Lee Young-ae has finally returned to the film industry in recent years, and has successively filmed many works such as "Shi Rentang", "Detective Gu Jingyi", "Revenge Mother", and returned to the public eye again.
Recently, she was rumored by Korean media that she will star in "The Doctor Girl Da Jang Jin", repeating the famous role of Da Jang Jin 20 years ago.
I believe that many people know Lee Young-ae through "Da Jang Geum", and this news makes many people recall the Jang Geum fever that swept the world back then.
Let's first review the acting career of Lee Young-ae, the ancestor of the Korean Wave goddess!
1991: Debuted at the age of 20 with a cosmetics advertisement
In 1991, Lee Young-ae, who was 20 years old at the time, made her debut with AMOND cosmetics commercials.
At that time, she became popular because of her beauty, and she won the title of "Oxygen Beauty" because of the slogan "Oxygen Girl" on the advertising poster.
However, Lee Young-ae soon realized that her interest was acting, so she was admitted to the Graduate School of Film and Drama at Chung-Ang University.
Finally in 1993, he starred in the first TV series "How is Your Husband" to start his career as an actor, and won the SBS Acting Awards Newcomer Award that year.
2000: Emerging on the international stage
Since then, Lee Young-ae has performed in many TV dramas such as "Love and Marriage", "Doctor Brothers", "Romance", "Who is My Favorite", "Spark", etc., accumulating popularity and experience.
In 2000, she teamed up with Lee Byung-hun and Song Kang-ho to star in the famous director Park Chan-wook's famous work "Joint Security Area".
Lee Young-ae was even appreciated by Hong Kong director Chan Ho-sin for the film, and invited her to shoot her first Hong Kong-Korean collaboration film "The Death of Spring".
2003: At the age of 32, "Da Chang Jin" became popular all over the world
In 2003, Lee Young-ae was invited by MBC TV to star in the 42nd anniversary of the founding of the drama "Dae Jang Geum".
The drama has been broadcast in more than 90 countries around the world, successfully setting off an international "Changjin fever", and thus the Korean drama boom that has influenced it to this day.
The heroine Lee Young-ae of course rose to the top and became the representative of the goddess of Hallyu, entering the international eye with the role of "Jang Geum".
2005: "Kiss Gold" broke through the image
Lee Young-ae, who is passionate about acting, is not afraid to break through the image.
Two years after "Dae Jang Geum", she collaborated with director Park Chan-wook again in 2005 to star in "Kind Gold", the last part of the "Revenge Trilogy".
The bold plot in the play allows the public to see a different Lee Young-ae, and successfully breaks through the established framework of the literary temperament and image at that time.
She also became the queen of the Blue Dragon Award that year because of this film, and she firmly sat in the position of a K-pop superstar.
2017: Returned to the entertainment industry after 12 years of marriage
After getting married in 2009, Lee Young-ae focused on her family and took a break from the screen for nearly 12 years.
In 2007, he finally returned in "Shi Rentang" with a familiar costume style.
After that, in 2020, she took over the film "Please Find Me", which attracted widespread attention.
Lee Young-ae, who has a son and a daughter, uses delicate acting skills to interpret the complex heart of a mother who desperately wants to find her son.
Lee Young-ae's most recent work is the DIsney+ Korean drama "The Great Conductor: The Truth on the Strings".
In the play, she once again challenges a new role, playing the ruthless and world-class conductor Che Shiyin, who only values strength.
In order to match the character setting, she even appeared in a neutral short hair style, which was refreshing.
The first two episodes of the work in South Korea opened a high rating of nearly 5%, which shows that Lee Young-ae's appeal is still strong after many years!