Lee Yoon-mi

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Lee Yoon-mi
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Born (1981-09-25) September 25, 1981 (age 42)
Education Dongguk University - Theater and Film
Occupation Actress
Years active2002-present
AgentGreen Snake Juna E&M
Spouse Joo Young-hoon (m. 2006)
Children2
Korean name
Hangul
이윤미
Revised Romanization I Yun-mi
McCune–Reischauer I Yun-mi

Lee Yoon-mi (born September 25, 1981) is a South Korean actress and entrepreneur. [1]

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Career

Lee Yoon-mi won the top prize in the Super Elite Model Best Talent Awards in 1998. She made her entertainment debut in 2003 as a member of the K-pop/dance girl group THE S (더에스). [2]

Afterwards, Lee transitioned into acting, appearing in television dramas such as Little Women (2004) and My Love (2006). She also played the lead actress in the stage musical The Golden Days in 2011. [3]

In 2007, Lee founded the online shop Coconut Island. [4] [5]

Personal life

Lee married singer and composer Joo Young-hoon on October 28, 2006. They have two daughters - Joo Ara, who was born on March 24, 2010, and Joo Ra-el, who was born on August 4, 2015. [6]

Lee also sponsors children through Compassion International, an organization founded in 1952 to help children orphaned by war in South Korea. [3] [7] [8]

Filmography

Television series

YearTitleRoleNetwork
2004Little WomenJung In-deuk SBS
2005 My Lovely Sam Soon Jang Chae-ri MBC
2006My LoveSeo Hee-jaeSBS
2007 Bad Woman, Good Woman Kim Tae-heeMBC
Soaring HighYoo Ji-eunSBS
2011 Dream High Maeng Seung-hee KBS2
2013 Two Women's Room Monica Kim (cameo, episode 58) [9] SBS
Let's Eat Pet shop owner (cameo, episode 11) tvN
2014 Can We Fall in Love, Again? Kang Soo-hee (cameo, episode 6) jTBC
Triangle Madam JangMBC
2015Iron Lady ChaOh Dal-jaMBC
2022 Sponsor Soo-ahIHQ [10]

Variety show

YearTitle
2002 Declaration of Freedom Saturday - War of the Roses
2016 King of Mask Singer

Musical theatre

YearTitleRole
2011The Golden DaysButterfly Fairy

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References

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  3. 1 2 Shin, Hae-in (16 December 2011). "Become a mom and get a miracle". The Korea Herald . Retrieved 2014-09-13.
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  10. Park So-yeon (August 31, 2021). "[방송소식] 박근형-김정태-이윤미, IHQ 드라마 '욕망' 합류" [[Broadcasting News] Park Geun-hyung, Kim Jeong-tae, and Lee Yoon-mi join the IHQ drama 'Desire']. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved August 31, 2021 via Naver.