Lee Ha-na

For the Korean-American actress, see Hana Mae Lee.
This is a Korean name; the family name is Lee.
Lee Hana
Born (1982-09-23) September 23, 1982
Seoul, South Korea
Education Dankook University - Life Musicology
Occupation Actress
Years active 2006-present
Agent L&Company
Korean name
Hangul 이하나
Revised Romanization I Hana
McCune–Reischauer I Hana

Lee Hana (born September 23, 1982) is a South Korean actress. Lee made her acting debut in Alone in Love (2006), and has since starred in Women of the Sun (2008), Triple (2009), The Fair Love (2010), R2B: Return to Base(2012), High School King of Savvy (2014), Unkind Ladies (2015), The Exclusive: Beat the Devil's Tattoo (2015) and Voice (2017). She also hosted the music program Lee Ha-na's Peppermint from 2008 to 2009.

Early life

Lee Hana was born in Irwon bon-dong, Gangnam District, Seoul. Her father Lee Dae-heon is a composer, best known for folk-rock legend Kim Kwang-seok's signature song "Become Dust."[1]

In 2008, she graduated from the College of Music at Dankook University (Cheonan campus) with a degree in Life Musicology.

Career

Lee Hana first appeared in a commercial for telecom KTF's "umbrella service" in 2005. A year later, she made a memorable acting debut in the critically acclaimed television drama Alone in Love, as the extremely odd younger sister of the female protagonist.[2]

She played another supporting role as a small-time swindler in When Spring Comes in 2007. Later that year, Lee was cast in her first leading role in Me-ri vs. Dae-gu's Attack and Defense Battle (also known as Merry Mary), a quirky romance between a mediocre singer and a failed novelist. This was followed by her big screen debut in Le Grand Chef, a film adaptation of Huh Young-man's manhwa Sikgaek, in which Lee played a TV producer who teams up with an aspiring chef.[3]

Unlike her previous cheerful roles, Lee surprised critics and audiences in 2008 when she played a darker character in Women of the Sun (also known as Sisters in Love).[4] In the melodrama, her character wreaks revenge when she learns that her older adopted sister abandoned her (when she was a five-year-old child) at a train station out of jealousy, causing her to grow up impoverished in an orphanage.[5] Lee won an Excellence Award at the year-end KBS Drama Awards.

From November 21, 2008 to April 17, 2009, she was the host/MC of the live music program Lee Ha-na's Peppermint.[6] Before she turned to acting, Lee had early aspirations of becoming a singer, so aside from introducing and interviewing guests, she frequently performed on the show, sometimes accompanying herself on the guitar or piano.[7]

Lee then underwent training for her role as a figure skating coach in Triple, who finds herself in a love triangle with her ex-husband and his best friend who pursues her.[8][9][10] This led to her doing the narration for Queen Yuna! I am Korea, a TV documentary on Olympic-winning figure skater Kim Yuna, that aired on MBC. Lee was also the narrator for Dance of Time, a documentary film directed by Song Il-gon about the Korean diaspora in Cuba.

In 2010, Lee was cast opposite veteran actor Ahn Sung-ki in Shin Yeon-shick's film The Fair Love. She played a twentysomething college student who after her father's death, embarks on an awkward yet endearing love affair with his friend, a bachelor in his fifties.[11][12] This was followed in 2012 by the aviation action film R2B: Return to Base, a remake of Shin Sang-ok's 1964 film Red Scarf.[13]

After a five-year absence from the small screen, Lee returned in High School King of Savvy, a 2014 cable romantic comedy about a high school student who masquerades as an executive at his brother's IT company; she played a temp who shows him the ropes.[14][15][16]

In 2015, Lee was cast in the film Journalist, about the ruthless and at times unethical world of news reporting.[17] In the same year, she also starred in KBS2's drama Unkind Ladies,[18] which marked her 3rd time collaboration with screenwriter Kim In-young, after 2007s Merry Mary and 2008s Women of the Sun.

Filmography

Television series

Film

Variety show

Music video

Discography

Awards

References

  1. ↑ '먼지가 되어 그대 곁으로...' 언더그라운드 포크록 가수 이대헌. Interview365 (in Korean). 14 June 2008. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  2. ↑ "Alone in Love Review". Twitch Film. 1 September 2006. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  3. ↑ "Le Grand Chef depicts story of talented cook". The Korea Herald via Hancinema. 25 October 2007. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  4. ↑ "Star Focus: Lee Ha-na". Arirang News. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  5. ↑ Oh, Jean (28 May 2008). "Women in the Sun heats up summer". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  6. ↑ http://www.kbs.co.kr/2tv/enter/peppermint/
  7. ↑ "First look at Peppermint". Dramabeans. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  8. ↑ Oh, Jean (10 June 2009). "MBC's new series a Triple threat". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  9. ↑ "Interview from the cast of Triple". Dramabeans. 28 June 2009. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  10. ↑ Yoon, Hee-seong (24 June 2009). "MBC <트리플> "아, 모르겠다. 지금은 그냥 뺏고 싶을 뿐이다!"" [MBC <Triple> "I don't know. I just want to steal her away!"]. TenAsia (in Korean). Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  11. ↑ "Star Focus: Lee Ha-na". Arirang News. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  12. ↑ "The Fair Love (2009)". The Chosun Ilbo. 15 January 2010. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  13. ↑ Cho, Sung-jin (10 August 2012). "Lee Hana's return after a long break". StarN News. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  14. ↑ Kim, Hee-eun (12 June 2014). "Lee Ha-na returns to drama". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
  15. ↑ Baek, Byung-yeul (17 June 2014). "Return of romantic comedy queen". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
  16. ↑ "Rom-Com Queen Lee Ha-na Returns to Airwaves". The Chosun Ilbo. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-26.
  17. ↑ Conran, Pierce (11 February 2015). "JO Jung-suk, LEE Ha-na Pair Up for ROH Deok's JOURNALIST". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
  18. ↑ "Lee Ha Na Says Song Jae Rim Truly Cares for People Around Him". Soompi. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  19. ↑ Kim, Hannah (4 March 2010). "WE are singing for charity". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-04-16.

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