Lee Hye-young (actress, born 1962)

Not to be confused with Lee Hye-young (actress, born 1971).
In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.
Lee Hye-young
Born (1962-11-25) November 25, 1962 (age 61)
Seoul, South Korea
EducationSunjung High School
OccupationActress
Years active1981–present
ParentLee Man-hee (father)
Korean name
Hangul
이혜영
Hanja
Revised RomanizationI Hye-yeong
McCune–ReischauerI Hyeyŏng

Lee Hye-young (Korean: 이혜영; born November 25, 1962) is a South Korean actress. She is the daughter of celebrated film director Lee Man-hee, who died in 1975 when she was in middle school.[1][2] Lee began her acting career in 1981 at the age of 18 through a local musical theatre production of The Sound of Music. Since then she has performed in theater, feature and short films, and television. She was one of the most prominent South Korean actresses in the 1980s, starring in films such as The Blazing Sun (1985), Winter Wanderer (1986), Ticket (1986), The Age of Success (1988), North Korean Partisan in South Korea (1990), Fly High Run Far (1991), Passage to Buddha (1993), and No Blood No Tears (2002).[3] Lee also played supporting roles in the Korean dramas I'm Sorry, I Love You (2004), Fashion 70's (2005) and Boys Over Flowers (2009).[4]

  1. ^ Mun, Gwan-gyu (2009). LEE Man-hee: Korean Film Directors. Seoul, South Korea: Seoul Selection. pp. 1925–1945. ISBN 9788991913608.
  2. ^ Dobrensky, Helen (18 June 2010). "Dainty Korean Actress Revives Legacy of Her Maverick Film Director Dad, Lee Man-Hee". Open Film. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  3. ^ 년만의 컴백 이혜영, 늘 새로운 전도연. Movist (in Korean). 25 February 2002. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  4. ^ Oh, Jeong-yeon (30 January 2008). 이혜영: "배우라서, 여자라서 더 행복해질 거다". Cine21 (in Korean). Retrieved 2013-09-24.