Lee Hanee
Biography
Lee Hanee (born March 2, 1983), also known as Honey Lee, is a South Korean actress, model, classical musician as well as beauty pageant titleholder where she represented her country at Miss Universe 2007. She has acted in several films and television series.
Lee Hanee is the middle child of three and has an older 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 the music director of Gimhae City 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 (currently Speaker of the National Assembly).
Lee graduated from Seoul National University with high honors in traditional Korean music. She received her master's degree from the same university.
Lee won the 2006 Miss Korea pageant and represented South Korea in the Miss Universe 2007. She managed to break into the Top 5 and was placed 3rd runner-up; Riyo Mori from Japan was crowned Miss Universe that year. Lee was also named Miss Grand Slam 2007.
Lee is a professional gayageum player, a Korean musical instrument. She was named a gayageum prodigy by the Kumho Art Center, the most prestigious musical foundation in Korea.
She has released four CDs and played in more than 25 countries, including concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York City. In 2017, she participated in the largest-ever mass performance of the gayageum as part of the two-day Uijeongbu International Gayageum Festival.
Lee performed at the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics, where she reinterpreted (Chunaengmu)', one of the royal dances of the Joseon dynasty. Lee appeared in the music video For Dynamic Duo (South Korean duo)'s song "Jam". Presumably, Lee plays a Honeybee in the video which is a pun on the honeybee-themed video.
On November 8, 2021, it was confirmed that Lee was dating a non-celebrity boyfriend. They have been dating since early 2021. On December 21, 2021, Saram Entertainment confirmed that Lee was married that day, and the wedding ceremony was held in Seoul where only family members attended. According to Lee’s agency, her husband is a Korean-American office worker.
In January 2022, Lee's agency announced that Lee was 4 months pregnant with her first child. On June 20, 2022, she gave birth to a daughter at a hospital in Seoul
