Lee Yeon

Lee Yeon
Lee Yeon
이연
	Lee Yeon
Born	27 February 1995 (age 29); South Korea
Occupation	Actress;
Years active	2018–present
Agent	ECHO GLOBAL GROUP
Korean name
Hangul	이연
Hanja	李妍
Revised Romanization	I Yeon
McCune–Reischauer	I Yŏn

Lee Yeon (born 27 February 1995)^[1] is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her portrayal of male character Baek Seong-woo in 2022 Netflix-produced South Korean drama Juvenile Justice.^[2]

Career

Lee Yeon first made her debut as an actress in 2018 with South Korean film Anonymous. She has appeared in several films and television series, including a cameo as the younger sister of male lead Jung Hae-in's character in South Korean Netflix drama D.P. (2021), which also starred Koo Kyo-hwan as the second male lead.^[3]^[4]

Lee's breakout role comes from 2022 Netflix drama Juvenile Justice, in which Lee's character is a 13-year-old male teenager Baek Seong-woo, who was charged with murdering a young schoolboy in the drama's first two episodes. Despite being a female and her Korean age of 28 at the time she portrayed Seong-woo, Lee's acting and transformation as a cold-blooded murderer was positively reviewed and applauded by audiences and critics.^[5]^[6]^[7] Lee's performance in Juvenile Justice allowed her to gain a "Best New Actress" award nomination by the 58th Baeksang Arts Awards, but the award was eventually given to Kim Hye-jun.^[8]^[9]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2018	Anonymous	Chae-jin		^[10]
2019	Cosmos	Hye-soo	Short film
2019	Height of the Wave	Ye-eun
2020	Take Me Home	Kim Ye-won
2021	A Lonely Island in the Distant Sea	Seong Ji-na	It premiered DGK MEGABOX Award at 2021 BIFF It premiered official 2023	^[11]^[12]
2023	Kill Boksoon	Kim Yeong-ji	Netflix film	^[13]
TBA	Gyeongju Travelogue	Dong-ju		^[14]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2019	Drama Stage: "Waves of Change"		Season 2; episode 10	^[10]
2019	Drama Special: "Goodbye B1"	Lee Yeon-hee	Season 10; Episode 6
2020	Find Me in Your Memory	Student
	SF8		Episode 2 - "Blink"; Episode 4 - "Manxin"
	Drama Special: "My Teacher"	Lee Eun-seo	Season 11, Episode 3
2023	Crash Course in Romance	young Nam Haeng-sun		^[15]
	Delightfully Deceitful	Jung Da-jeong		^[16]
	Drama Special: "Shoot For Love"	Go Do-hyun	one act-drama	^[17]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2021–2023	D.P.	Ahn Soo-jin	Season 1–2	^[4]
2022	Juvenile Justice	Baek Seong-woo		^[5]
2022	Weak Hero Class 1	Young-yi		^[18]
2023	Duty After School	No Ae-seol	Part 1–2	^[19]

Accolades

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee / Work	Result	Ref.
Baeksang Arts Awards	2022	Best New Actress – Television	Juvenile Justice	Nominated	^[20]^[21]
Baeksang Arts Awards	2023	Best Supporting Actress – Film	Kill Boksoon	Nominated	^[22]
Buil Film Awards	2023	Best Supporting Actress	Kill Boksoon	Nominated	^[23]
Global Film & Television Huading Awards	2023	Best Global Teleplay Supporting Actress	Juvenile Justice	Nominated	^[24]
Korea Drama Awards	2023	Best New Actress	Delightfully Deceitful	Won	^[25]

Listicles

Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement
Publisher	Year	Listicle	Placement	Ref.
Joy News 24	2023	Rising Star Film Actor of the year	4th	^[26]

References

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