Lee Young Ae
Encyclopedia
Lee Young Ae is a South Korean actress.
Her popularity has grown in an exponential manner due to her performance in the popular Korean drama Dae Jang Geum
. After the successful broadcast in Korea, it was then shown oversea the first time in 2004 and won many hearts of audience in Taiwan. In 2005, nearly half of the Hong Kong population watched the final episode of the drama. In China, hundreds of million viewers watched the drama though it was shown late at night.
She was awarded Best Actress awards in the Blue Dragon Film Awards
in 2005 and Baeksang Art Awards in 2006 for the film Sympathy For Lady Vengeance
.
Because of the success, Lee Young-Ae has been invited to visit Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, China and Japan. The first time in 12 years, NHK
had to use NHK Hall to host the NHK show (2006). She was invited to the 2007 Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival
in China as an Image Ambassador.
Beside her acting career, she has also been involved in several charity events. In 1997 she went to Ethiopia as a NGO Goodwill Ambassador. She went to Thar Desert in 1999 doing a TV show of the lowest caste people in India. Later in 2001, she published these experiences in her autobiography “A Most Special Love” and donated all the income from the sale of the book to charity.
She was appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador in 2004 by UNICEF and held several charity functions from that time on. She made many donations to schools and hospitals, which include an elementary school in China such that the school was renamed Lee Young-Ae Elementary School, and the Chosun First Middle School in Harbin.
From her 2006 autobiography “Young-Ae’s Vow”, she talked about how she became an actress. She recalled what made her go into show business was working with Andy Lau
in a 1991 chocolate advertisement. In 1995, she made a decision to go to graduate school to learn theory of acting. Since then, she has not changed to challenge various kinds of acting roles, like that in Dae Jang Geum
and later a very different role in Sympathy For Lady Vengeance
.
In 2007, she received Medal of Culture Merit for her contribution to Korean Wave from the South Korean government.
Her major contract in 2006 and 2007 is with LG Corp., a large South Korean conglomerate. She became the spokesmodel (Pan-Asia) for all LG Electronics
' products.
.. On February 20, 2011, Lee gave birth to twins, one boy and one girl, at a hospital in Seoul..
Career
Lee made her debut as a TV model in 1991. After appearing in TV commercials, she started playing in TV dramas and movies.Her popularity has grown in an exponential manner due to her performance in the popular Korean drama Dae Jang Geum
Dae Jang Geum
Dae Jang Geum is a 2003 epic South Korean television series directed by Lee Byung Hoon and produced by MBC. Starring Lee Young Ae, it tells the tale of an orphaned kitchen cook who went on to become the king's first female physician...
. After the successful broadcast in Korea, it was then shown oversea the first time in 2004 and won many hearts of audience in Taiwan. In 2005, nearly half of the Hong Kong population watched the final episode of the drama. In China, hundreds of million viewers watched the drama though it was shown late at night.
She was awarded Best Actress awards in the Blue Dragon Film Awards
Blue Dragon Film Awards
The Blue Dragon Film Awards is an annual awards ceremony that is presented annually by Sports Chosun for excellence in film in South Korea....
in 2005 and Baeksang Art Awards in 2006 for the film Sympathy For Lady Vengeance
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance is a 2008 South Korean film by director Park Chan-wook. In North America and parts of Europe, the film has been screened under the title Lady Vengeance. The film is the third installment in Park's The Vengeance Trilogy, following Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Oldboy...
.
Because of the success, Lee Young-Ae has been invited to visit Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, China and Japan. The first time in 12 years, NHK
NHK
NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
had to use NHK Hall to host the NHK show (2006). She was invited to the 2007 Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival
Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival
The annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival has been held since 1963. It had been interrupted for a number of years during the Cultural Revolution until it was resumed in 1985....
in China as an Image Ambassador.
Beside her acting career, she has also been involved in several charity events. In 1997 she went to Ethiopia as a NGO Goodwill Ambassador. She went to Thar Desert in 1999 doing a TV show of the lowest caste people in India. Later in 2001, she published these experiences in her autobiography “A Most Special Love” and donated all the income from the sale of the book to charity.
She was appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador in 2004 by UNICEF and held several charity functions from that time on. She made many donations to schools and hospitals, which include an elementary school in China such that the school was renamed Lee Young-Ae Elementary School, and the Chosun First Middle School in Harbin.
From her 2006 autobiography “Young-Ae’s Vow”, she talked about how she became an actress. She recalled what made her go into show business was working with Andy Lau
Andy Lau
Andy Lau MH, JP is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time...
in a 1991 chocolate advertisement. In 1995, she made a decision to go to graduate school to learn theory of acting. Since then, she has not changed to challenge various kinds of acting roles, like that in Dae Jang Geum
Dae Jang Geum
Dae Jang Geum is a 2003 epic South Korean television series directed by Lee Byung Hoon and produced by MBC. Starring Lee Young Ae, it tells the tale of an orphaned kitchen cook who went on to become the king's first female physician...
and later a very different role in Sympathy For Lady Vengeance
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance is a 2008 South Korean film by director Park Chan-wook. In North America and parts of Europe, the film has been screened under the title Lady Vengeance. The film is the third installment in Park's The Vengeance Trilogy, following Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Oldboy...
.
In 2007, she received Medal of Culture Merit for her contribution to Korean Wave from the South Korean government.
Her major contract in 2006 and 2007 is with LG Corp., a large South Korean conglomerate. She became the spokesmodel (Pan-Asia) for all LG Electronics
LG Electronics
LG Electronics is a global electronics and telecommunications company headquartered in Yeouido, Seoul, South Korea. The company operates its business through five divisions: mobile communications, home entertainment, home appliance, air conditioning and business solution...
' products.
Personal life
On August 24, 2009, Lee Young-ae married Jeong Ho-young, a Korean-American businessman. The wedding took place in the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.. On February 20, 2011, Lee gave birth to twins, one boy and one girl, at a hospital in Seoul..
Film
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Sympathy for Lady Vengeance Sympathy for Lady Vengeance Sympathy for Lady Vengeance is a 2008 South Korean film by director Park Chan-wook. In North America and parts of Europe, the film has been screened under the title Lady Vengeance. The film is the third installment in Park's The Vengeance Trilogy, following Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Oldboy... (친절한 금자씨) |
Lee Geum-ja |
| 2001 | One Fine Spring Day One Fine Spring Day One Fine Spring Day is a Korean feature film released by Sidus and Applause Films in 2001. Directed by Heo Jin-ho , it is a portrait of a love affair from its blossoming in spring to its decline in the following spring.... (봄날은 간다) |
Eun-su |
| Last Present Last Present Last Present is a 2001 South Korean film. Directed by Oh Gi-hwan, it tells the tale of Yong-ki , a struggling comedian who continues to see parallels between his disintegrating relationship with his wife, Jung-yun , and the characters he's playing on the stage.- Plot :The film traces the romance,... (선물) |
Jung-yun | |
| 2000 | Joint Security Area Joint Security Area (film) Joint Security Area is a 2000 South Korean film starring Lee Young Ae, Lee Byung-hun and Song Kang-ho. It was directed by Park Chan-wook and is based on the novel DMZ by Park Sang-yeon... (공동경비구역 JSA) |
Maj. Sophie E. Jean |
| 1999 | First Kiss (키스할까요) | Herself (cameo Cameo Cameo is a method of carving an object such as an engraved gem, item of jewellery or vessel made in this manner. It nearly always features a raised relief image; contrast with intaglio, which has a negative image... ) |
| 1996 | Inshallah (인샬아) | Hyang |
Television
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2003 | Jewel in the Palace (대장금 Dae Jang Geum) (MBC Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Munhwa 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... ) |
| 2000 | Fireworks (불꽃 Bulkkot) (SBS) |
| 1999 | Enbireyong (은비령 Eunbiryeong) (KBS) |
| 1999 | Invitation (초대 Chodae) (KBS) |
| 1999 | Wave (파도 Pado) (SBS) |
| 1998 | Advocate (애드버킷 Aedeubeokit) (MBC Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Munhwa 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... ) |
| 1998 | Romance (로맨스 Romaenseu) (SBS) |
| 1997 | Because I Love You (사랑하니까 Sarang hanikka) (SBS) |
| 1997 | The Reason I Live (내가 사는 이유 Naega saneun yiyu) (MBC Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Munhwa 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... ) |
| 1997 | Medical Brothers (의가형제 Uiga hyeongje) (MBC Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Munhwa 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... ) |
| 1996 | Sibling Relations (동기간 Dongkikan) (MBC Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Munhwa 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... ) |
| 1996 | Their Embrace (그들의 포옹 Geudeului poong) (MBC Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Munhwa 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... ) |
| 1996 | Papa (파파 Papa) (KBS) |
| 1995 | West Palace (서궁 Seogung) (KBS) |
| 1995 | Love and Marriage (사랑과 결혼 Sarangkwa kyeolhon) (MBC Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Munhwa 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... ) |
| 1995 | Asphalt Man Asphalt Man Asphalt Man is a 1995 SBS TV series starring Lee Byung-hun, Choi Jin-shil, Lee Young-ae and Jung Woo-sung. It is based on a comic by Huh Young-man.-Cast:*Lee Byung-hun as Kang Dong Joon*Jung Woo-sung as Kang Dong Suk... (아스팔트 사나이 Aseupalteu sanai) (SBS) |
| 1994 | Dash (질주 Jilju) (SBS) |
| 1993 | How's Your Husband? (댁의 남편은 어떠십니까? Daegui nampyeoneun eotteoshimnikka?) (SBS) |
Awards
- 1994 SBS Drama Awards, Best New Actress
- 1995 KBS Drama Awards, Popularity Prize
- 1996 MBC Drama Awards, Outstanding Actress
- 1997 SBS Drama Awards, Best Actress
- 1998 SBS Drama Awards, Best Actress
- 1999 KBS Drama Awards, Popularity Prize
- 2001 Korea Movie & Music Awards, Photogenic Prize for Actress
- 2001 Pusan Film Critics Awards, Best Actress (One Fine Spring Day)
- 2003 MBC Drama Awards, Grand Prize
- 2005 International Film Festival of Catalunya, Best Actress (Sympathy For Lady Vengeance)
- 2005 Blue Dragon film award, Best Actress (Sympathy For Lady Vengeance)
- 2006 Baeksang award, Best Actress (Sympathy For Lady Vengeance)
- 2006 Cinemanila International Film Festival Best Actress: Lee Young-ae for Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (South Korea)
External links
- http://www.leeyoungae.net/ (Official Website)
- Lee Young-ae at StormS Company
- Lee Young-ae at HanCinema