Lee Young-ah Biography

Lee Young-ah (; ???) is a South Korean actress and model. She is best known for playing the role of Nguyen Jin Joo in Golden Bride, a 2008 drama that was extended by 14 episodes due to its popularity. It was in the Top 3 Korean Dramas of the South Korean Nielson Ratings during January-February 2008 and the Top 7 for TNmS Ratings.

She is also known for her role in the drama King of Baking, Kim Tak Goo as Yang Mi-sun, the love interest of main character, Kim Tak-goo. She won the 2010 KBS Drama Awards "Best Couple Award" for this role together with Yoon Shi-yoon.

Career

Lee Young Ah began acting when she was 19 years old. She first appeared in the SBS TV Drama I Love You, My Enemy as well as The Youth in Bare Foot, Golden Apple and Wedding. In the 42nd Baeksang Arts Awards, she won the Best New Actress Award for her role as the young Kyung Sook in Golden Apple.

She also put in cameo appearances in movies such as Ghost Story, Caramel, Two Faces of My Girlfriend and lent her voice in Dachimawa Lee.

In 2006, she got her first lead in a TV series,Love Can't Wait, where she plays a 19-year-old senior in a girls' school who falls in love with a poor college law student played by Hong Kyung-min. In the same year, she appeared in a music video by Eru, titled Black Glasses along with Kim Hyun-joong.

Her next lead role in a drama was Golden Bride in 2007, where Lee plays a young bride from Vietnam. In order to appease her blind mother, she marries a Korean man to search for her father in Korea. The drama acquired high TV Ratings which led to the addition of 14 more episodes.

In 2008, she was cast as the second female lead in the drama Iljimae where she played Bong Soon, a funny and silly swindler related to the past of the male lead. She co-stars with Han Hyo-joo, Lee Joon-gi and Park Si-hoo.

In 2009, she was in the drama Empress Chun Chu where she played Empress Dae Mok.

In 2010, she was again one of the main leads in King of Baking, Kim Tak Goo as Yang Mi-sun. She sang a song in the series titled Love Is. The series earned high ratings and was also shown in the Philippines, Vietnam and other countries.

After her success in King of Baking, Kim Tak Goo, she joined the main cast in Vampire Prosecutor and again in Vampire Prosecutor 2 as prosecutor, Yoo Jung-In.

In 2013, she starred in the short 10 episode drama Unemployed Romance along with Namkoong Min. The drama follows the love story of an unemployed drama screenwriter who ends up meeting and then falling in love with, the worker at the unemployment benefits center responsible for distributing her unemployment checks.

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Network
2005	I Love You, My Enemy	Kim Mi-hyang	SBS
	The Barefooted Youth		MBC
	Wedding		KBS2
	Golden Apple	young Kyung-sook	KBS2
2006	Love Can't Wait	Seo Eun-min	MBC
2007	Golden Bride	Nguyen Jin-joo	SBS
2008	Iljimae	Bong-soon	SBS
2009	Empress Cheonchu	Empress Daemok	KBS2
2010	King of Baking, Kim Takgu	Yang Mi-sun	KBS2
2011	Vampire Prosecutor	Yoo Jung-in	OCN
2012	Natural Burials	Chung-ah	MBN
	Dream of the Emperor	Queen Seungman	KBS1
	Vampire Prosecutor 2	Yoo Jung-in	OCN
2013	Unemployed Romance	Im Seung-hee	E Channel
2014	Drama Special "Bomi's Room"	Gong Eon-joo	KBS2
	Run, Jang-mi	Baek Jang-mi	SBS
2015	Cheo Yong - Season 2	Kim Yoo-ri (guest, episode 1)	OCN

Movies

Year	Title	Role
2006	A Ghost's Story
	Caramel
2007	Two Faces of My Girlfriend	Glamor girl
2008	Dachimawa Lee	Navigation voice (cameo)
2011	Julie's Land Adventures (animated)	Julie (Korean dubbing)
2012	Natural Burials	Chung-ah
2015	Snow in Sea Breeze	Sun-mi

Variety shows

Year	Title	Network	Notes
2003	Kang Ho-dong's Soulmates	MBC
2011	Home Sweet Home (Dalgona)	SBS	Host
	Comedy Big League Season 1	tvN
2011-2012	Comedy Big League Season 2	tvN
2012	Love Cook	SBS
2014	Law of the Jungle in Borneo	SBS	Cast member

Music videos

Year	Song Title	Artist	Co-star
2006	"Black Glasses"	Eru	Kim Hyun-joong
2009	"Why Did You Call..."	Shin Hye-sung

Discography

Year	Track	Album
2010	Love Is	King of Baking, Kim Takgu OST

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2006	42nd Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Actress (TV)	Golden Apple
2008	SBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special	Iljimae
	35th Korean Broadcasting Awards	Best New Actress
2009	45th Baeksang Arts Awards	Most Popular Actress (TV)
2010	KBS Drama Awards	Best Couple Award with Yoon Shi-yoon	King of Baking, Kim Takgu
2015	SBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	Run, Jang-mi