Lee Yu-ri

For the South Korean field hockey player, see Lee Yu-ri (field hockey).

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

Lee Yu-ri (Korean: 이유리; born January 28, 1980) is a South Korean actress. Lee first became known for her role in the teen drama series School 4, and subsequently gained popularity with her role in the family drama Precious Family (2005).^[1] In recent years, she became known for her role as the antagonist in television drama series Twinkle Twinkle (2011) and Jang Bo-ri Is Here! (2014). She most recently starred in Spring Turns to Spring (2019) and Lie After Lie (2020).

Lee Yu-ri
Lee in August 2018
Born	(1980-01-28) January 28, 1980 (age 44) Eungam, Eunpyeong, Seoul, South Korea
Education	Kyewon University of Arts and Design
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2001–present
Agent	The Jun Entertainment
Spouse	Jo Kye-hyun ​ (m. 2010)​
Korean name
Hangul	이유리
Hanja	李幼梨
Revised Romanization	I Yu-ri
McCune–Reischauer	I Yuri
Website	Official website

In 2014, Lee won the Grand Prize at MBC Drama Awards, gaining 385,434 (about 54%) out of 712,300 votes sent in by the viewers.^[2][3] She was also ranked in the top five of Gallup Korea's "Actor of the Year", climbing to second place just behind Kim Soo-hyun.^[4]

Other activities

In 2011, Lee and fellow actress Kim Soo-kyum co-launched female apparel shopping mall 'Miss Today'.^[5][6]

Personal life

Lee Yu-ri met her husband, a missionary theologian, through bible study in 2008. They started dating in 2009 and married in September 2010.^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2004	Bunshinsaba	Kim In-sook		[8]
2005	Friendly and Harmonious
2022	The Singer	Gan Nan		[9]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1999	Hur Jun	One of the court maids	Pre-debut (extra role)
	MBC Best Theater
2001	This Is What Love Is	Oh Yoon-a
	Empress Myeongseong	Empress Sunmyeong		[10]
	School 4	Park Seo-won		[11]
2002	MBC Best Theater	Su-jin	Episode "Being a Mom Is Burdensome"
	Loving You	Jo Soo-kyung
2003	Argon	Kang Kang-hee
	Yellow Handkerchief	Na Mi-ryeong
	Twenty	Chae-ri
	Wife	Kim Yoon-joo
2004	Precious Family	Ahn Seong-mi
2005	Young-jae's Golden Days	Joo Eun-jae		[12]
2006	Invincible Parachute Agent	Kang Eun-hyuk's past lover	Cameo (Episode 1)
	Love and Ambition	Park Sun-hee		[13]
2008	Don't Cry My Love	Jo Mi-soo		[14]
	Mom's Dead Upset	Na Young-mi		[15]
2010	Daring Women	Ji Soon-young		[16]
2011	My Daughter the Flower	The cafe owner	Cameo (Episode 1)
	Twinkle Twinkle	Hwang Geum-ran		[17]
2012	Blue Tower	Kim Yoo-ri	Cameo (Episode 44 of Season 2)
	Ice Adonis	Seol Yeon-hwa		[18]
2013	Your Lady	Lee Eun-soo / Oh Yoo-jung		[19]
2014	MBC Drama Festival	Radio DJ	Episode : Guitar and Hot Pants
	Jang Bo-ri Is Here!	Yeon Min-jung		[20]
2015	Super Daddy Yeol	Cha Mi-rae		[21]
2016	Honey, I am Sorry	Xia Churong	Chinese drama	[22]
	KBS Drama Special	Yoon Da-jung	Episode : Pinocchio's Nose	[23]
	Another Miss Oh	Park Do-kyung's mother (Young)	Cameo (Episode 10)
	The Promise	Lee Na-yeon / Baek Do-hee		[24][25]
2017	Band of Sisters	Yeon Min-jeong	Cameo (Episode 64)
	Ms. Perfect	Lee Jung-soon / Lee Yu-ri	Cameo (Episode 1,18)
	Strongest Deliveryman	Yoon Hwa-young	Cameo (Episode 10–11)
	My Father Is Strange	Byun Hye-young		[26]
2018	Hide and Seek	Min Chae-rin		[27]
2019	Spring Turns to Spring	Kim Bo-mi		[28][29]
2020	Lie After Lie	Ji Eun-Soo
2022	Becoming Witch	Gong Ma-ri		[30]

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2012	Food Essay	Host
2013	Bright Solutionists
2014–2015	Quiz to Change the World	Host	Episode 274–283	[31]
2014	MBC Gayo Daejejeon	Host
2017	Single Wife Season 1 [ko]	Host		[32]
	2017 KBS Drama Awards	Host		[33]
2018	Single Wife Season 2 [ko]	Host		[34]
2020–present	Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant	Cast (chef)	Episode 14–present	[35]
2021	Comfortable Café	MC	Season 1	[36]
2021–present	Extreme Concern Counseling Center	MC
2021	Legend Music Class - Lalaland	Cast Member		[37][38]
	Legendary Actors	Main Cast	Chuseok special program	[39]
2022	Dog-Daughter-in-law	Host		[40]
	Running Full Course	Cast Member	Pilot program	[41]
2023	Walking Into the Fantastic	Host	with Park Na-rae and Kyuhyun	[42]

Music videos

Year	Song title	Artist	Album	Ref.
2002	"You Touched My Heart"	Sung Si-kyung	Melodie D'Amour	[43]
2004	"Tonight"	Hong Kyung-min	Listen and Repeat
2007	"All I Need Is Your Love"	Baek Ji-young	The Sixth Miracle	[44]

Discography

Digital singles

Title	Year	Album
"I Remember My Heart"[45]	2012	Yellow Boots
"I Will Live For You"[46]	2018	Hide And Seek

Ambassador activities

Year	Title	Campaign organiser	Ref.
2011	Goodwill Ambassador for Ministry of Unification	Ministry of Unification	[47]
	Goodwill Ambassador for Good People	Good People
2008	Goodwill Ambassador for 3rd Seoul Christianity Film Festival	Seoul International Agape Film Festival
	Goodwill Ambassador for Seoul Metro	Seoul Metropolitan Subway Corporation

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.
Asia Influential Awards	2015	Prize for Most Attractive Actress	Jang Bo-ri Is Here!	Won
APAN Star Awards	2014	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama		Nominated
	2018		Hide and Seek	Nominated	[48]
Baeksang Arts Awards	2015	Best Actress – Television	Jang Bo-ri Is Here!	Nominated
Brand of the Year Awards	2017	Actress of the Year	My Father Is Strange	Won	[49]
KBS Drama Awards	2001	Best Young Actress	School 4	Won
	2002	Best New Actress	Loving You	Won
	2016	Top Excellence Award, Actress	The Promise	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily Drama		Won	[50]
	2017	Top Excellence Award, Actress	My Father Is Strange	Won	[51]
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama		Nominated
		Netizen Award, Actress		Nominated
		Best Couple	Lee Yu-ri with Ryu Soo-young My Father Is Strange	Won
KBS Entertainment Awards	2020	Excellence Award – Entertainment Category	Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant	Won	[52]
KCA Consumer Day Awards	2018	Best Drama Actor	Hide and Seek	Won	[53]
Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards		Grand Prize (Daesang)		Won	[54]
Korea Drama Awards	2011	Best Supporting Actress	Twinkle Twinkle	Won	[55]
MBC Drama Awards	2011	Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama		Won	[56]
	2014	Grand Prize (Daesang) (Determined through viewer's votes)	Jang Bo-ri Is Here!	Won	[3]
		Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama		Nominated
		Popularity Award, Actress		Nominated
		PD Award		Won
	2018	Grand Prize (Daesang)	Hide and Seek	Nominated
		Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Weekend Drama		Won	[57]
	2019	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Wednesday-Thursday Miniseries	Spring Turns to Spring	Nominated
SBS Drama Awards	2006	Queen of Tears	Love and Ambition	Won
	2010	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Weekend/Daily Drama	Daring Women	Nominated
SBS Entertainment Awards	2017	Best Entertainer Award	Single Wife	Won	[58]
Seoul Arts College	2015	SAC Art Award	Lee Yu-ri	Won
Seoul International Drama Awards	2021	Outstanding Korean Actress	Lie After Lie	Nominated	[59][60]
University Film Festival of Korea		Best Actress	The Singer	Won	[61]

Listicles

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

Publisher	Year	Listicle	Placement	Ref.
Forbes	2015	Korea Power Celebrity	28th	[62]

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External links

• Official website (in Korean)