Lee Na-young

Lee Na-young
Born (1979-02-22) February 22, 1979
Hapjeong-dong, Mapo District, Seoul, South Korea
Occupation Actress
Years active 1998-present
Agent Eden 9
Spouse(s)
Won Bin (m. 2015)
Children 1
Korean name
Hangul 이나영
Hanja 李奈映
Revised Romanization Yi Nayeong
McCune–Reischauer I Nayŏng
Website www.2nayoung.com

Lee Na-young (Hangul: 이나영; RR: Yi Nayeong; born February 22, 1979) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading roles in TV Series Ruler of Your Own World (2002) and Ireland (2004) and film Someone Special (2004) and Maundy Thursday (2006). Aside from acting, Lee is also known for appearing in numerous commercials.

Career

Lee Na-young began her modeling career in a Jambangee Jeans TV commercial in 1998, then made her acting debut that same year. Following supporting roles in 1999 television dramas Did We Really Love?, KAIST and Queen, Lee starred in the tepidly received 2000 Hong Kong sci-fi action film Dream of Warrior starring Leon Lai.[1] She also appeared in the 2001 music video for "Catherine's Wheel" by Britpop band Rialto.[2][3]

But Lee rose to fame in 2002 with the critically acclaimed series Ruler of Your Own World. 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.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6][7][8] She is considered to have one of the most beautiful and idealized faces in Korea.[9] Lee later became the first Korean to appear on the cover of fashion magazine W Korea, for its November 2009 issue.[10]

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.[11] 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.[12][13] 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).[14] She won several Best Actress prizes for Someone Special, notably from the prestigious Blue Dragon Film Awards.[15]

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.[16] 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.[14]

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.[17][18][19] To promote the film, she made a guest appearance in the sitcom High Kick Through the Roof.[20][21] 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.[22][23]

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.[24][25][26] 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.[27][28][29][14]

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.

In 2018, Lee returned to the screen with the North Korean refugee drama Beautiful Days, which premiered at the 23rd Busan International Film Festival.[30]

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.[31][32][33][34][35] 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).[36][37][38][39] A press release from Eden 9 on December 19, 2015 announced that Lee had given birth to the couple's first child, a son.[40][41][42][43]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1999EijiMae-hwaJapanese film
2001Dream of a WarriorShosho
2002Who R. U.?Seo In-joo
2003Please Teach Me EnglishNa Young-ju
2004Someone SpecialHan Yi-yeon
Sweet Homeshort film
Leaving Me, Loving You(cameo)Hong Kong film
2006Maundy ThursdayMoon Yu-jeong
2008DreamRan
2010Lady DaddyJi-hyeon
2012HowlingCha Eun-young
2013SPEC: CloseWoman who speaks KoreanJapanese film
2015Woman, Mansegment: "Sad Scene"
2018Beautiful DaysMother

Television series

Year Title Role Network
1998One Day SuddenlySo-hee, a ghost (bit part)SBS
Three Guys and Three Girls(bit part)MBC
MBC Best Theater
"What Was I to You?"		MBC
1999KAISTSBS
Did We Really Love?Kang Jae-youngMBC
MBC Best Theater
"Goodbye Audrey Hepburn"		MBC
QueenOh Soon-jungSBS
Magic CastleHong Yoon-heeKBS2
Love Story "Message"So-youngSBS
2000Cool FriendsBroadcasting writer Lee Na-youngKBS2
2002Ruler of Your Own WorldJeon KyungMBC
2004IrelandLee Joong-ahMBC
2009High Kick Through the RoofLee Na-bong (guest, episode 85)MBC
2010The Fugitive: Plan BJiniKBS2

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

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2002MBC Drama AwardsExcellence Award, Actress in a MiniseriesRuler of Your Own WorldWon
200412th Chunsa Film Art Awards[44]Best ActressSomeone SpecialWon
25th Blue Dragon Film AwardsBest ActressWon
5th Women in Film Korea AwardsBest ActressWon
MBC Drama AwardsTop Excellence Award, ActressIrelandNominated
Popularity Award, ActressWon
20066th Korea Advertisers AssociationGood Model AwardN/AWon
27th Blue Dragon Film AwardsBest ActressMaundy ThursdayNominated
20071st Korea Broadcast Advertising Festival - Model AwardsBest Partner AwardN/AWon
41st Taxpayer's DayPrime Minister's CommendationN/AWon
2010KBS Drama AwardsExcellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length DramaThe Fugitive: Plan BNominated

References

  1. ↑ Kim, Hee-kyeong (16 February 2001). "Dream of A Warrior a sci-fi love story". The Dong-a Ilbo. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Rialto to Perform in Seoul". The Chosun Ilbo. 8 January 2001. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Joe, Yong-hee (15 January 2001). "British Pop Band With a Particular Warmth for Korea". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  4. ↑ Naldi, V.X. "Ruler of Your Own World (2002, MBC miniseries)". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "LEE Na-young". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Jeon Ji-hyun Cedes Advertising Power to Jang Dong-gun". The Chosun Ilbo. 30 March 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Yu-na Most Favored CF Model". The Korea Times. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Lancôme Picks Lee Na-young as Its Face in Korea". The Chosun Ilbo. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Actors and Actresses of Korean Cinema: Lee Na-young". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "Lee Na-young becomes 1st Korean on W cover". 10Asia. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  11. ↑ Sunwoo, Carla (22 February 2012). "Lee Na-young unfazed by questions about age, marriage prospects". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "Interview: Actress Lee Na-young (Part 1)". 10Asia. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  13. ↑ "Interview: Actress Lee Na-young (Part 2)". 10Asia. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  14. 1 2 3 Lee, Claire (8 February 2012). "Howling: Portrait of the minority". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  15. ↑ "Silmido Takes Best Picture at Blue Dragon Awards". The Chosun Ilbo. 30 November 2004. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  16. ↑ "Happy Hours and Two Complex Stars". The Chosun Ilbo. 6 September 2006. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  17. ↑ Lee, Hyo-won (5 January 2010). "Actress Lee Shows Off Handsome Look". The Korea Times. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  18. ↑ "Lee Na-young turns man in film Lady Daddy". 10Asia. 5 January 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  19. ↑ "Lee Na-young Takes on Transgender Part". The Chosun Ilbo. 16 January 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  20. ↑ "Lee Na-young preps on the set of High Kick 2". 10Asia. 20 January 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  21. ↑ "Lee Na-young, Choi Daniel on the set of High Kick 2". 10Asia. 20 January 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  22. ↑ "Lee to play opposite Rain in new drama". The Korea Times. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  23. ↑ Jean, Oh (27 September 2010). "Comeback kids amp up TV thriller". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  24. ↑ "Lee Na-young signs with Hollywood agency". The Korea Herald. 2 April 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  25. ↑ "Actress Lee Na-young leaves KEYEAST". 10Asia. 6 April 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  26. ↑ "Actress Lee Na-young joins new agency". 10Asia. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  27. ↑ "Lee Na-young tracking serial killers?". Korea JoongAng Daily. 2 January 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  28. ↑ Lee, Hyo-won (12 January 2012). "Song reprises detective role in Howling". The Korea Times. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  29. ↑ "Lee Na-young Faces Tough Challenge on New Movie". The Chosun Ilbo. 11 February 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  30. ↑ "Lee Na-young's New Film to Open Busan Int'l Film Festival Next Month". The Chosun Ilbo. 22 September 2018.
  31. ↑ "Won Bin, Lee Na-young Tie Knot in Wheat Fields". The Chosun Ilbo. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  32. ↑ "Won Bin's Quiet Countryside Wedding Strikes Chord". The Chosun Ilbo. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  33. ↑ "Top stars Won Bin and Lee Na-young tie knot". The Korea Times. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  34. ↑ "Actor Won Bin ties knot with actress Lee Na-young". The Korea Herald. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  35. ↑ Yoon, Sarah (31 May 2015). "Won Bin, Lee Na-young marry in secret ceremony". K-pop Herald. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  36. ↑ Yoon, Min-sik (3 July 2013). "Won Bin, Lee Na-young dating: agency". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  37. ↑ "'Hallyu' stars Won, Lee are dating". The Korea Times. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  38. ↑ "Won Bin Admits He's Head Over Heels for Lee Na-young". The Chosun Ilbo. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  39. ↑ "Won Bin, Lee Na-young confirm they're a couple". Korea JoongAng Daily. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  40. ↑ "Star couple Won Bin and Lee Na-young to become parents". The Korea Times. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  41. ↑ "Lee Na-young Pregnant 2 Months After Wedding". The Chosun Ilbo. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  42. ↑ Jackson, Julie (20 December 2015). "Won Bin, Lee Na-young welcome first child". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  43. ↑ "Lee Na-young Gives Birth to Baby Boy". The Chosun Ilbo. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  44. ↑ "When I Turned Nine unexpected winner of Chunsa Film Art Awards". Korean Film Biz Zone. 25 November 2004.
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