Lee Ha-na

This is a Korean name; the family name is Lee.
For the Korean-American actress, see Hana Mae Lee.
Lee Ha-na
Born (1982-09-23) September 23, 1982
Seoul, South Korea
Education Dankook University - Life Musicology
Occupation Actress
Years active 2006-present
Agent Donghaeng Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul 이하나
Revised Romanization I Ha-na
McCune–Reischauer I Ha-na

Lee Ha-na (born September 23, 1982) is a South Korean actress. Lee made her acting debut in Alone in Love (2006), and has since starred in Women of the Sun (2008), Triple (2009), The Fair Love (2010), and High School King of Savvy (2014). She also hosted the music program Lee Ha-na's Peppermint from 2008 to 2009.

Early life

Lee Ha-na was born in Irwon bon-dong, Gangnam District, Seoul. Her father Lee Dae-heon is a composer, best known for folk-rock legend Kim Kwang-seok's signature song "Become Dust."[1]

In 2008, she graduated from the College of Music at Dankook University (Cheonan campus) with a degree in Life Musicology.

Career

Lee Ha-na first appeared in a commercial for telecom KTF's "umbrella service" in 2005. A year later, she made a memorable acting debut in the critically acclaimed television drama Alone in Love, as the extremely odd younger sister of the female protagonist.[2]

She played another supporting role as a small-time swindler in When Spring Comes in 2007. Later that year, Lee was cast in her first leading role in Me-ri vs. Dae-gu's Attack and Defense Battle (also known as Merry Mary), a quirky romance between a mediocre singer and a failed novelist. This was followed by her big screen debut in Le Grand Chef, a film adaptation of Huh Young-man's manhwa Sikgaek, in which Lee played a TV producer who teams up with an aspiring chef.[3]

Unlike her previous cheerful roles, Lee surprised critics and audiences in 2008 when she played a darker character in Women of the Sun (also known as Sisters in Love).[4] In the melodrama, her character wreaks revenge when she learns that her older adopted sister abandoned her (when she was a five-year-old child) at a train station out of jealousy, causing her to grow up impoverished in an orphanage.[5] Lee won an Excellence Award at the year-end KBS Drama Awards.

From November 21, 2008 to April 17, 2009, she was the host/MC of the live music program Lee Ha-na's Peppermint.[6] Before she turned to acting, Lee had early aspirations of becoming a singer, so aside from introducing and interviewing guests, she frequently performed on the show, sometimes accompanying herself on the guitar or piano.[7]

Lee then underwent training for her role as a figure skating coach in Triple, who finds herself in a love triangle with her ex-husband and his best friend who pursues her.[8][9][10] This led to her doing the narration for Queen Yuna! I am Korea, a TV documentary on Olympic-winning figure skater Kim Yuna, that aired on MBC. Lee was also the narrator for Dance of Time, a documentary film directed by Song Il-gon about the Korean diaspora in Cuba.

In 2010, Lee was cast opposite veteran actor Ahn Sung-ki in Shin Yeon-shick's film The Fair Love. She played a twentysomething college student who after her father's death, embarks on an awkward yet endearing love affair with his friend, a bachelor in his fifties.[11][12] This was followed in 2012 by the aviation action film R2B: Return to Base, a remake of Shin Sang-ok's 1964 film Red Scarf.[13]

After a five-year absence from the small screen, Lee returned in High School King of Savvy, a 2014 cable romantic comedy about a high school student who masquerades as an executive at his brother's IT company; she played a temp who shows him the ropes.[14][15][16]

In 2015, Lee was cast in the film Journalist, about the ruthless and at times unethical world of news reporting.[17]

Filmography

Television series

Film

Variety show

Music video

Discography

Awards

References

  1. ↑ '먼지가 되어 그대 곁으로...' 언더그라운드 포크록 가수 이대헌. Interview365 (in Korean). 14 June 2008. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  2. ↑ "Alone in Love Review". Twitch Film. 1 September 2006. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  3. ↑ "Le Grand Chef depicts story of talented cook". The Korea Herald via Hancinema. 25 October 2007. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  4. ↑ "Star Focus: Lee Ha-na". Arirang News. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  5. ↑ Oh, Jean (28 May 2008). "Women in the Sun heats up summer". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  6. ↑ http://www.kbs.co.kr/2tv/enter/peppermint/
  7. ↑ "First look at Peppermint". Dramabeans. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  8. ↑ Oh, Jean (10 June 2009). "MBC's new series a Triple threat". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  9. ↑ "Interview from the cast of Triple". Dramabeans. 28 June 2009. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  10. ↑ Yoon, Hee-seong (24 June 2009). "MBC <트리플> "아, 모르겠다. 지금은 그냥 뺏고 싶을 뿐이다!"" [MBC <Triple> "I don't know. I just want to steal her away!"]. TenAsia (in Korean). Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  11. ↑ "Star Focus: Lee Ha-na". Arirang News. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  12. ↑ "The Fair Love (2009)". The Chosun Ilbo. 15 January 2010. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  13. ↑ Cho, Sung-jin (10 August 2012). "Lee Hana's return after a long break". StarN News. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  14. ↑ Kim, Hee-eun (12 June 2014). "Lee Ha-na returns to drama". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
  15. ↑ Baek, Byung-yeul (17 June 2014). "Return of romantic comedy queen". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
  16. ↑ "Rom-Com Queen Lee Ha-na Returns to Airwaves". The Chosun Ilbo. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-26.
  17. ↑ Conran, Pierce (11 February 2015). "JO Jung-suk, LEE Ha-na Pair Up for ROH Deok's JOURNALIST". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
  18. ↑ Kim, Hannah (4 March 2010). "WE are singing for charity". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-04-16.

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