Lee El

Lee El
Born Kim Ji-hyun
(1982-08-26) August 26, 1982
Seoul, South Korea
Education Sungkyunkwan University
Occupation Actress
Agent Artist Company
Korean name
Hangul 이엘
Revised Romanization I El
McCune–Reischauer Yi El
Birth name
Hangul 김지현
Revised Romanization Gim Ji-hyeon
McCune–Reischauer Kim Chi-hyŏn

Lee El (born Kim Ji-hyun on August 26, 1982) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her supporting roles in the film Inside Men (2015), the television series It's Okay, That's Love, Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (2016–2017) and A Korean Odyssey (2017-2018). She played her first lead role in the film What a Man Wants.[1]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
2009 Secret Young-sook
2010 The Yellow Sea Joo-young
2012 Pacemaker Choi Min-kyung
Masquerade Ahn Gae-shi
2014 Actress is Too Much Sarah
Man on High Heels Do Do
2015 Inside Men[2] Joo Eun-hye
2018 What a Man Wants[3] Jenny
2019 Call[4]

Television series

Year Title Role Network
2009 Good Job, Good Job Min-joo SBS
2011 White Christmas Oh Jung-hye KBS2
Detectives in Trouble Yoo Hye-min
The Princess' Man Mae-hyang
2012 Wild Romance[5] Mi-jin
2013 7th Grade Civil Servant[6] Park Soo-young MBC
Drama Festival – Swine Escape Wol-hyang
2014 Mother's Garden Kim Ja-kyung
It's Okay, That's Love[7] Se-ra (ep.1-2) SBS
Liar Game[8] Oh Jung-ah (Jaime) tvN
2015 More Than a Maid Lady Kang JTBC
Divorce Lawyer in Love Han Mi-ri SBS
My Beautiful Bride Son Hye-jung OCN
Hello Monster Kang Sung-eun (ep.9-10) KBS2
Imaginary Cat Dokgo Soon MBC Every 1
2016 Monster Ok Chae-ryung MBC
Entourage Herself (ep.13-14) tvN
Guardian: The Lonely and Great God[9] Samsin Halmoni
2017 Black[10] Yoon Soo-wan OCN
A Korean Odyssey[11] Ma Ji-young tvN
2018 Matrimonial Chaos[12] Jin Yoo-young KBS2

Theater

Year Title Role
2011–2012 Return to Hamlet So-hee

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2016 53rd Grand Bell Awards Best Supporting Actress Inside Men Nominated
35th MBC Drama Awards Golden Acting Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama Monster Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "EL takes the lead after years of minor roles". Korea JoongAng Daily. March 28, 2018.
  2. ↑ "[단독]이엘, 이병헌 여자로 '내부자들' 합류..기대↑". Naver (in Korean). July 7, 2014.
  3. ↑ "LEE Sung-min and SHIN Ha-kyun Blow into WIND WIND WIND". Korean Film Biz Zone. March 14, 2017.
  4. ↑ "[단독] 이엘, 박신혜X전종서 스릴러 '콜' 캐스팅". The Korea Times (in Korean). October 2, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Lee El cast in "Wild Romance" as a femme fatale". Hancinema. January 9, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Lee El is am agent in "7th Grade Civil Servant"". Hancinema. November 22, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Lee El to star in "It's Okay, That's Love" as a transgender". Hancinema. July 22, 2014.
  8. ↑ "이엘-조재윤, tvN '라이어 게임' 합류". Ilgan Sports (in Korean). September 14, 2014.
  9. ↑ "[단독] 이엘, '몬스터' 이은 차기작 '도깨비'…김고은 조력자 役". Ilgan Sports (in Korean). August 30, 2016.
  10. ↑ "<블랙> 송승헌-고아라-이엘-김동준, 대본 리딩 현장 공개!". iMBC (in Korean). August 10, 2017.
  11. ↑ "[단독] 이엘, 차승원 비서된다…tvN '화유기' 합류". News1 (in Korean). October 19, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Cha Tae-hyun and Bae Doo-na confirmed to star in K-drama series, 'The Greatest Divorce'". South China Morning Post. July 20, 2018.
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