Lee El

Lee El (born Kim Ji-hyun on August 26, 1982) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her supporting roles in the film Inside Men (2015), the television series It's Okay, That's Love, Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (2016–2017), A Korean Odyssey (2017-2018), and Black. She played her first lead role in the film What a Man Wants.[1]

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim. In the stage name or pen-name, the surname is Lee.
Lee El
Born
Kim Ji-hyun

(1982-08-26) August 26, 1982
Seoul, South Korea
EducationSungkyunkwan University
OccupationActress
AgentArtist Company
Korean name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationI El
McCune–ReischauerYi El
Birth name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationGim Ji-hyeon
McCune–ReischauerKim Chi-hyŏn

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Ref.
2009 Secret Young-sook
2010 The Yellow Sea Joo-young
2012 Pacemaker Choi Min-kyung
Masquerade Ahn Gae-shi
2014 Actress is Too Much Sarah
Man on High Heels Do Do
2015 Inside Men Joo Eun-hye [2]
2018 What a Man Wants Jenny [3]
2020 The Call Young-sook's mother [4]
Heaven: To the Land of Happiness

Television series
Year Title Role Network
2009 Good Job, Good Job Min-joo MBC
2011 White Christmas Oh Jung-hye KBS2
Detectives in Trouble Yoo Hye-min
The Princess' Man Mae-hyang
2012 Wild Romance[5] Mi-jin
2013 7th Grade Civil Servant[6] Park Soo-young MBC
Drama Festival – Swine Escape Wol-hyang
2014 Mother's Garden Kim Ja-kyung
It's Okay, That's Love[7] Se-ra (ep.1-2) SBS
Liar Game[8] Oh Jung-ah (Jaime) tvN
2015 More Than a Maid Lady Kang JTBC
Divorce Lawyer in Love Han Mi-ri SBS
My Beautiful Bride Son Hye-jung OCN
Hello Monster Kang Sung-eun (ep.9-10) KBS2
Imaginary Cat Dokgo Soon MBC Every 1
2016 Monster Ok Chae-ryung MBC
Entourage Herself (ep.13-14) tvN
Guardian: The Lonely and Great God[9] Samsin Halmoni
2017 Black[10] Yoon Soo-wan OCN
A Korean Odyssey[11] Ma Ji-young tvN
2018 Matrimonial Chaos[12] Jin Yoo-young KBS2
2019 When the Devil Calls Your Name[13] Ji Seo-young tvN

Theater
Year Title Role
2011–2012 Return to Hamlet So-hee

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2016 53rd Grand Bell Awards Best Supporting Actress Inside Men Nominated
35th MBC Drama Awards Golden Acting Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama Monster Nominated
2018 KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Matrimonial Chaos Nominated

References
  1. "EL takes the lead after years of minor roles". Korea JoongAng Daily. March 28, 2018.
  2. "[단독]이엘, 이병헌 여자로 '내부자들' 합류..기대↑". Naver (in Korean). July 7, 2014.
  3. "LEE Sung-min and SHIN Ha-kyun Blow into WIND WIND WIND". Korean Film Biz Zone. March 14, 2017.
  4. "[단독] 이엘, 박신혜X전종서 스릴러 '콜' 캐스팅". The Korea Times (in Korean). October 2, 2018.
  5. "Lee El cast in "Wild Romance" as a femme fatale". Hancinema. January 9, 2012.
  6. "Lee El is am agent in "7th Grade Civil Servant"". Hancinema. November 22, 2012.
  7. "Lee El to star in "It's Okay, That's Love" as a transgender". Hancinema. July 22, 2014.
  8. "이엘-조재윤, tvN '라이어 게임' 합류". Ilgan Sports (in Korean). September 14, 2014.
  9. "[단독] 이엘, '몬스터' 이은 차기작 '도깨비'…김고은 조력자 役". Ilgan Sports (in Korean). August 30, 2016.
  10. "<블랙> 송승헌-고아라-이엘-김동준, 대본 리딩 현장 공개!". iMBC (in Korean). August 10, 2017.
  11. "[단독] 이엘, 차승원 비서된다…tvN '화유기' 합류". News1 (in Korean). October 19, 2017.
  12. "Cha Tae-hyun and Bae Doo-na confirmed to star in K-drama series, 'The Greatest Divorce'". South China Morning Post. July 20, 2018.
  13. "[단독] 이엘, tvN '악마가 너의 이름을 부를 때'로 차기작 결정". JTBC. December 13, 2018.
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