1. Lee Eun-rae, known professionally as Lee Si-young, is a South Korean actress and former amateur boxer.
23 Facts About Lee Si-young
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Lee Si-young made her acting debut in 2008 in a guest appearance on season 3 of the Super Action TV procedural Urban Legends Deja Vu, followed by the historical drama "The Kingdom of The Winds".
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Lee Si-young then played the mistress of a married man in the surrogacy melodrama Loving You a Thousand Times.
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Lee Si-young had acquired a reputation for making her second-lead roles memorable and endearing in their own right, giving her characters a human, lovable side despite their role as antagonists in the narrative.
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Lee Si-young played her first big screen leading role in the screwball romantic comedy Meet the In-Laws, which portrays the struggles of a comic book writer to tie the knot with his girlfriend over the strong disapproval of their families, as they come from different regions with a long history of antagonism toward each other.
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In 2012, Lee Si-young cut her hair into a short perm for Wild Romance, playing a tomboyish bodyguard who protects an arrogant baseball star after he receives death threats.
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Lee Si-young returned to the romantic comedy genre in 2013 with How to Use Guys with Secret Tips, playing an overworked and undervalued assistant director who one day buys an inspirational video, "Instructions on How to Use Men," and reluctantly follows its guidelines.
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Lee Si-young then headlined the horror film Killer Toon, playing a writer of webcomics who becomes the number one suspect after a series of murders are committed that mimic her famous comics.
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In 2014, Lee Si-young was cast as a principled prosecutor in the drama series Golden Cross.
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Lee Si-young starred in the film The Divine Move, about a baduk player's quest for revenge.
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Lee Si-young next played a detective in the 2015 suspense thriller series My Beautiful Bride on cable channel OCN, about a man searching for his fiancee who mysteriously disappears.
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In 2017, Lee Si-young starred in MBC's action thriller The Guardians.
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In 2018, Lee Si-young returned to the small-screen after her marriage and childbirth with the medical drama Risky Romance, reuniting with Becoming a Billionaire co-star Ji Hyun-woo.
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In 2019, Lee Si-young starred in the action film No Mercy and in the family drama Liver or Die.
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In January 2020, Lee Si-young signed with new management agency Ace Factory.
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That same year, Lee Si-young starred in the apocalyptic horror Netflix series, Sweet Home.
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Lee Si-young was featured in one track on then-boyfriend Jun Jin's EP Fascination in 2009.
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Lee Si-young initially took up boxing in early 2010 to prepare for her role as a female boxer in a TV drama for MBC, training with Hong Soo-hwan, a former WBA bantamweight and super bantamweight champion.
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Lee Si-young's momentum continued throughout 2011, winning the women's 48-kg category in the 47th Seoul Amateur Boxing Match in February, and by RSC in the 7th National Amateur Boxing Championships in March.
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Lee Si-young is tall and has long arms, a very good body for boxing," while coach Baek Seung-won said she has "the fire and the perfect physique" to become a professional boxer, but added, "Lee Si-young is a bit old.
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Lee Si-young said that her dream was to represent the country at the 2014 Asian Games, and her ultimate goal to win a medal there.
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Lee Si-young gave birth to the couple's first child, a boy, on January 7,2018.