Lee Soo-kyung

Lee Soo-kyung revealed in May 2006 that she was in a relationship. She never disclosed the name of her partner but said that he wasn’t famous and that he worked as a regular employee in a big company. Apart from that, she has been linked with her co-stars every now and then, but she has denied such allegations.

Lee ran into a massive controversy in January 2015, when she was caught drunk during a press conference. Nobody noticed it until she started laughing unnecessarily and disrespected a reporter. She also annoyed her co-actors, and received quite a lot of backlash from her fans and media, before the matter eventually went cold.

Lee Soo-kyung was born into an upper class family on 13th March 1982 in Seoul, the capital of South Korea. She was inclined towards fitness and a healthy diet routine since her childhood. That was partly due to her family, in which everyone gave much importance to fitness.

During her middle and high school days, she realized the importance of her good looks and her interest in performing arts also played a major part in her deciding to become an actress.

She did theatres in high school and became a fine-tuned actress. After completing her schooling, she enrolled herself into the Dongduk Women’s University, where she did her bachelor’s degree in Broadcasting and Entertainment. She started modelling during her college days and appeared in several magazines and did photo shoots for many other publications.

The acting bug compelled her to start auditioning despite an initial struggle with lack of self-confidence. But she fought through this phase and after a few failed attempts, she finally started getting her opportunities. She was blessed with a good beginning and carried on doing roles which she got, however insignificant they were.

The early years of her professional acting career were filled with supporting roles in TV dramas like ‘You’ll Find Out’ and ‘Dear Heaven’ in mid 2000s.This was also the time when she made her movie debut with a very small role in the 2005 film ‘Wet Dreams 2’. Although the roles, which she was getting during this phase of her career were small, her confidence improved, and so did her contacts in the industry, which further helped her in grabbing more eyeballs.

In 2006, she appeared in the film ‘Tazza: The High Rollers’. Though her role in the movie was small, it was noticeable, and so was her acting prowess.

Lee’s first big break came in 2006, in the form of a leading role in the sitcom ‘Soulmate’. She presented herself as a perfect mixture of serious and a comic character, which subsequently helped the show garner more ratings, and it was eventually declared a success. Most of the credit went to the performances of the cast members, spearheaded by Lee.

Luckily, Lee didn’t have to wait longer to get another breakthrough role of her career. In the very next year, she appeared as one of the lead cast members in the series ‘The Golden Age of Daughters-in-Law’. Lee played the role of an independent innocent young girl who marries young while having big dreams about her life and career. At that year’s KBS Drama Awards, Lee became the recipient of Best New Actress award along with the Best Couple Award with Kim Ji-hoon.

She then made a key appearance in the 2007 crime thriller ‘Rainbow Eyes’. Though the film turned out to be a failure, Lee’s performance received some good reviews.