Lee El

Lee El (born Kim Ji-hyun on June 26, 1982) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her supporting roles in the film Inside Men (2015), the television series It's Okay, That's Love, Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (2016–2017), A Korean Odyssey (2017-2018), and Black. She played her first lead role in the film What a Man Wants.[1]

Lee El
Born
Kim Ji-hyun

(1982-06-26) June 26, 1982
Seoul, South Korea
EducationSungkyunkwan University
OccupationActress
AgentArtist Company
Korean name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationI El
McCune–ReischauerYi El
Birth name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationGim Ji-hyeon
McCune–ReischauerKim Chi-hyŏn

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2009 Secret Young-sook
2010 The Yellow Sea Joo-young
2012 Pacemaker Choi Min-kyung
Masquerade Ahn Gae-shi
2014 One Thing She Doesn't Have Se-ra
Man on High Heels Do Do
2015 Inside Men Joo Eun-hye [2]
2018 What a Man Wants Jenny [3]
2019 Scent of a Ghost Ji-yun
2020 The Call Sunwoo Ja-ok Netflix film [4]
2022 Love and Leashes Hye Mi
Yaksha: Ruthless Operations Hee-won [5][6][7]
TBA She Died Oh Young-joo [8]
Heaven: To the Land of Happiness

Television series

Year Title Role Nwtwork Notes Ref.
2009 Good Job, Good Job Min-joo MBC
2011 White Christmas Oh Jung-hye KBS2
Detectives in Trouble Yoo Hye-min
The Princess' Man Mae-hyang
2012 Wild Romance Mi-jin [9]
2013 7th Grade Civil Servant Park Soo-young MBC [10]
Drama Festival – Swine Escape Wol-hyang
2014 Mother's Garden Kim Ja-kyung
It's Okay, That's Love Se-ra SBS Ep 1–2 [11]
Liar Game Oh Jung-ah (Jaime) tvN [12]
2015 More Than a Maid Lady Kang JTBC
Divorce Lawyer in Love Han Mi-ri SBS
My Beautiful Bride Son Hye-jung OCN
Hello Monster Kang Sung-eun KBS2 Ep 9–10
Imaginary Cat Dokgo Soon MBC Every 1
2016 Monster Ok Chae-ryung MBC [13]
Entourage Herself tvN Ep 13–16
Guardian: The Lonely and Great God Samsin Halmoni [14]
2017 Black Yoon Soo-wan OCN [15]
A Korean Odyssey Ma Ji-young tvN [16]
2018 Ambergris AI Samsung Voice
Matrimonial Chaos Jin Yoo-young KBS2 [17]
2019 When the Devil Calls Your Name Ji Seo-young tvN [18]
2022 My Liberation Notes Yeom Ki-jeong JTBC [19][20]

Theater

Year Title Role
2011–2012 Return to Hamlet So-hee

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2016 53rd Grand Bell Awards Best Supporting Actress Inside Men Nominated
35th MBC Drama Awards Golden Acting Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama Monster Nominated
2018 KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Matrimonial Chaos Nominated
2021 42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards[21] Best Supporting Actress The Call Nominated

References

  1. "EL takes the lead after years of minor roles". Korea JoongAng Daily. March 28, 2018.
  2. "[단독]이엘, 이병헌 여자로 '내부자들' 합류..기대↑". Naver (in Korean). July 7, 2014.
  3. "LEE Sung-min and SHIN Ha-kyun Blow into WIND WIND WIND". Korean Film Biz Zone. March 14, 2017.
  4. "[단독] 이엘, 박신혜X전종서 스릴러 '콜' 캐스팅". The Korea Times (in Korean). October 2, 2018.
  5. Jeon Hyo-jin (December 31, 2019). "'야차' 설경구·박해수→양동근·이엘·송재림·박진영 합류, 오늘(31일) 촬영시작" (in Korean). Sports Donga. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  6. Jung Yu-jin (August 13, 2021). "설경구·박해수 '야차', 넷플릭스 공개 확정" [Seol Kyung-gu and Park Hae-soo's 'Yacha' to be released on Netflix]. News1 (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  7. Jung Yu-jin (March 4, 2022). "설경구·박해수 '야차', 4월8일 넷플릭스 공개 확정" [Seol Kyung-gu and Park Hae-soo's 'Yacha' to be released on Netflix on April 8] (in Korean). News1. Retrieved March 4, 2022 via Naver.
  8. Pierce Conran (October 8, 2020). "LEE El Joins Cast of New Thriller SHE DIED". KoBiz. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  9. "Lee El cast in "Wild Romance" as a femme fatale". Hancinema. January 9, 2012.
  10. "Lee El is am agent in "7th Grade Civil Servant"". Hancinema. November 22, 2012.
  11. "Lee El to star in "It's Okay, That's Love" as a transgender". Hancinema. July 22, 2014.
  12. "이엘-조재윤, tvN '라이어 게임' 합류". Ilgan Sports (in Korean). September 14, 2014.
  13. Kim Mi-hye (February 19, 2016). "'몬스터' 대본리딩 현장 공개… 강지환x성유리 호흡 기대" (in Korean). Sports Donga. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  14. "[단독] 이엘, '몬스터' 이은 차기작 '도깨비'…김고은 조력자 役". Ilgan Sports (in Korean). August 30, 2016.
  15. "<블랙> 송승헌-고아라-이엘-김동준, 대본 리딩 현장 공개!". iMBC (in Korean). August 10, 2017.
  16. "[단독] 이엘, 차승원 비서된다…tvN '화유기' 합류". News1 (in Korean). October 19, 2017.
  17. "Cha Tae-hyun and Bae Doo-na confirmed to star in K-drama series, 'The Greatest Divorce'". South China Morning Post. July 20, 2018.
  18. "[단독] 이엘, tvN '악마가 너의 이름을 부를 때'로 차기작 결정". JTBC. December 13, 2018.
  19. Jung Yoo-jin (April 22, 2021). "[단독]이엘, 박해영 작가 신작 '나의 해방일지' 출연" [[Exclusive] EL and Park Hae-young's new work 'My Liberation Journal' Appearance] (in Korean). SpoTV. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  20. Kim Yoo-jin (July 9, 2021). "나의 해방일지' 이민기·김지원·손석구·이엘 캐스팅 확정 [공식입장]" [My Liberation Journal' casts Lee Min-ki, Kim Ji-won, Son Seok-gu, and EL confirmed [Official position]]. Xportsnews (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  21. Kim Na-ra (November 1, 2021). "제42회 청룡영화상, 후보 발표…류승완 '모가디슈' 최다 부문 노미네이트 [공식]" [42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards, nominations announced... Ryoo Seung-wan 'Mogadishu' Nominated for Most Category [Official]] (in Korean). My Daily. Retrieved November 1, 2021 via Naver.
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