Lee Yoo-jin (actress)

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Lee Yoo-jin
Born (1977-01-08) 8 January 1977 (age 47)
Seoul, South Korea
Other namesLee Yu-jin
Education Seoul Women's University - Biology
OccupationActress
Years active1998–present
Agent SidusHQ
Spouse
Kim Wan-joo
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(m. 2010;div. 2013)​
Korean name
Hangul
이유진
Revised Romanization I Yujin
McCune–Reischauer Yi Yujin

Lee Yoo-jin (born 8 January 1977) is a South Korean actress and TV host. Lee began modeling as a teenager and made her entertainment debut in the Super Elite Model Contest in 1998. She switched quickly to acting, playing supporting roles in television dramas such as Beautiful Days , Girl's High School Days, Into the Sun, and Phoenix .

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Personal life

In May 2003, Lee held a press conference and tearfully acknowledged that she was of mixed race. She had previously denied the rumors that she was biracial, but fans had long suspected the truth from her 5-foot-9 stature (5 inches taller than the average Korean woman) and naturally creased eyelids. Lee told reporters that she had been afraid of being discriminated against, saying, "People ask why didn't I come out earlier and why this is such a big deal. It wouldn't be anywhere else, but Korea is still a closed society where people like to talk about the purity of the race." Lee was born to a South Korean mother and a Hispanic-American U.S. Army soldier; her parents married in 1976 while her father was stationed in Korea, but they divorced when she was 1 year old and he returned to the United States. Lee has had no contact with her birth father and she was raised solely by her single mother. South Korea uses a traditional Confucian-inspired family registry that requires children to be listed under their fathers' names and their fathers to be Korean—so that children with foreign fathers are in effect nonpersons under the law. Lee, for example, was registered under her grandfather's name, making her, under the law, her mother's sister. Lee said she considers herself to be entirely Korean in mentality. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Lee married ice hockey coach Kim Wan-joo on 14 October 2010 at the Seoul Renaissance Hotel. [5] [6]

Filmography

Television drama

Film

Variety show

Radio program

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References

  1. ↑ Demick, Barbara (6 August 2004). "In S. Korea, a Silver Lining to Being Biracial". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Demick, Barbara (13 August 2004). "Biracial entertainers overcome prejudice in South Korea / Pre-WWII 'Hermit Kingdom' culture slowly changing". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Korean Biases Erode as Biracial Entertainers Succeed: LAT". The Chosun Ilbo . 8 August 2004. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  4. ↑ Sung, So-young (9 March 2010). "A long struggle for multicultural stars". Korea JoongAng Daily . Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ↑ "After three years of dating, Lee Yu Jin is set to get married in October to a hockey coach who is a year younger". Korea.com. 15 September 2010. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Lee Yoo-jin will has a wedding with ice hockey coach, who is one year younger than her, on 14th". Hancinema . 13 October 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
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