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Lee Sung-kyung

Lee Sung-kyung

Known for: Acting

Born 10/08/1990
Place of birth Goyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea

Lee Sung-kyoung (born 10 August 1990), is a South Korean actress and model. Lee began her entertainment career as a model where she competed at the local Super Model Contest in 2008. Lee made her acting debut as the first actress from YG Entertainment and model company K-Plus strategic partnership in the SBS drama "It's Okay, That's Love". She acted in the television dramas Cheese in the Trap and The Doctors before taking her first leading role as the titular character in Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo. Lee began her entertainment career as a model where she competed at the local Super Model Contest in 2008. In 2013, The Papers collaborated with Lee with the single "I Love You". In 2014, Lee made her acting debut with a supporting role in television drama It's Okay, That's Love, being the first model-actress promoted under the joint venture of YG Entertainment and K-Plus. This was followed by the weekend drama, Flower of Queen in 2015. She won "Best New Actress" in a Special Project Drama at the MBC Drama Awards for her role. In January 2016, Lee featured in tvN's college romance series, Cheese in the Trap. On April 28, 2016, Lee released a collaboration single with Eddy Kim, which is a cover of Sharp's "My Lips like Warm Coffee". Lee then starred in the SBS' prime-time medical drama, The Doctors as a neurosurgeon. The same year, she took on her first leading role in Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo, a youth sports drama inspired by the real-life story of Olympic weightlifting champion Jang Mi-ran. In 2017, Lee dubbed the film Trolls alongside Park Hyung-sik. She was also cast in the romance film Love+Sling, directed by first-time director Kim Dae-woong. She was also featured in PSY's 4X2=8 with the single "Last Scene". In 2018, Lee starred in the fantasy melodrama About Time. She was cast in the action-comedy film Miss & Mrs. Cops released on May 9, 2019, alongside Ra Mi-ran. In 2020, Lee starred in the second season of the hit medical drama Dr. Romantic, playing Cha Eun-jae, a skilled cardiothoracic surgeon with Ahn Hyo-seop as her leading man. Dr. Romantic Kim 2 went down to be the highest viewed cable drama of 2020, Lee was praised for her portrayal of Cha Eun Jae and won many accolades for her role.

Filmography

Running Man Series ★ 8,3

Running Man

2010

You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook Series ★ 6,3

You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook

Self

2009

Amazing Saturday Series ★ 7,6

Amazing Saturday

Self

2018

How Do You Play? Series ★ 7,4

How Do You Play?

Self

2019

Dr. Romantic Series ★ 8,2

Dr. Romantic

Cha Eun-jae

2016

The Seasons Series ★ 7,5

The Seasons

Self

2023

While You Were Sleeping Series ★ 8,4

While You Were Sleeping

Lovers

2017

Baeksang Arts Awards Series

Baeksang Arts Awards

Self

2012

Once Again Series ★ 7,6

Once Again

Ji Sun-Kyung

2020

SBS Drama Awards Series ★ 9,0

SBS Drama Awards

Self

1992

Doctor Slump Series ★ 8,0

Doctor Slump

Han Woo-ri

2024

In Your Radiant Season Series ★ 8,2

In Your Radiant Season

Song Ha-ran

2026

House on Wheels Series ★ 7,5

House on Wheels

Self

2020

Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo Series ★ 8,5

Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo

Kim Bok-joo

2016

Record of Youth Series ★ 8,1

Record of Youth

Jin Seo-Woo

2020

Shooting Stars Series ★ 8,1

Shooting Stars

​Oh Han-byeol

2022

Doctors Series ★ 8,1

Doctors

Jin Seo-woo

2016

Call It Love Series ★ 8,2

Call It Love

Shim Woo-joo

2023

The Nice Guy Series ★ 6,3

The Nice Guy

Kang Mi-yeong

2025

Player Series ★ 7,7

Player

Re-a

2018

It's Okay, That's Love Series ★ 8,1

It's Okay, That's Love

Oh Son Yeo

2014

MBC Entertainment Awards Series ★ 9,0

MBC Entertainment Awards

Self - MC

2001

About Time Series ★ 7,5

About Time

Choi Michaela

2018

Cheese in the Trap Series ★ 7,0

Cheese in the Trap

Baek In-ha

2016

MBC Drama Awards Series ★ 5,5

MBC Drama Awards

Host

1974

Player 7 Series ★ 8,0

Player 7

Self

2019

Queen's Flower Series ★ 7,7

Queen's Flower

Kang Yi-sol

2015

Yoobari Talkbari Series

Yoobari Talkbari

Self

2025

SUCHWITA Series ★ 9,8

SUCHWITA

Self

2022

Overgrown Bromance Series ★ 8,0

Overgrown Bromance

Self

2017

Starlight Boys Series ★ 5,0

Starlight Boys

MC

2024

Miss & Mrs. Cops Film ★ 7,0

Miss & Mrs. Cops

Cho Ji-hye

2019

Love+Sling Film ★ 6,7

Love+Sling

Ga-young

2018

Chicken Sisters Series

Chicken Sisters

Self

2026

Heart Attack Film ★ 6,0

Heart Attack

Sung-kyoung

2020