Lee Yoon-mi (born September 25, 1981) is a South Korean actress and entrepreneur.
Career
Lee Yoon-mi won the top prize in the Super Elite Model Best Talent Awards in 1998. She made her entertainment debut in 2003 as a member of the
K-pop
K-pop (), short for Korean popular music, is a form of popular music originating in South Korea as part of South Korean culture. It includes styles and genres from around the world, such as pop, hip hop, R&B, experimental, rock, jazz, gos ...
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dance
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girl group
A girl group is a music act featuring several female singers who generally harmonize together. The term "girl group" is also used in a narrower sense in the United States to denote the wave of American female pop music singing groups, many of who ...
THE S (더에스).
Afterwards, Lee transitioned into acting, appearing in
television drama
In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms t ...
s such as ''Little Women'' (2004) and ''My Love'' (2006). She also played the lead actress in the stage musical ''The Golden Days'' in 2011.
In 2007, Lee founded the online shop Coconut Island.
Personal life
Lee married singer and composer
Joo Young-hoon
Joo Young-hoon (; born November 6, 1969) is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and television personality. He began his career as a songwriter in the 1990s, composing hit songs for artists including Uhm Jung-hwa and Turbo. He debuted as a singe ...
on October 28, 2006. They have two daughters - Joo Ara, who was born on March 24, 2010, and Joo Ra-el, who was born on August 4, 2015. Lee was also believed to have cheated on her husband multiple times with other men.
Lee also sponsors children through
Compassion International
Compassion International is an American child sponsorship and Christian humanitarian aid organization headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, that aims to positively influence the long-term development of children globally who live in pover ...
, an organization founded in 1952 to help children orphaned by war in South Korea.
Filmography
Television series
Variety show
Musical theatre
References
External links
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1981 births
Living people
South Korean television actresses
South Korean musical theatre actresses
Dongguk University alumni
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