Lee Jung Hyun

Biography

Lee Jung-hyun (born February 7, 1980), also known by her occasional stage name Ava, is a South Korean singer and actress. She was first recognized for her acting abilities with an award-winning role in her first film and has been solidified as one of the top international acts from South Korea with her illustrious singing career. 

She has been known as "the Techno Queen" as she introduced the techno music genre to Korea. Lee is also known as “The Queen of Transformation” due to her changing new look for different songs. She is known as one of the first artists who introduced the Korean Wave (Hallyu) to China and caused a sensation.

In 2015, Lee starred in the black comedy film Alice in Earnestland, which won her 'Best Actress' at the 36th Blue Dragon Film Awards & 3rd Wildflower Film Awards. Lee then starred in the bowling film Split in 2016, and the war film The Battleship Island in 2017. In 2019, Lee is scheduled to star in the romantic comedy film Shall We Do It Again.

In 2020, Lee starred in the zombie film Peninsula. The following year, she appeared in Park Chan-wook's mystery film Decision to Leave.

After debuting with an award-winning acting performance, Lee etched her singing career by introducing the techno genre to the K-Pop scene and her ever-reinventing styles for each and every song. Lee assumes a unique persona for each release, such as a mermaid, Barbie doll, tribal queen, soldier, Korean folk dancer, belly dancer, or princess of the sea. 

She has garnered many nicknames over the years, including Techno Queen of Korea, Queen of Performance Art, Ms. Charisma, Little Giant, and Queen of Change.

Before releasing her first solo music she featured as a guest vocalist on the Jo PD single "Fever", also appearing in the music video. She also appeared in the music video for Goofy's "The Rule of the Game".

In 2010, her seventh album was released on May 11, 2010, with the title song, "Suspicious Man." In this title single's music video, Lee once again showed her dynamic performance range by introducing a vengeful assassin with a short blonde do. The seventh album was entitled, "007th."

In 2013, she released her single entitled "V", featuring Jin Goo in a music video directed by Park Chan-wook and Park Chan-Kyong, with whom she'd previously worked on Night Fishing.

In August 2007, singer-actress Lee was named a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.

On June 22, 2012, Lee was appointed as an honorary ambassador for the Korea-China Cultural Industry Conference, called CICON.