Lee Young-ae (Korean이영애; born January 31, 1971)[2] is a South Korean actress. She is known for her appearances in the Korean historical drama Dae Jang Geum (2003), and as a revenge-seeking single mother in Park Chan-wook's crime thriller film Lady Vengeance (2005). For her performance in the film, she received Best Actress awards at the 38th Sitges Film Festival,[3] 26th Blue Dragon Film Awards and 42nd Baeksang Arts Awards.

Lee Young-ae
Lee in March 2024
Born (1971-01-31) January 31, 1971 (age 53)
Seoul, South Korea
Education
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active
  • 1993–2005
  • 2017–present
AgentGood People Entertainment[a]
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Spouse
Jeong Ho-yeong
(m. 2009)
Children2
Korean name
Hangul
이영애
Hanja
Revised RomanizationI Yeong-ae
McCune–ReischauerYi Yŏngae
Websitegroup8.co.kr

Career

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Lee made her debut as a model in 1991. After appearing in television commercials, she debuted as an actress in the 1993 drama How's Your Husband?, which won her Best New Actress at the SBS Drama Awards.

In 2000, she starred in the mystery thriller film Joint Security Area, which became the highest-grossing Korean film at that time. She followed this with melodrama Last Present, where she received acclaim for her performance as a young woman facing the realities of an early death.[4] Lee reunited with director Hur Jin-ho to star in his next film One Fine Spring Day, which won her Best Actress at the Busan Film Critics Awards. She also starred in the TV series Fireworks, which introduced Lee to Taiwan audiences.[5]

Lee came to prominence in South Korea after starring in the historical drama Dae Jang Geum. It first aired from September 15, 2003, to March 23, 2004, on MBC, where it was the top program with an average viewership rating of 46.3% and a peak of 57.8%, making it the 10th highest rated Korean drama of all time.[6] Lee won the Daesang (Grand Prize) award at the MBC Drama Awards, as well as the Top Excellence award. The show was then aired overseas in 91 countries and became exceptionally popular in Asia.[7][8]

The fame of Dae Jang Geum launched Lee into pan-Asia stardom as one of the biggest Hallyu stars.[9][10] She has been invited to visit mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Japan.[11][12]

 
Lee on boat ride at the Qiandao Lake in China in March 2006.

In 2006, for the first time in 12 years, NHK had to use the NHK Hall to host the NHK show due to her popularity; stamps featuring Lee were released in Japan.[13]

She was also invited to the 2007 Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in China.[14]

Lee then starred in the third installment in Park Chan-wook's The Vengeance Trilogy, titled Sympathy For Lady Vengeance.[15] She was awarded Best Actress at the 2005 Blue Dragon Film Awards and 2006 Baeksang Art Awards for her performance in the film.[16][17]

In 2006, Lee was invited sit on the jury bench of the 56th Berlin International Film Festival, becoming the first Korean actress to be selected as a jury member of the international film festival.[18]

In 2007, she received the Medal of Culture Merit for her contribution to the Korean Wave from the South Korean government.[19]

In 2015, it was announced that Lee would be making her comeback to television in SBS historical series Saimdang, Memoir of Colors. She would be playing dual roles as Shin Saimdang, a famed Joseon-era artist and calligrapher as well as a modern-day Korean history lecturer.[20] The drama premiered in January 2017.[21]

 
At the press conference of Saimdang, Memoir of Colors, January 2017

In 2018, Lee was cast in the film Bring Me Home, returning to the big screen after 13 years.[22]

 
Lee in September 2022

In 2022, Lee was invited to be the jury member of the 27th Busan International Film Festival's "Actor of the Year Award".[23]

In 2023, she came back to the small screen with the leading role in Maestra: Strings of Truth, playing Cha Se-Eum, a world-renowned orchestra conductor who keeps a big, dangerous secret. [24]

Other ventures

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Philanthropy

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Besides her acting career, Lee has been involved with several charities. In 1997, she went to Ethiopia as a NGO Goodwill Ambassador. She went to Thar Desert in 1999 to do a TV show about people in India's lowest social caste. Later in 2001, she described these experiences in her autobiography "A Most Special Love"[25] with partial English and donated the income from the sale of the book to charity.

She was appointed a goodwill ambassador in 2004 by UNICEF and has since held several charity posts. She has made many donations to schools and hospitals, including Chosun First Middle School in Harbin[26] and an elementary school in China that was later renamed Lee Young-Ae Elementary School.[27] In 2012, she served as the celebrity spokesperson for the "Love Donation" project, hosted by the magazine Woman Chosun. She made a donation to build a school in Myanmar.[28][29]

In 2012, Lee launched a business for organic and eco-friendly products for children in Seoul.[30]

In July 2014, Taiwanese media reported that Lee had privately assisted a pregnant Taiwanese woman vacationing with her husband in Seoul. The woman gave birth to a girl prematurely and the infant had several complications. Lee found out about the couple through her friend and decided to pay their medical bills of NT$4 million (US$134,000) because the infant required two surgeries and constant medical care after she was born.[31] Lee was subsequently given an award by Taiwan's Chou Ta-Kuan Cultural and Educational Foundation.[32] In 2016, she helped a Vietnamese girl who went to Korea to treat her brain tumor by donating 37 million won for the operation and other medical bills.[33]

In Sri Lanka, she is known as "Changumi" (Sinhala: චංගුමී), and her popularity there led to the creation of the Sujatha Diyani Scholarship Fund in 2014, when she donated US$100,000. The fund aims at providing financial assistance to female students from low-income families.[34] Lee also became the first actress to join the "Chime for Change" campaign of Gucci to "raise funds and awareness for projects promoting education, health, and justice for girls and women" around the world.[35]

In 2015, Lee was appointed special envoy by the UNESCO Korean Commission.[36] She promotes the commission's activities such as fundraising and a campaign to render educational support to underdeveloped countries.[37]

In March 2022, Lee donated 100 million won to Ukraine, which was damaged by the Russian invasion, along with a letter of consolation to the people of Ukraine.[38]

On May 1, 2022, Lee donated 100 million won to the Sowon Foundation Office in Yangpyeong City Gyeonggi-do Province to assist patients who have difficulty getting out of the house due to childhood cancer or rare diseases.[39]

On August 19, 2022, Lee donated ₩100 million to help those affected by the 2022 South Korean floods through the Korea Foundation for the Disabled.[40]

On November 3, 2022, Lee made a donation to help the victims of the Seoul Halloween crowd crush through donations to Korea Welfare Foundation for the Disabled.[41]

On January 22, 2023, Lee donated 50 million won to residents affected by the fire in Guryong Village, Gangnam District, Seoul.[42]

In September 2023, Lee donated 50 million won to Syngman Rhee, President of the Founder's Memorial Association to build a memorial to former president Syngman Rhee.[43]

In November 2023, Lee donated ₩50 million to aid humanitarian efforts for children hurt in the Israel-Hamas war, the Korean Red Cross announced on 21.[44]

Endorsements

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Lee in a fashion film featuring Balenciaga for Marie Claire Korea in February 2021.

In 1991, Lee made her debut as a rookie model, became known through a TV commercial for Pacific Chemical's (now Amore Pacific) cosmetics brand Mamonde. Her urban image with her raised hair and trench coat collar left a strong impression on viewers, and Lee Young-ae, who was studying "German Language and Literature" at Hanyang University at that moment, rose to stardom with the modifier Oxygen Lady. At that time, Mamonde became the most successful brand in the history of Pacific Chemical. The product Tropic Orange Makeup, which was released in March 1994, achieved a record of selling 1.5 million units in two months. Due to the popularity of Mamonde and Lee Young-ae, competitors also poured out advertisements with a similar concept in 1997. She had been the face of Mamonde for 10 years.[45]

Since 2007, Lee became the global ambassador of LG Household & Health Care's super-premium beauty brand The History of Whoo until now.[46][47]

In February 2014, Lee became the cover face of the February issue of Marie Claire Korea magazine to promote the "Trinity", "Paris Nouvelle Vague", "Destinée" and "Caresse d'Orchidées de Cartier" collection of French luxury jewellery brand Cartier.[48] In January 2017, Lee became the cover face of the February issue of Elle Korea magazine to promote the Spring - Summer 2017 collection of Italian luxury fashion house Valentino.[49][50] In January 2021, she was the cover face of the February issue of Marie Claire Korea to represent the Spring - Summer 2021 collection of Spanish-French luxury fashion house Balenciaga.[51] She appeared on the cover of Noblesse Magazine June 2021 Issue to present the Van Cleef & Arpels's "Palmyre", "Treasure of Rubies", "the Snowflake", "Arche de Noé", "Pierres de Caractères" and "Les Ateliers Créations" high jewelry collection and the bag line for French luxury leather goods brand Fauré Le Page.[52][53] In September 2021, she appeared on the cover of Dazed Korea Fall 2021 Edition Issue to present the Aria Fall/Winter 2021 collection and the Diana bag line for Italian luxury brand Gucci.[54][55] She also appeared in Vogue Korea's December 2023 issue to represent the Fred Joaillier's The High Jewelry collections "Monsieur Fred Inner Light".[56] In the Arena Homme + Korea April 2024 issue, for which she was the cover star, Lee represented the Bottega Veneta Spring/Summer 2024 ready-to-wear collection.[57]

In 2020, Lee had been selected as Korean ambassador for Ferragamo Eyewear.[58]

In July 2022, she was selected as the model for the new product "Lifening Beauty Collagen Ampoule" of the inner beauty brand Lifening.[59]

Personal life

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In 2009, Lee married Jeong Ho-young, a Korean-American businessman who was 20 years older than her.[60] On February 20, 2011, she gave birth to fraternal twins, a boy and a girl.[61]

Filmography

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Film

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Film appearances
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1996 Insyalla Lee Hyang
1998 First Kiss Min-joo Cameo
2000 Joint Security Area Maj. Sophie E. Jean
2001 Last Present Park Jung-yeon
One Fine Spring Day Han Eun-soo
2005 Lady Vengeance Lee Geum-ja
2019 Bring Me Home Seo Jung-yeon

Television series

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Television series appearances
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1993 How's Your Husband? Do Do-hee
1994 Dash
1995 Love and Marriage Oh Eun-ji
Asphalt Man Dong-hee
West Palace Kim Gae-shi / Gae-Ttong
1996 Papa Han Sae-young
Their Embrace Kim Seung-hye
Sibling Relations
1997 Medical Brothers Cha Min-ju
The Reason I Live Ae-suk
Because I Love You Eo Yu-na
1998 Romance
Advocate
1999 Enbireyong
Invitation Choi Young-joo
The Wave
2000 Fireworks Kim Ji-hyun
2003–2004 Jewel in the Palace Seo Jang-geum
2017 Saimdang, Memoir of Colors Shin Saimdang / Seo Ji-yoon
2018 Gangnam Beauty Herself Cameo (episode 1) [62]
2021–2023 Taxi Driver Narrator Voice appearance [63][64]
2021 Inspector Koo Koo Kyung-yi [65]
2023–2024 Maestra: Strings of Truth Cha Se-eum [66]
2025 Uinyeo Dae Jang Geum [67]

Television show

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2022 Docu Prime - Children's Rights Narrator children's human rights documentary narration [68]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1994 SBS Drama Awards Best New Actress How's Your Husband? Won
1995 KBS Drama Awards Popularity Award West Palace Won
1996 MBC Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress Their Embrace, Sibling Relations Nominated
1997 The Reason I Live Won
1998 SBS Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress Romance Won
1999 KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress Invitation Nominated
Popularity Award Won
2000 SBS Drama Awards Big Star Awards Fireworks Won
Top Excellence Award, Actress Nominated
21st Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Actress Joint Security Area Nominated
2001 37th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actress (Film) Nominated
2nd Korea Movie & Music Awards Photogenic Prize for Actress Won
38th Grand Bell Awards Best Actress Last Present Nominated
Cine 21 Movie Awards One Fine Spring Day , Last Present Won
2nd Busan Film Critics Awards One Fine Spring Day Won
22nd Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Actress Nominated
2002 38th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actress (Film) Nominated
39th Grand Bell Awards Best Actress Nominated
25th Golden Cinema Film Festival Most Popular Actress Last Present Won
2003 MBC Drama Awards Grand Prize (Daesang) Dae Jang Geum Won
Top Excellence Award, Actress Nominated
2004 40th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actress (TV) Nominated
2nd Andre Kim Best Star Awards Female Star Award Won [69]
2005 Hong Kong Government Broadcasting Award Hong Kong People's Choice Won
China Synsis Bao Most Influential Foreign Star 3rd place
26th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Actress Lady Vengeance Won [17]
4th Korean Film Awards Best Actress Nominated
8th Director's Cut Awards Won [70]
38th Sitges Film Festival Won [3]
13th Chunsa Film Art Awards Nominated
2006 38th Cinemanila International Film Festival Won [71]
43rd Grand Bell Awards Nominated [72][73]
Korean Wave Popularity Award Won
42nd Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actress (Film) Won [74]
2007 15th Chunsa Film Festival Korean Wave Contribution Award Won
3rd Andre Kim Best Star Awards Grand Prize Won [75]
1st Hallyu Awards Star (Drama) Award Won [76]
44th Korean Broadcasters Association Day Actor Award Won [77]
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Medal of Cultural Merit Won [19]
2009 5th Andre Kim Best Star Awards Female Star Award Won
2015 10th Seoul International Drama Awards 10th Anniversary Hallyu Achievement Award Won [78]
2017 22nd Consumers Day Cultural Person Award Saimdang, Memoir of Colors Won
2017 SBS Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Wed-Thurs Drama Nominated [79]
2020 25th Chunsa Film Art Awards Best Actress Bring Me Home Won [80]
29th Buil Film Awards Nominated [81]
2021 Cine 21 Awards Best Actress of the Year Inspector Koo Won [82]
2022 Bechdel Day 2022 Best Actress Won [83]
National Brand Awards 2022 Hallyu Achievement Award Won [84]
2024 17th Asian Film Awards Excellence in Asian Cinema Award Won [85]

Notes

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