Lee Jung-hyun

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Template:Short description Template:For-multi Template:Family name hatnote Template:Infobox person Lee Jung-hyun (Template:Korean; born February 7, 1980), also known by her occasional stage name Ava, is a South Korean singer and actress. She was first recognized for her acting abilities with award-winning role in her first film and has been solidified as one of the top international acts from South Korea with her illustrious singing career. She has been known as "the Techno Queen" as she introduced the techno music genre to Korea.Template:Citation needed Lee is also known as "The Queen of Transformation"<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> due to her changing new look for different songs. She is known as one of the first artists who introduced Korean Wave (Hallyu) to China and caused a sensation.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Career

As actress

Lee Jung-hyun made her acting debut at the age of 16 in A Petal in 1996, which won her 'Best New Actress' at the 34th Grand Bell Awards, 17th Blue Dragon Film Awards and 16th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards. The film tells the story of a girl who experienced the Gwangju uprising at the age of 15, and its effect on her life in later years. Since 1996, Lee has had numerous acting roles with projects in South Korea, Japan and China.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2010, Lee regained her acting strides with the Chinese series Confucius, playing the role of Nanzi. In 2011, Lee portrayed a shaman in Park Chan-wook and Park Chan-kyong's award-winning fantasy short film Night Fishing, which was shot entirely on an iPhone.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Night Fishing won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at 2011 Berlin International Film Festival. In 2012, Lee portrayed a single mother in the coming-of-age film Juvenile Offender,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which won Best Feature at the Tokyo International Film Festival. She was next cast in the 2014 period blockbuster The Admiral: Roaring Currents, as the sole female character in the main cast. Lee returned to television in the SBS' drama The Family is Coming.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2015, Lee starred in black comedy film Alice in Earnestland, which won her 'Best Actress' at the 36th Blue Dragon Film Awards & 3rd Wildflower Film Awards.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Lee then starred in the bowling film Split in 2016,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and war film The Battleship Island in 2017.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2019, Lee is scheduled to star in the romantic comedy film Shall We Do It Again.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2020, Lee starred in the zombie film Peninsula.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The following year, she appeared in Park Chan-wook's mystery film Decision to Leave.

As singer

After debuting with an award-winning acting performance, Lee etched her singing career by introducing techno genre to the K-Pop scene and her ever-reinventing styles for each and every song. Lee assumes a unique persona for each release, such as a mermaid, Barbie doll, tribal queen, soldier, Korean folk dancer, belly dancer, or princess of the sea. She has garnered many nicknames over the years, including Techno Queen of Korea, Queen of Performance Art, Ms. Charisma, Little Giant, and Queen of Change.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Before releasing her first solo music she featured as a guest vocalist on the Jo PD single "Fever", also appearing in the music video. She also appeared in the music video for Goofy's "The Rule of the Game".<ref>Lee Jung-hyun Template:Webarchive, KBS World Artists Search</ref>

Her early work is techno-style dance music. Her debut album, Let's Go To My Star, released on October 1999, including her first single, "Wa" (와, "Come") topped the Korean charts for three weeks, while her second, "Bakkweo" (바꿔, "Change"), also from the album, won awards for Best Song and Most Broadcast Song. These two songs were covered by artists throughout Asia and Europe. Many of her earlier songs are sung in an angry mood, from the perspective of a rejected lover. These two singles firmly established Lee as one of the top Korean singers who successfully gained popularity throughout Asia with her strong colorful performances.

Ahead of the 2002 general elections, the singer was asked by political parties if they could use "Change" in their campaigns, to which she declined.

Lee released Japanese versions of her early hits Wa and Heaven in December 2004. The single ranked #26 on Oricon chart in Week 3 of January 2005. Heaven was a theme song for the Korean drama Beautiful Days. The drama became widely popular in Japan. On December 31, 2004, Lee was invited to perform Heaven and Wa-come on- and participate at the 55th edition of Kōhaku Uta Gassen, an annual New Year's Eve live music show. In 2006, she released her first Japanese album, This is Hyony.

Lee was the first foreigner to participate in singing the Beijing Olympic 2008 Theme Song.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2008, she released her first Mandarin album, Love Me.

With her fifth album, Passion, she switched to a Latin-influenced sound, complete with Spanish Guitar and flamenco-style tap dance.

In May 2009, she released her first Korean mini album Avaholic, featuring a trio of songs, "Crazy," "Vogue It Girl" and "Miro".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The music video "Crazy" was choreographed by Brian Friedman.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In September 2009, she was invited to open at Lady Gaga's The Fame Ball Tour in Club Answer, Seoul, South Korea. In December 2009, Lee sung her first ballad for the soundtrack of the Korean TV drama Iris. The song, "How Can I Hold Back Tears," takes her to the ballad genre for the first time in her over 10-year singing career.

In 2010, her seventh album, 007th, was released on May 11, 2010, with the title song, "Suspicious Man." In this title single's music video, Lee once again showed her dynamic performance range by introducing a vengeful assassin with a short blonde do. The seventh album was entitled, "007th."

In 2013, she released her single entitled "V", featuring Jin Goo in a music video directed by Park Chan-wook and Park Chan-kyong, with whom she'd previously worked on Night Fishing.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>"Lee Jung Hyun Demands Attention in Her Freaky MV for V" Template:Webarchive. enewsWorld, July 23, 2013.</ref>

Cultural ambassador

In August 2007, singer-actress Lee was named a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.<ref>Lee Hyo-won. "Lee Named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. Template:Webarchive" The Korea Times. August 23, 2007.</ref>

On June 22, 2012, Lee was appointed as an honorary ambassador for the Korea-China Cultural Industry Conference, called CICON.<ref>Lee Jung Hyun Honorary Ambassador CICON., VisitKorea. June 22, 2012</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal life

Marriage and family

Lee married orthopedic doctor Park Yoo-jung in a private ceremony in April 2019.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During her appearance on Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant, her husband, whose face was censored due to privacy concerns, was dubbed as "Baby". His face was eventually revealed on her re-appearance on the show in 2023.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On December 7, 2021, Lee announced that she is pregnant on her YouTube channel.<ref name="auto1b">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On April 23, 2022, Lee's agency confirmed that Lee gave birth to her first daughter, Park Seo-ah, on April 20, 2022.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On June 14, 2024, Lee announced her second pregnancy on Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Her second daughter, Park Seo-woo, was born on October 30.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In music arcade games

Lee's music has been featured in rhythm games. "Wa" and "Bakkwo" were included in the Korean dance games "Let's Dance" and "TechnoMotion". These songs were also featured in the Korean releases of Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix, as well as the Dance Dance Revolution 4thMix games. Also, "Nuh" (Trance Mix) was featured in EZ2Dancer.Template:Cn

Her song "Come On!" is featured in the Pump It Up NX Absolute dance machine, both a short Chinese version and the full song version appearing in it.Template:Cn

Currently, "I'll Give", "Going Crazy" and other songs are featured on Audition, an online dance-rhythm game.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

Discography

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Korean

Japanese

Chinese

Filmography

Film

Year English title Original title Role Notes
1996 A Petal 꽃잎 Girl
1997 Maria and the Inn 마리아와 여인숙 18-year-old Maria Guest appearance
1999 Scent of Love 침향 Im Sun-hee
2000 Harpy 하피 Song Soo-yeon
2011 Night Fishing 파란만장 Female shaman
2012 Juvenile Offender 범죄소년 Jang Hyo-seung
2014 The Admiral: Roaring Currents 명량 Mrs. Jung
2015 Alice in Earnestland 성실한 나라의 앨리스 Jung Soo-nam
2016 Split 스플릿 Joo Hee-jin
2017 The Battleship Island 군함도 Oh Mal-nyeon
The Running Actress 여배우는 오늘도 Herself Cameo appearance
2019 Shall We Do It Again 두번할까요 Park Seon-young
The Night of the Undead 죽지않는 인간들의 밤 So-hee
2020 Peninsula 반도 Min-jeong
2022 Decision to Leave 헤어질 결심 Jung-an citation CitationClass=web

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Television series

Year English title Original title Role Notes
1996 Open Your Heart 가슴을 열어라 Yoo Seo-young
Seven Spoons 일곱개의 숟가락 Jo Jung-hye
1998 Legendary Ambition 야망의 전설 Lee Jung-hee
One Day Suddenly 어느날 갑자기 Eun-mi
2001 Beautiful Days 아름다운 날들 Kim Se-na
2003 Beautiful Heart 美麗心靈 Cheng Hui Chinese series
2006 Rondo 輪舞曲 Choi Yoon-hee Japanese series
2008 The Great King, Sejong 대왕 세종 Yi-seon (later Sinbin Kim)
2010 Confucius 孔子 Nanzi Chinese series
2015 The Family is Coming 떴다! 패밀리 Na Joon-hee (Susan Johnson)
2024 Parasyte: The Grey 기생수: 더 그레이 Choi Jun-kyung Netflix series<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Television show

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Video games

  • 2001: Tomak: Save the Earth, a Love Story

Awards and nominations

Acting Awards

Year Award Category Work Result
1996 17th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best New Actress A Petal Template:Won
34th Grand Bell Awards Best Actress Template:Nom
Best New Actress Template:Won
16th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Template:Won
1997 Cine21 Film Awards Template:Won
2013 49th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actress (Film) Juvenile Offender Template:Nom
56th Asia-Pacific Film Festival Best Actress Template:Nom
2014 23rd Buil Film Awards Best Supporting Actress The Admiral: Roaring Currents Template:Nom
2015 51st Baeksang Arts Awards Best Supporting Actress (Film) Template:Nom
23rd SBS Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special The Family Is Coming Template:Nom
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Best Leading Actress Alice in Earnestland Template:Won
35th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Best Actress Template:Nom
2016 11th Max Movie Awards Template:Nom
7th KOFRA Film Awards Template:Nom
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21st Chunsa Film Art Awards Template:Nom
25th Buil Film Awards Template:Nom
52nd Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actress (Film) Template:Nom
2017 25th Korea Culture & Entertainment Awards Best Actress The Battleship Island Template:Won
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Top Star Award Template:Won
38th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Template:Nom
1st The Seoul Awards Best Supporting Actress Template:Won
2018 23rd Chunsa Film Art Awards<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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20th Asian Film Critics Association Awards Template:Nom
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Best Supporting Actress Decision to Leave Template:Nom

Music awards

Year Award Category Work Result
1999 8th Seoul Music Awards Best New Artist "Come" Template:Won
14th Golden Disk Awards Template:Won
KMTV Music Awards Template:Won
KBS Song Festival Template:Won
MBC Top 10 Artists Awards Template:Won
Top 10 Awards Template:Won
SBS Music Awards New Solo Artist Template:Won
1999 Mnet Asian Music Awards<ref name="MAMA_1999">"1999 M.net Korean Music Festival Winners list" Template:Webarchive. MAMA. Retrieved 2014-06-12.</ref> Best New Solo Artist Template:Won
Best Dance Performance Template:Won
2000 9th Seoul Music Awards Bonsang (Main Prize) "You" & "Peace" Template:Won
15th Golden Disk Awards Template:Won
KBS Song Festival Template:Won
SBS Music Awards Top 10 Awards Template:Won
KMTV Music Awards Grand Prize (Daesang) Template:Won
Music Video of the Year "Peace" Template:Nom
2000 Mnet Asian Music Awards<ref name="MAMA_pt1">"2000 MMF part 1" Template:Webarchive. MAMA. Retrieved 2014-06-25.</ref><ref>"2000 M.net Korean Music Festival Winners list" Template:Webarchive. MAMA. Retrieved 2014-06-12.</ref> Best New Solo Artist Template:Nom
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2001 10th Seoul Music Awards Bonsang (Main Prize) "Going Crazy" & "Half" Template:Won
KBS Song Festival Template:Won
16th Golden Disk Awards Best Female Solo Artist Template:Nom
SBS Music Awards Top 10 Awards Template:Won
KMTV Music Awards Grand Prize (Daesang) Template:Won
2002 10th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards New Generation Artist "Half" Template:Won
2002 Mnet Asian Music Awards Best Dance Performance Template:Nom
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KMTV Music Awards<ref name="2002_nom">"2002 MMF part 1" Template:Webarchive. Mwave. Retrieved 2014-08-17.</ref> Artist of the Year (Main Prize) "Ari Ari" Template:Nom
KBS Song Festival Bonsang (Main Prize) Template:Won
SBS Music Awards Template:Won
2003 12th Seoul Music Awards "Summer Dance" Template:Nom
SBS Music Awards Template:Nom
KBS Song Festival Artist of the Year (Main Prize) Template:Won
2003 Mnet Asian Music Awards Best Dance Performance Template:Nom
2005 13th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards Hallyu All Star Award Herself Template:Won
2006 China Fashion Awards Korean Artist of the Year Template:Won
2012 6th Huading Awards Best International Artist Template:Won
2013 2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards Red Carpet Special Prize Template:Won
2015 Korea Culture and Tourism Industry Awards Hallyu Star Award Template:Won

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