
Lee Sung-kyung
Biography
Lee Sung-kyoung (born 10 August 1990), is a South Korean actress and model.
Lee began her entertainment career as a model where she competed at the local Super Model Contest in 2008. Lee made her acting debut as the first actress from YG Entertainment and model company K-Plus strategic partnership in the SBS drama "It's Okay, That's Love". She acted in the television dramas Cheese in the Trap and The Doctors before taking her first leading role as the titular character in Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo.
Lee began her entertainment career as a model where she competed at the local Super Model Contest in 2008. In 2013, The Papers collaborated with Lee with the single "I Love You". In 2014, Lee made her acting debut with a supporting role in television drama It's Okay, That's Love, being the first model-actress promoted under the joint venture of YG Entertainment and K-Plus. This was followed by the weekend drama, Flower of Queen in 2015. She won "Best New Actress" in a Special Project Drama at the MBC Drama Awards for her role. In January 2016, Lee featured in tvN's college romance series, Cheese in the Trap. On April 28, 2016, Lee released a collaboration single with Eddy Kim, which is a cover of Sharp's "My Lips like Warm Coffee". Lee then starred in the SBS' prime-time medical drama, The Doctors as a neurosurgeon. The same year, she took on her first leading role in Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo, a youth sports drama inspired by the real-life story of Olympic weightlifting champion Jang Mi-ran. In 2017, Lee dubbed the film Trolls alongside Park Hyung-sik. She was also cast in the romance film Love+Sling, directed by first-time director Kim Dae-woong. She was also featured in PSY's 4X2=8 with the single "Last Scene". In 2018, Lee starred in the fantasy melodrama About Time. She was cast in the action-comedy film Miss & Mrs. Cops released on May 9, 2019, alongside Ra Mi-ran. In 2020, Lee starred in the second season of the hit medical drama Dr. Romantic, playing Cha Eun-jae, a skilled cardiothoracic surgeon with Ahn Hyo-seop as her leading man. Dr. Romantic Kim 2 went down to be the highest viewed cable drama of 2020, Lee was praised for her portrayal of Cha Eun Jae and won many accolades for her role.
Known For

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Running Man
2010

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Amazing Saturday
Self
2018

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You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook
Self
2009

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How Do You Play?
Self
2019

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Dr. Romantic
Cha Eun-jae
2016

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The Seasons
Self
2023

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In Your Radiant Season
Song Ha-ran
2026

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While You Were Sleeping
Lovers
2017

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Doctor Slump
Han Woo-ri
2024

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Baeksang Arts Awards
Self
2012

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Once Again
Ji Sun-Kyung
2020

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SBS Drama Awards
Self
1992

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Record of Youth
Jin Seo-Woo
2020

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House on Wheels
Self
2020

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Shooting Stars
Oh Han-byeol
2022

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MBC Entertainment Awards
Self - MC
2001

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Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo
Kim Bok-joo
2016

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Doctors
Jin Seo-woo
2016

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Call It Love
Shim Woo-joo
2023

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Player
Re-a
2018
Filmography
2026TVIn Your Radiant Seasonas Song Ha-ran2026TVChicken Sistersas Self2025TVThe Nice Guyas Kang Mi-yeong2024TVStarlight Boysas MC2024TVDoctor Slumpas Han Woo-ri2023TVCall It Loveas Shim Woo-joo2023TVThe Seasonsas Self2022TVSUCHWITAas Self2022TVShooting Starsas Oh Han-byeol2020FilmHeart Attackas Sung-kyoung2020TVRecord of Youthas Jin Seo-Woo2020TVHouse on Wheelsas Self2020TVOnce Againas Ji Sun-Kyung2019TVHow Do You Play?as Self2019TVPlayer 7as Self2019FilmMiss & Mrs. Copsas Cho Ji-hye2018TVPlayeras Re-a2018TVAbout Timeas Choi Michaela2018FilmLove+Slingas Ga-young2018TVAmazing Saturdayas Self2017TVOvergrown Bromanceas Self2017TVWhile You Were Sleepingas Lovers2016TVWeightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-jooas Kim Bok-joo2016TVDr. Romanticas Cha Eun-jae2016TVDoctorsas Jin Seo-woo2016TVCheese in the Trapas Baek In-ha2015TVQueen's Floweras Kang Yi-sol2014TVIt's Okay, That's Loveas Oh Son Yeo2012TVBaeksang Arts Awardsas Self2010TVRunning Man2009TVYou Hee-yeol's Sketchbookas Self2001TVMBC Entertainment Awardsas Self - MC1992TVSBS Drama Awardsas Self1974TVMBC Drama Awardsas Host—FilmIn Your Radiant Seasonas Song Ha-ran