Lee Na-young

Template:Short description Template:For Template:Family name hatnote Template:Infobox person Lee Na-young (Template:Korean; 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Career

Lee Na-young began her modeling career in a Jambangee Jeans TV commercial in 1998, then made her acting debut that same year.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Following supporting roles in 1999 television dramas Did We Really Love?, KAIST,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Queen,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Lee starred in the tepidly received 2001 Hong Kong sci-fi action film Dream of A Warrior starring Leon Lai.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She also appeared in the 2001 music video for "Catherine's Wheel" by Britpop band Rialto.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

But Lee rose to fame in 2002 with the critically acclaimed series Ruler of Your Own World.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She is considered to have one of the most beautiful and idealized faces in Korea.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Lee later became the first Korean to appear on the cover of fashion magazine W Korea, for its November 2009 issue.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=10asia1>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=10asia2>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She won several Best Actress prizes for Someone Special, notably from the prestigious Blue Dragon Film Awards.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> To promote the film, she made a guest appearance in the sitcom High Kick Through the Roof.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<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 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=minority>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2018, Lee returned to the silver screen with the North Korean refugee drama Beautiful Days,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which premiered at the 23rd Busan International Film Festival.<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 returned to the small screen after nine years by starring in the romance comedy drama Romance Is a Bonus Book alongside Lee Jong-suk.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She played a main character named Kang Dan-yi who is a new temporary worker of book publishing company.

Personal life

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The couple belong to the same talent agency, Eden 9, and reportedly began dating in August 2012 (though the agency only confirmed the relationship in July 2013).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A press release from Eden 9 on December 19, 2015, announced that Lee had given birth to the couple's first child, a son.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Filmography

Film

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

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	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Love Story: "Message"	So-young	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2000	Cool Friends	Broadcasting writer Lee Na-young	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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
2026	Honour<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ||Yoon Ra-young ||

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Template:Abbr
2023	One Day Off	Park Ha-kyung	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Music video appearances

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

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2002	MBC Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries	Ruler of Your Own World	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2003	39th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Actress (TV)		Template:Nom
2004	25th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Leading Actress	Someone Special	Template:Won
	12th Chunsa Film Art Awards	Best Actress		Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	5th Women in Film Korea Awards			Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	MBC Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress	Ireland	Template:Nom
		Popularity Award, Actress		Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2006	6th Korea Advertisers Association	Good Model Award	Template:NA	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	27th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Leading Actress	Maundy Thursday	Template:Nom
2007	1st Korea Broadcast Advertising Festival - Model Awards	Best Partner Award	Template:NA	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	41st Taxpayer's Day	Prime Minister's Commendation	Template:NA	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2010	KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length Drama	The Fugitive: Plan B	Template:Nom
2023	59th Grand Bell Awards	Best Actress in a Series	One Day Off	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Listicles

Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement

Publisher	Year	Listicle	Placement	Template:Abbr
Forbes	2011	Korea Power Celebrity 40	Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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