Queen of Tears’s actress Lee Mi Sook: Divorced her husband to chase a young man 17 years younger than her, accused of hiring a killer to hide her adultery scandal.
Lee Mi Sook: Although she is a talented actress, this female star’s personal life is full of scandals.
For audiences interested in Korean entertainment, Lee Mi Sook is not a strange name. The actress born in 1960 appeared in many famous films of Kim Chi’s screen, and also won prestigious awards. But along with that, she also appeared in the news many times because of the noise in her private life.
Acted in more than 70 films in 46 years, won the Best Actress award at the prestigious Baeksang Awards
Lee Mi Sook was born on April 2, 1960, and started participating in Kbiz in 1978 after winning the Lotte Beauty contest. In 1979, audiences first saw Lee Mi Sook appear on screen with a small role in the movie Mapo Port.
In 1980, Lee Mi Sook had her first female lead role in the movie An Innocent College Student. A year later, she continued to appear in the work “Jang Hee Bin” as the female lead. This is also her first television leading role.
Since then, Lee Mi Sook has worked hard in art and participated in more than 70 different film projects. Among them, she appeared in extremely famous works, loved by audiences such as East of Eden, Princess Ja Myung Go 2009,…
During her 46-year career, Lee Mi Sook has won many awards. Notably, at the 21st Baeksang Awards held in 1984, Lee Mi Sook won Best Actress thanks to the movie The Winter That Year Was Warm.
Shocked with an adultery scandal and involvement in the death of a colleague
Lee Mi Sook had an affair with a young man 17 years younger than her, destroying her happy marriage.
There is plenty of talent, but along with that, Lee Mi Sook is also a face associated with scandals. In 2012, Lee Mi Sook was sued by her former management company, The Contents Media, for secretly moving to a new company. The court ruled that Lee Mi Sook must compensate The Contents Media up to 100 million won, but the company wanted 300 million won.
Not stopping here, The Contents Media also revealed a shocking secret that caused the press to waste a lot of ink, which is that Lee Mi Sook once had an affair with a young man who was only old enough to be her son. That was in 2006, when Lee Mi Sook was happily married with her husband, she secretly had sex with her lover who was 17 years younger than her.
After that, Lee Mi Sook had to taste the bitter fruit when he turned around, using intimate images and messages between the two of them when they were still passionate to threaten her. Then, the incident was discovered by Lee Mi Sook’s husband, and the previously peaceful marriage also fell apart.
At that time, Lee Mi Sook was said to have spent a lot of money to silence her “ex-boyfriend” to maintain her image. However, when The Contents Media exposed everything to the world, Lee Mi Sook’s reputation completely collapsed. Of course, Lee Mi Sook denied everything. But that did not help her save her career.
To silence her lover as well as protect her image, Lee Mi Sook and her management company had to spend a huge amount of money up to millions of won . Thanks to that, everything remained a secret until The Contents Media, thinking that Lee Mi Sook had betrayed her, decided to reveal everything. The company even revealed something even scarier, that Lee Mi Sook secretly hired an assassin to take down the director of The Contents Media, to ensure that no one else would know about her affair. again. In addition, the lawyer representing The Contents Media also confirmed that Lee Mi Sook was also involved in the death of Jang Ja Yeon, a young actress who committed suicide because she could not stand being forced to leave by her management company. serving the rich.
However, Lee Mi Sook firmly denied all accusations, but her reputation also hit rock bottom in Korea and was even boycotted for a long time.
Lee Mi Sook in 2024: Reappears in the super hot blockbuster “Queen Of Tears”, starring in Kang Dong Won’s movie
After the noise, Lee Mi Sook continued her artistic activities. However, she is no longer a top star in the Korean entertainment industry like in the past, only appearing in films as a supporting actress.
In 2024, Lee Mi Sook had a notable comeback in the TV blockbuster “Queen Of Tears”. In the film, Lee Mi Sook plays Mo Seul Hee, Hong Man De’s girlfriend, Chairman of the Hong family tycoon, and grandfather of the female lead Hong Hae In (Kim Ji Won).
Not only did she play Queen Of Tears, Lee Mi Sook also returned to the big screen after 6 years of absence as the female role of Jackie in Kang Dong Won’s movie The Plot.