LEE SUNG KYUNG AS KIM BOK JOO 김복주 FROM WEIGHTLIFTING FAIRY

LEE SUNG KYUNG AS KIM BOK JOO 김복주 FROM WEIGHTLIFTING FAIRY

1. Lee Sung-Kyung was born on August 10, 1990. She is a South Korean model, actress, and singer. She is Korean by nationality and belongs to Asian ethnicity.
2. She was born in Goyang city, Gyeonggi, South Korea. She spent her early childhood along with her family. They were always supportive and motivating when it comes to her profession.
3. .On February 22, 2016, Lee graduated from Dongduk Women’s University.
4. She acted in the television dramas Cheese in the Trap (2016) and The Doctors (2016) before taking her first leading role as the titular character in Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo (2016) and Dr. Romantic 2 (2020) alongside Ahn Hyo-seop and Han Suk-kyu.
5. Lee began her entertainment career as a model where she competed at the local Super Model Contest in 2008. In 2013, The Papers collaborated with Lee with the single “I Love You”.
6. 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. That modeling contract made her recognize Lee as “Korea’s Gigi Hadid” throughout Korea.
7. She was offered this role because the producer, Kim Kyo-Tae‘s daughter, is the biggest fan of Kyung. Kim was in search of an actress, and that was the time Lee’s name popped into her head. Therefore, she got the role and received a lot of positive response from the fans.
8. This was followed by the weekend drama, Flower of Queen in 2015. She won “Best New Actress” in a Special Project Drama at the MBC Drama Awards for her role.
9. In January 2016, Lee featured in tvN’s college romance series, Cheese in the Trap.
10. On April 28, 2016, Lee released a collaboration single with Eddy Kim, which is a cover of Sharp’s “My Lips like Warm Coffee”. Lee then starred in the SBS’ prime-time medical drama, The Doctors as a neurosurgeon.
11. The same year, she took on her first leading role in Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo, a youth sports drama inspired by the real-life story of Olympic weightlifting champion Jang Mi-ran.
12. In 2017, Lee dubbed the film Trolls alongside Park Hyung-Sik. She was also cast in the romance film Love+Sling, directed by the first-time director Kim Dae-Woong.
13. She was also featured in Psy’s 4X2=8 with the single “Last Scene”. In 2018, Lee starred in the fantasy melodrama About Time. She was cast in the action-comedy film Miss & Mrs. Cops released on May 9, 2019, alongside Ra Mi-ran.
14. In 2020, Lee starred in the second season of the hit medical drama Dr. Romantic, playing Cha Eun-Jae, a skilled cardiothoracic surgeon with Ahn Hyo-seop as her leading man.
15. In 2020, Lee sits on an impressive net worth of $21 million.
16. Being a model, Lee stands tall at a height of 5 feet 9 inches or 175 cm, which is perfect to be in the fashion industry. She has maintained her weight up to 121 pounds, which translates to 55 kg in general. There is no denying that Kyong is listed among the hot model or actresses of the Korean industry.
17. Lee Sung Kyung met Nam Joo Hyuk during their modeling days and became friends. But they started to grow closer to each other while filming together in the drama Cheese in the Trap. They fell for each other while playing lovers in Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo. After months of speculation from fans that they are dating in real life as well, the couple confirmed their relationship on April 24. But interestingly, Nam Joo Hyuk had been Lee Sung Kyung’s boyfriend five months earlier in January after wrapping up Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo. Sadly the pair are not dating anymore, however, their posts on Instagram prove that they are still very close friends.