Lee Mi-yeon

South Korean actress

Kim Seung-woo

(m. 1995; div. 2000)

^[2]Korean nameHangul

이미연

Hanja

李美姸

Revised RomanizationI Mi-yeonMcCune–ReischauerI Miyŏn

Lee Mi-yeon (born September 23, 1971) is a South Korean actress.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Television

Lee Mi-yeon is known for her portrayal of the Empress Myeongseong in the television series of that name. She appears in Episodes 1 and 10-81.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1989	Happiness Does Not Come In Grades	Lee Eun-joo
1990	Well, Let's Look at the Sky Sometimes	Hye-joo
1991	Autumn Journey	So-yeon
1991	Do You Like Afternoons After the Rain?	Eun-chae
1992	Snow Flower	Yoo Da-mi
1993	I Will Survive	Sug-young
1995	Go Alone Like Musso's Horn	Young-sun
1997	No. 3	Hyun-ji
1997	Motel Cactus	Min Hee-soo
1998	Whispering Corridors	Hur Eun-young
1999	The Harmonium in My Memory	Yang Eun-hee
2000	Love Bakery	Lee Hae-sook
2000	Pisces	Ae-ryun
2001	Indian Summer	Lee Shin-young
2001	The Last Witness	Son Ji-hye
2002	Fun Movie	Actress at the airport (cameo)
2002	Addicted	Heo Eun-soo
2005	Typhoon	Choi Myeong-ju
2007	Love Exposure	Seo Jeong-wan
2012	A Company Man	Yoo Mi-yeon
2016	Like for Likes	Jo Kyung-ah

Television series

Year	Title	Role
1988	Joy of Love
1990	Tree Blooming with Love
1990	Freezing Point
1991	West Wind
1991	A Wall
1992	Wind in the Forest	Ji Yoon-hee
1992	Outside the Window, the Sun Shone	Choi Yoo-mi
1993	The Ways of Love	Yoo Mi-ri
1994	Bird, Bird, Blue Bird
	Three Men, Three Women	Oh Soon-jung
	우리가 여자에게 원하는 것은
1996	Why Not Divorce	Seo Hee-jae
1999	Love Story: Open Ended	Ji-yeon
2001	Empress Myeongseong	Empress Myeongseong
2007	Crazy in Love	Seo Jin-young
2010	The Great Merchant	Kim Man-deok
2015	Reply 1988	older Sung Deok-sun

Variety show

Year	Title	Notes
1990	River Music Festival	Host
1992-1993	Saturday Saturday Is Fun	Host
2013-2014	Sisters Over Flowers	Cast member

Music video

Year	Song Title	Artist
2000	"To the Next Person"	Jo Sung-mo
2001	"If I Leave"	Sumi Jo
2007	"I Love You Even Though I Hate You"	Davichi

Theater

Year	Title	Role
1991	Faust	Gretchen

Discography

Year	Title	Notes
1990	90 Love Story
2001	Lee Mi-yeon's Sonata	Compilation album

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1987	Miss Lotte Pageant	1위	—	Won
1990	26th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Actress	Happiness Does Not Come In Grades	Won
	28th Grand Bell Awards	Best New Actress		Nominated
	10th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards			Won
	KBS Drama Awards		Tree Blooming with Love	Won
1993	31st Grand Bell Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Snow Flower	Won
1999	36th Grand Bell Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Whispering Corridors	Won
1999	20th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress	The Harmonium in My Memory	Won
2000	37th Grand Bell Awards	Best Supporting Actress	The Harmonium in My Memory	Nominated
	21st Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Leading Actress	Pisces	Won
	3rd Director's Cut Awards	Best Actress		Won
	Cine 21 Awards	Best Actress		Won
2001	38th Grand Bell Awards	Best Actress		Nominated
	22nd Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Leading Actress	Indian Summer	Nominated
	22nd Blue Dragon Film Awards	Popular Star Award	Indian Summer	Won
	KBS Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress	Empress Myeongseong	Won
2002	38th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Actress (TV)	Empress Myeongseong	Nominated
	Savings Day	Presidential Commendation	—	Won
	23rd Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Leading Actress	Addicted	Nominated
2003	40th Grand Bell Awards	Best Actress	Addicted	Won
2004	41st Grand Bell Awards	Best Dressed	—	Won
2006	20th Golden Cinematography Awards	Special Jury Prize	Typhoon	Won
2007	3rd Andre Kim Best Star Awards	Female Star Award	—	Won
2007	SBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	Crazy in Love	Nominated
2008	16th Chunsa Film Art Awards	Best Actress	Love Exposure	Won
2010	3rd Korea Drama Awards	Best Actress	The Great Merchant	Nominated
2010	KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	The Great Merchant	Nominated

References

^ "이미연". Cinefox (씨네폭스) (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-12-28.
^ "스타 커플 잇단 웨딩마치 … 다음엔 누구?". The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). 4 May 2005.
^ "Lee Mi-yeon: Still in Love With Acting". The Chosun Ilbo. 20 January 2007. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
^ "Lee Mi-yeon Ventures into Uncharted Waters". The Chosun Ilbo. 20 March 2010. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
^ "Lee Mi-yeon tears, "Love is something two people have to work to keep"". Hancinema. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
^ "Lee Mi-yeon Reveals Hidden Charms on Reality Show". The Chosun Ilbo. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 2015-02-05.

External links

Lee Mi-yeon at the Korean Movie Database
Lee Mi-yeon at IMDb
Lee Mi-yeon at HanCinema

Grand Bell Awards for Best Actress

1960s

Choi Eun-hee (1962)
Do Kum-bong (1963)
Hwang Jeong-sun (1964)
Choi Eun-hee (1965)
Choi Eun-hee (1966)
Moon Jeong-suk (1967)
Moon Hee (1968)

1970s

Yoon Jeong-hee (1971)
Ko Eun-ah (1972)
Yoon Yeon-kyung (1973)
Kim Ji-mee (1974)
Kim Ji-mee (1975)
Choi Min-hee (1976)
Yoon Mi-ra (1977)
Ko Eun-ah (1978)
Yu Ji-in (1979)

1980s

Jeong Yun-hui (1980)
Jeong Yun-hui (1981)
Kim Bo-yeon (1982)
Chang Mi-hee (1983)
Lee Mi-sook (1984)
Kim Ji-mee (1985)
Choi Myung-gil (1986)
Kang Soo-yeon (1987)
Kang Soo-yeon (1989)

1990s

Kang Soo-yeon (1990)
Won Mi-kyung (1991)
Chang Mi-hee (1992)
Shim Hye-jin (1993)
Yoon Jeong-hee (1994)
Choi Jin-sil (1995)
Shim Hye-jin (1996)
Shim Hye-jin (1997)
Shim Eun-ha (1999)

2000s

Jeon Do-yeon (2000)
Ko So-young (2001)
Jun Ji-hyun (2002)
Lee Mi-yeon (2003)
Moon So-ri (2004)
Kim Hye-soo (2005)
Jeon Do-yeon (2006)
Kim Ah-joong (2007)
Yunjin Kim (2008)
Soo Ae (2009)

2010s

Yoon Jeong-hee (2010)
Kim Ha-neul (2011)
Jo Min-su (2012)
Uhm Jung-hwa (2013)
Son Ye-jin (2014)
Jun Ji-hyun (2015)
Son Ye-jin (2016)
Choi Hee-seo (2017)
Na Moon-hee (2018)
N/A (2019)

2020s

Jung Yu-mi (2020)
N/A (2021)
Yum Jung-ah (2022)
Kim Seo-hyung (Film) and Han Hyo-joo (Series) (2023)

v t e Grand Bell Awards for Best Supporting Actress
1960s	Han Eun-jin (1962) Hwang Jeong-sun (1963) Choi Ji-hee (1964) Yun In-ja (1965) Hwang Jeong-sun (1966) Ju Jeung-ryu (1977) Hwang Jeong-sun (1968)
1970s	Sa Mi-ja (1971) Do Kum-bong (1972) Choi In-sook (1973) Do Kum-bong (1974) Park Jeong-ja (1975) Tae Hyun-sil (1976) Sunwoo Yong-nyeo (1977) Moon Jeong-suk (1978) Jeong Ae-ran (1979)
1980s	Kim Hyeong-ja (1980) Kim Shin-jae (1981) N/A (1982) Go Doo-shim (1983) Park Jeong-ja (1984) Han Eun-jin (1985) Lee Hye-young (1986) Kim Hyeong-ja (1987) Kim Ji-mee (1989)
1990s	Yoo Hye-ri (1990) Bae Jong-ok (1991) Lee Hye-young (1992) Lee Mi-yeon (1993) Nam Su-jung (1994) Jeong Gyeong-sun (1995) Kim Cheong (1996) Jeong Gyeong-sun (1997) Lee Mi-yeon (1999)
2000s	Kim Yeo-jin (2000) Yoon So-jung (2001) Bang Eun-jin (2002) Song Yoon-ah (2003) Kim Ga-yeon (2004) Na Moon-hee (2005) Kang Hye-jung (2006) Shim Hye-jin (2007) Kim Hae-sook (2008) Kim Young-ae (2009)
2010s	Youn Yuh-jung (2010) Shim Eun-kyung (2011) Kim Hae-sook (2012) Jang Young-nam (2013) Kim Young-ae (2014) Kim Hae-sook (2015) Ra Mi-ran (2016) Kim So-jin (2017) Jin Seo-yeon (2018) Lee Jung-eun (2019)
2020s	N/A (2020) N/A (2021) Im Yoon-ah (2022) Kim Sun-young (2023)

v t e Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Actress
1960s	Hwang Jung-seun (1963) Moon Jung-suk (1964) Um Aing-ran (1965) Moon Jung-suk (1966) Ju Jeung-ryu (1967) Nam Jeong-im (1969)
1970s	Kim Ji-mee (1970) Youn Yuh-jung (1971) Yoon Jeong-hee (1972) Yoon Jeong-hee (1973)
1990s	Won Mi-kyung (1990) Chang Mi-hee (1991) Kang Soo-yeon (1992) Kim Hye-soo (1993) Choi Myung-gil (1994) Kim Hye-soo and Bang Eun-jin (1995) Shim Hye-jin (1996) Shin Eun-kyung (1997) Shim Eun-ha (1998) Jeon Do-yeon (1999)
2000s	Lee Mi-yeon (2000) Jang Jin-young (2001) Yunjin Kim (2002) Jang Jin-young (2003) Lee Na-young (2004) Lee Young-ae (2005) Kim Hye-soo (2006) Jeon Do-yeon (2007) Son Ye-jin (2008) Ha Ji-won (2009)
2010s	Yoon Jeong-hee and Soo Ae (2010) Kim Ha-neul (2011) Im Soo-jung (2012) Han Hyo-joo (2013) Chun Woo-hee (2014) Lee Jung-hyun (2015) Kim Min-hee (2016) Na Moon-hee (2017) Han Ji-min (2018) Cho Yeo-jeong (2019)
2020s	Ra Mi-ran (2020) Moon So-ri (2021) Tang Wei (2022) Jung Yu-mi (2023)

v t e Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
1960s	Choi Ji-hee (1963) Hwang Jung-seun (1964) Hwang Jung-seun (1965) Jo Mi-ryeong (1966) Han Eun-jin (1967) Hwang Jung-seun (1969)
1970s	Sa Mi-ja (1970) Jeon Gye-hyeon (1971) Ahn In-sook (1972) Choi Jeong-min (1973)
1990s	Son Suk (1990) Kim Bo-yeon (1991) Lee Hye-young (1992) Kim Hyeseon (1993) Jung Kyung-soon (1994) Song Ok-sook (1995) Jo Eun-sook (1996) Jung Kyung-soon (1997) Yoo Hye-jung (1998) Lee Mi-yeon (1999)
2000s	Ha Ji-won (2000) Oh Ji-hye (2001) Song Yoon-ah (2002) Kang Hye-jung (2003) Yum Jung-ah (2004) Kang Hye-jung (2005) Jung Yu-mi (2006) Na Moon-hee (2007) Kim Ji-young (2008) Kim Hae-sook (2009)
2010s	Youn Yuh-jung (2010) Kim Soo-mi (2011) Moon Jeong-hee (2012) Ra Mi-ran (2013) Kim Young-ae (2014) Jeon Hye-jin (2015) Park So-dam (2016) Kim So-jin (2017) Kim Hyang-gi (2018) Lee Jung-eun (2019)
2020s	Esom (2020) Kim Sun-young (2021) Oh Na-ra (2022) Jeon Yeo-been (2023)

v t e Baeksang Arts Award for Best New Actress – Film
1960s	- (1965) - (1966) Moon Hee and Nam Jeong-im (1967) Yoon Jeong-hee (1968) Jeon Yang-ja (1969)
1970s	Kim Ji-soo (1970) Kim Yun-jeong (1971) Na O-mi (1972) Park Ji-yeong (1973) Jin Do-hee and Myeong Hui (1974) Mun Suk and Yang Jeong-hwa (1975) Kim Hyeong-ja (1976) Myeong Hyeon-suk and Yu Mi-na (1977) Jung Hee (1978) Lee In-ok (1979)
1980s	Won Mi-kyung (1980) Kim Min-hee and Lee Mi-sook (1981) Ahn So-young and Na Young-hee (1982) Park Seon-hui (1983) Lee Bo-hee (1984) Cho Yong-won (1985) Lee Hye-young (1986) Kim Hye-soo (1987) Ha Hee-ra and Shin Hye-soo (1988) Jin Yeong-mi (1989)
1990s	Lee Mi-yeon (1990) Kim Sung-ryung and Ji Gyeong-won (1991) Lee Ah-ro (1992) Oh Yeon-soo (1993) Ji Su-won and Ryu Keum-sin (1994) Jung Sun-kyung (1995) Kim Sun-jae (1996) Lee Eun-jung (1997) Choi Ji-woo (1998) Jun Ji-hyun (1999)
2000s	Kim Gyu-ri, Park Ye-jin and Lee Young-jin (2000) Suh Jung (2001) Lee Yo-won (2002) Son Ye-jin (2003) Yoon Jin-seo (2004) Soo Ae (2005) Jung Yu-mi (2006) Park Si-yeon (2007) Han Ye-seul (2008) Park Bo-young (2009)
2010s	Jo An (2010) Shin Hyun-been (2011) Bae Suzy (2012) Han Ye-ri (2013) Kim Hyang-gi (2014) Chun Woo-hee (2015) Park So-dam (2016) Lee Sang-hee (2017) Choi Hee-seo (2018) Lee Jae-in (2019)
2020s	Kang Mal-geum (2020) Choi Jung-woon (2021) Lee Yoo-mi (2022) Kim Si-eun (2023)

v t e Korean Association of Film Critics Awards for Best New Actress
1980s	Na Young-hee (1981) Lee Bo-hee (1984) Jin Yeong-mi (1989)
1990s	Lee Mi-yeon (1990) Choi Jin-sil (1991) Lee A-ro (1992) Oh Jeong-hae (1993) Park Sun-young (1994) Lee Ji-eun (1995) Lee Jung-hyun (1996) Lee Hye-eun (1997) Jeon Do-yeon (1998) Yunjin Kim (1999)
2000s	Kim Gyu-ri, Park Ye-jin and Lee Young-jin (2000) Seo Joo-hee (2001) Son Ye-jin (2002) Im Soo-jung (2003) Kang Hye-jung (2004) Jang Yu-mi (2005) Han Hyo-joo (2006) Park Si-yeon (2007) Seo Woo (2008) Park Bo-young (2009)
2010s	Lee Min-jung (2010) Yoo Da-in (2011) Kim Go-eun (2012) Jung Eun-chae (2013) Lim Ji-yeon (2014) Kwon So-hyun (2015) Jeong Ha-dam (2016) Choi Hee-seo (2017) Kim Ga-hee (2018) Park Ji-hu (2019)
2020s	Kang Mal-geum (2020) Gong Seung-yeon (2021) Lee Ji-eun (2022) Kim Si-eun (2023)

v t e Director's Cut Awards for Best Actress
1990s	Shim Eun-ha (1998) Jeon Do-yeon (1999)
2000s	Lee Mi-yeon (2000) Jang Jin-young (2001) Yunjin Kim (2002) Moon So-ri and Yum Jung-ah (2003) Jeon Do-yeon (2004) Jeon Do-yeon and Lee Young-ae (2005) Bae Doona and Go Ah-sung (2006) Jeon Do-yeon (2007) Gong Hyo-jin (2008) Kim Hye-ja (2009)
2010s	Seo Young-hee (2010) N/A (2011) N/A (2012) N/A (2013) Shim Eun-kyung (2014) Jeon Do-yeon (2015) Kim Min-hee (2016) Na Moon-hee (2017) Kim Tae-ri (2018) Han Ji-min (2019)
2020s	N/A (2020) N/A (2021) Jeon Jong-seo (Film) and Jung Ho-yeon (Series) (2022) Tang Wei (Film) and Bae Suzy (Series) (2023) Kim Sun-young (Film) and Yeom Hye-ran (Series) (2024)