1. Lee Bo-young is a South Korean actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder.
23 Facts About Lee Bo-young
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Lee Bo-young is best known for starring in the television dramas Seoyoung, My Daughter, I Can Hear Your Voice, Whisper, Mother, Mine, and Agency.
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Lee Bo-young began her career in the industry with winning the Daejeon entry for the Miss Korea 2000.
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Lee Bo-young was one of 15 finalists in MBC's annual recruitment drive in 2002, but ended up not getting the job.
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Lee Bo-young made her acting debut in 2003, and among her early roles were in People of the Water Flower Village opposite Song Il-gook, and as the antagonist in Save the Last Dance for Me.
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In 2005, Lee Bo-young played her first leading role in the daily drama My Sweetheart, My Darling, followed by the Silla-set historical epic Ballad of Seodong with Jo Hyun-jae.
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In More than Blue, Lee Bo-young plays the soulmate of a terminally ill man, but their love ends in a tragedy undercut with a poetic sparseness.
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Lee Bo-young returned to television in 2010, playing a seductress in the quirky cable drama Golden House opposite Shin Ha-kyun.
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Lee Bo-young then played the titular character in Seoyoung, My Daughter, a career woman who is angry at her father, whose gambling addiction led to her mother's death, yet she struggles to keep the family together and make ends meet.
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Lee Bo-young said playing Seo-young required a greater depth of emotion than any of her previous roles, which left her drained but feeling a greater sense of achievement.
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Critics said with her stubborn and argumentative character, Lee Bo-young was able to break free of her previous calm and elegant image.
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Lee Bo-young won several awards for her performance, including the Daesang, the highest honor at the SBS Drama Awards.
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Lee Bo-young was selected as Gallup Korea's Television Actor of the Year in 2013.
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In 2014, Lee Bo-young played a mother who travels back in time two weeks before her daughter's kidnapping and murder in God's Gift: 14 Days.
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In 2017, Lee Bo-young starred in SBS legal thriller Whisper, playing the role of a section chief of criminal division who gets dismissed from the police and later on disguise herself and work as an undercover at a law firm.
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In 2018, Lee Bo-young played the titular character in the tvN drama Mother - a role for which she won Best Actress at the 2018 Seoul International Drama Awards - a story adapted from the Japanese television series of the same name.
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Lee Bo-young then starred in the melodrama When My Love Blooms in 2020 and black comedy Mine in 2022.
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Lee Bo-young is active in environmental causes, including the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
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Lee Bo-young was confirmed to host 2017 SBS Drama Awards together with Shin Dong-yup.
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Previously, Lee Bo-young has emceed the same award ceremony in 2013 together with Lee Bo-young Hwi-jae and Kim Woo-bin.
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In February 2023, Lee Bo-young hosted the Accompanying charity concert to support Ukrainian children oppressed by the ongoing war.
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Lee Bo-young met actor Ji Sung on the set of 2004 TV series Save Last Dance for Me, and they confirmed their relationship in 2007.
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In 2015, Lee Bo-young donated 100 million won to the Children's Cancer Center at Seoul National University Hospital.