Lee Yoo-jin
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Lee Yoo-jin is a half-Korean, half-Hispanic actress and model who debuted from Super Elite Model Contest in Seoul in 1998. She was born to a Hispanic-American father in the U.S. Army and a Korean mother.
In May 2003, she held a tearful news conference to finally admit that she was biracial. Lee said her father married her mother in 1976 while stationed in Korea, but that after Lee was born, he returned to the United States and got a divorce. Lee said she has no intention of seeing him.
Lee is registered in her maternal grandfather's family registry, and according to the document, she is her mother's sister. In school, she said she always wrote her grandfather's name instead of her father's name.
She spent a couple of years in Japan after admitting she was biracial, but has since returned to Korea and the entertainment business.
In May 2003, she held a tearful news conference to finally admit that she was biracial. Lee said her father married her mother in 1976 while stationed in Korea, but that after Lee was born, he returned to the United States and got a divorce. Lee said she has no intention of seeing him.
Lee is registered in her maternal grandfather's family registry, and according to the document, she is her mother's sister. In school, she said she always wrote her grandfather's name instead of her father's name.
She spent a couple of years in Japan after admitting she was biracial, but has since returned to Korea and the entertainment business.
TV series
- SBS 아름다운 날들 (Beautiful DaysBeautiful DaysBeautiful Days is a South Korean television drama series broadcast by SBS in 2001. It stars Lee Byung-hun and Choi Ji-woo.- Synopsis :...
) - 2001 - SBSSBS (Korea)Seoul Broadcasting System is a national South Korean television and radio network. It is the only private commercial broadcaster with a wide regional Network to operate in the country. On March 17, 2009, the company legally became known as SBS, changing its corporate name from Seoul Broadcasting...
태양속으로 - 2003 - SBSSBS (Korea)Seoul Broadcasting System is a national South Korean television and radio network. It is the only private commercial broadcaster with a wide regional Network to operate in the country. On March 17, 2009, the company legally became known as SBS, changing its corporate name from Seoul Broadcasting...
선택 - 2004 - MBC (Munhwa Broadcasting CorporationMunhwa Broadcasting CorporationMunhwa Broadcasting Corporation Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC (Hangul : 문화방송주식회사, Munhwa Bangsong Jushikoesa) is one of four major national South Korean television and radio networks. Munhwa is the Korean word for "culture". Its flagship terrestrial television...
) 불새 - 2004
Films
- 돈 텔 파파 (Dontellpapa) - Released 2004-09-03
- 내 남자의 로맨스 (How To Keep My Love) - Released 2004-07-16