Lee Se-hee

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

Lee Se-hee (Korean: 이세희; born on December 22, 1991)^[1] is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in 2015 with a music video "364 Days of Dream", since then, she has appeared in number of films and television series.^[2] She got recognition for portraying role of Park Dan-dan in weekend TV series Young Lady and Gentleman (2021–2022) for which she won the best new actress award at 2021 KBS Drama Awards. She has acted in films as: Midnight Runners (2017) and Midnight (2021) among others. In 2020 she appeared in JTBC TV series Live On.^[3][4]

Lee Se-hee
Lee in Oct 2022
Born	(1991-12-22) December 22, 1991 (age 33) Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea
Alma mater	Hanyang Women's University
Occupations	Actress model
Years active	2015–present
Agent	J-Wide Company
Korean name
Hangul	이세희
Hanja	李世熙
Revised Romanization	I Se-hui
McCune–Reischauer	I Sehŭi

In 2022 she won the "Popularity Award (Actress)" at 2022 KBS Drama Awards for her performance in the series Bad Prosecutor.^[5]

Career

Lee is affiliated to artist management company Family Entertainment.^[6] She was in dental hygiene when she changed her career to acting.^[7]

Lee debuted in Na Yoon-kwon's music video in 2015,^[8] and was cast in web series Sandwich Theory, Kiss Scene in Yeonnam-dong and Kiss Goblin in 2019. In 2020 she was in supporting cast of KakaoTV's Love Revolution,^[9] and appeared in MBC 'Cinematic Drama SF8 - White Crow.^[8]

In 2021, Lee appeared in season 2 of Hospital Playlist as Kang So-ye, first-year fellow in the Department of Emergency Medicine^[10] and she appeared as female lead in KBS's weekend family drama Young Lady and Gentleman. Her portrayal of Park Dan-dan, a resident tutor was appreciated. She got the role, breaking through the 500:1 competition and being termed as one of the 'discovery of the year'.^[11] The series currently ranks at the 3rd place among 'Top 50 series per nationwide viewers in Korea' and logged a national average viewership of 38.2% for its 48th episode.^[12] She also won the Best New Actress award and best couple award with Ji Hyun-woo at 2021 KBS Drama Awards for her role in the series.^[13]

In 2022, after success of her weekend drama, KBS cast her in their upcoming TV series Bad Prosecutor as Shin A-ra, a senior prosecutor at the Central District Prosecutors' Office.^[14] In November 2022, Lee signed an exclusive contract with J-Wide Company.^[8] In the same year, she won the Best Couple Award with Doh Kyung-soo^[15] and 'Popularity Award (actress)' at 2022 KBS Drama Awards for her performance in the series Bad Prosecutor.^[16]

Modeling

In September 2021, Lee was selected by Ed Hardy as a brand model with the launch of the golf wear line,^[17] and Liful Minimal Garments selected her as their brand muse.^[18] In October 2021, she was selected as model for global denim brand Siwy.^[19]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2017	Midnight Runners	Club woman Se-hee		[20]
2018	Fengshui	Gisaeng from Wolyounggak
2020	Things Like Dogs	Mi-jeong
2021	Midnight	Girlfriend	TVING Film
	I Can Only See	Seo Yoo-ri

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2018	Let Me Introduce Her			[20]
2019	Different Dreams			[21]
	Everybody Says Kungddari	Young Jo Soon-ja		[22]
	Catch the Ghost	Madonna		[22]
2020	SF8	Jang Joon-oh	Episode 6, "White Crow"	[23]
	Live On	Jung Hee-soo		[24]
2021	My Roommate Is a Gumiho	Gisaeng	Cameo (Episode 1,10)
	Hospital Playlist	Kang So-ye	Season 2	[25]
2021–2022	Young Lady and Gentleman	Park Dan-dan		[26]
2022	Bad Prosecutor	Shin A-ra		[27]
2024	Beauty and Mr. Romantic	Se-ra	Cameo (Episode 17)	[28]
	A Virtuous Business	Lee Joo-ri		[29]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2019	Sandwich Theory	Choi Sun Hee	[30]
	Kiss Scene in Yeonnam-dong	Nam Jin-joo
2020	Kiss Goblin	Yoon Seol-hee
	Love Revolution	Jang Hae-ri	[31]

Music video appearances

Year	Song title	Artist	Ref.
2015	"364 Days of Dream"	Na Yoon-kwon	[3][32]
2016	"Just Come to Me"	Homme	[33]
2017	"Sunny Tomorrow"	A Single Rider	[34]

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee / Work	Result	Ref.
KBS Drama Awards	2021	Best New Actress	Young Lady and Gentleman	Won	[13]
		Best Couple Award	Lee Se-hee with Ji Hyun-woo Young Lady and Gentleman	Won	[35]
	2022	Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries	Bad Prosecutor	Nominated	[36]
		Popularity Award		Won	[5]
		Best Couple Award	Lee Se-hee with Doh Kyung-soo Bad Prosecutor	Won	[15]

Listicles

Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement

Publisher	Year	Listicle	Placement	Ref.
Forbes	2022	Korea Power Celebrity Rising Star	Placed	[37]