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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1971-01-31

Place of Birth

Seoul, South Korea

Lee Young-ae

Biography

Lee Young-ae (born 31 January 1971) is a South Korean film and television actress, known for Lady Vengeance, Joint Security Area, and Jewel in the Palace among others.

Known for

Infinite Challenge

Infinite Challenge

Infinite Challenge has been reported as the first "Real-Variety" show in Korean television history. The program is largely unscripted, and follows a similar format of challenge-based Reality Television programs, familiar to the audiences in the West, but the challenges are often silly, absurd, or impossible to achieve, so the program takes on the aspect of a satirical comedy variety show, rather than a more standard reality or contest program. In order to achieve its comedic purposes its 6 hosts and staff continuously proclaim, the elements of this show are the 3-Ds, Dirty, Dangerous, and Difficult.

My Little Old Boy

My Little Old Boy

How much do you know about your grown up son? In Mom’s Diary, the daily lives of the grown up celebrity sons are closely observed by their mothers. Do you know why your son drinks so much these days? How much do you know about your son’s philosophy in his life style? Heart-warming moments of observational communication between a mother and a son can be seen on Mom’s Diary.

Chef & My Fridge

Chef & My Fridge

The best chefs of Korea compete to create impromptu dishes that feature ingredients found inside the guest stars' personal refrigerators.

Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver

A former special forces soldier delivers revenge for victims of injustice while working for a secret organization that fronts as a taxi company.

Jewel in the Palace

Jewel in the Palace

Orphaned Jang-geum becomes the first female physician in the Joseon Dynasty and her determination is tested when people around her start showing their true faces.

My ID is Gangnam Beauty

My ID is Gangnam Beauty

Bullied for her looks, Mi-rae gets plastic surgery hoping for a better kind of life but faces new challenges in college. Based on a hit Korean webtoon.

Saimdang, Memoir of Colors

Saimdang, Memoir of Colors

An art history lecturer, unfairly disgraced for refusing to certify a suspicious painting, endeavors to set the record straight by exploring the mystery of a 16th-century artist using a diary that may lead her to the genuine painting.

Walking on Thin Ice

Walking on Thin Ice

Eun-soo is a housewife, who struggles to pay for her husband's medical expenses. He is terminally ill. Eun-soo becomes entangled in a bag of drugs with a teacher named Yi-kyeong. He is a mysterious figure. Eun-soo and Yi-kyeong are chased by veteran detective Tae-gu.

Joint Security Area

Joint Security Area

Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The lead investigator (Lee Young-ae) receives differing accounts from the two sides.

Inspector Koo

Inspector Koo

A reclusive ex-cop reenters the game as an insurance investigator, searching for clues in crime scenes perfectly staged by a serial killer in her midst.

Lady Vengeance

Lady Vengeance

Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.

Sohn's Questions

Sohn's Questions

West Palace

West Palace

A drama based on a popular portrayal of the events during the time of Prince Gwanghae in early 17th Century Joseon. Queen Inmok is depicted as a virtuous lady who fell victim to palace politics and is subsequently banished to the West Palace. Her stepson, Prince Gwanghae, is bewitched by the scheming concubine Kim Gae Shi, and her ambitions and unsatiable thirst for power leads him to his downfall.

How's Your Husband?

How's Your Husband?

Fireworks

Fireworks

To find true love while going through chaos and in the name of love. The life story of four men and women (Lee Young-ae, Cha In-pyo, Lee Kyung-young, and Jo Min-soo). It unfolds passionately like a firework. Vividly conveyed to viewers through author Kim Soo-hyun's detailed descriptions.