Lee You-mi

Lee Yoo-mi completely blindsided me in Squid Game — she walked in as a side character and walked out as the emotional core of the whole series. Her scenes with Jung Ho-yeon as Ji-yeong and Sae-byeok are some of the most quietly devastating television I've seen in years; she made you love a person in about forty minutes and then broke your heart without a single melodramatic note. The fact that she picked up an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for that role says everything — the Academy doesn't hand those out for vibes. She kept the momentum going in All of Us Are Dead as a genuinely unsettling villain, which showed real range. Born in Jeonju in 1994, she studied at Daejin University and clearly did the work, because there's nothing accidental about how precise her performances feel. I'm watching everything she does from here on out.

Name (English)

Lee You-mi

Name (Japanese)

イ・ユミ

Reading

い・ゆみ

Born

July 18, 1994 (age 32)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Dog

Origin

Jeonju, South Korea

Occupation

film actor / television actor / actor

University

Daejin University

Awards & achievements

• 2022 Baeksang Arts Award for Best New Actress - Film
• 2021 Buil Film Awards
• 2022 Gold Derby Awards
• 2022 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/leeyoum262/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A6%E3%83%9F

Tags

• film actor
• television actor
• actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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