Lee Min-young (actress)

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Lee Min-young
Born (1976-02-06) February 6, 1976 (age 48)
Education Dankook University - Theater and Film
Occupation Actress
Years active1980–present
SpouseLee Chan (2006; divorced)
Korean name
Hangul
이민영
Revised Romanization I Min-yeong
McCune–Reischauer I Min-yŏng

Lee Min-young (born February 6, 1976) is a South Korean actress. Lee began her career as a child actress when she was four years old, and appeared steadily in television dramas. After a five-year hiatus, she returned to acting in 2011 with Kimchi Family , followed by You're Only Mine in 2014. [2] [3] [4]

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Lee married actor Lee Chan on December 10, 2006, but the couple divorced after 12 days, with Lee suing her husband for domestic violence that she said caused her miscarriage and a broken nose which required reconstructive surgery. [5] [6] [7] [8] Lee Chan was sentenced to one year in prison, suspended for two years. [4]

Filmography

Television series

YearTitleRole
Ppo Ppo Ppo (Kiss Kiss Kiss)
1981Nari House
1982Tiger Teacher
Linger
1983500 Years of Joseon: Tree with Deep Roots Princess Jeongso
1995AdolescenceJae-in
PartnerSong Hyun-joo
WomanSeo Geum-soon
1996The Reason We Don't Get DivorcedSo-young
Sibling RelationsPark So-baek
The Most Beautiful Goodbye in the World
1997Medical BrothersSeo Yoon-kyung
The Reason I LiveJung-hee
Myth of a HeroChoi Ha-rim
1998Run BarefootKang Hyun-ji
1999Young SunSeo Han-byul
You're One-of-a-KindLee Eun-sun
EncounterJang Ye-won
2001The Rules of MarriageSong Gong-joo
The Flower GardenHan Ki-joon
More Than Words Can SayJang Mi-joo
Like Father, Unlike SonGu Mi-sook
2002Zoo PeopleYang Min-young
Kitchen MaidKim Soon-young
Like a Flowing RiverPark Dong-hee
2003LoversOh Soo-hee
2004 Precious Family Woo Mi-yeon
LandLady in byeoldang [9]
2006Love and AmbitionEun-hwan
2011 Kimchi Family Lee Woo-joo
2014 You're Only Mine Go Eun-jung
2016 The Love is Coming Na Sun-young
2017 Strongest Deliveryman Soon Ae
2018 Your House Helper [10] Ahn Jin-hong
2019 Hotel Del Luna Ghost (Ep.13)
Doctor Prisoner Bok Hye-soo
2021 L.U.C.A.: The Beginning Cameo Ep.12
2021–2022 Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) Song Won
2022 Becoming Witch Chae Hee-soo [11]
The Law Cafe Song-hwa [12]
2023 Perfect Marriage Revenge Lee Jong-hye [13]
2023–2024 Korea–Khitan War Empress Cheonchu [14]

Film

YearTitleRole
1980This Pain of the Woman
The Wooden Horse That Went to Sea
Family PortraitSoo-kyung

Variety show

YearTitleNotes
2012-2013Popcorn and Nachos Host
2014Single Lady

Discography

Singles

TitleYearAlbumRef.
"Don't Worry" (걱정말아요)
(with Kang Shin-hyo)
2022 Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) 3 OST Part 5 [15]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
1996 MBC Drama Awards Best New ActressWon
2014 SBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama You're Only Mine Nominated

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