Lee Si-young (Lee Si-young)

Also known as: Yi Si Yeong, Lee Si Yeong, Yi Shi Yeong, 이시영, Lee Shi Young

Date of birth: 17 April 1982 (44 years old)

Country: South Korean

Lee Si Young is a South Korean actress, model, singer, and retired boxer under Ace Factory. She was born in Cheongwon County, North Chungcheong Province. Her family moved to Seoul when she was 9 years old. She majored in Fashion Design at Dongduk Women's University and later changed her name to Lee Shi Young. After gaining popularity for her role as Oh Min Ji in "Boys Over Flowers", Si Young joined the cast of the MBC variety reality show "We Got Married", where she is paired up with Jun Jin of Shinhwa. As of June 2009, they have become the first couple to officially have a real relationship outside the show. However, they broke up after a 6-month relationship. Along with these television shows, she has starred in a number of music videos, most notably alongside Jun Jin after they both left "We Got Married". Her vocals were also featured on his second album. She has done modeling for Maxim Magazine Korea. She was nominated for a Rookie Actor/Actress KBS Drama Award for her work on Birth of a Rich in 2010. In July 2017, she announced through her social media that she would be getting married to an entrepreneur who is 9 years her senior, named Cho Seong Hyun, in September and was 14 weeks pregnant. She gave birth to the couple's first child, a boy named Cho Jung Yoon, on January 7, 2018. In March 2025, her agency, Ace Factory, confirmed the couple had “mutually agreed to part ways and are currently proceeding with the divorce process”. She revealed that she became pregnant with her second child through an IVF procedure using embryos that had been frozen while she was still married. On November 5, 2025, she announced the birth of her second child. (Source: Wikipedia, Soompi)