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Lee Na-young

For the actress with the same birth name, see Seo Seung-ah.
In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

Lee Na-young (born February 22, 1979) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading roles in television series such as Ruler of Your Own World (2002), Ireland (2004) and Romance Is a Bonus Book (2019), as well as the films Someone Special (2004) and Maundy Thursday (2006). Aside from acting, Lee is also known for appearing in numerous commercials.[1]

Lee Na-young
Lee Na-Young at the Romance Is a Bonus Book site conference in 2019.
Born (1979-02-22) February 22, 1979 (age 45)
Hapjeong-dong, Mapo District, Seoul, South Korea
EducationShingu University (Majoring in Business)
OccupationActress
Years active1998–present
AgentEden 9
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Spouse
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(m. 2015)​
Children1
Korean name
Hangul
이나영
Revised RomanizationYi Nayeong
McCune–ReischauerI Nayŏng
WebsiteOfficial website

Career

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Lee Na-young began her modeling career in a Jambangee Jeans TV commercial in 1998, then made her acting debut that same year.[2] Following supporting roles in 1999 television dramas Did We Really Love?, KAIST,[3] and Queen,[4] Lee starred in the tepidly received 2001 Hong Kong sci-fi action film Dream of A Warrior starring Leon Lai.[5] She also appeared in the 2001 music video for "Catherine's Wheel" by Britpop band Rialto.[6][7]

But Lee rose to fame in 2002 with the critically acclaimed series Ruler of Your Own World.[8] She played an indie rock musician who unexpectedly falls for a terminally ill grifter, and Lee and her fellow cast members were praised for their realistic, nuanced acting.[9] She later reunited with Ruler of Your Own World screenwriter In Jung-ok for Ireland, a 2004 drama about a Korean adoptee who journeys to her homeland, but its reception was less positive.[10]

During this time, Lee had become one of the top-ranked and highest-paid commercial models, endorsing diverse products such as cosmetics (notably Laneige and Lancôme), electronics, clothing lines, beverages, food, telecommunications, and construction companies.[11][12][13] She is considered to have one of the most beautiful and idealized faces in Korea.[14] Lee later became the first Korean to appear on the cover of fashion magazine W Korea, for its November 2009 issue.[15]

But unlike her graceful and glamorous public persona in advertisements, her image in film has been the opposite, with Lee choosing to portray women who are awkward and eccentric.[16] In 2002, she starred in the cyber romance Who R. U.? as an introverted character similar to her role in Ruler of Your Own World.[17][18][19] Lee then played a quirky, English-challenged civil servant in Kim Sung-su's comedy film Please Teach Me English (2003) and the harmless stalker of a struggling baseball player in Jang Jin's romantic comedy Someone Special (2004).[20][21] She won several Best Actress prizes for Someone Special, notably from the prestigious Blue Dragon Film Awards.[22]

Lee again drew praise in 2006, this time for her dramatic chops in Maundy Thursday, Song Hae-sung's film adaptation of Gong Ji-young's novel Our Happy Time about a suicidal rape victim who develops a close bond with a death row inmate.[23] She next played an emotionally tormented sleepwalker in Kim Ki-duk's Dream (2008), and nearly died while filming a scene where her character hangs herself.[24]

In 2010, Lee headlined Lady Daddy, playing a trans woman photographer whose life is disrupted with the sudden arrival of a young boy who claims that she's his biological father.[25][26][27] To promote the film, she made a guest appearance in the sitcom High Kick Through the Roof.[28][29] Lee then returned to television with the big-budget action-mystery series The Fugitive: Plan B, in which she performed her own action scenes without a stunt double.[30][31]

When Lee's contract with talent agency KeyEast expired in 2011 (she had signed with KeyEast in 2006, and with the William Morris Agency in 2009), she joined Eden 9 Entertainment.[32][33][34] In 2012, she starred in Yoo Ha's suspense thriller Howling, about a veteran detective (played by Song Kang-ho) who teams up with a female rookie (Lee) to solve a series of murders involving a mysterious wolfdog.[35][36][37]

In 2013, Lee appeared in a minor role in the two-part Japanese film SPEC: Close. She then played an actress having a secret romance with a boom operator in Sad Scene; it was among the three short films in the omnibus Woman, Man commissioned by W Korea for its 10th anniversary in 2015.[38]

In 2018, Lee returned to the silver screen with the North Korean refugee drama Beautiful Days,[39] which premiered at the 23rd Busan International Film Festival.[40][41][42]

In 2019, Lee returned to the small screen after nine years by starring in the romance comedy drama Romance Is a Bonus Book alongside Lee Jong-suk.[43][44][45] She played a main character named Kang Dan-yi who is a new temporary worker of book publishing company.

Personal life

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Marriage and children

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Lee married actor Won Bin on May 30, 2015, in a small, private ceremony in a wheat field near an inn in Won's hometown, Jeongseon County, Gangwon Province, South Korea.[46][47][48][49][50] The couple belong to the same talent agency Eden 9, and reportedly began dating in August 2012 (though Eden 9 only confirmed the relationship in July 2013).[51][52][53][54] A press release from Eden 9 on December 19, 2015, announced that Lee had given birth to the couple's first child, a son.[55][56][57][58]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1999 Eiji Mae-hwa Japanese film
2001 Dream of a Warrior Shosho
2002 Who R. U.? Seo In-joo
2003 Please Teach Me English Na Young-ju
2004 Someone Special Han Yi-yeon
Sweet Home short film
Leaving Me, Loving You (cameo) Hong Kong film
2006 Maundy Thursday Moon Yu-jeong
2008 Dream Ran
2010 Lady Daddy Ji-hyeon
2012 Howling Cha Eun-young
2013 SPEC: Close Woman who speaks Korean Japanese film
2015 Woman, Man segment: "Sad Scene"
2018 Beautiful Days Mother

Television series

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Year Title Role Notes
1998 One Day Suddenly So-hee, a ghost (bit part)
Three Guys and Three Girls (bit part)
MBC Best Theater:
"What Was I to You?"
1999 KAIST
Did We Really Love? Kang Jae-young
MBC Best Theater:
"Goodbye Audrey Hepburn"		 one act-drama
Queen Oh Soon-jung
Magic Castle Hong Yoon-hee [59]
Love Story:
"Message"		 So-young [60]
2000 Cool Friends Broadcasting writer Lee Na-young [61]
2002 Ruler of Your Own World Jeon Kyung
2004 Ireland Lee Joong-ah
2009 High Kick Through the Roof Lee Na-bong Cameo (episode 85)
2010 The Fugitive: Plan B Jini
2019 Romance Is a Bonus Book Kang Dan-yi

Web series

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Year Title Role Ref.
2023 One Day Off Park Ha-kyung [62]

Music video appearances

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Year Song title Artist
1998 "Kiss Me" Park Jin-young
"The Last Lie" Yoon Sang
"Miracle" Kim Dong-ryool feat. Lee So-eun
2000 "Only You Wouldn't Know" As One
"My Love" Im Chang-jung
2001 "Catherine's Wheel" Rialto
"Goodbye, My Love" Jo Sung-mo
2006 "Eternal Love" Lee Seung-chul

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2002 MBC Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Ruler of Your Own World Won [63]
2003 39th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actress (TV) Nominated
2004 25th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Leading Actress Someone Special Won
12th Chunsa Film Art Awards Best Actress Won [64]
5th Women in Film Korea Awards Won [65]
MBC Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress Ireland Nominated
Popularity Award, Actress Won [66]
2006 6th Korea Advertisers Association Good Model Award — Won [67]
27th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Leading Actress Maundy Thursday Nominated
2007 1st Korea Broadcast Advertising Festival - Model Awards Best Partner Award — Won [68]
41st Taxpayer's Day Prime Minister's Commendation — Won [69]
2010 KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length Drama The Fugitive: Plan B Nominated
2023 59th Grand Bell Awards Best Actress in a Series One Day Off Nominated [70]

Listicles

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Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement
Publisher Year Listicle Placement Ref.
Forbes 2011 Korea Power Celebrity 40 24th [71]

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