"Lee Yeon-Hee"
Lee Yeon-hee (born January 9, 1988) is a South Korean actress and model under record label and talent agency, S.M. Entertainment. She made her first appearance in Moon Heejun's music video, "ALONE" in 2001 and officially debuted in the Korean television drama, Sea God as young Junghwa in 2004. She played her first movie in 2006 known as "A Millionaire's First Love" as Eun-whan.
Lee was born in the Bundang district of Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. In the summer of 2001, thirteen-year-old Lee successfully signed a contract with S.M. Entertainment after she won the category of "Best Feature" in the SM Entertainment Best Youth contest. For the contest, she acted out a monologue, singing to Dana The Grace's "Until the End of the World", and also did freestyle modeling poses. After she joined the company, she began intense training lessons on acting, singing, and dancing.
Lee was one of the potentials of the trainee pool within SM Entertainment for Girls' Generation before the group debut on 2007. She decided to pursue an acting career and debuted as an actress.
Soon after she joined SM Entertainment, Lee began her career by starring in music videos for SM artists, such as boy band TVXQ, Moon Heejun, KangTa, Shinhwa, and Fly to the Sky, overtaking SM artists Kim Bomi (of M.I.L.K.) and Lee Jiyeon (commonly known as LinA, of CSJH The Grace) as "The SM music video girl". In the span of one year, she starred in eight music videos compared to Kim Bomi's and Lee Jiyeon's five each within two years. Though Lee had relatively steady work between modelling in magazines, commercial ads and appearing in music videos, she did not officially debut until late 2004. In November, she had undertook a role in the popular historical drama Sea God, and was featured a few months later in the latter episodes of the daily drama My Precious Child. Her subsequent role in Resurrection brought the number of her drama appearances to three. Lee kept busy throughout the rest of 2005 by filming many commercials and modelling for various magazines.
Lee's big break came in the form of the movie Millionaire's First Love where she played a lead role alongside popular actor Hyun Bin. Lee resolved to "act as hard as she can with all that she's learned" for her movie debut. Through the movie she also made her singing debut, singing Do Re Mi from The Sound of Music and Insa on the film's original soundtrack.
Lee's name as "music video girl" became more apparent after labelmate Zhang Liyin's 2006 "Timeless" music video, where she starred alongside Super Junior's Han Geng and Choi Siwon. Two years later, the trio reunited for Zhang's "I WILL" and "The Left Shore of Happiness", which were released in early 2008 in China and weeks later, Korea. Together, netizens commonly termed the trio as "The Timeless Cast". She once again reprised her title in 2010, playing an angel in the label's project group S.M. The Ballad's music video for their debut single "Miss You".
In 2009, she starred as one of the main cast in East of Eden. Unfortunately her acting in the series was poorly received, with many calling it "weak" and "not living up to her full potential". As a singer, she was featured on Super Junior's third album Sorry Sorry.
She participated at the SMTown Live '10 World Tour. Her performances during the tour included a cover of the song "Slow Motion" which was originally sung by Karina Pasian.
In 2011, as a celebration for her 23rd birthday, the actress held a photo exhibition/fan meeting. The exhibition went by the name of 'Time' and was held from February 11 to 13. During the exhibit, the star received much attention from the press as well as special visits from friends and labelmates.
Film
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | A Millionaire's First Love | Eun-hwan |
| 2007 | M | Mi-mi |
| My Love | So-hyeon | |
| 2008 | Hello, Schoolgirl | Soo-yeong |
| 2011 | My Way | Eun-soo |
| 2013 | Marriage Blue | So mi |
Television series
| Year | Network | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | KBS | Emperor of the Sea (해신) | young Jung-hwa |
| KBS | My Precious Child (금쪽같은 내새끼) | In-hoo | |
| 2005 | KBS | Resurrection (부활) | Kang Shin-young |
| 2006 | MBC | One Fine Day (어느 멋진 날) | Goo Hyo-ju |
| 2008 | OCN | U-Turn | |
| 2009 | MBC | East of Eden (에덴의 동쪽) | Gook Young-ran (Grace) |
| 2011 | SBS | Paradise Ranch (파라다이스 목장) | Lee Da-ji |
| 2012 | SBS | Phantom (유령) | Yoo Kang-mi |
| 2013 | MBC | Gu Family Book (구가의서) | Yun Seo-Hwa |
Music video appearances
- 2001: "ALONE" – Moon Hee Jun
- 2001: "Our Story" – Moon Heejun (Ft. Oh Sang Eun)
- 2001: "Thanks God" – Kangta
- 2002: "Condition of My Heart" – Fly to the Sky
- 2002: "HERO" – Shinhwa
- 2002: "Memories" – Kangta
- 2002: "Pine Tree" – Kangta
- 2002: "Propose" – Kangta
- 2003: "Habit" – Fly to the Sky
- 2004: "My Little Princess" – TVXQ
- 2004: "The Way U Are" – TVXQ
- 2005: "Persona" – Kangta
- 2006: "Timeless – Zhang Liyin (Ft. Xiah of TVXQ)
- 2008: "Star Wish (I Will)" – Zhang Liyin
- 2008: "The Left Shore of Happiness" – Zhang Liyin
- 2008: "M-net Love Song 2008"
- 2009: "Wizard Of Oz" – Clazziquai
- 2010: "Miss You" – S.M. The Ballad
Featurings
- 2009: "Club No.1" in Sorry, Sorry – Super Junior
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | MBC Drama Awards | Best New Actress Award "(East of Eden)" | Won |
| Popularity Award "(East of Eden)" | Won | ||
| Best Couple Award with Song Seung Hun "(East of Eden)" | Won | ||
| 31st Golden Cinematography Awards | Best New Actress Award "M" | Won | |
| 5th Max Movie Awards | Best Newcomer Award "M" | Won |
Source : http://en.wikipedia.org
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