A Stark Reality: Married Actresses Face Rejection in the Entertainment Industry

Actress Go Ah Sung has highlighted the difficulties married actresses face in the entertainment industry, where they can be excluded at the casting stage.

She shared her concerns on a recent YouTube program discussing the challenges faced by working women in Korea.

Go said she has not experienced this personally as she is still unmarried, but shared what she has heard from people in the industry.

I haven’t experienced it personally since I’m still unmarried, but when I hear directly from people in the industry, there are cases where someone is cut just because they’re married or people assume, ‘Isn’t this person married?’ The bias against actresses is extremely severe.

— Go Ah Sung

Other guests also shared experiences about workplace bias.

I was asked whether I had a boyfriend.

— Charles Enter

Multiple actresses have previously spoken about how marriage or having children can be a massive risk to their careers.