Lee Hanee
South Korean actress, model, classical musician, gayageum player and beauty pageant titleholder
Lee Hanee (Korean: 이하늬; born March 2, 1983), also known as Honey Lee, is a South Korean actress, model, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Korea 2006 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2007. She is known for starring in the films Deranged (2012), The Bros (2017), Extreme Job (2019), and Black Money (2019). In television, she gained recognition for her roles in The Rebel (2017), The Fiery Priest (2019–2024), One the Woman (2021), and Knight Flower (2024). For her performance in the latter, Lee won the Baeksang Arts Award for Best Actress.
Early life
Lee Hanee is the middle child of three, and has an elder sister and a younger brother. Her father, Lee Sang-eob, was a high-ranking official with the National Intelligence Service. Her mother, Moon Jae-suk, has a PhD in Korean music history and is a professor at Ewha Womans University as well as music director of the Gimhae Gayageum Orchestra. Her sister is Lee Seul-gi, a member of the KBS Orchestra of Traditional Korean Music. Lee's maternal uncle is politician Moon Hee-sang (former Speaker of the National Assembly).
Lee graduated from Seoul National University with high honors in traditional Korean music.
“Lee Hanee” enters the record as south Korean actress, model, classical musician, gayageum player and beauty pageant titleholder. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Hanee, South and Korean can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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