Queen for Seven Days

Queen for Seven Days is a South Korean television series starring Park Min-young as the titular Queen Dangyeong, with Yeon Woo-jin and Lee Dong-gun. It aired on KBS2 every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:00 (KST) from May 31, 2017, to August 3, 2017.

Main

 * Park Min-young as Shin Chae-kyung, later known as Queen Dangyeong


 * Park Si-eun as young Shin Chae-kyung
 * Yeon Woo-jin as Lee Yeok, Grand Prince Jinseong/Nak-chun, later King Jungjong


 * Baek Su-ho as young Lee Yeok
 * Choi Jung-hoo as child Lee Yeok
 * Lee Dong-gun as Crown Prince Lee Yung, King Yeonsangun
 * Ahn Do-gyu as young Crown Prince Lee Yung
 * Lee Seung-woo as child Crown Prince Lee Yung

Royal family

 * Do Ji-won as Queen Dowager Jasun, Lee Yeok's mother


 * Song Ji-in as Queen Shin, Lee Yung's primary wife and Chae-kyung's paternal aunt
 * Son Eun-seo as Jang Nok-su, Royal Consort Suk-yong of the Heungdeok Jang clan. Lee Yung's most favored concubine as well as confidante.

Ministers

 * Jang Hyun-sung as Shin Soo-geun, Queen Shin's older brother and Chae-kyung's father
 * Kang Shin-il as Im Sa-hong, Lee Yung's close confidant
 * Park Won-sang as Park Won-jong, Myung-hye's maternal uncle
 * Yoo Hyung-kwan as Yoo Soon-jung
 * Yoo Seung-bong as Yoo Ja-kwang
 * Lee Hwa-ryong as Sung Hee-an

Extended

 * Kang Ki-young as Jo Kwang-oh, Lee Yeok's friend
 * Jung Yoo-ahn as young Jo Kwang-oh
 * Kim Min-ho as Baek Suk-hee, Lee Yeok's friend
 * Jo Byeong-kyu as young Baek Suk-hee
 * Hwang Chan-sung as Seo Noh, Lee Yeok's personal bodyguard and friend
 * Choi Min-young as young Seo Noh
 * Go Bo-gyeol as Yoon Myung-hye, Park Won-jong's maternal niece and later known as Queen Jangkyung
 * Park Seo-yeon as young Yoon Myung-hye
 * Kim Jung-young as Madam Kwon, Shin Soo-geun's wife and Chae-kyung's mother


 * Yeom Hye-ran as Chae-kyung's nursemaid
 * Yoo Min-kyu as Ki Ryong, Lee Yung's personal bodyguard
 * Choi Seung-kyung as Eunuch Kim
 * Park Yong-jin as Eunuch Song
 * Kim Ki-chun as Mak Gae, Seo Noh's father; a former clerk-on-duty during King Seongjong's dying moments
 * Yoon In-jo as Court Lady Choi, the Dowager Queen's lady-in-waiting

Cameo

 * Kim Jung-hak as King Seongjong, the previous King (flashbacks)
 * Woo Hee-jin as Deposed Queen Yoon, Yeonsangun's biological mother (flashback)


 * Lee Jae-woo as a Royal Commander
 * Jin Hyun-kwang as a Gatekeeper
 * Park Jae-keun as an escort warrior
 * Yoon Jong-won as Dae Myung
 * Heo Sung-tae as a Shaman
 * Kim Young-sun
 * Song Kyung-hwa
 * Im Jung-ok
 * Jeon Sung-il
 * Choi Hee-do

Production
In March 2017, it was announced that Park Min-young will be re-teaming with director Lee Jung-sub on Queen for Seven Days. They previously worked together on Glory Jane (2011) and Healer (2014-15). It is the first production of Monster Union, the independent content company set up by KBS in July 2016.

The drama's first script reading took place on April 7, 2017, in Yeouido, Seoul.

Prior to broadcast, lead actress Park stated that the audience could think of the drama "as Love in the Moonlight five years later," pertaining to KBS2's popular historical series starring Park Bo-gum and Kim Yoo-jung.

Ratings

 * In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
 * NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.

International Broadcast

 * In aired starting November 23, 2017 on Now Drama Channel and FTA Live, and on ViuTV on March 27, 2018.
 * In Sri Lanka, the drama is available to stream on-demand via Iflix with Sinhalese and English subtitles. It is also available to stream on-demand via the My Galaxy app on Samsung smartphones.
 * In Turkey, it was aired on Kanal 7 and dubbed in Turkish known as Ömre Bedel.