Lee Yo-won

Lee Yo-won

Born: April 9, 1980
in Seongnam, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Lee Yo-won (born April 9, 1980) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Queen Seondeok in theeponymous hit period drama (2009), as well as for her work in Take Care of My Cat (2001), Fashion 70's (2005), Surgeon Bong Dal-hee (2007), and 49 Days (2011).

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Title: Green Mothers' Club
Character: Lee Eun-pyo
Released: April 6, 2022
Type: TV
Five moms in a competitive grade school community keep their enemies close, and one another closer, as envy and secrets tangle and unravel their lives.
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Title: The Running Mates: Human Rights
Character: Han Yoon-seo
Released: September 18, 2019
Type: TV
The ‘Human RIghts Promotion’ team helps out people who are in need to protect and secure their human rights.
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Title: Different Dreams
Character: Lee Young Jin
Released: May 4, 2019
Type: TV
During the Japanese colonial rule of Korea, a Korean surgeon who was raised by a Japanese family becomes a spy for the Korean government.
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Title: Avengers Social Club
Character: Kim Jung-Hye
Released: October 11, 2017
Type: TV
Women gather power to revenge on targets, as well as uncover social injustice.
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My Little Brother
Title: My Little Brother
Character: Soo-kyeong
Released: February 15, 2017
Type: Movie
Soo-kyung works as a reporter. She has an older brother, Sung-ho, and younger sister, Joo-mi. She thinks of her two siblings as burdens. One day, Nak appears in front of them. He is their youngest sibling.
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Title: White Nights
Character: Seo Yi-kyung
Released: November 21, 2016
Type: TV
A coldhearted heiress, a man from her past and an ambitious new hire in her company all become entangled on a battleground for money and power.
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Title: Ms. Temper & Nam Jung Gi
Character: Ok Da-Jung
Released: March 18, 2016
Type: TV
Ok Da-Jung is the youngest team leader in the cosmetics industry. She has divorced three times so far. She doesn't care what others think about her and she also has quite a temper. Nam Jung-Gi works as a section chief at the same cosmetics company as Ok Da-Jung. Unlike her, Nam Jung-Gi has a timid and nice personality. He can't say anything that makes others uncomfortable. He is able to make Ok Da-Jung's blood boil.
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Title: Empire of Gold
Character: Choi Seo-yoon
Released: July 1, 2013
Type: TV
Internal strife ensues for two decades as three family members vie for control over a large South Korean conglomerate.
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Fists of Legend
Title: Fists of Legend
Character: Hong Gyu-min
Released: April 10, 2013
Type: Movie
Three men who share a past participate in a mixed martial arts reality show where they have to fight against other contestants to win the prize money.
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Perfect Number
Title: Perfect Number
Character: Hwa-sun
Released: October 18, 2012
Type: Movie
Brilliant math teacher formulates the perfect cover-up, after his neighbor murders her abusive ex-husband.
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Title: The King's Doctor
Character: Kang Ji-nyeong
Released: October 1, 2012
Type: TV
The historical period epic was directed by Lee Byung-hoon, known for his previous works Hur Jun, Jewel in the Palace, Yi San and Dong Yi. This marked the first television drama for actor Jo Seung-woo in his 13-year film and stage career.
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Title: 49 Days
Character: Song Yi -kyung
Released: March 16, 2011
Type: TV
After an accident shatters her storybook life, a comatose woman gets a second chance at life when a reaper from above intervenes, at a cost.
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The Recipe
Title: The Recipe
Character: Jang Hye-jin
Released: October 21, 2010
Type: Movie
A man on death-row wants to taste "doenjang jjigae" (a spicy Korean bean paste stew) before he dies. Television producer Choi Yu-Jin hears of the inmate and researches his story for an upcoming news report. Choi Yu-Jin then comes across a mysterious woman named Jang Hye-Jin who makes doenjang jjigae that brings tears of joy to those who tastes her recipe. As Choi Yu-Jin delves further, he learns of Jang Hye-Jin's heart breaking relationship with Kim Hyun-Soo.
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Title: Running Man
Released: July 11, 2010
Type: TV
A reality and competition show where members are joined by celebs to complete a weekly mission to win the race with Seoul as the beautiful backdrop.
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Title: The Great Queen Seondeok
Character: Princess Deokman
Released: May 25, 2009
Type: TV
The life story of Queen Seondeok, the first queen of the Korean people during the Silla Dynasty.
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Title: Bad Love
Character: Na In-jung
Released: December 3, 2007
Type: TV
Na In Jung struggles with her love between the rather cold and rebellious Yong Ki and a successful businessman, Soo Hwan. Kang Yong Ki is a pop culture artist. He was separated from his first love, Jo Ann, and still carries the wound that he suffered from their relationship. His half sister is Joo Ran who is married to Soo Hwan. Soo Hwan begins an affair with In Jung but he only has ambition for the CEO position of Yong Ki's father's company. Soon after he discovers that his ambition does not fill the emptiness that he has inside and realizes he needs In Jung. But In Jung and Yong Ki have already fallen in love with each other. Will In Jung go back to her first love or stay with Yong Ki?
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May 18
Title: May 18
Character: Park Shin-ae
Released: July 25, 2007
Type: Movie
The citizens of Gwangju lead a relatively peaceful life, until one day the military takes over the city, accusing the residents of conspiracy and claiming that they are communist sympathisers preparing a revolution against the current government. Seeing as the soldiers beat defenceless people, mainly students, to death, the citizens are in for retaliation and form a militia.
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Title: Surgeon Bong Dal Hee
Character: Bong Dal-hee
Released: January 17, 2007
Type: TV
Surgeon Bong Dal-hee is a 2007 South Korean medical drama television series starring Lee Yo-won, Lee Beom-soo, Kim Min-joon and Oh Yoon-ah. It aired on SBS from January 17 to March 15, 2007 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 18 episodes.
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When Romance Meets Destiny
Title: When Romance Meets Destiny
Character: Ko Yoon-kyung
Released: November 23, 2005
Type: Movie
Two brothers, Kwang-sik and Kwang-tae, have very different attitudes toward women. Kwang-sik is extremely shy and can't say a word to a woman. But Kwang-tae is a playboy who just sleeps around. One day, Kwang-sik meets Yoon-kyung for the first time in seven years and he tries to confess his feelings to her, in his own way. Similarly, Kwang-tae meets Kyung-jae during a marathon and he tries his own ways on her. At first Kwang-sik still finds it very difficult to even talk to Yoon-Kyung and Kwang-tae thinks of Kyung-Jae as yet another temporary conquest, but in each case something changes in the brothers. Will they be able to love this time?
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Title: Fashion 70's
Character: Han Deo-mi
Released: May 23, 2005
Type: TV
Fashion 70's is a 2005 South Korean television series starring Lee Yo-won, Kim Min-jung, Joo Jin-mo and Chun Jung-myung. It was the network's 60th Anniversary of Independence Great Project, and it aired on SBS from May 23 to August 29, 2005 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 28 episodes. An epic, sprawling drama, it focuses on the lives of four young people, from their childhood during the Korean War, to their careers and love lives as adults. It portrays the passion of female fashion designers who pioneered Korea's fashion industry in the 1970s.
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Title: The Great Ambition
Character: Yoon Yeo-Jin
Released: October 12, 2002
Type: TV
Si-Young (Han Jae-Seok) is the first son of Park Hee-Chan and knows the truth about why his father insisted that he must take over the family business. He is a cold-hearted businessman who often uses dirty business tactics. As he takes over the day-to-day operations of the guild, he grows into a strong leader. But Jae-Young (Jang Hyuk), his younger brother, becomes his own man and does not follow his older brothers business style.
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Surprise Party
Title: Surprise Party
Character: Wang Ha-young
Released: July 5, 2002
Type: Movie
How do you go about detaining a total stranger for 12 hours? This is what Ha-young (Lee Yo-won) has to do for her best friend, Mi-ryung (Kim Min-hee). Mi-ryung has been planning for a surprise party for her overseas boyfriend Jun-woo (Shin Ha-gyun), but her plans are stopped short when her father finds out that Jun-woo is half-Hawaiian, and forbids the party from being held. Mi-ryung is put under even greater pressure when Jun-Woo tells her that he would arrive early, and she pleads with Ha-Young to intercept Jun-Woo at the airport, and to keep him from turning up at Mi-ryung's place before she can iron things out.
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A.f.r.i.k.a
Title: A.f.r.i.k.a
Character: Yo-won
Released: January 11, 2002
Type: Movie
Four young women hit the road in search of adventure and escape from their stressful lives.
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Take Care of My Cat
Title: Take Care of My Cat
Character: Shin Hye-ju
Released: October 13, 2001
Type: Movie
The fashionable Hye-joo is focused on her career at a brokerage house. She's making a decent living, but her co-workers look down on her. Tae-hee is sick of living under the thumb of her domineering father. She spends her time doing volunteer work for a poet with cerebral palsy. Sullen Ji-young lives in poverty with her grandparents and struggles to find work. The girls, close friends in high school, find themselves drifting apart as their adult lives begin to take shape.
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Title: Pure Heart
Released: September 3, 2001
Type: TV
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Title: Blue Mist
Released: March 24, 2001
Type: TV
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Title: Tough Guy's Love
Released: March 25, 2000
Type: TV
Set in 1975, Jok-ji, who became an orphan, lives in the house of his uncle, Jun-tae, who is a teacher at the school of his three brothers, Hyeon-tae, the second son, a police officer, and the savage and always troublesome third-brother's house.
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Attack the Gas Station!
Title: Attack the Gas Station!
Character: Ggal-chi
Released: October 2, 1999
Type: Movie
A quartet of disaffected Korean youths have robbed a Seoul gas station. After taking the gas station over, their wacky antics ensue; forcing the manager to sing, kidnapping customers that complain about the service, and staging fist-fights between street gang members and gas station employees; all of these reflect their own gripes against society.
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Title: 행진
Released: May 31, 1999
Type: TV
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Title: 학교 2
Character: Kim Yeon-jin
Released: May 8, 1999
Type: TV
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Scent of a Man
Title: Scent of a Man
Character: Eun-hye (young)
Released: September 12, 1998
Type: Movie
Can a childhood crush survive into adulthood?
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Scent of a Man
Title: Scent of a Man
Released: September 12, 1998
Type: Movie
One foggy spring day, the 12-year-old Hyeok-su meets the young Eun-hye and determines then and there that he will love her for the rest of his life. Many years later, Hyeok-su is preparing to enter college when he rescues a woman from assault. It turns out to be Eun-hye. Despite the passage of time, neither had forgotten the other and they renew their relationship. However Fate, perhaps in an attempt to add interest to this story, places another smitten man in Eun-hye's life. He is also determined that he will marry Eun-hye. Eventually, Eun-hye is forced to choose between them
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Beast
Title: Beast
Character: Do Mi-ae
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie