Name: Lee Bo Young (Yi Bo Yeong)
Profession: actress, model
Debut: 1997 (as a model)
Agency: Fly Up Entertainment
Place of Birth: Seoul, South Korea
Height: 168 cm
Weight: 50 kg
Blood type: B
Family: husband actor Ji Son, daughter (2015), son (2019)
Education: Seoul Women's University (Bachelor of Korean Literature), Parsons School of Design in New York
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean
Hobbies: reading, skiing
Close friends: Gu Hye Son
Lee Bo Young began her career participating in a beauty contest. After winning the Miss Taejun pageant in 2000, she became a model for Asiana Airlines magazine. She later debuted as an actress and starred in many projects, her first role was in the 2004 drama People of the Water Flower Village. In 2007, Lee received the Best Actress award from the hands of the first Korean designer Andrei Kim. Later, in 2008, she starred in the film Once Upon a Time in Korea - this is her first major film role, where she played alongside actor Park Yong Woo, and also received a nomination for Best Actress at the 44th Baeksang Awards.
On September 27, 2013, she married actor Ji Song at the Sheraton Walkerhill Hotel in Seoul.
Dramas:
2021 - Mine
2020 - Startup
2020: When My Love Blossoms
2018 - Mother
2017 Whispers
2014 - Pinocchio (cameo)
2014 - 14 Days as a Gift from God (Special)
2013 - I hear your voice
2012 My daughter So Young
2012 Man from the Equator
2011 - Long live love!
2010 Athena: Goddess of War (cameo)
2010 - Golden Villa
2010 - Birth of a Rich Man
2006 - Queen of the Game
2006 - Mr Goodbye
2005 - Song of Sodon
2005 - My darling
2005 - Encounter
2004 Leave Me One Last Dance
2004 - Jang Gil San
2003 - People of the Water Flower Village
2003 Escape from Unemployment
Movies:
2009 - I'm happy
2009 - The Sad Love Story
2008 - Once Upon a Time
2006 - Carnival of Infamy
2004 - My brother
Awards:
2018 - 13th Seoul International Drama Awards: Best Actress (Mom)
2017 - SBS Drama Awards: Best Actress, Top Excellence (Whispers)
2014 - 50th Baeksang Arts Awards: Best TV Actress (I Can Hear Your Voice)
2013 - SBS Drama Awards: Top 10 stars (I hear your voice)
2013 - SBS Drama Awards: Producer's Award
2013 SBS Drama Awards: Grand Prize (I hear your voice)
2013 - 26th Grimae Awards: Best Actress (I Hear Your Voice)
2013 - 2nd APAN Star Awards: Best Couple with Lee Jong Seok (I Hear Your Voice)
2013 - 2nd APAN Star Awards: Superb Actress (My Daughter So Young, I Can Hear Your Voice)
2013 - 6th Korea Drama Awards: Best Couple with Lee Jong Seok (I Can Hear Your Voice)
2013 - 6th Korea Drama Awards: Grand Prize (My daughter So Young, I hear your voice)
2012 KBS Drama Awards: Best Couple with Lee Sang Yoon (My Daughter So Young)
2012 - KBS Drama Awards: Best Intermediate-Long Actress (Man from the Equator)
2011 - MBC Drama Awards: Best Actress in a Miniseries (Long Live Love!)
2009 4th Andre Kim Best Star Awards: Female Star
2007 Andre Kim Best Star Awards: Female Star
2006 - SBS Drama Awards: Top 10 Stars (Queen of the Game)
2006 - 14th Chunsa Film Art Awards: Best New Actress (Carnival of Infamy)
2005 KBS Drama Awards: Best New Actress (My Dearest)
2005 - SBS Drama Awards: Top 10 stars (Song of Sodon)
2005 - SBS Drama Awards: A New Star (Song of Sodon)