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Lee Chung-ah
Lee wearing black suit and holding a mic in October 2019
Lee in October 2019
Born (1984-10-29) October 29, 1984 (age 39)
Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Alma materHanyang University (Theater and Film)
OccupationActress
Years active2002–present
AgentJ-Wide Company[1]
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Parent
  • Lee Seung-chul (actor) [ko] (father)
Korean name
Hangul
이청아
Revised RomanizationI Cheong-a
McCune–ReischauerI Ch'ŏng-a
Websitejwide.co.kr

Lee Chung-ah (Korean: 이청아; born October 29, 1984) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading roles in the films Temptation of Wolves (2004) and My Tutor Friend 2 (2007), as well as the cable dramas Cool Guys, Hot Ramen (2011), VIP (2019) and Celebrity (2023).

Career

Lee Chung-ah began her acting career by playing supporting roles in the films Resurrection of the Little Match Girl (2002) and Happy Ero Christmas (2003). In 2004, she landed her first leading role in Temptation of Wolves (2004), a film adaptation of an internet novel by Guiyeoni.[2] Lee played a country girl who moves to the city and attracts the attention of the two most popular boys in town, played by Jo Han-sun and Kang Dong-won. The film made the two actors into breakout stars, but not Lee.[3]

She was cast as a lead actress in her first television drama Let's Go to the Beach (2005), where she and Lee Wan played bickering lifeguards who later fall in love. In 2006, Lee starred in the family drama Going Together and the omnibus film Ssunday Seoul.[4]

Lee then starred in My Tutor Friend 2 (2007), the sequel to the 2003 hit film of the same title. She studied Japanese for her role as a Japanese exchange student who goes to Korea in search of her first love, then meets a happy-go-lucky university student (Park Ki-woong) who becomes her Korean language tutor.[5] A year later, she was cast in Kim Jee-woon's kimchi western The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) in a small role as the foster sister of Jung Woo-sung's character. Lee said that she practiced horseback riding for this film but those scenes were deleted in post-production. She later showed her horseback riding skills in Chosun Police Season 2, a series set during the reign of Emperor Gojong in which she played a damo with a dark past.

Lee in April 2009

On television, Lee continued to appear in supporting roles in 2009 with the romantic comedy The Accidental Couple and family drama Jolly Widows. This was followed by the 2010 daily drama Pure Pumpkin Flower, where she played a pure-hearted girl who never loses hope even in difficult circumstances.[6]

In 2011, she starred in the leading role in cable romantic comedy series Cool Guys, Hot Ramen.[7][8] Lee played a college girl preparing for teacher certification examination who unexpectedly inherits her father's ramen restaurant; she becomes involved in a love triangle with two of her employees, the arrogant heir to the biggest food conglomerate in Korea (Jung Il-woo) and a lazy but warm-heated genius chef (Lee Ki-woo).[9][10] Cool Guys, Hot Ramen received solid ratings for a Korean cable drama, and became the first of tvN's "flower boy" programming, which included Dating Agency: Cyrano on which Lee made a guest appearance in 2013.[11][12][13]

Lee was in two variety shows in 2012. She hosted Cats and Dogs, a talk show in which pet owners shared information to foster a more mature pet culture.[14] Lee then appeared in the second season of Music and Lyrics, a reality show in which a celebrity pair write and compose a song together. She wrote the lyrics and actor Seo Ji-seok composed the music for the ballad "Looking Forward to It," which was sung by Heo Young-saeng and used as the theme song of Seo In-guk's character in the family drama The Sons.[15][16][17]

Lee reunited with Happy Ero Christmas costar Kim Sun-a in the 2013 revenge thriller The Five. Adapted from the webtoon of the same title, she played a detective with a delinquent credit history who helps kill a serial killer in exchange for an organ transplant for her ill mother.[18][19] Later in the year, she played a doormat wife in the weekend drama series Wonderful Mama.

In 2019, Lee returned to small screen with office mystery drama VIP.[20]

In July 2021, Lee signed a contract with J-Wide Company.[21]

In 2022, Lee appeared in the SBS drama One Dollar Lawyer.[22]

Personal life

Her father is musical theatre actor Lee Seung-chul (actor) [ko].[citation needed]

She began dating actor Lee Ki-woo in 2013; they were costars in the 2011 series Cool Guys, Hot Ramen and broke up in 2019.[23]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2002 Resurrection of the Little Match Girl Girl in soju-bang
Tears Girl
2003 Happy Ero Christmas Lee Hae-min
2004 Twentidentity Girl Segment: "Convenience Store at 2:00 a.m."
Temptation of Wolves Jung Han-kyung
2005 The Dark Plan of Green Tea Planet S Short film
2006 Ssunday Seoul Young-ja Segment: "The Young Adventurer"
2007 My Tutor Friend 2 Kitano Junko
2008 The Good, the Bad, the Weird Song-yi
2010 The First Love Series Han Seo-yeon Segment: "Paper Crane"
Finding Mr. Destiny Ji-hye
Oh! Happy Day Girl next door Short film
Lee Chung-ah's Seoul Play
2013 The Five Park Jeong-ha
2014 First Love Struck Me One Day Yong-jae
Twinkle-Twinkle Pitter-Patter Short film
2015 Northern Limit Line Captain Choi Yoon-jung Cameo
2017 Bluebeard Mi-yeon
2019 Spring, Again [24]

Television series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2005 Let's Go to the Beach Yoon So-ra
2006 Going Together Da-seul
2008 Chosun Police Season 2 Han Da-kyung
2009 The Accidental Couple Goo Min-ji
Jolly Widows Han Soo-hyun
2010 Pure Pumpkin Flower Park Soon-jung
2011 Cool Guys, Hot Ramen Yang Eun-bi
2013 Wonderful Mama Oh Da-jung
Dating Agency: Cyrano Seol Yoo-jin Cameo (Episode 1)
2014 High School King of Savvy Attractive woman Cameo (Episode 17)
KBS Drama Special – "Bride in Sneakers Park Bo-kyung
2015–2016 Riders: Catch Tomorrow Yoon So-dam
2016 The Vampire Detective Yo-na
Lucky Romance Seol-hee / Amy
2017 Because This Is My First Life Go Jung-min
2019 Beautiful World Kang Joon-Ha
VIP Lee Hyeon-ah
2020 JTBC Drama Festa – "Hello Dracula" So-jung
2020–2021 Awaken Jamie Leighton [25]
2022 One Dollar Lawyer Lee Joo-young [26]
2023 My Dearest Gak-hwa Part 2 [27]

Web series

Year Title Role Ref.
2017–2018 The Best Moment to Quit Your Job Sun-hee [28]
2023 Celebrity Yoon Shi-hyeon [29]
2024 Hyde Ha Yeon-ju [30]

Television show

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2010 The Fox's Butler Host
2012 Cats and Dogs
Music and Lyrics (Season 2) Paired with Seo Ji-seok
2016 Battle Trip Contestant With Seo Hyo-rim (Episodes 27–30)
2018 Rural Police Cast member Seasons 3–4
Everyone's Kitchen Pilot episode
2019 Episode 1–11 (except episode 6)
2022 The Power of the Art Market, Art Collection Narrator Special documentary [31]

Music video

Year Title Artist Ref.
2004 "We Were in Love" Lyn
2005 "Coward" Buzz
2008 "웃어도 눈물이" Ryu Joo-hwan
"Because of You" Shin Hye-sung [32]
2010 "Telephone" Electro Boyz (feat. Horan)
"Full Story" V.O.S
2013 "The Day to Love" Lee Seung-chul
2015 "The Only Thing I Can't Do" Gummy

Ambassadorship

Accolades

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result Ref.
The 11th Asian Model Awards 2016 Model Star Award Lee Chung-ah Won [34]
Cable TV Broadcasting Awards 2016 Best Character Riders: Get Tomorrow Won [35]
Golden Cinematography Awards 2005 Best New Actress Temptation of Wolves Won [36]
Grand Bell Awards 2005 Won [37]
KBS Drama Awards 2009 The Accidental Couple and Jolly Widows Nominated [38]
MBC Drama Awards 2016 Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Lucky Romance Nominated [39]
2023 Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries My Dearest Nominated [40]
SBS Drama Awards 2019 Best Supporting Actress VIP Won [41]
2022 Best Performance One Dollar Lawyer Won [42]

Listicles

Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement
Publisher Year Listicle Placement Ref.
Forbes 2020 Korea Power Celebrity 35th [43]

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