Lee Yo-won
{{short description|South Korean actress (born 1980)}}
{{unreliable sources|date=January 2021|Multiple unreliable sources, specifically from Allkpop}}
{{family name hatnote|Lee||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Lee Yo-won
| image = 190502 이요원.jpg
| caption = Lee Yo-won in 2019
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|4|9}}
| birth_place = Eunhaeng-dong, Jungwon-gu, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea{{cite web|url=https://www.marieclairekorea.com/tag/%ec%9d%b4%ec%9a%94%ec%9b%90/|title=이요원|website=Marie Claire Korea|access-date=2023-11-26|language=ko}}
| education = Dankook University – Theater and Film
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1997–present
| agent = Management Koo
| height = {{height|m=1.72}}
| spouse = {{Marriage|Park Jin-woo|2003}}
| children = 3
| module = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes|headercolor=transparent
| hangul = 이요원
| hanja = {{linktext|李|枖|原|}}
| rr = I Yo-won
| mr = I Yowŏn
}}
}}
Lee Yo-won (born April 9, 1980) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Queen Seondeok in the eponymous hit period drama.
Career
Lee Yo-won was a sophomore in high school when she won a modeling contest and first appeared as a model in the November 1997 issue of fashion magazine Figaro. This led to commercials, then to minor roles in television series and movies. Though she started getting recognized by the public after the box-office success of anarchic comedy Attack the Gas Station (1999),{{cite web|url=https://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=001&oid=015&aid=0000352401|script-title=ko:스타데이트 이요원 <탤런트>|date=22 March 2001|website=The Korea Economic Daily|language=ko|access-date=10 January 2019|archive-date=22 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022181154/https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/015/0000352401?sid=001|url-status=live}} her first notable acting role was in controversial TV drama Blue Mist (2001), where she played a young woman in her 20s who becomes romantically involved with a married man in his 40s.{{cite web|last=Shin|first=Yong-ho|title=Lee Transforms, Playing Vixen or Angel|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=1890110|access-date=2012-11-18|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=10 June 2001|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723230543/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=1890110|archive-date=23 July 2012}}
Critical darling Take Care of My Cat (2001) followed shortly, for which she received several newcomer awards. In a later interview with Elle Korea in 2009, she cited the film as her most memorable work.{{cite web|last=Yoon|first=Tae-hee|script-title=ko:'선덕여왕' 이요원, 패션화보도 '여왕포스'|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2009121509484862647|work=10Asia|language=ko|access-date=2014-03-19|date=15 December 2009|archive-date=2014-03-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319204523/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2009121509484862647|url-status=live}}
But after starring in a number of big-screen star vehicles that weren't received well by audiences and critics, Lee felt mentally and physically exhausted. After finishing the historical drama Daemang (lit. "The Great Ambition", 2002), she made the surprising announcement that she was temporarily retiring from the entertainment scene.{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=001&aid=0000253169|title=<연합인터뷰>SBS「대망」의 이요원|date=10 October 2002|website=Yonhap News Agency|language=ko|access-date=10 January 2019|archive-date=10 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110183506/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=001&aid=0000253169|url-status=live}}
Lee made a successful acting comeback in 2005, as the lead actress in period drama Fashion 70's, which she chose because she wanted to work with TV director Lee Jae-gyu (who had previously directed Damo), and because it was not a typical love story, but depicted a woman's success in life and career.{{cite web|last=Suh|first=Jung-bo|title=Weekend Date: Lee Yo-won|url=http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2005051304988|access-date=2012-11-18|work=The Dong-a Ilbo|date=12 May 2005|archive-date=2012-03-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330174840/http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2005051304988|url-status=live}} A supporting role followed in romantic comedy When Romance Meets Destiny.{{cite web|title=Lee Yo-Won Talks 광식이 동생 광태 (When Romance Meets Destiny)|url=http://twitchfilm.com/interviews/2005/12/lee-yo-won-talks-when-romance-meets-destiny.php|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722115114/http://twitchfilm.com/interviews/2005/12/lee-yo-won-talks-when-romance-meets-destiny.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 July 2012|access-date=2012-11-18|work=Film2.0 via Twitch Film|date=2 December 2005}}
File:Lee Yo-won in March 2011 (2).jpg press conference in 2011.]]
In 2007, Lee played the titular character in hit medical drama/romance Surgeon Bong Dal-hee,{{cite web|title=Dr. Drama|url=http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2007010485908|work=The Dong-a Ilbo|access-date=2013-07-30|date=4 January 2007|archive-date=2015-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208115253/http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2007010485908|url-status=live}} though her next series, melodrama Cruel Love was less successful in the ratings.{{cite web|url=http://www.hancinema.net/lee-yo-won-to-costar-kwon-sang-woo-in-bad-love-11240.html|title=Lee Yo-won to costar Kwon Sang-woo in Bad Love|date=22 October 2007|website=HanCinema|publisher=Broasia|access-date=10 January 2019|archive-date=11 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111121544/https://www.hancinema.net/lee-yo-won-to-costar-kwon-sang-woo-in-bad-love-11240.html|url-status=live}} She then switched to more serious fare as part of the ensemble cast of May 18, a film about the Gwangju massacre and one of the highest grossing Korean films of all time.{{cite web|title=Lee Yo-won Conjures the Spirits of May 18|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2007/07/25/2007072561009.html|access-date=2012-11-18|work=The Chosun Ilbo|date=25 July 2007|archive-date=2013-12-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218104145/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2007/07/25/2007072561009.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Hyo-won|title=May 18 Remembers Heroes of Gwangju|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2011/12/141_6269.html|work=The Korea Times|access-date=2012-12-17|date=10 July 2007|archive-date=2013-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213054904/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2011/12/141_6269.html|url-status=live}}
Tired of playing fragile characters, Lee portrayed Queen Seondeok of Silla in the massively popular period drama Queen Seondeok (2009).{{cite web|last=Han|first=Sang-hee|title=New Epic Drama to Bring Rivalry, Love to TV|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2010/07/201_45149.html|access-date=2012-11-18|work=The Korea Times|date=9 May 2009|archive-date=2013-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103225915/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2010/07/201_45149.html|url-status=live}} Her follow-up, fantasy melodrama 49 Days (2011) in which she played dual roles as a woman possessed, also resonated with audiences.{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Ga-on|title=INTERVIEW: Actress Lee Yo-won - Part 1|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011060815320402598|access-date=2012-11-18|work=10Asia|date=8 June 2011|archive-date=2020-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613215326/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011060815320402598|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Ga-on|title=INTERVIEW: Actress Lee Yo-won - Part 2|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011060816242726851|access-date=2012-11-18|work=10Asia|date=8 June 2011|archive-date=2020-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103100549/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011060816242726851|url-status=live}} Afterwards she appeared in The King's Doctor (2012) about a Joseon-era veterinarian turned royal physician,{{cite web|last=Nam|first=Woo-jeong|title=Horse Doctor Lee Yo Won talks about her relationship with Cho Seung Woo|url=http://en.starnnews.com/news/index.html?no=127255|work=StarN News|date=25 September 2012|access-date=2014-03-19|archive-date=2015-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110190816/http://en.starnnews.com/news/index.html?no=127255|url-status=live}} and Empire of Gold (2013) which revolved around a power struggle over a chaebol.{{cite web|last=Cho|first=Suyoun|title=Heroine of a hit series Empire of Gold Lee Yo won meets fashion magazine ELLE|url=http://www.bntnews.co.uk/app/news.php?nid=5175|work=BNTNews|access-date=2014-03-19|date=24 January 2013|archive-date=2014-03-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319221047/http://www.bntnews.co.uk/app/news.php?nid=5175|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tenasia.com/ko-soo-lee-yo-won-to-struggle-for-power-and-money-in-the-golden-empire/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328132354/http://www.tenasia.com/ko-soo-lee-yo-won-to-struggle-for-power-and-money-in-the-golden-empire/|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 March 2014|title=Ko Soo, Lee Yo-won to Struggle for Power and Money in New TV Series|date=24 May 2013|website=10Asia}}
On the big screen, Lee said after her enjoyable experience working with Jeong Jae-eun on Take Care of My Cat, she wanted to work with other female directors, so she starred in Anna Lee's romantic mystery The Recipe (2010){{cite web|url=https://www.hancinema.net/lee-yo-won-said-that-she-became-more-muscular-thanks-to-her-husband-25529.html|title=Lee Yo-won said that she became more muscular thanks to her husband|date=18 October 2010|website=HanCinema|access-date=10 January 2019|archive-date=13 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113185127/https://www.hancinema.net/lee-yo-won-said-that-she-became-more-muscular-thanks-to-her-husband-25529.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011120210184964749|title=Ryoo Seung-bum, Lee Yo-won cast in new movie|date=2 December 2011|website=10Asia|access-date=10 January 2019|archive-date=9 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409174300/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011120210184964749|url-status=live}} and Bang Eun-jin's crime thriller Perfect Number (2012). In contrast, she was cast in the only female starring role in Kang Woo-suk's Fists of Legend (2013), about middle-aged men who join a televised mixed martial arts tournament/reality show.{{cite web|last=Hong|first=Lucia|title=Lee Yo-won to play a producer in Kang Woo-suk's new film|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012051609544386657|access-date=2014-03-19|work=10Asia|date=16 May 2012|archive-date=2013-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228045405/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012051609544386657|url-status=live}}
In 2016, Lee made a successful comeback to the small screen with the quirky romantic-comedy My Horrible Boss. Her role as a hot-headed career woman was well-received, with many citing it as her "rediscovery role".{{cite web|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3016661|title=Lee Yo-won plays hard-headed career woman in drama|date=25 March 2016|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210231831/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3016661|url-status=live}} She then participated in another film, titled Yes, Family, playing a reporter who is the oldest among-st four siblings.{{cite web|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3030174|title=Practice has made perfect for Lee Yo-won's career: The actress returns to the silver screen with 'My Little Brother'|date=23 February 2017|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210180100/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3030174|url-status=live}} Lee also starred in the MBC drama Night Light, alongside Jin Goo and Uee.{{cite web|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201611181711562122143_2&ACE_SEARCH=1|title=New MBC series 'Night Light' depicts world ruled by power, money and greed|date=18 November 2016|work=Kpop Herald|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-date=14 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814062919/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201611181711562122143_2&ACE_SEARCH=1|url-status=live}}
In 2017, Lee starred in the black comedy series Avengers Social Club.{{cite web|url=https://www.hancinema.net/lee-yo-won-to-lead-star-in-buam-dong-avengers-108935.html|title=Lee Yo-won to lead star in "Buam-dong Avengers"|date=15 August 2015|work=HanCinema|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210180530/https://www.hancinema.net/lee-yo-won-to-lead-star-in-buam-dong-avengers-108935.html|url-status=live}}
In 2019, Lee starred in the espionage melodrama Different Dreams and {{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=076&aid=0003300534|title=[공식]유지태X이요원, '이몽' 출연 확정…내년 상반기 방송|date=15 August 2018|website=Sports Chosun|language=ko|access-date=15 August 2018|archive-date=29 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329183812/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=076&aid=0003300534|url-status=live}} The Running Mates: Human Rights.
Personal life
Lee married businessman and professional golfer Park Jin-woo on January 10, 2003.{{cite web|title=Lee Yo-won said that she became more muscular thanks to her husband|url=http://www.hancinema.net/lee-yo-won-said-that-she-became-more-muscular-thanks-to-her-husband-25529.html|access-date=2012-11-18|work=The Dong-a Ilbo via Hancinema|date=18 October 2010|archive-date=2013-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414071900/http://www.hancinema.net/lee-yo-won-said-that-she-became-more-muscular-thanks-to-her-husband-25529.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Actress Lee Yo-won ties knot with businessman|url=http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=102&oid=038&aid=0000166808|access-date=2014-04-22|language=ko|date=10 January 2003|publisher=Naver|archive-date=2020-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127205710/https://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=102&oid=038&aid=0000166808|url-status=live}} The couple have two daughters & one son (born in Dec 2003, May 2014 and May 2015).{{cite web|title=Lee Yo-Won and Family First Time Appearance Captured by Media Camera after 9 Years Marriage|url=http://www.dispatch.co.kr/r.dp?idx=3282|language=ko|work=Dispatch|date=9 August 2011|access-date=20 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808155652/http://www.dispatch.co.kr/r.dp?idx=3282|archive-date=8 August 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Actress Lee Yo-won gives birth to her 2nd child|url=http://eng.ajunews.com/view/20140725150508749|work=Aju Business Daily|date=25 July 2014|access-date=2014-08-12|archive-date=2014-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809112515/http://eng.ajunews.com/view/20140725150508749|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Actress Lee Yo Won belatedly revealed to have given birth to her second child|url=http://www.allkpop.com/article/2014/07/actress-lee-yo-won-belatedly-revealed-to-have-given-birth-to-her-second-child|work=Allkpop|date=25 July 2014|access-date=2014-07-26|archive-date=2014-07-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729020046/http://www.allkpop.com/article/2014/07/actress-lee-yo-won-belatedly-revealed-to-have-given-birth-to-her-second-child|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Actress Lee Yo Won revealed to have given birth to her third child|url=http://www.allkpop.com/article/2015/05/actress-lee-yo-won-revealed-to-have-given-birth-to-her-third-child|work=Allkpop|date=19 May 2015|access-date=2015-05-19|archive-date=2015-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521234549/http://www.allkpop.com/article/2015/05/actress-lee-yo-won-revealed-to-have-given-birth-to-her-third-child|url-status=live}} Lee is Catholic.{{cite web|url=https://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201010190115151003#google_vignette|title=이요원 “이런 ‘된장같은’ 반응은 없어야 할텐데” (인터뷰①)}}
Filmography
=Film=
=Television series=
=Variety=
| class="wikitable" style="width:500px" | ||
| width=10|Year
! Title ! Episode | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | tvN World Special "LOVE" | Vietnam |
=Music video appearances=
| class="wikitable" style="width:700px" | ||
| width=10|Year
! Song title ! Artist | ||
|---|---|---|
| rowspan=2| 1998 | "Please Baby Don't Cry" | Deep |
| "WAYO!WAYO!" | O.P.P.A | |
| rowspan=2| 1999 | "Will You Forgive Me" | A4 |
| "To Her Lover" | K2 | |
| 2000 | "I Love You" | Position |
| 2001 | "I Wish You Happiness (Joy Project - 1 Year of Love)" | WHY |
| 2002 | "울고 싶어지는 오후" | Ji Seo-ryeon |
| 2006 | "Liquor" | Vibe |
| rowspan=2| 2007 | "Love's Greeting" | rowspan=2| SeeYa |
| "Ice Doll" | ||
| 2009 | "I'm Terrible in Love" | Shin Seung-hun |
| 2012 | "Love Is All the Same" | Yangpa |
Discography
| class="wikitable" | ||
| width=10|Year
! Song title ! Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | "Bidam (A Sad Story)" | Track from Queen Seondeok Special OST Part 2 |
Awards and nominations
= Listicles =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"
|+ Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement |
| scope="col" | Publisher
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Listicle ! scope="col" | Placement ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| scope="row" | Forbes
| 2010 | style="text-align:center;" | 22nd | style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|url=https://jmagazine.joins.com/forbes/view/282629|title=Celebrity List|date=February 23, 2010|work=JoongAng Ilbo|language=ko|url-access=subscription|access-date=May 24, 2021|via=Joins|archive-date=May 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524075438/https://jmagazine.joins.com/forbes/view/282629|url-status=live}} |
References
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External links
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- {{kmdb person|00004091}}
- {{IMDb name|1030827}}
- {{HanCinema person}}
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{{Blue Dragon Film Award Best New Actress}}
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{{Director's Cut Awards for Best New Actress}}
{{Grimae Awards for Best Actress}}
{{KBS Drama Awards for Popularity Award, Actress}}
{{SBS Drama Awards for Best New Actress}}
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Category:Actresses from Seongnam
Category:South Korean film actresses
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Category:Dankook University alumni