Lee Sung-kyoung

Born: 1990-08-10

Lee Sung-kyoung (Hangul: 이성경; 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


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Miss & Mrs. Cops

as Cho Ji-hye
Released: 2019-05-09

Once a legendary detective and a new mom, Mi-young, now works a desk job. But when...

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Love+Sling

as Ga-young
Released: 2018-05-09

A former wrestler bonds with his son over the sport. But then the son's girlfriend falls in love...

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Heart Attack

as Sung-kyoung
Released: 2020-10-05

The story of a woman who goes back in time for 100 times to make her loved one's stopped heart...

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Running Man

as Self
First aired: 2010-07-11

A reality and competition show where members are joined by celebs to complete a weekly mission...

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You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook

as Self
First aired: 2009-04-24

You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook is a Korean pop music program that is both a talk show and live music...

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Amazing Saturday

as Self
First aired: 2018-04-07

A group of hungry celebrities listen to poppin’ tunes, from recent hits to all-time-favorites,...

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How Do You Play?

as Self
First aired: 2019-07-27

Yoo Jae-suk reunites the producing team of Infinite Challenge and presents you How Do You Play?...

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SBS Drama Awards

as Self
First aired: 1992-12-31

The hottest actors, producers, and writers gather together to celebrate the end of the year at...

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Dr. Romantic

as Cha Eun-jae
First aired: 2016-11-07

An eccentric, triple board-certified virtuoso surgeon leaves a top job in Seoul and ends up at a...

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The Seasons

as Self
First aired: 2023-02-05

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While You Were Sleeping

as Lovers
First aired: 2017-09-27

Burdened with visions of the future in their dreams, a young woman and two men try to prevent...

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Doctor Slump

as Han Woo-ri
First aired: 2024-01-27

Once rivals in school, two brilliant doctors reunite by chance — each facing life’s worst slump...

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Once Again

as Ji Sun-Kyung
First aired: 2020-03-28

Back at square one as divorcees, four siblings take another shot at love and dreams — after...

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Baeksang Arts Awards

as Self
First aired: 2012-04-26

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Doctors

as Jin Seo-woo
First aired: 2016-06-20

A recalcitrant, delinquent teen girl meets a compassionate teacher, who inspires her to alter...

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Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo

as Kim Bok-joo
First aired: 2016-11-16

A competitive swimmer crosses paths with his childhood friend, a rising weight lifting star, and...

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Record of Youth

as Jin Seo-Woo
First aired: 2020-09-07

In a cutthroat world where the life you’re born into decides your success, three aspiring youths...

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House on Wheels

as Self
First aired: 2020-06-11

A variety program where the cast will experience life in various places around Korea. The cast...

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MBC Drama Awards

as Host
First aired: 1974-12-02

To celebrate the end of the year, the hottest actors, producers, and writers gather at the MBC...

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Sh**ting Stars

as ​Oh Han-byeol
First aired: 2022-04-22

Sh**ting Stars is about people in the entertainment industry who take care of everything top...

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About Time

as Choi Michaela
First aired: 2018-05-21

Our heroine will have the unfortunate ability to see the “life clocks” of everyone around her,...

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Call It Love

as Shim Woo-joo
First aired: 2023-02-22

A woman vows revenge on her for, a heart-wrenchingly lonely and gentle man.

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It's Okay, That's Love

as Oh So-nyeo
First aired: 2014-07-23

Successful novelist and radio DJ Jae-yeol and psychiatrist Hae-soo are constantly at odds, but...

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Queen's Flower

as Kang Yi-sol
First aired: 2015-03-14

Rena Jung is a beautiful, but ambitious star chef who hosts her own cooking show. Her husband,...

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SUCHWITA

as Self
First aired: 2022-12-05

With a playful, fitting rhyme with the title track of D-2, Daechwita; this talk-show format...

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Cheese in the Trap

as Baek In-ha
First aired: 2016-01-04

Hong Seol and Yoo Jung attend the same college, but they couldn't be more different. Hong Seol...

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Player 7

as Herself
First aired: 2019-07-14

There will be different scenarios for the cast members to go through, but there is a rule that...

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MBC Entertainment Awards

as Self - MC
First aired: 2001-12-29

A yearly Korean awards ceremony sponsored by MBC with awards given to the best entertainers in...

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Overgrown Bromance

as Herself
First aired: 2017-10-10

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