Lee Ha-na
Lee Hana at Voice 3 press conference (May 2019)
Born (1982-09-23) September 23, 1982 (age 41)
Seoul, South Korea
EducationDankook University
OccupationActress
Years active2006–present
Korean name
Hangul
이하나
Revised RomanizationI Ha-na
McCune–ReischauerI Hana

Lee Ha-na (born September 23, 1982) is a South Korean actress. Lee made her acting debut with Alone in Love (2006). She is best known for her role as Kang Kwon-joo in the multiple seasons-procedural thriller Voice (2017–present).

Early life

Lee Ha-na was born in Irwon bon-dong, Gangnam District, Seoul. Her father Lee Dae-heon [ko] 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 Ha-na 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 Merry Mary (also known as Me-ri vs. Dae-gu's Attack and Defense Battle), a quirky romance between a mediocre singer and a failed novelist.[3] 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.[4]

Unlike her previous cheerful roles, Lee surprised critics and audiences in 2008 when she played a darker character in Women in the Sun (also known as Sisters in Love).[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]

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.[9][10]

In 2010, Lee was cast opposite veteran actor Ahn Sung-ki in Shin Yeon-shick's film The Fair Love. She played a role of 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 family-romance Unkind Ladies.[18]

In 2017, Lee starred in OCN's drama Voice as a policewoman with an enhanced sense of hearing.[19] The drama was a hit, and its ratings broke existing OCN viewership records when it aired in Korea.[20][21] She then filmed comedy film Summer Vacation.[22]

In 2018, Lee reprised her role in Voice 2, the sequel to OCN's drama Voice.[23][24] Despite the shorter run, Voice 2 surpassed the first season's ratings and eventually became the highest-rated OCN drama.[25] That same year, Lee was appointed as an honorary member of the police force by South Korea's National Police Agency.[26]

In 2019, Lee once again reprised her lead female role in the third season of Voice.[27]

In 2020, Lee starred in the melodrama A Piece of Your Mind.[28]

Lee again returned for the fourth season of Voice in 2021, making her the lead on all four seasons of the Voice series.[29]

Lee was cast in the 2022 KBS2's family weekend drama Three Bold Siblings, which marked her 4th collaboration with screenwriter Kim In-young, after 2007s Merry Mary, 2008s Women in the Sun and 2015s Unkind Ladies.[30]

Filmography

Television series

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Alone in Love Yoo Ji-ho
2007 When Spring Comes Moon Jae-ri
Merry Mary Hwang Me-ri
2008 Women in the Sun Yoon Sa-wol
2009 Triple Choi Soo-in
2014 High School King of Savvy Jung Soo-young
2015 Unkind Ladies Jung Ma-ri
Oh My Ghost radio DJ Voice cameo (Ep. 1)
KBS Drama Special Kim Eun-soo Episode: "Fake Family"
2017–2021 Voice Kang Kwon-joo Season 1–4
2018 Mistress Mysterious woman Cameo (Ep. 12)
2020 A Piece of Your Mind Moon Soon-ho
2022 Three Bold Siblings Kim Tae-joo

Film

Year Title Role
2007 Le Grand Chef Jin-su
2009 Dance of Time Narrator
2010 The Fair Love Nam-eun
2012 R2B: Return to Base Captain Oh Yoo-jin
2015 The Exclusive: Beat the Devil's Tattoo Soo-jin
TBA Summer Vacation Jung-sun

Variety show

Year Title Network Notes
2008-2009 Lee Ha-na's Peppermint KBS2 Host

Music video appearances

Year Title Artist
2008 "Running" Jung Jae-hyung
2009 Still You" Yoon Dohyun
2014 "Garota" Erlend Øye

Discography

Year Song title Notes
2006 "당신의 연애시대, Love is 2" (Your Age of Love, Love is 2) Track from Alone in Love OST
2007 "하얀 민들레" (White Dandelion) Track from When Spring Comes OST
"그대 혼자일 때" (When You Are Alone) Track from Merry Mary OST
"맛있는세상" (Delicious World) Track from Le Grand Chef OST
2010 "Fallen" Track from The Fair Love OST
"우리 (We)" (single) (with Jang Dong-gun, Kim Seung-woo, Hwang Jung-min, Ji Jin-hee and Gong Hyung-jin)[31]

Ambassador

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2006 SBS Drama Awards New Star Award Alone in Love Won
2007 43rd Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Actress (TV) Nominated
MBC Drama Awards[35] Best New Actress Merry Mary Won
Best Couple Award with Ji Hyun-woo Nominated
KBS Drama Awards Best New Actress When Spring Comes Nominated
2008 44th Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Actress (Film) Le Grand Chef Nominated
45th Grand Bell Awards Best New Actress Nominated
16th Buil Film Awards Best New Actress Nominated
7th Korean Film Awards Best New Actress Nominated
29th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best New Actress Nominated
KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Women in the Sun Won
Best New Actress Nominated
Popularity Award, Actress Nominated
2015 KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in One-Act/Special/Short Drama KBS Drama Special: Fake Family Won
2022 KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Three Bold Siblings Won
Popularity Award, Actress Nominated
2023 9th APAN Star Awards[36] Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Nominated

References

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  2. ^ "Alone in Love Review". Twitch Film. September 1, 2006. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
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