Grace Lee | |
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Born |
Lee Kyung-hee October 4, 1982 Seoul, South Korea |
Occupation | TV host, radio disc jockey, journalist |
Years active | 2007–present |
Agent | Zenith Media Contents |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 이경희 |
Revised Romanization | I Gyeong-hui |
McCune–Reischauer | I Kyǒng-hǔi |
Grace Lee (Korean: 이경희; born Lee Kyung-hee; October 4, 1982) is a Korean television host and radio disc jockey working in the Philippines. She is the third Korean expatriate to appear prominently in Philippine television, after Sandara Park and Ryan Bang. She can speak Tagalog and English in addition to her native Korean.
Lee was born and raised in Seoul, but moved to the Philippines at the age of 10 because of her father's business, which involved importing Korean cars. She studied from second grade to fourth year high school at St. Paul College in Pasig City and graduated from Ateneo de Manila University, where she obtained her Communication Arts degree. Before becoming a TV host, she has been hosting events for Korean-Filipino communities as well as being an official interpreter for Malacañang.
Lee planned on becoming a journalist. She sent her résumé to major television studios in the Philippines and received a callback from GMA Network. She landed her first Philippine TV hosting job in March 2007 as a segment host on Q Network’s lifestyle-magazine show "The Sweet Life". Among her first assignments include featuring life in Korea where she gets to wear traditional female garb as well as interviewing prominent Korean celebrities such as Yoon Se Ah of Lovers in Prague and King Sejong the Great drama series.