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Lee Yeon-hee (; born January 9, 1988) is a South Korean actress. She is most known for her work in the television series East of Eden (2008), Phantom (2012), Miss Korea (2013), The Package (2017); and in the films A Millionaire's First Love (2006), M (2007) and (2015).
Though Lee had relatively steady work between modelling in magazines, commercial ads and appearing in music videos, she did not officially debut until November 2004 where she starred as the younger version of the main character in the hit historical drama Emperor of the Sea, and appeared in the latter episodes of the daily drama My Lovely Family. Lee had her first major role in television in MBC's mini-series One Fine Day (2006).
In 2008, she starred as one of the main cast in 47th MBC Anniversary Project East of Eden. Despite the drama's success, her acting in the series received overwhelming negative criticism about her vocalization, unexpressive facial expressions, and unnatural emotional expression as problems in portraying her character. Lee returned to film, starring in Hello, Schoolgirl opposite Yoo Ji-tae. The story is based on the manhwa Soonjeong Manhwa by Kang Pool.
In 2011, Lee starred opposite Jang Dong-gun, Joe Odagiri and Fan Bing-bing in Kang Je-gyu's big budget historical film My Way, and in romance comedy series Paradise Ranch by S.M. Entertainment alongside label-mate Shim Chang-min of boy band TVXQ. In 2012, Lee reunited with U-Turn co-star So Ji-sub in the crime thriller Phantom. Both Lee and So were named promotional ambassadors for cyber crime prevention by the National Police Agency in 2012.
Lee further challenged herself with a provocative role as the mysterious and seductive Japanese geisha Hisako in the historical comedy in 2015. She then starred in MBC's 54th anniversary drama, Splendid Politics.
In 2017, Lee starred in SBS's fantasy romance drama Reunited Worlds alongside Yeo Jin-goo. She then starred in JYP Entertainment's travel romance drama The Package opposite Jung Yong-hwa, and was complimented for her performance as a tour guide.
In 2020, Lee starred in mystery drama , reuniting with Ok Taec-yeon with whom she starred in the 2013 film Marriage Blue. However she was criticized for her bad acting skills by viewers.
In 2020, Lee signed a contract with Vast Entertainment after her contract with SM expired.
In January 2024, Lee signed with new agency Saram Entertainment after her contract with Vast Entertainment expired.
| My Love | So-hyeon | |
| Hello, Schoolgirl | Han Soo-young | |
| My Lovely Family | Yeon-ji | ||
| Miss Korea | Oh Ji-young | ||
| The Package | Yoon So-so | ||
| SF8 | To Sun-ho | Episode: "Manxin" |
| "Our Story" | Moon Hee-joon feat. Shinvi | |
| "Thanks God" | Kangta | |
| "Hero" | Shinhwa | |
| "Memories" | Kangta | |
| "Pine Tree" | ||
| "Propose" | ||
| "The Way U Are" | ||
| "One" | TVXQ | |
| "The Left Shore of Happiness" | ||
| "M-net Love Song 2008" | ||
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| 2009 | Baeksang Arts Award for Best New Actress – Television | East of Eden | ||||
| 2007 | M | |||||
| Best New Actress | East of Eden | |||||
| Popularity Award, Actress | ||||||
| 2013 | Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Gu Family Book | ||||
| 2014 | Popularity Award, Actress | Miss Korea | ||||
| Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | ||||||
| 2015 | Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama | Splendid Politics | ||||
| Popularity Award, Actress | ||||||
| Netizen Popularity Award, Actress | ||||||
| 2017 | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Wednesday-Thursday Drama | Reunited Worlds |
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