Actress Ko Hyun-joung has been named the top TV star of the year in a poll, for her role in MBC TV's hit period drama "Queen Seondeok."
Korea Gallup said Thursday that 34.8 percent of the 1,726 respondents chose Ko as the year's best actor, beating other top stars in the poll of viewers aged 13 and older. Trailing Ko were heartthrob Lee Byung-hun and actress Kim Tae-hee, stars of KBS TV's "IRIS," who garnered 20.5 and 16.3 percent of the votes, respectively.