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Lee Sung-kyung

Lee Sung-kyung
(Marie Claire Korea) 지금, 이성경.jpg
In March 2016
Born (1990-08-10) August 10, 1990 (age 26)
Goyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Other names Lee Sung-kyoung
Education Dongduk Women's University
Occupation Model, actress
Years active 2008–present
Agent YGK-Plus (modeling)
YG Entertainment (acting)
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Weight 49 kg (108 lb)
Korean name
Hangul 이성경
Hanja 李聖經
Revised Romanization I Seonggyeong
McCune–Reischauer I Sŏnggyŏng

Lee Sung-kyung (born August 10, 1990) is a South Korean model and actress. She acted in the television dramas Cheese in the Trap (2016) and Doctor Crush (2016) before taking her first leading role as the titular character in Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo (2016).

Lee Sung-kyung was born on August 10, 1990 in Goyang city, Gyeonggi, South Korea. On February 22, 2016, Lee graduated from Dongduk Women's University.

Lee began her entertainment career as a model where she competed at the local Super Model Contest in 2008 placing 11th and won the Lex Prize, and the International Asia Pacific Super Model Contest in 2009 placing 5th and won the Unix Hair New Style Prize.

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 weekend drama, Queen's Flower 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 tvn's Cheese in the Trap. In February 2016, she was cast in her first film, a crime thriller titled Broker. On April 28, 2016, Lee released a collaboration single with Eddy Kim, which is a cover of Sharp's "My Lips like Warm Coffee". She previously released a duet with The Papers in 2013 with "I Love You". Lee then starred in the SBS prime-time drama Doctor Crush (2016) as a neurosurgeon. The same year, she took on her first leading role in Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo, inspired by the real life story of Olympic weightlifting champion Jang Mi-ran.


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