Lee Yu-bi
{{Short description|South Korean actress (born 1990)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Im|Lee|lang=Korean}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Lee Yu-bi
| image = Lee Yu-bi in March 2024.png
| caption = Lee in March 2024
| birth_name = Im Yu-jin
| native_name = 이소율
| native_name_lang = ha
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|11|22}}
| birth_place = Seoul, South Korea{{cite web|script-title=ko:이유비|url=https://cinefox.com/actor/view?isb=Y&movieman_seq=38736|website=Cinefox (씨네폭스)|language=ko|access-date=January 16, 2024|archive-date=January 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116220716/https://cinefox.com/actor/view?isb=Y&movieman_seq=38736|url-status=live}}
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2011–present
| education = Ewha Womans University (Voice)
| agent = Ghost Studio
| mother = Kyeon Mi-ri
| family = Lee Da-in (sister)
| relatives = Lee Seung-gi (brother-in-law)
| website =
| signature = Lee Yu-bi Signature.svg
| module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto|child=yes|headercolor=transparent
| hangul = %이소율
| hangulstage = %이유비
| hanjastage = 李侑菲
| hangulborn = %임유진
| hanjaborn = 任侑珍
}}
}}
Lee So-yul ({{Korean|hangul=이소율}}; born Im Yu-jin, November 22, 1990), better known by the stage name Lee Yu-bi ({{Korean|hangul=이유비|labels=no}}) is a South Korean actress.
Early life
Yu-bi is the daughter of the actors Kyeon Mi-ri and Im Young-gyu. Her parents divorced in 1993. When her mother remarried in 1998 their stepfather, Lee Hong-heon legally adopted her and her sister, Lee Da-in who is also an actress.{{cite web|title=Mom's Shoes May Not Be Too Big to Fill for Actress Lee Yu-bi|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/11/16/2012111600401.html|work=The Chosun Ilbo|date=November 16, 2012|access-date=April 16, 2013|archive-date=November 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119052415/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/11/16/2012111600401.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Lee Yubi's Sister Signs with KEYEAST|url=http://www.tenasia.com/lee-yubis-sister-signs-with-keyeast/|work=10Asia|last=Lee|first=Hye-ji|date=August 2, 2013|access-date=August 3, 2013|archive-date=August 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810002225/http://www.tenasia.com/lee-yubis-sister-signs-with-keyeast/|url-status=dead}} Lee changed her real name, Lee Yu-jin,{{Cite web|script-title=ko:이유비 졸업사진, "알 수 없는 배신감이..."|trans-title=Lee Yu-bi's graduation photo, "An inexplicable feeling of betrayal... "|url=http://mbiz.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=20121105000633|publisher=mbiz.heraldcorp.com|language=ko|date=November 5, 2012|access-date=September 19, 2023|archive-date=October 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001234814/http://mbiz.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=20121105000633|url-status=live}} to Lee So-yul, but she did not change her stage name.{{Cite web|script-title=ko:이승기, '이다인' 아닌 '♥이라윤'과 결혼? 결혼 앞두고 '개명'한 속사정 [SC이슈]|trans-title=Lee Seung-gi, married to '♥ Lee Ra-yoon' instead of 'Da-in'? 'Change of name' ahead of marriage [SC issue]|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=076&aid=0003968716|publisher=Sports Chosun|language=ko|last=Lee Ji-hyun|date=February 8, 2023|access-date=February 8, 2023|archive-date=February 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208032631/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=076&aid=0003968716|url-status=live}}
Career
She began her career in the 2011 sitcom Vampire Idol,{{cite web|script-title=ko:견미리 딸, 배우 데뷔. '뱀파이어 아이돌' 이유비가 그 주인공|url=http://www.edaily.co.kr/news/read?newsId=01174246599397392&mediaCodeNo=258|website=Edaily|language=ko|date=January 13, 2012|access-date=November 29, 2018|archive-date=November 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129100642/http://www.edaily.co.kr/news/read?newsId=01174246599397392&mediaCodeNo=258|url-status=live}} then played supporting roles in television dramas The Innocent Man (2012),{{cite web|title=Nice Guy Presents the Song Joong Ki-Lee Yu Bi Siblings|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/12261/nice-guy-presents-the-song-joong-ki-lee-yu-bi-siblings|work=enewsWorld|last=Hong|first=Grace Danbi|date=August 13, 2012|access-date=April 16, 2013|archive-date=December 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225053907/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/12261/nice-guy-presents-the-song-joong-ki-lee-yu-bi-siblings|url-status=dead}} Gu Family Book (2013),{{cite web|title=INTERVIEW: Actress Lee Yu-bi|url=http://www.tenasia.com/interview-actress-lee-yu-bi/|work=TenAsia|last=Bae|first=Sun-young|date=July 3, 2013|access-date=July 3, 2013|archive-date=March 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328112543/http://www.tenasia.com/interview-actress-lee-yu-bi/|url-status=dead}} and Pinocchio (2014),{{cite web|title='Pinocchio' introduces four main characters|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201410281028356859071_2&ACE_SEARCH=1|work=Kpop Herald|date=October 24, 2014|access-date=December 9, 2017|archive-date=April 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415110342/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201410281028356859071_2&ACE_SEARCH=1|url-status=live}} as well as the films The Royal Tailor (2014){{cite web|title=Lee Yubi to Face Off Park Shin Hye in Royal Tailor|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/59044/leeyubi-to-become-parkshinhyes-rival|website=enewsWorld|last1=Jo|first1=Yeon-kyung|date=February 19, 2014|access-date=April 22, 2015|archive-date=June 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611022546/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/59044/leeyubi-to-become-parkshinhyes-rival|url-status=dead}} and Twenty (2015).{{cite web|title=Interview: Lee Yubi Says Seduction Scene in Twenty was Ad-libbed|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/90740/leeyubi-interview|website=enewsWorld|last1=Lee|first1=Hyung-woo|date=April 12, 2012|access-date=April 22, 2015|archive-date=April 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414031215/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/90740/leeyubi-interview|url-status=dead}} Lee plays her first leading role in Scholar Who Walks the Night, adapted from the webtoon about a Joseon vampire scholar and a cross-dressing bookseller.{{cite web|title=Scholar Who Walks the Night Confirms Lee Joon Gi, Lee Yubi, Kim So Eun, and TVXQ′s Changmin as Cast|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/91451/scholar-who-walks-the-night-confirms-lee-joon-gi-lee-yubi-kim-so-eun-and-tvxqs-changmin-as-cast|website=enewsWorld|last1=Hwang|first1=Hye-jin|date=April 20, 2015|access-date=April 22, 2015|archive-date=April 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423005037/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/91451/scholar-who-walks-the-night-confirms-lee-joon-gi-lee-yubi-kim-so-eun-and-tvxqs-changmin-as-cast|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title='Scholar Who Walks the Night' photos released|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201506261424103175284_2&ACE_SEARCH=1|work=Kpop Herald|date=June 26, 2015|access-date=December 9, 2017|archive-date=June 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628043319/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201506261424103175284_2&ACE_SEARCH=1|url-status=live}}
In 2017, Lee starred alongside Choi Min-ho in the JTBC web drama Somehow 18.{{cite web|title=JTBC makes first web drama 'Somehow 18'|url=https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2017/08/398_235460.html|work=The Korea Times|date=August 27, 2017|access-date=December 9, 2017|archive-date=December 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210072215/http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2017/08/398_235460.html|url-status=live}} In October 2017, Lee signed with new management agency 935 Entertainment.{{cite web|script-title=ko:이유비, 935엔터와 전속계약..남궁민 연정훈 한솥밥(공식)|url=http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201710170822432410|work=Newsen|language=ko|date=October 17, 2017|access-date=October 17, 2017|archive-date=October 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017043215/http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201710170822432410|url-status=live}}
In 2018, Lee starred in the medical slice-of-life drama, A Poem a Day.{{cite web|title=Medical drama with comedy, but without doctors, "A Poem, a Day"|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201803201738234224732_2|website=Kpop Herald|date=March 20, 2018|access-date=March 20, 2018|archive-date=March 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320112405/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201803201738234224732_2|url-status=live}}
In July 2023, Lee left 935 Entertainment and signed with new agency Ghost Studio.{{cite web|script-title=ko:[단독]이유비, 새 둥지 찾았다..고스트 스튜디오行|url=https://www.starnewskorea.com/stview.php?no=2023071908222053741|work=Star News|language=ko|date=July 19, 2023|access-date=July 19, 2023|archive-date=October 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001234245/https://www.starnewskorea.com/stview.php?no=2023071908222053741|url-status=live}}
Filmography
=Film=
=Television series=
=Web series=
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scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
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scope="row" | 2017
| Somehow 18 | Han Na-bi |
=Television shows=
=Music video appearances=
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scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Artist ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
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scope="row" | 2013
| "Reminisce" | Huh Gak |
scope="row" | 2014
| "No More" | style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|script-title=ko:비스트 '이젠 아니야' 뮤비, 용준형-이유비 커플연기로 호흡 '눈길'|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=009&aid=0003224379|website=Maeil Business Newspaper|language=ko|date=June 10, 2014|access-date=November 29, 2018|archive-date=May 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516140838/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=009&aid=0003224379|url-status=live}} |
scope="row" | 2019
| "Bad Habits" | Shaun |
Awards and nominations
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Notes
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References
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{{APAN Star Awards for Newcomer Awards}}
{{SBS Drama Awards for Best New Actress}}
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Category:People from Gwangjin District
Category:South Korean female models
Category:South Korean film actresses
Category:South Korean television actresses
Category:South Korean web series actresses