Lee Min-young (actress)

For a singer of the same name, see Min (South Korean singer).

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

Lee Min-young (born February 6, 1976) is a South Korean actress. Lee began her career as a child actress when she was four years old, and appeared steadily in television dramas. After a five-year hiatus, she returned to acting in 2011 with Kimchi Family, followed by You're Only Mine in 2014.^[3][4][5] She is currently represented by the Korean production company Jidam Media.^[2]

Lee Min-young
Born	(1976-02-06) February 6, 1976 (age 49) Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, South Korea[1]
Education	Dankook University - Theater and Film
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1980–present
Agent	Jidam Media[2]
Spouse	Lee Chan (2006; divorced)
Korean name
Hangul	이민영
Revised Romanization	I Minyeong
McCune–Reischauer	I Minyŏng

Lee married actor Lee Chan on December 10, 2006, but the couple divorced after 12 days, with Lee suing her husband for domestic violence that she said caused her miscarriage and a broken nose which required reconstructive surgery.^[6][7][8][9] Lee Chan was sentenced to one year in prison, suspended for two years.^[5]

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
	Ppo Ppo Ppo (Kiss Kiss Kiss)
1981	Nari House
1982	Tiger Teacher
	Linger
1983	500 Years of Joseon: Tree with Deep Roots	Princess Jeongso
1995	Adolescence	Jae-in
	Partner	Song Hyun-joo
	Woman	Seo Geum-soon
1996	The Reason We Don't Get Divorced	So-young
	Sibling Relations	Park So-baek
	The Most Beautiful Goodbye in the World
1997	Medical Brothers	Seo Yoon-kyung
	The Reason I Live	Jung-hee
	Myth of a Hero	Choi Ha-rim
1998	Run Barefoot	Kang Hyun-ji
1999	Young Sun	Seo Han-byul
	You're One-of-a-Kind	Lee Eun-sun
	Encounter	Jang Ye-won
2001	The Rules of Marriage	Song Gong-joo
	The Flower Garden	Han Ki-joon
	More Than Words Can Say	Jang Mi-joo
	Like Father, Unlike Son	Gu Mi-sook
2002	Zoo People	Yang Min-young
	Kitchen Maid	Kim Soon-young
	Like a Flowing River	Park Dong-hee
2003	Lovers	Oh Soo-hee
2004	Precious Family	Woo Mi-yeon
	Toji, the Land	Lady in byeoldang		[10]
2006	Love and Ambition	Eun-hwan
2011	Kimchi Family	Lee Woo-joo
2014	You're Only Mine	Go Eun-jung
2016	The Love Is Coming	Na Sun-young
2017	Strongest Deliveryman	Soon Ae
2018	Your House Helper	Ahn Jin-hong		[11]
2019	Hotel del Luna	Ghost (Ep.13)
	Doctor Prisoner	Bok Hye-soo
2021	L.U.C.A.: The Beginning	Cameo Ep.12
2021–2022	Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce)	Song Won
2022	Becoming Witch	Chae Hee-soo		[12]
	The Law Cafe	Song-hwa		[13]
2023	Perfect Marriage Revenge	Lee Jong-hye		[14]
2023–2024	Korea–Khitan War	Empress Cheonchu		[15]
2025	First Lady	Shin Hae-rin		[16]

Film

Year	Title	Role
1980	This Pain of the Woman
	The Wooden Horse That Went to Sea
	Family Portrait	Soo-kyung

Variety show

Year	Title	Notes
2012-2013	Popcorn and Nachos	Host
2014	Single Lady

Discography

Singles

Title	Year	Album	Ref.
"Don't Worry" (걱정말아요) (with Kang Shin-hyo)	2022	Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) 3 OST Part 5	[17]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1996	MBC Drama Awards	Best New Actress		Won
2014	SBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	You're Only Mine	Nominated