Lee Min-jung

This is a Korean name; the family name is Lee.

Lee Min-jung (Hangul: 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, such as Boys Over Flowers. Lee rose to fame in 2009 with a leading role in popular family drama Smile, You, followed by the hit romantic comedy film Cyrano Agency (2010).

Career

Lee Min-jung was a late starter in the world of Korean entertainment. Whereas most starlets launch their careers as teenagers, she debuted at 25 after graduating from Sungkyunkwan University with a degree in Theater.

Lee began her career in playwright/filmmaker Jang Jin's stage plays, then appeared in the Christian-themed indie Pruning the Grapevine, 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. Her romantic comedy Cyrano Agency was the sleeper hit of 2010, and became the breakout film for Lee, who grabbed five best new actress awards in Korea and rose to stardom.

Commercials and endorsements flooded in, and Lee gained a "goddess" label in the press. One of the challenges of her next film Wonderful Radio was to strip her of that image. 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." Co-star Lee Jung-jin said her actual personality is similar to the character's -- "really upbeat and outgoing."

After playing a disillusioned fiancee to an ambitious fund manager in Midas, Lee returned to the romantic comedy genre in the body-swapping TV series Big written by the Hong Sisters. In 2013 she starred in another rom-com series All About My Romance, about a secret relationship between two politicians of rival parties. 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.

Personal life

Her maternal grandfather was renowned painter Park No-soo, an important figure in Korean art history, who led the first generation of modernized traditional Korean ink painters who emerged after the country's liberation from the Japanese rule. Park died on February 25, 2013, at the age of 86.

Lee married actor Lee Byung-hun on August 10, 2013 at the Grand Hyatt Seoul. The couple had briefly dated in 2006, then resumed their relationship in 2012. Lee gave birth to their first child, Lee Joon-hoo, a boy on 31 March 2015.

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Network
2005	Love and Sympathy	Kim Young-joo	SBS
2006	Love Me When You Can	Ha Jung-hwa	MBC
2007	Kimcheed Radish Cubes	Lee Min-do	MBC
2008	Who Are You?	Yang Ji-sook	MBC
2009	Boys Over Flowers	Ha Jae-kyung	KBS2
	Smile, You	Seo Jung-in	SBS
2010	Sunday Drama Theater "Lunch Box"	Hee-young	MBC
2011	Midas	Lee Jung-yeon	SBS
2012	Big	Gil Da-ran	KBS2
2013	All About My Romance	Noh Min-young	SBS
2014	Cunning Single Lady	Na Ae-ra	MBC
2015	Please Come Back, Mister	Shin Da-hae	SBS

Film

Year	Title	Role
1996	The Gate of Destiny	Icarus member
2003	Wishing Stairs	Jin-sung's ballet dance double
2004	Someone Special	Yi-yeon's friend
2005	Wet Dreams 2	Second year student #3
2006	Moodori	Yoon-hee
2007	Pruning the Grapevine	Yoon Soo-ah / Helena
2009	Searching for the Elephant	Soo-yeon
	White Night	Lee Si-yeong
2010	Cyrano Agency	Kim Hee-joong
2012	Wonderful Radio	Shin Jin-ah

Music video appearance

Year	Song title	Artist	Co-star
2005	"널 지켜줄게"	Player
2006	"Like a Man"	Fly to the Sky
2008	"Violin + Miss You"	Zia	Jung Kyung-ho
	"Doll + A Man's Love"
2009	"Girls Like Bad Boys"	December	Kim Seung-woo
2009	"I Don't Care"	2NE1

Theater

Year	Title	Role
2004	Taxi Driver	Hwa-yi
	Clumsy People	Yoo Hwa-yi
2007	The Game of Love and Chance	Silvia

Discography

Yearww	Artist	Songr title	From the Album
2010	Lee Min-jung and Park Shin-hye	"It Was You"	Cyrano Agency OST
2012	Lee Min-jung	"Again"	Wonderful Radio OST
	Lee Min-jung	"Write the Truth"
	Lee Min-jung, Seo Young and Ahn Mi-na	"You're My Angel"

Endorsements

Lee Min-jung at the LG Tromm Love Hands Talk Concert, on July 19, 2012

• Pizza Hut
• LG Communications
• Bacchus
• Omphalos (2008)
• Tommy Hilfiger Denim (2009)
• Make Up For Ever (2009)
• SK Telecom (2009)
• Sony Ericsson Xperia (2009)
• Happy Point Card (2009)
• SCINIC Cosmetics (2009)
• Daewoo Matiz Creative (2010)
• Raemian (2010)
• Bestibelli (2010)
• Mind Bridge (2010)
• 1-Day Acuvue Define (2010)
• Chamisul Soju (2010)
• Shinhan Life Insurance
• Kolon Sport (2010)
• Dove Damage Therapy Shampoo (2010)
• Philadelphia Cream Cheese (2010)
• Skin Food - Mood Look, Watery Berry (2010–present)
• Stonehenge Jewelry
• Hankook Tire
• LG Tromm
• Outback Steakhouse
• Care Gargle Solution
• Vincis Bench

Awards and nominations

Lee Min-jung at the 2010 Director's Cut Awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2009	SBS Drama Awards	New Star Award	Smile, You	Won
2010	Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Actress (TV)		Nominated
	Korean Association of Film Critics Awards	Best New Actress	White Night	Won
	Grand Bell Awards	Best New Actress	Cyrano Agency	Won
		Popularity Award, Actress		Won
	Style Icon Awards	Style Icon - Movie Actress		Won
	Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best New Actress		Won
	Korea Jewelry Awards	Ruby Award	N/A	Won
	University Film Festival of Korea	Best New Actress	Cyrano Agency	Won
	Korea Lifestyle Awards	Best Dressed Woman of the Year	N/A	Won
	Director's Cut Awards	Best New Actress	Cyrano Agency	Won
2011	Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Actress		Nominated
		InStyle Fashionista Award	N/A	Won
	SBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Planning Drama	Midas	Nominated
2012	KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries	Big	Nominated
2013	Seoul International Drama Awards	Outstanding Korean Actress		Nominated
2014	MBC Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries	Cunning Single Lady	Nominated

External links

• Lee Min-jung on Instagram
• Lee Min-jung on Cyworld
• Lee Min-jung at MSteam Entertainment
• Lee Min-jung Fan Cafe at Daum
• Lee Min-jung at HanCinema
• Lee Min-jung at the Korean Movie Database
• Lee Min-jung at the Internet Movie Database

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