Lee You-mi

Acting

Lee You-mi

Born 1994-07-18 · Jeonju, North Jeolla, South Korea

Lee Yoo-mi (born July 18, 1994) is a South Korean actress. She is known for her roles as Ji-yeong / Player 240 in Squid Game (2021), Lee Na-yeon in All of Us Are Dead (2022), Gang Nam-soon in Strong Girl Nam-soon (2023), and Jo Jae-mi in Mr. Plankton (2024). She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Ji-yeong in Squid Game, making her the first Korean actress to win in the category.

Acting credits

The Yellow Sea poster
7.3

A Korean man in China takes an assassination job in South Korea to make money and find his missing wife. But when the job is botched, he is forced to go on the run from the police and the gangsters who paid him.

The Yellow Sea

2010

Hwayi: A Monster Boy poster
7.4

After being kidnapped as a small child and raised by the five men who abducted him, a teenage boy is now forced to join their life in crime.

Hwayi: A Monster Boy

2013

Will You Be There poster
7.2

A terminally ill surgeon travels back in time through the use of unique capsules to reunite with his dead lover. He then meets his juvenile self and they try to prevent her death.

Will You Be There

2016

Everyone Is There poster
8.1

Soo Yeon decides to commit suicide to end the bullying she goes through at school, when a savior appears. A woman punishes the bullies on behalf of Soo Yeon and saves her from the reality of hell.

Everyone Is There

2020

Young Adult Matters poster
6.8

Se-jin, a high school student, becomes pregnant and gets ostracized by her family and school. While wandering the streets, she meets Joo-yeong, an experienced runaway, and tries to get an abortion with Joo-yeong's help.

Young Adult Matters

2021

Hostage: Missing Celebrity poster
6.8

A box office star has to prove his action credentials in the real world when he's kidnapped and held for ransom.

Hostage: Missing Celebrity

2021

New Normal poster
6.4

New Normal is a captured record of 4 days in Seoul, 2022, which is a time of chaos that all the mankind never have been experienced before in entire human history. It depicts the unexpected risks and identity of fears that are hidden in everyday life and common space.

New Normal

2023

The Avian Kind poster
5.6

Novelist Jeong-seok is looking for his missing wife. A woman appears in front of him and suggests that she can find his wife. Meanwhile, some people approach him and ask him to find missing people. They find themselves becoming chased at some point.

The Avian Kind

2014

Superpower Girl poster
5.9

“Superpower girl” Mina, is in the top of her class, the center of attention and the envy of everyone. “No-power girl” Juri is the total opposite, as her classmates sometimes forget she even exists. One day, Mina can't seem to close her eyelids, while Juri discovers her hidden powers.

Superpower Girl

2017

The Whispering poster
6.2

Six high school students, who have finished their college entrance examinations, accidentally discover a haunted house with eerie rumors to it. Inside there, the students start to hear the whispers of death and vanish one by one, as unstoppable, extreme terror engulfs them.

The Whispering

2018

Rough Play poster
6.9

Young is a nameless actor who dreams of becoming a big movie star. Then one day, he makes his breakthrough with a film and becomes a star overnight.

Rough Play

2013

Park Hwa-young poster
4.6

Hwa-young is an 18-year-old student living alone. Her friends call her "mom" and use her house as their place to hang out, but don't really include her in their clique. Hwa-young pays particular attention to one of the friends, Mi-jeong.

Park Hwa-young

2018

Scent of a Ghost poster
7.2

Ji Yeon is a beautiful university student, majoring in music. She is dating Dong Seok, but Dong Seok’s parents want him to study abroad. The day before he is scheduled to leave South Korea to study abroad, he prepares a proposal event for Ji Yeon. Ji Yeon does not appear at the event.

Scent of a Ghost

2019

No Heaven, But Love. poster
7.8

1999— The Age of Apocalypse, where violence was rampant. In those days, nothing was easy. A story about the love and friendship of girls, which was hotter than any other summer... Joo-young and Ye-ji’s relationship is tender but ultimately feels like an impossible one.

No Heaven, But Love.

2024

Re-BORN poster
7.4

Synopsis 1. "Today's Superpower" (26min, 오늘의 초능력, o-neul-eui cho-neung-ryeok) by Lee Min-seob People who claim to be able to use superpowers once a day gathered! But why can't they use their superpowers? Do they really have superpowers in the first place? 2. "1+1" (30min, 1+1) by Han Jay "Toot! I'm 1+1!" One day, the same alter ego as me appeared! 3. "Jangah & Chichung" (35min, 장아치청, jang-a-chi-cheong) by Kim Tae-hoon-II "Burp!" Once you start burping, there's nothing you can do. A comedy action movie limited to 60 minutes, filled with real superpowers by superheroes. 4. "LOVE SICK" (23min, 러브씩, reo-beu-ssik) by Jung Seung-hoon A year after the end of the zombie crisis, Seung-beom prepares an unforgettable proposal for his girlfriend Ji-yoon who saved him.

Re-BORN

2022

Like a French Film poster
7.7

The film introduces people who live like a French film. A mother who chose euthanasia leaving 4 daughters behind, a woman who has 100 days left in life and a nerdy guy waiting for a girl named Gihong.

Like a French Film

2016

Blue poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Blue

2026

The Heartbeat Operator poster
NR

Hye Eun studies literature at Jeonju University. One day, she falls in love with Seung Bin but is disappointed to see that he has a girlfriend named Joo Ri. Suddenly, an Indian girl with magic appears in front of her and she gives her a heartbeat operator! Hye Eun is happy to lure Seung Bin with the device, but he has a problem with his heart. Eventually, he discovers what the device really is. Will Hye Eun receive true love?

The Heartbeat Operator

2017

Today’s Superpower poster
NR

Jiwoo has supernatural powers that let her become invisible once a day when holding her breath. One day, she is taken to the police for stealing from a convenience store and meets Minsung who can teleport once a day, Hajin who can fly, and Kim Gongik, the mind-reader. But they all say they couldn’t use their powers that day. Did they bump into each other by chance? Why couldn’t they use their powers that particular day?

Today’s Superpower

2021

The Russian Novel poster
5.3

About an aspiring author who wakes up from a 27-year coma as one of his country's finest authors, credited for a book he didn't write.

The Russian Novel

2013

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Never Ever Rush

2018