Lee Min-jung (Korean:이민정; born February 16, 1982) is a South Korean actress. She began her career in Jang Jin's stage plays, and for a few years appeared in supporting roles on film and television. She became known after her appearance in Boys Over Flowers (2009), and landed her first lead role in family drama Smile, You (2009). Lee achieved widespread recognition for her leading role in the romantic comedy Cyrano Agency (2010). She also starred in Wonderful Radio (2012), Big (2012), Cunning Single Lady (2014) and Come Back Mister (2016). She recently starred and gained recognition in the KBS weekend drama, Once Again.
South Korean actress (b. 1982)
In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.
Lee Min-jung
Lee Min-jung in 2019
Born
(1982-02-16) February 16, 1982 (age40)
Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea
Lee began her career in playwright/filmmaker Jang Jin's stage plays, then appeared in the Christian-themed indie Pruning the Grapevine,[1] while doing minor roles on film and television. She became a household name in 2009 through her supporting role in the popular high school series Boys Over Flowers, which then landed her first leading role in the weekend drama Smile, You.[2][3] The same year, she won the Best New Actress award at the Korean Association of Film Critics Awards for her performance in the mystery thriller White Night.[4]
Lee's breakout role was in romantic comedy Cyrano Agency in 2010, where she swept Best New Actress awards at various local award-giving bodies.[5][6][7][8][9]
Commercials and endorsements flooded in, and Lee gained a "goddess" label in the press.[10] One of the challenges of her next film Wonderful Radio, was to strip her of that image.[11] She successfully carried the film, with one review praising her as "expertly swinging from girly ditz, through self-centered pop diva (with memorable temper tantrums), to serious singer-songwriter."[12][13] Co-star Lee Jung-jin said her actual personality is similar to the character's - "really upbeat and outgoing."[11]
After playing a disillusioned fiancée to an ambitious fund manager in Midas,[14] Lee returned to the romantic comedy genre in the body-swapping TV series Big written by the Hong sisters.[15] In 2013 she starred in another rom-com series All About My Romance, about a secret relationship between two politicians of rival parties.[16] This was followed by Cunning Single Lady in 2014, in which she played the titular character who schemes to win her ex-husband back now that he's rich and successful.[17]
Lee made her acting comeback after three years in the SBS drama Come Back Mister with Rain. The series began airing in February 2016, and Lee won positive reviews for her performance.[18][19]
In 2018, Lee returned with a SBS weekend drama Fates & Furies. She re-united with her former co-star Joo Sang-wook from Cunning Single Lady as main leads.[20][21] In 2020, Lee gained widespread recognition portraying the role of Song Na-hee alongside actor Lee Sang-yeob in the weekend drama, Once Again.
Personal life
Her maternal grandfather was renowned painter Park No-soo, who led the first generation of modern traditional Korean ink painters which emerged after the country's liberation from Japanese rule. Park died on February 25, 2013, at the age of 86.[22]
Lee married actor Lee Byung-hun on August 10, 2013, at the Grand Hyatt Seoul.[23][24] The couple had briefly dated in 2006, then resumed their relationship in 2012.[25][26][27] She gave birth to their first child, Lee Joon-hoo, a boy, on March 31, 2015.[28][29][30]
Kim Seung-hyun (June 10, 2022). "유지태·곽도원·이범수·이민정, 티빙 오리지널 '빌런즈' 출연 확정"[Yoo Ji-tae, Kwak Do-won, Lee Beom-su, and Lee Min-jung confirmed to appear in Teabing's original 'Villains'] (in Korean). YTN. Retrieved June 10, 2022– via Naver.
Lee Ho-yeon (January 23, 2021). "2020 APAN 어워즈' 강하늘·이민정·이상엽·김희선, 흥행작 이끈 최우수상 영예"[2020 APAN Awards' Kang Ha-neul, Lee Min-jung, Lee Sang-yeop, and Kim Hee-sun, the grand prize for leading the box office]. hankookilbo (in Korean). Retrieved January 23, 2020.
"2020 KBS 연기대상] '한다다' 이상이·이초희 천호진·이정은 이민정·이상엽 베스트커플상"[2020 KBS Drama Awards] Lee Sang, Lee Cho-hee, Cheon Ho-jin, Lee Jung-eun, Lee Min-jung, Lee Sang-yeop Best Couple Award for 'Handada']. 이데일리 (in Korean). January 1, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
Noh Min-tak (December 30, 2021). "이병헌♥' 이민정 "좋은 선배가 되고 싶었다" [리포트:컷]"[Lee Byung-hun ♥' Lee Min-jung "I wanted to be a good senior" [Report: Cut]] (in Korean). TV report. Retrieved December 30, 2021– via Naver.
"Celebrity list 40". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). February 24, 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2021– via Joins.
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