Lee Chung-ah
Lee Chung-ah (born October 29, 1984) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading roles in the films Temptation of Wolves (2004) and My Tutor Friend 2 (2007), as well as the cable dramas Cool Guys, Hot Ramen (2011) and VIP (2019).
Lee Chung-ah | |
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 Lee Chung-ah on February 2, 2017. | |
| Born | October 29, 1984 Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Education | Hanyang University - Theater and Film |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2002-present |
| Agent | SidusHQ (2002-2008) King Kong Entertainment (2009-2014) C-JeS Entertainment (2015-2018) KINGS Entertainment (2019-) |
| Parent(s) | Lee Seung-chul |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | |
| Revised Romanization | I Cheong-a |
| McCune–Reischauer | I Ch'ŏng-a |
Career
Lee Chung-ah began her acting career by playing supporting roles in the films Resurrection of the Little Match Girl (2002) and Happy Ero Christmas (2003). In 2004, she landed her first leading role in Temptation of Wolves (2004), a film adaptation of an internet novel by Guiyeoni.[1] Lee played a country girl who moves to the city and attracts the attention of the two most popular boys in town, played by Jo Han-sun and Kang Dong-won. The film made the two actors into breakout stars, but not Lee.[2]
She was cast as a lead actress in her first television drama Let's Go to the Beach (2005), where she and Lee Wan played bickering lifeguards who later fall in love. In 2006, Lee starred in the family drama Going Together and the omnibus film Ssunday Seoul.[3]
Lee then starred in My Tutor Friend 2 (2007), the sequel to the 2003 hit film of the same title. She studied Nihongo for her role as a Japanese exchange student who goes to Korea in search of her first love, then meets a happy-go-lucky university student (Park Ki-woong) who becomes her Korean language tutor.[4] A year later, she was cast in Kim Jee-woon's kimchi western The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) in a small role as the foster sister of Jung Woo-sung's character. Lee said that she practiced horseback riding for this film but those scenes were deleted in post-production. She later showed her horseback riding skills in Chosun Police Season 2, a series set during the reign of Emperor Gojong in which she played a damo with a dark past.
On television, Lee continued to appear in supporting roles in 2009 with the romantic comedy The Accidental Couple and family drama Jolly Widows. This was followed by the 2010 daily drama Pure Pumpkin Flower, where she played a pure-hearted girl who never loses hope even in difficult circumstances.[5]
In 2011, she starred in the leading role in cable romantic comedy series Cool Guys, Hot Ramen.[6][7] Lee played a college girl preparing for teacher certification examination who unexpectedly inherits her father's ramen restaurant; she becomes involved in a love triangle with two of her employees, the arrogant heir to the biggest food conglomerate in Korea (Jung Il-woo) and a lazy but warm-heated genius chef (Lee Ki-woo).[8][9] Cool Guys, Hot Ramen received solid ratings for a Korean cable drama, and became the first of tvN's "flower boy" programming, which included Dating Agency: Cyrano on which Lee made a guest appearance in 2013.[10][11][12]
Lee was in two variety shows in 2012. She hosted Cats and Dogs, a talk show in which pet owners shared information to foster a more mature pet culture.[13] Lee then appeared in the second season of Music and Lyrics, a reality show in which a celebrity pair write and compose a song together. She wrote the lyrics and actor Seo Ji-seok composed the music for the ballad "Looking Forward to It," which was sung by Heo Young-saeng and used as the theme song of Seo In-guk's character in the family drama The Sons.[14][15][16]
Lee reunited with Happy Ero Christmas costar Kim Sun-a in the 2013 revenge thriller The Five. Adapted from the webtoon of the same title, she played a detective with a delinquent credit history who helps kill a serial killer in exchange for an organ transplant for her ill mother.[17][18] Later in the year, she played a doormat wife in the weekend drama series Wonderful Mama.
In 2019, Lee will return to small screen with office mystery drama VIP.[19]
Personal life
Her father is musical theatre actor Lee Seung-chul.
She began dating actor Lee Ki-woo in 2013; they were costars in the 2011 series Cool Guys, Hot Ramen and broke up in 2019 [20]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Resurrection of the Little Match Girl | Girl in soju-bang | |
| Tears | Girl | ||
| 2003 | Happy Ero Christmas | Lee Hae-min | |
| 2004 | Twentidentity | Girl | segment: "Convenience Store at 2:00 a.m." |
| Temptation of Wolves | Jung Han-kyung | ||
| 2005 | The Dark Plan of Green Tea Planet | S | short film |
| 2006 | Ssunday Seoul | Young-ja | segment: "The Young Adventurer" |
| 2007 | My Tutor Friend 2 | Kitano Junko | |
| 2008 | The Good, the Bad, the Weird | Song-yi | |
| 2010 | The First Love Series | Han Seo-yeon | segment: "Paper Crane" |
| Finding Mr. Destiny | Ji-hye | ||
| Oh! Happy Day | Girl next door | short film | |
| Lee Chung-ah's Seoul Play | short film | ||
| 2013 | The Five | Park Jeong-ha | |
| 2014 | First Love Struck Me One Day | Yong-jae | |
| Twinkle-Twinkle Pitter-Patter | short film | ||
| 2015 | Northern Limit Line | Captain Choi Yoon-jung (cameo) |
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| 2017 | Bluebeard | Mi-yeon | |
| 2019 | Spring, Again | [21] |
Television series
| Year | Title | Role | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Let's Go to the Beach | Yoon So-ra | SBS |
| 2006 | Going Together | Da-seul | SBS |
| 2008 | Chosun Police Season 2 | Han Da-kyung | MBC Dramanet |
| 2009 | The Accidental Couple | Goo Min-ji | KBS2 |
| Jolly Widows | Han Soo-hyun | KBS1 | |
| 2010 | Pure Pumpkin Flower | Park Soon-jung | SBS |
| 2011 | Cool Guys, Hot Ramen | Yang Eun-bi | tvN |
| 2013 | Wonderful Mama | Oh Da-jung | SBS |
| Dating Agency: Cyrano | Seol Yoo-jin (guest, episode 1) |
tvN | |
| 2014 | High School King of Savvy | Attractive woman (cameo, episode 17) |
tvN |
| Drama Special "Bride in Sneakers" | Park Bo-kyung | KBS2 | |
| 2015-2016 | Riders: Catch Tomorrow | Yoon So-dam | E Channel & DRAMAcube |
| 2016 | The Vampire Detective | Yo-na | OCN |
| Lucky Romance | Seol-hee/Amy | MBC | |
| 2017 | Because This Is My First Life | Go Jung Min | tvN |
| 2017-2018 | The Best Moment to Quit Your Job | Sun-hee | Lifetime Asia |
| 2019 | Beautiful World | Kang Joon-Ha | JTBC |
| VIP | Lee Hyeon-ah | SBS | |
| 2020 | Hello Dracula | So-jung | JTBC |
| Awaken | Jamie Leighton | tvN[22] |
Variety show
| Year | Title | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Fox's Butler | MBC | Host |
| 2012 | Cats and Dogs | tvN | Host |
| Music and Lyrics - Season 2 | MBC Music | paired with Seo Ji-seok | |
| 2016 | Battle Trip | KBS2 | Contestant with Seo Hyo-rim, episodes 27-30 |
| 2018 | Rural Police Season 3 | MBC EveryOne | Member |
| Everyone's Kitchen | Olive | Cast member, pilot episode | |
| 2019 | Cast member, regular (episodes 1-present, absent in episode 6) | ||
Music video
| Year | Song Title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | "We Were in Love" | Lyn |
| 2005 | "Coward" | Buzz |
| 2008 | "웃어도 눈물이" | Ryu Joo-hwan |
| "Because of You"[23] | Shin Hye-sung | |
| 2010 | "Telephone" | Electro Boyz (feat. Horan) |
| "Full Story" | V.O.S | |
| 2013 | "The Day to Love" | Lee Seung-chul |
| 2015 | "The Only Thing I Can't Do" | Gummy |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 28th Golden Cinematography Awards | Best New Actress | Temptation of Wolves | Won |
| 42nd Grand Bell Awards | Best New Actress | Won | ||
| 2009 | KBS Drama Awards | Best New Actress | The Accidental Couple, Jolly Widows | Nominated |
| 2016 | 10th Cable TV Brocasting Awards | Best Character | Riders: Get Tomorrow | Won |
| MBC Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Lucky Romance | Nominated | |
| 2019 | SBS Drama Awards | Best Supporting Actress | VIP | Won |
References
- "Film Romance of Their Own to be made into TV series". 10Asia. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- Hong, Grace Danbi (25 July 2012). "Lee Chung Ah Was Cast in Dramas Because She's Lee Soo Man's Daughter?". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- "Ssunday Seoul". LoveHKFilm.com. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- Kim, Tae-jong (19 April 2007). "Tutor Teaches No-Fun Lesson". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- Kim, Sun-young (16 November 2010). "REVIEW: SBS daily series Happy Maker Soon-jung - 1st Episode". 10Asia. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- Lee, Kyung-nam (16 September 2011). "Lee Chung Ah Cast As Female Lead in Flower Boy Ramen Shop". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
- Choi, Eun-hwa (27 October 2011). "Why Do Younger Men Have the Hots for Lee Chung Ah?". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- Lee, Kyung-nam (21 October 2011). "Jung Il Woo and Lee Chung Ah for Flower Boy Ramen Shop". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- "On the set of tvN TV series Cool Guys, Hot Ramen". 10Asia. 13 December 2011. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- Lee, Kyung-nam (21 December 2011). "Lee Chung Ah Says Goodbye to Flower Boys Ramen Shop". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- Choi, Eun-hwa (8 November 2011). "Flower Boy Ramen Shop Still Number One in Viewer Ratings". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
- Hong, Grace Danbi (16 May 2013). "SHINee's Taemin, Lee Chung Ah, and Others to Cameo on Cyrano Agency". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- Choi, Eun-hwa (23 March 2012). "Lee Chung Ah to Debut as Show Host with Cats and Dogs". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- "Lee Chung-ah Becomes Seo Ji-suk's Muse". 10Asia. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- Ho, Stewart (12 October 2012). "Seo Ji Suk-Lee Chung Ah Joins Music and Lyrics and Will Write Seo In Guk's Theme Song". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- Ho, Stewart (13 October 2012). "Lee Chung Ah Was Nervous Meeting Seo Ji Suk for Music and Lyrics". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- Jeon, Hyung-hwa (30 January 2013). "Lee Chung Ah returns to the big screen with The Five". Star News. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
- Lee, Eun-ah (16 May 2013). "Actress Kim Sun-A's New Film Cranks Up". TenAsia. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- Lee Yae-eun (June 5, 2019). "'VIP' 장나라·이상윤·이청아·곽선영·표예진 출연…오피스 멜로 온다 [공식]". My Daily (in Korean).
- "배우 이기우-이청아, 6년 만에 결별". 2019-07-06.
- "LEE Chung-ah and HONG Jong-hyun Wrap Timeloop Drama SPRING, AGAIN". Korean Film Biz Zone. 30 July 2018.
- "'낮과 밤' 남궁민·김설현·이청아, 출연 확정…미스터리 추리극 '기대'". 100세시대의 동반자 브릿지경제. October 6, 2020.
- "Shin Hye-sung and Lee Chung-ah Appear in Music Video". KBS Global. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
External links
- Lee Chung-ah at the Korean Movie Database
- Lee Chung-ah at IMDb
- Lee Chung-ah at HanCinema
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