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Lee in December 2024
Born
Lee Sung-min

(1985-01-15) 15 January 1985 (age 40)
Switzerland
Citizenship United Kingdom
Alma mater El Camino College
Occupation
  • Actress
  • model
Years active 2005–present
Agent CL ENM
Spouse(s)
Samuel Hwang
(m. 2019)
Parent(s) Lee Seung-kyu (father)
Korean name
Hangul
이성민
Hanja
李成敏
RR I Seongmin
MR I Sŏngmin

Clara Lee (Hangul: 클라라 리), born Lee Sung-min (Hangul: 이성민) on January 14, 1985, is an actress and model. She is mostly known by her first name, Clara. Although she works in South Korea, she is a British citizen.

Career

Clara began her career in entertainment in 2005 using her birth name, Lee Sung-min. Her first movie was Five Senses of Eros in 2009.

In 2012, she started using the stage name Clara. She explained that her birth name, Sung-min, sounded like a boy's name in Korean. She also said that her English name has always been Clara.

Becoming Famous

Clara became very popular in May 2013. She threw the first pitch at a professional baseball game and gained a lot of attention online. This made her a well-known star.

After becoming famous, she acted in TV shows like Goddess of Marriage (2013) and Emergency Couple (2014). In 2015, she had a main role in the comedy movie Casa Amor: ... for Ladies.

Legal Disagreement

In 2014, Clara had a legal disagreement with her agency, Polaris Entertainment. She wanted to end her contract with them. The issue was about how she was being treated. The company disagreed with her claims.

In July 2015, the situation changed when the company's president was accused of making threats against her. By September 2015, Clara and the agency ended their legal fight.

Clara Lee from "China Film Week in Tokyo & Okinawa 2017" at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2017 (40203185331)
Lee at the 2017 Tokyo International Film Festival

Personal Life

Clara's father is Lee Seung-kyu, who was a singer in the band Koreana. The band was known for singing in both Korean and English.

Clara was born in Switzerland and went to school in the United States. She now lives and works in South Korea. In January 2019, she announced that she had married a Korean-American businessman.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
2009 Five Senses of Eros Lee Yoon-jung
2013 Ask This of Rikyu Joseon noblewoman
2015 Casa Amor: ... for Ladies Oh Nan-hee
2016 Line Walker Assassin
Some Like It Hot Yoyo
2017 The Jade Pendant Peony
2018 Fat Buddies Chinese immigrant's wife
Love Illusion
Killing Mobile Webcam model
2019 Bodies at Rest Ankie Cheng
Shenzhen Love
Jump Out of Primitive Tribe
Space Intellectual
Run Amuck AK Queen
2021 Kill the Monster
Big Red Envelope Ellie
Empathic Master
Double Patty Foreign journalist
Detective Chinatown 3 Photo-taking girl
Some Like It Hot 2
2023 The Wandering Earth 2 Space-elevator attacker

Television series

Year Title Network Role
2006 Invisible Man, Choi Jang-soo KBS2 Cha Hye-jin
2006–2007 High Kick! MBC Kim Yoon-joo (ep.64)
2009 Hilarious Housewives Lee Sung-min
Creating Destiny Shin Jin-hee
2010 Happiness in the Wind KBS1 Choi Mi-ran
2011 Baby Faced Beauty KBS2 Chae Seul-ah
2012 Take Care of Us, Captain SBS Hong Mi-joo
Tasty Life Min Young-woo
2013 Goddess of Marriage Cynthia Jung
Reckless Family 3 MBC Every 1 Clara Park
Love For Ten - Generation of Youth Mobile drama Kim Yang
2014 Emergency Couple tvN Han Ah-reum
You Are My Destiny MBC Hye-jin (ep.1)
America's Next Top Model The CW Herself (season 21 ep.14)
2016 Entourage tvN Herself (ep.2)
2017 Strong Girl Bong-soon JTBC Lee Bong-soon/Dental Hygienist (ep.16)
Meloholic OCN Yun Kyung-ae
2018 Happiness Chocolate Mango TV
The City of Chaos iQIYI Zheng Mengqi
2020 Detective Chinatown beauty in S1E9

Variety show

Year Title Network Notes
2013
Saturday Night Live Korea - Season 4 tvN Cast (episode 20-38)
2014
Fashion King Korea - Season 2 SBS Cast
2017
The Taming of the Shrew 2 JTBC2

Music video

Year Song Title Artist
2007 "Same Pillow" Tei
"Love Song"
2009 "Empty Bet" Kim Joon
"Toy" Moon Hee-joon
2010 "Nothing to Lose" Juno
"Shout to the World" December
"Dazzling Tears"
"오고있나요"
2013 "Joah" Jay Park
"Invitation" House Rulez
2014 "Gwiyomi Song 2" Clara
"Fear" Clara ft. Yasu
2017 "Hitchhiking" Clara
"I Am Clara" (Chinese ver of Hitchhiking)

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2004 1st Foce Digital Ulzzang Photo Contest N/A N/A Won
2013 Men's Health Cool Guy Contest Vital Woman Award N/A Won
6th Style Icon Awards Chevrolet Find New Star Award N/A Won
6th Korea Drama Awards Hot Star Award Goddess of Marriage Won

See also

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