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Kyeon Mi-ri

Kyeon Mi-ri

Acting

Biography

Kyeon Mi Ri is a South Korean actress and singer. She is best known for her role as the antagonist Lady Choi in the hit period drama Dae Jang Geum. She made her acting debut in 1984 and has since become active in television dramas, most notably as the arrogant and ambitious Lady Choi in the 2003 period drama Dae Jang Geum (or Jewel in the Palace). In 2009, she ventured into the music industry and released her first album titled Happy Women, consisting of mainly trot songs. Kyeon is married to a businessman named Lee Hong Heon. Her daughters Lee Yu Bi and Lee Da In are actresses. Kyeon is also a part of the Hwanggan Kyeon clan, which makes her a descendant of Gyeon Hwon, who was the first king of the Hubaekje kingdom, during the Later Three Kingdoms of Korea.

Known For

TV Novel: Dear My Sister

Bok Hee is a girl who studies very hard and works at a brewery. When she was 5-years-old, her parents' divorced and Bok Hee then lived with her mother. Her father died in a coal mine accident. Bok Hee came to brewery company Dukchun with her younger stepbrother after her mother married Song Byung-Man, the owner of Dukchun. Bok Hee addresses her mother as "aunt," to avoid getting her mother into trouble. Finally, people learn that Bok Hee is the daughter. Her stepbrother is sent off to an orphanage and Bok Hee leaves for Seoul. Joon Mo worked as a stuntman, but due to injury had to quit his job and come to Dukchun to work as a temporary teacher. Joon Mo meets Bok Hee for the first time when she peers through a classroom window in which he teaches. Joon Mo sees the passion in her eyes and becomes her mentor.

TV Novel: Dear My Sister

2011Series