Born on January 12, 1979, in Seoul, Lee Bo-young is one of South Korea’s most respected actresses. A former contestant in the Miss Korea pageant and a model for Asiana Airlines, she began her career in the early 2000s before establishing herself as a leading figure in melodramas and psychological thrillers.
After several notable roles, she rose to fame in 2012–2013 thanks to My Daughter Seo-young, a massive hit with audiences, and then with I Can Hear Your Voice, where her on-screen partnership with Lee Jong-suk became one of the most memorable of the decade. These performances earned her a Daesang at the SBS Drama Awards as well as the Baeksang Award for Best Actress.
Over the years, Lee Bo-young has built up an impressive filmography with God’s Gift: 14 Days, Whisper, Mother, When My Love Blooms and Hide (2024), proving her ability to portray complex and emotionally powerful characters. In 2025, she continued on this path with Mary Kills People, a Korean adaptation of the famous medical drama, in which she plays a doctor facing ethical dilemmas.
Married to actor Ji Sung since 2013, she is part of one of the most admired couples in the Korean entertainment industry. Deeply committed to humanitarian causes, she also serves as an ambassador for several causes related to children and the environment.
In 2026, Lee Bo-young is already preparing for her comeback with Divorce Investigator Hong Mal Geum, a legal drama-comedy in which she plays a mother who becomes a court investigator after a painful divorce. Blending emotion, resilience, and humor, this new project reaffirms her status as a must-watch actress, capable of reinventing her career more than twenty years after her debut.
