Character Arc
Im Se-ra is the brilliant, glamorous actress at the heart of My Precious Star, a performer who in 1999 becomes the youngest ever winner of a top Best Actress award. On the very night of her triumph she is struck by a truck and disappears, leaving the industry to mythologize her as an unsolved mystery. When she resurfaces 25 years later, she has none of her old memories and inhabits the life of Bong Cheong-ja, an unremarkable middle-aged woman jarringly out of step with the modern entertainment world.
Played by veteran singer-actress Uhm Jung-hwa, Cheong-ja is by turns bewildered, indignant, and fiercely determined as she realizes how completely the spotlight has moved on without her. Refusing to accept obscurity, she resolves to mount a tearful comeback that will restore both her fame and the missing pieces of her past, even as she must relearn an industry that has changed beyond recognition.
Her quest pulls her into an uneasy alliance with the demoted detective Dokgo Cheol and into direct collision with her former protege turned global superstar, Ko Hui-yeong, and her one-time road manager turned mogul, Kang Du-won. As the truth behind her vanishing slowly surfaces, Cheong-ja's journey becomes as much about reclaiming her identity and dignity as it is about chasing renewed stardom.