LEE YEON HEE

KOREAN STARS

LEE YEON HEE

Profile
Name: 이연희 / Lee Yeon Hee / Lee Yeon Hui / Lee Yun Hee
Profession: Actress and model
Birthdate: 1988-Jan-09
Birthplace: Bun Dang, Seoul, South Korea
Height: 169cm
Weight: 46kg
Star sign: Capricorn
Blood type: B
Talent agency: SM Entertainment
Hobbies: Movies, reading, listening to music
Specialty: Swimming and singing
Education: Bun Dang Ju

Lee Yeon-hee (born January 9, 1988) is a South Korean actress and model under record label and talent agency, S.M. Entertainment . She made her first appearance in Moon Heejun's music video, "ALONE" in 2001 and officially debuted in the Korean television drama, Sea God as young Junghwa in 2004. She played her first movie in 2006 known as "A Millionaire's First Love" as Eun-whan.

Early life
Lee was born in the Bundang district of Seongnam , Gyeonggi-do , South Korea. In the summer of 2001, thirteen-year-old Lee successfully signed a contract with S.M. Entertainment after she won the category of "Best
Feature" in the SM Entertainment Best Youth contest. For the contest, she acted out a monologue, singing to Dana The Grace's "Until the End of the World", and also did freestyle modeling poses. After she joined the company, she began intense training lessons on acting, singing , and dancing.

Career
Lee was one of the original members of Girls' Generation before the group debut on 2007. She decided to pursue her acting career and debuted as an actress .
Soon after she joined SM Entertainment she began her career by starring in music videos for SM artists, such as boy band TVXQ , Moon Heejun , KangTa , Shinhwa , and Fly to the Sky, achieving over SM artist Kim Bomi (of M.I.L.K. ) and Lee Jiyeon or commonly known as LinA (of CSJH The Grace) as "The SM music video girl". In the span of one year, she already starred in eight music videos versus Bomi's five and Lina's also five in two years. Though Lee had relatively steady work between modeling in magazines, commercial ads, and appearing in music videos, she did not officially debut until late 2004.
In November, she had a role in the popular historical drama Sea God . A few months later, she landed a role in the latter episodes of the daily drama My Precious Child. A role in Resurrection brought the number of dramas
under her belt to three. Lee kept busy throughout the rest of 2005 by filming many commercials and modeling for various magazines.
Lee's big break came in the form of the movie Millionaire's First Love playing the lead opposite popular actor Hyun Bin. Lee resolves to "act as hard as she can with all that she's learned" for her movie debut. Through the movie, she also makes her singing debut, singing "Do Re Mi" from The Sound of Music in the movie and "Insa" on the original sound track. Lee's name as "music video girl" became more apparent after labelmate Zhang Liyin 's 2006 "Timeless " music video, where she starred alongside Super Junior 's Han Geng and Choi Siwon. Two years later, the trio reunited for Zhang's "I WILL" and "The Left Shore of Happiness ", which were released in early 2008 in China and weeks later, Korea. Together, netizens commonly termed the trio as "The Timeless Cast". She once again reprised her title in 2010, playing an angel in the label's project group S.M. The Ballad's music
video for their debut single "Miss You".
In 2009, she starred as one of the main cast in East of Eden . Unfortunately, her acting in the series was poorly received by many, calling it "weak" and "not living up to her her full potential". As a singer, she was featured on
Super Junior 's third album Sorry Sorry . She participated at the SMTown Live '10 World Tour . Her performances
during the tour included a cover of the song Slow Motion which was originally sung by Karina Pasian .
In 2011, as a celebration for her 23rd birthday, the actress held a photo exhibition/fan meeting. The exhibition went by the name of 'Time' and was held from February 11 to the 13th. During the exhibit, the star received much attention from the press as well as special visits from friends and labelmates. 

Movies
The Art of Fist Duel | Kwonbeop (2012) - Rei
My Way | Mai Wei (2011) - Eun-Soo
Hello Schoolgirl | Sunjeong Manhwa (2008)
Love, First | Nae Sarang (2007) - So-Hyun
M (2007) - Mimi
A Millionaire's First Love | Baekmanjangjaui
Cheotsarang (2006) - Choi Eun-Hwan


TV Series
Ghost (SBS, 2012)
Paradise Ranch (KBS2, 2010)
East of Eden (MBC, 2008)
U-Turn (OCN, 2008)
One Fine Day (MBC, 2006)
Resurrection (KBS, 2005)
My Lovely Family (KBS, 2004)
Sea God (KBS, 2004)

Music video appearances
2001: "ALONE" – Moon Hee Jun
2001: "Our Story" – Moon Heejun (Ft. Oh Sang Eun )
2001: "Thanks God" – Kangta
2002: "Condition of My Heart" – Fly to the Sky
2002: "HERO" – Shinhwa
2002: "Memories" – Kangta
2002: "Pine Tree" – Kangta
2002: "Propose" – Kangta
2003: "Habit" – Fly to the Sky
2004: "My Little Princess" – TVXQ
2004: "The Way U Are" – TVXQ
2005: "Persona" – Kangta
2006: " Timeless – Zhang Liyin (Ft. Xiah of TVXQ)
2008: "Star Wish (I Will)" – Zhang Liyin
2008: "The Left Shore of Happiness" – Zhang Liyin
2008: "M-net Love Song 2008"
2009: "Wizard Of Oz" – Clazziquai
2010: "Miss You" – S.M. The Ballad

Featurings
2009: "Club No.1" in Sorry, Sorry – Super Junior


Awards
Year Award Category Result
2008 MBC Drama Awards Best New Actress Award "( East
of Eden )" Won
Popularity Award "( East of
Eden )" Won
Best Couple Award with Song
Seung Hun "( East of Eden )" Won
31st Golden
Cinematography Awards
Best New Actress Award " M " Won
5th Max Movie Awards Best Newcomer Award "M "