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My Take
Lee Bo-young is one of those actresses who makes you forget you're watching someone perform — she just pulls you straight into the moment. I first paid attention to her in I Can Hear Your Voice back in 2013, and that mix of warmth and quiet intensity she brought to the role was something else. Then Mother (2018) happened and honestly, that performance should be in a museum somewhere. She has this rare ability to carry enormous emotional weight without ever going melodramatic, which in Korean drama terms is genuinely hard to pull off. Mine (2021) showed she could do cold and calculating just as convincingly as she does vulnerable. Gallup Korea naming her Television Actor of the Year in 2013 felt obvious — you could see it coming from the first episode she was in.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lee Bo-young
- Name (Japanese)
- イ・ボヨン
- Reading
- い・ぼよん
- Born
- January 12, 1979 (age 47)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Goat
- Origin
- Seoul, South Korea
- Occupation
- film actor / actor / model
2. Background
- University
- Seoul Women's University
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Lee Bo-young born?
Born January 12, 1979 (age 47).
Where is Lee Bo-young from?
Lee Bo-young is from Seoul, South Korea.
What does Lee Bo-young do?
Lee Bo-young works as film actor, actor, model.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.