Empress Ki
A woman born in Korea navigates her way through love, war, politics and national loyalties to become a powerful empress in China's Yuan dynasty.
Ha Ji-won
Ki Seung Nyang (Empress Ki)
Ju Jin-mo
Wang Yoo (King Choong Hye of Goryeo)
Ji Chang-wook
Ta Hwan (Emperor Huizong of Yuan)
Jin Yi-han
Tal Tal
Baek Jin-hee
Tanashiri (Empress Tanashiri)
Jeon Kuk-hwan
El Temur
Im Joo-eun
Bayan Khutugh
Lee Won-jong
Dokman
Han Hye-rin
Lady Park
Kim Young-ho
Bayan
Kim Seo-hyung
Budashiri (Empress Dowager)
Yoo In-young
Yeon Bisu
Kim Jeong-hyeon
Tangqishi
Seo Yi-sook
Lady Seo
Lee Jae-yong
Wang Go
Kwon Oh-joong
Choi Moo-song
Jung Woong-in
Yeom Byung-soo
Jo Jae-yun
Kolta
Choi Moo-seong
Park Bul-hwa
Jung Ji-so
Ki Seung Nyang (young)
Lee Ji-hyun
Hong Dan
Kim Moo-young
Na Mu [Ta Hwan's escort warrior]
Kim Jin-sung
Prince Ma Ha
Bae Geon-woo
Palla Chubmokah [Ta Hwan’s cousin]
Shim Min
Court Lady
Lee Yang-hee
Bang Jin
Son Kwang-Eop
Mak Son [Assassin]
Jung-sung Lee
Kim Soon Jo [The penitentiary of Goryeo]
Kim Min-Seo
Ha Yool
Jang Soon Gook
Seol Do Gan
Kwon Tae-won
Chung Suk [former king of Goryeo / Wang Yoo's father]
Ahn Do-gyu
Wang Yu [Young]
Shin Seung-hwan
Kkoe Bo
Lee Eung-kyung
Court Lady Noh
Sim Yi-young
[Fortune teller] (Ep. 28)
Oh Kwang-rok
Heuk Soo [Merchant/Slave Trader]
Ryu Hyun-kyung
Princess Kyeong-hwa - The Queen of King Chung-sook
Kim Ye-ryeong
Lady Lee [Seung Nyang's mother]
Kim Myung-soo
Ki Ja Oh [Seung-nyang's father, the head of a full-time army]
Jeong Jae Min
[Dying prince]
Jung Byung Ho
Joo Gook Cheong [Court Minister]
Kim Jin Woo
Imperial Prince Ayushiridara
Park Hae-mi
[Shaman] (Ep. 34-35)
Jeon Jin-gi
[Yuan Envoy]
Seo Beom-sik
[Buddhist monk]
Kim Jin Ho
[Inju Branch]
Park Sun-woo
[Maebak Column Head]
Kim Hyo Myung
[Man]
Son Jin-ho
Go Jin Myung
Han Seo-yeon
[Gisaeng]