as a mentor.
The South Korean actor has also been a part of numerous fan-favorite K-dramas, such as Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo, Six Flying Dragons, The Uncanny Counter, and What's Wrong with Secretary Kim, among several others.
3) Kang Tae-oh as Lee Joon-ho
Another important character from the K-drama is Kang Tae-oh's Lee Joon-ho. He works in the litigation team of the Hanbada law firm. The kind and compassionate Joon-ho falls for Young-woo in the K-drama. However, as Young-woo is different from others, the duo face several complicated situations but don't give up on each other until the end.
Tae-oh is another popular name from the industry and has appeared in hit K-dramas such as Doom at Your Service, The Tale of Nokdu, The Potato Lab, and most recently, Moon River.
Supporting and guest stars of Extraordinary Attorney Woo

The supporting cast and characters of Extraordinary Attorney Woo are as follows:
1) Jeon Bae-soo as Woo Gwang-ho - The veteran actor plays Gwang-ho, Young-woo's father, who raised her alone.
2) Joo Hyun-young as Dong Geu-ra-mi - Hyun-young's character Geu-ra-mi is Youn-woo's best friend and cheerleader. The duo became friends when they were in high school, and Geu-ra-mi defended Young-woo from bullies in their school,
3) Ha Yoon-kyung as Choi Soo-yeon - Choi Soo-yeon is Young-woo's colleague in the Hanbada law firm and was also her classmate in law college, who helped her and defended her from their rude classmates.
4) Joo Jong-hyuk as Kwon Min-woo - Another crucial character in the K-drama is Kwon Min-woo, a competitive lawyer and Young-woo and Soo-yeon's colleague. His attitude toward Young-woo is critical initially but gradually changes.
More supporting cast and guest stars in the legal k-drama are as follows:
- Jin Kyung as Tae Soo-mi
- Im Seong-jae as Kim Min-shik
- Baek Ji-won as Han Seon-young
- Kang Ae-sim as Choi Yeong-ran
- Choi Dae-hoon as Jang Seung-jun
- Ha Young as Kim Hwa-young
- Seo Hye-won as Choi Da-hae
- Yoon Na-moo as Jung-nam
- Kim Sung-bum as Jo Hyeon-woo
- Lee Yoon-ji as Choi Ji-soo
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