Lee Mi-yeon

Lee Mi-yeon is one of those South Korean actresses who quietly earned a reputation as a serious, grounded performer long before the global K-drama wave made that kind of recognition easy to come by. Born in Seoul in 1971 and trained at Dongguk University, she built her career the old-fashioned way — stage work, supporting roles, gradual credibility — before landing the kind of showcase that makes everything click into place. Her turn as Empress Myeongseong in the historical drama of the same name is the role people point to, and rightly so; she brought a real dignity and interior weight to a figure who could easily have been reduced to a tragic icon. What I respect about her is that she never chased the trend of the moment — she just kept working at a high level, and Korean audiences noticed.

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Name (English)

Lee Mi-yeon

Name (Japanese)

イ・ミヨン

Reading

い・みよん

Born

September 23, 1971 (age 54)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Boar

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Occupation

actor / film actor / stage actor / television actor

High school

Sehwa Girls' High School

University

Dongguk University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20Mi-yeon
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A8%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484399

Tags

• actor
• film actor
• stage actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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