Lee Hyeri

This is a Korean name; the family name is Lee.
Lee Hyeri

In July 2014
Native name 이혜리
Born Lee Hye-ri
(1994-06-09) June 9, 1994
Gwangju, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Occupation

Musical career

Genres K-pop
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2010–present
Labels Dream Tea Entertainment
Associated acts Girl's Day
Lee Hyeri
Hangul 이혜리
Hanja 李惠利[1]
Revised Romanization I Hye-ri
McCune–Reischauer Yi Hyeri

Lee Hye-ri (born June 9, 1994), better known mononymously as Hyeri, is a South Korean idol singer and actress. She is the youngest member of girl group Girl's Day under Dream Tea Entertainment and is known for her leading roles in television dramas Reply 1988 (2015) and Entertainer (2016).

Biography

Hyeri was born on June 9, 1994, in Gwangju, South Korea. She attended GongYeon Girls High School and Seoul School of Performing Arts. She majors in Film at Konkuk University.

Career

As idol singer

Main article: Girl's Day

In September 2010, Hyeri became a member of Girl's Day alongside Yura when Jiin and Jisun left the group in September 2010, just two months after the group debuted.[2]

As actress

In 2012, Hyeri was cast in the SBS weekend drama Tasty Life. In the show, Hyeri played the youngest in a family of four daughters.[3]

After her 4-day long appearance on Real Men in August 2014, a brief clip of her showing aegyo at her instructor went viral in South Korea; the clip had one million views in only three days.[4] Hyeri starred as one of the main characters in Seonam Girls High School Investigators, which began airing on cable channel jTBC in December 2014. She played a looks-obsessed member of a detective club.[5]

Hyeri had a role in the drama Hyde, Jekyll, Me, which began airing on SBS in January 2015.[6] In 2015, Hyeri was cast for the drama Reply 1988.[7] She attended the first script reading session on 10 August 2015.[8]

Hyeri was cast in the SBS drama Entertainer which began airing on April 20, 2016.[9]

Personal life

Hyeri had a relationship with H.O.T member Tony An. The relationship attracted media attention due to their 16-year age difference.[10][11] After 8 months of dating, the couple split citing busy work schedules.[12]

Discography

Filmography

Television series

Year Title Role Network
2011 I Trusted Him Cameo MBC Every 1
2012 Tasty Life Jang Mi-hyun SBS
2013 The Clinic for Married Couples: Love and War Herself KBS2
2014 Be Arrogant Herself SBS Plus
Seonam Girls High School Investigators Lee Ye-hee JTBC
2015 Hyde, Jekyll, Me Min Woo-jung SBS
Reply 1988 Sung Deok-sun/Sung Soo-yeon tvN
2016 Entertainer Jung Geu-Rin SBS

Variety shows

Year Title Notes Network
2013 Star King (TV series) Guest (Ep. 343, 344) SBS
2014 The Show MC SBS MTV
Real Men Cast MBC
Golden Fishery (Radio Star) Guest (Ep. 404) MBC
Witch Hunt Guest (Ep. 68) JTBC
Eco Village Guest (Ep. 13) KBS
Star King (TV series) Guest (Ep. 357) SBS
2015 Real Men Season 2 Narrator MBC
After School Club Guest with Minah, Sojin and Yura (Ep. 168) Arirang
Girl's Day One Fine Day With Minah, Sojin and Yura MBC Music
2016 2016 Idol Star Athletics Championship MC[13] MBC
Running Man Guest (Episode 294)[14] SBS
Happy Together Guest (Episode 444)[15] KBS

Music Video

Year Song Title Artist Role
2013 "Shaking Heart" C-Clown Herself
"Tarzan" Wonder Boyz Jane
"My Student Teacher" NC.A Herself
2015 "I Am Korea" Various Artists Herself

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated Work Result
2014 MBC Entertainment Awards Best Female Newcomer[16] Real Men Female Special Won
2015 2015 Daum Awards 2015 Best Rising Actor-dol[17] N/A Won

References

  1. "Girl's Day introduces two new members".
  2. "Girl's Day Hyeri’s First Try at Acting".
  3. "Hyeri's aegyo on 'Real Men' goes viral in South Korea".
  4. "When It Comes To Solving Mysteries, Girls Rule'".
  5. "Girl’s Day’s Hyeri to Chase After Hyun Bin on ‘Hyde, Jekyll, I’". Newsen. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  6. "'응답하라 1988', 확정 라인업 누구? 혜리·박보검·고경표".
  7. "‘응답하라 1988′, 전 출연진 한 자리에 모인 인증샷 공개".
  8. http://www.allkpop.com/article/2016/03/hyeri-officially-announces-her-next-drama-following-reply-1988
  9. "New K-pop star couple: Tony An and Hyeri from Girls’ Day". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  10. "Girl’s Day’s Hyeri dating former boy band member: report". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  11. "Tony An and Hyeri split over ‘busy schedule’". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  12. Hwang Hye-jin (January 17, 2016). "Girl′s Day′s Hyeri to MC ′Idol Star Athletics Championship′ with SUJU′s Leeteuk and 2AM′s Jo Kwon". Newsen. Retrieved January 18, 2016 via CJ E&M Mwave eNewsworld.
  13. "Hyeri, Nam Tae Hyun and Song Min Ho spotted filming for running man | allkpop.com". Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  14. http://www.kbs.co.kr/2tv/enter/happytogether3/behind/album/index.html?bbs_pr=/mode:2/seq:10657
  15. "Winners of The 2014 MBC Entertainment Awards".
  16. "EXO D.O. and Girl's Day Hyeri win Daum "2015 Best Rising Actor-dol" Award". Newsen.

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