Lee Ha-na

Lee Ha-na
Born (1982-09-23) September 23, 1982
Seoul, South Korea
Education Dankook University - Life Musicology
Occupation Actress
Years active 2006–present
Agent Saram Entertainment[1]
Korean name
Hangul 이하나
Hanja 李荷娜
Revised Romanization I Ha-na
McCune–Reischauer I Hana

Lee Ha-na (born September 23, 1982) is a South Korean actress. Lee made her acting debut in Alone in Love (2006), and has since starred in Women of the Sun (2008), Triple (2009), The Fair Love (2010), R2B: Return to Base (2012), High School King of Savvy (2014), Unkind Ladies (2015), The Exclusive: Beat the Devil's Tattoo (2015), Voice (2017) and its sequel Voice 2 (2018). She also hosted the music program Lee Ha-na's Peppermint from 2008 to 2009.

Early life

Lee Ha-na was born in Irwon bon-dong, Gangnam District, Seoul. Her father Lee Dae-heon is a composer, best known for folk-rock legend Kim Kwang-seok's signature song "Become Dust."[2]

In 2008, she graduated from the College of Music at Dankook University (Cheonan campus) with a degree in Life Musicology.

Career

Lee Ha-na first appeared in a commercial for telecom KTF's "umbrella service" in 2005. A year later, she made a memorable acting debut in the critically acclaimed television drama Alone in Love, as the extremely odd younger sister of the female protagonist.[3]

She played another supporting role as a small-time swindler in When Spring Comes in 2007. Later that year, Lee was cast in her first leading role in Merry Mary (also known as Me-ri vs. Dae-gu's Attack and Defense Battle), a quirky romance between a mediocre singer and a failed novelist.[4] This was followed by her big screen debut in Le Grand Chef, a film adaptation of Huh Young-man's manhwa Sikgaek, in which Lee played a TV producer who teams up with an aspiring chef.[5]

Unlike her previous cheerful roles, Lee surprised critics and audiences in 2008 when she played a darker character in Women of the Sun (also known as Sisters in Love).[6] In the melodrama, her character wreaks revenge when she learns that her older adopted sister abandoned her (when she was a five-year-old child) at a train station out of jealousy, causing her to grow up impoverished in an orphanage.[7] Lee won an Excellence Award at the year-end KBS Drama Awards.

From November 21, 2008 to April 17, 2009, she was the host/MC of the live music program Lee Ha-na's Peppermint.[8] Before she turned to acting, Lee had early aspirations of becoming a singer, so aside from introducing and interviewing guests, she frequently performed on the show, sometimes accompanying herself on the guitar or piano.[9]

Lee then underwent training for her role as a figure skating coach in Triple, who finds herself in a love triangle with her ex-husband and his best friend who pursues her.[10][11] This led to her doing the narration for Queen Yuna! I am Korea, a TV documentary on Olympic-winning figure skater Yuna Kim, that aired on MBC. Lee was also the narrator for Dance of Time, a documentary film directed by Song Il-gon about the Korean diaspora in Cuba.

In 2010, Lee was cast opposite veteran actor Ahn Sung-ki in Shin Yeon-shick's film The Fair Love. She played a twentysomething college student who after her father's death, embarks on an awkward yet endearing love affair with his friend, a bachelor in his fifties.[12][13] This was followed in 2012 by the aviation action film R2B: Return to Base, a remake of Shin Sang-ok's 1964 film Red Scarf.[14]

After a five-year absence from the small screen, Lee returned in High School King of Savvy, a 2014 cable romantic comedy about a high school student who masquerades as an executive at his brother's IT company; she played a temp who shows him the ropes.[15][16][17]

In 2015, Lee was cast in the film Journalist, about the ruthless and at times unethical world of news reporting.[18] In the same year, she also starred in KBS2's drama Unkind Ladies,[19] which marked her 3rd time collaboration with screenwriter Kim In-young, after 2007s Merry Mary and 2008s Women of the Sun.

In 2017, Lee starred in OCN's drama Voice as a policewoman with an enhanced sense of hearing.[20] The drama was a hit, and its ratings broke existing OCN viewership records when it aired in Korea.[21][22] She then filmed comedy film Summer Vacation, which is set to be released in 2018.[23]

In March 2018, Lee left L&Company and signed with new management agency Saram Entertainment.[24]

In August 2018, Lee reprised her lead female role in Voice 2, the sequel to OCN's drama Voice.[25][26]

Filmography

Television series

Year Title Role Network Notes
2006 Alone in Love Yoo Ji-ho SBS
2007 When Spring Comes Moon Jae-ri KBS2
Merry Mary Hwang Me-ri MBC
2008 Women of the Sun Yoon Sa-wol KBS2
2009 Triple Choi Soo-in MBC
2014 High School King of Savvy Jung Soo-young tvN
2015 Unkind Ladies Jung Ma-ri KBS2
Oh My Ghost radio DJ tvN voice cameo
Drama Special: Fake Family Kim Eun-soo KBS2
2017 Voice Kang Kwon-joo OCN
2018 Mistress woman cameo, episode 12
Voice 2 Kang Kwon-joo

Film

Year Title Role
2007 Le Grand Chef Jin-su
2010 The Fair Love Nam-eun
2012 R2B: Return to Base Captain Oh Yoo-jin
2015 The Exclusive: Beat the Devil's Tattoo Soo-jin
2018 Summer Vacation Jung-sun

Variety show

Year Title Network Notes
2008-2009 Lee Ha-na's Peppermint KBS2 Host

Music video appearances

Year Title Artist
2008“Running”Jung Jae-hyung
2009"Still You"Yoon Dohyun
2014"Garota"Erlend Øye

Discography

Year Song title Notes
2006 "당신의 연애시대, Love is 2" (Your Age of Love, Love is 2) Track from Alone in Love OST
2007 "하얀 민들레" (White Dandelion) Track from When Spring Comes OST
"그대 혼자일 때" (When You Are Alone) Track from Merry Mary OST
"맛있는세상" (Delicious World) Track from Le Grand Chef OST
2010 "Fallen" Track from The Fair Love OST
"우리 (We)" (single) (with Jang Dong-gun, Kim Seung-woo, Hwang Jung-min, Ji Jin-hee and Gong Hyung-jin)[27]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2006 2006 SBS Drama Awards New Star Award Alone in Love Won
2007 43rd Paeksang Arts Awards Best New Actress (TV) Nominated
2007 KBS Drama Awards Best New Actress When Spring Comes Nominated
2007 MBC Drama Awards[28] New Star Award Merry Mary Won
2008 44th Paeksang Arts Awards Best New Actress (Film) Le Grand Chef Nominated
45th Grand Bell Awards Best New Actress Nominated
16th Buil Film Awards Best New Actress Nominated
7th Korean Film Awards Best New Actress Nominated
29th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best New Actress Nominated
2008 KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Women of the Sun Won
Best New Actress Nominated
Popularity Award, Actress Nominated
2015 2015 KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in One-Act/Special/Short Drama Drama Special: Fake Family Won

References

  1. ↑ "[공식입장] 이하나, 사람엔터와 전속계약...조진웅·윤계상과 한솥밥". Naver (in Korean). Osen. 5 March 2018.
  2. ↑ '먼지가 되어 그대 곁으로...' 언더그라운드 포크록 가수 이대헌. Interview365 (in Korean). 14 June 2008. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  3. ↑ "Alone in Love Review". Twitch Film. 1 September 2006. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  4. ↑ Kim, Kyung-wook (16 April 2007). "이하나, MBC '메리 대구 공방전' 여주인공 낙점". Money Today (in Korean).
  5. ↑ "Le Grand Chef depicts story of talented cook". The Korea Herald via Hancinema. 25 October 2007. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  6. ↑ "Star Focus: Lee Ha-na". Arirang News. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  7. ↑ Oh, Jean (28 May 2008). "Women in the Sun heats up summer". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  8. ↑ http://www.kbs.co.kr/2tv/enter/peppermint/
  9. ↑ "Actress Lee Ha-na's unexpected singing ability". Hancinema. 27 February 2015.
  10. ↑ Oh, Jean (10 June 2009). "MBC's new series a Triple threat". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  11. ↑ Yoon, Hee-seong (24 June 2009). "MBC <트리플> "아, 모르겠다. 지금은 그냥 뺏고 싶을 뿐이다!"" [MBC <Triple> "I don't know. I just want to steal her away!"]. TenAsia (in Korean). Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  12. ↑ "Star Focus: Lee Ha-na". Arirang News. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  13. ↑ "The Fair Love (2009)". The Chosun Ilbo. 15 January 2010. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  14. ↑ Cho, Sung-jin (10 August 2012). "Lee Hana's return after a long break". StarN News. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  15. ↑ Kim, Hee-eun (12 June 2014). "Lee Ha-na returns to drama". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
  16. ↑ Baek, Byung-yeul (17 June 2014). "Return of romantic comedy queen". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
  17. ↑ "Rom-Com Queen Lee Ha-na Returns to Airwaves". The Chosun Ilbo. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-26.
  18. ↑ Conran, Pierce (11 February 2015). "JO Jung-suk, LEE Ha-na Pair Up for ROH Deok's JOURNALIST". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
  19. ↑ "'Unkind Women' Song Jae-rim, Lee Ha-na and Kim Ji-suk in triangle relationship". Hancinema. 23 February 2015.
  20. ↑ "'Voice' director listens, hints at tempering down gore". Yonhap News Agency. 15 February 2017.
  21. ↑ "Crime drama 'Voice' leans on fear factor". The Korea Times. 1 March 2017.
  22. ↑ "Lee Ha-na Credits Breakthrough Performance to 'Total Immersion'". The Chosun Ilbo. 18 March 2017.
  23. ↑ "KIM Hee-won and LEE Ha-na Hit the Road for SUMMER VACATION". Korean Film Biz. 6 July 2017.
  24. ↑ "[공식입장] 이하나, 사람엔터와 전속계약...조진웅·윤계상과 한솥밥". Naver (in Korean). Osen. 5 March 2018.
  25. ↑ "이진욱·이하나, '보이스2' 출연 확정…'실종느와르M' 이승영 PD 연출". Naver (in Korean). Xports News. 17 April 2018.
  26. ↑ "A new perspective on crime drama: After the success of the first season, 'Voice 2' promises more thrills". Korea JoongAng Daily. 9 August 2018.
  27. ↑ Kim, Hannah (4 March 2010). "WE are singing for charity". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  28. ↑ "2007 Year-end Korean drama awards round-up". Hancinema. 7 January 2008.
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