Lee Min-jung (born February , ) is a South Korean actress. She began
her career in Jang Jin's stage plays, and for a few years appeared in
supporting roles on film and television. She became known after her
appearance in Boys Over Flowers (), and landed her first lead role in
family drama Smile, You (). Lee achieved widespread recognition for
her leading role in the romantic comedy Cyrano Agency (). She also
starred in Wonderful Radio (), Big (), Cunning Single Lady () and Come
Back Mister ().Lee began her career in playwright/filmmaker Jang Jin's
stage plays, then appeared in the Christian-themed indie Pruning the
Grapevine, while doing minor roles on film and television. She became
a household name in through her supporting role in the popular high
school series Boys Over Flowers, which then landed her first leading
role in the weekend drama Smile, You. The same year, she won the Best
New Actress award at the Korean Association of Film Critics Awards for
her performance in the mystery thriller White Night.Lee's breakout
role was in romantic comedy Cyrano Agency in , where she swept Best
New Actress awards at various local award-giving bodies.Commercials
and endorsements flooded in, and Lee gained a "goddess" label in the
press. One of the challenges of her next film Wonderful Radio, was to
strip her of that image. She successfully carried the film, with one
review praising her as "expertly swinging from girly ditz, through
self-centered pop diva (with memorable temper tantrums), to serious
singer-songwriter." Co-star Lee Jung-jin said her actual personality
is similar to the character's - "really upbeat and outgoing."
her career in Jang Jin's stage plays, and for a few years appeared in
supporting roles on film and television. She became known after her
appearance in Boys Over Flowers (), and landed her first lead role in
family drama Smile, You (). Lee achieved widespread recognition for
her leading role in the romantic comedy Cyrano Agency (). She also
starred in Wonderful Radio (), Big (), Cunning Single Lady () and Come
Back Mister ().Lee began her career in playwright/filmmaker Jang Jin's
stage plays, then appeared in the Christian-themed indie Pruning the
Grapevine, while doing minor roles on film and television. She became
a household name in through her supporting role in the popular high
school series Boys Over Flowers, which then landed her first leading
role in the weekend drama Smile, You. The same year, she won the Best
New Actress award at the Korean Association of Film Critics Awards for
her performance in the mystery thriller White Night.Lee's breakout
role was in romantic comedy Cyrano Agency in , where she swept Best
New Actress awards at various local award-giving bodies.Commercials
and endorsements flooded in, and Lee gained a "goddess" label in the
press. One of the challenges of her next film Wonderful Radio, was to
strip her of that image. She successfully carried the film, with one
review praising her as "expertly swinging from girly ditz, through
self-centered pop diva (with memorable temper tantrums), to serious
singer-songwriter." Co-star Lee Jung-jin said her actual personality
is similar to the character's - "really upbeat and outgoing."
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