Lee Sun-bin

1. Career

1.1. 2011–2015: Beginnings, modeling and overseas activities

In October 2011, GP Entertainment revealed that Lee would be joining their new girl group JQT, under her birth name Jin-kyung, upon departure of one of the members, Minsun. Lee participated in JQT's activities as a vocalist until their disbandment in February 2012.^[3] She took on a modelling gig alongside Teen Top for uniforms in November 2012, and was said to be debuting again in another girl group in December 2012, but plans did not follow through. She then left GP Entertainment and joined Wellmade Yedang as an acting trainee.^[4] Before officially beginning her acting career, Lee was a CF model and made several music video appearances.^[5]

In 2014, Lee received her first acting role in the Chinese historical drama Saint Wang Xizhi.^[6] Lee also participated as a contestant in CCTV's singing show Finding Liu San Jie, and the New Year Gala.

1.2. 2016–present: Rising popularity

In January 2016, Lee took on a supporting role in the JTBC drama Madame Antoine: The Love Therapist,^[7] followed by several cameo appearances in dramas and films. Her breakthrough role came in June 2016, where she portrayed a gold digger in OCN's hit drama Squad 38 alongside Seo In-guk and Ma Dong-seok.^{[8][9][10][11]} She went on to participate in several variety shows where she received praise for her singing and dancing.^[12]

In January 2017, Lee co-starred in MBC's disaster drama Missing 9.^[13] In July, she starred in tvN's remake of the American blockbuster television series Criminal Minds, where she played the Korean version of JJ's character.^[14][15] In September, she began filming for Kim Sung-hoon's action zombie film Rampant alongside Jang Dong-gun and Hyun Bin.^[16][17][18]

In 2018, Lee was cast in her first leading role in JTBC's action drama Sketch.^[19] The same year she was cast in tvN's drama special The Dramatization Has Already Begun.^[20] In 2019, Lee was cast in action comedy film Okay! Madam^[21] and political drama The Great Show.^[22] In 2020, Lee was cast in the crime detective drama Team Bulldog: Off-Duty Investigation.^[23] In 2021, she starred in action spy film Mission: Possible opposite Kim Young-kwang.^[24] In August 2021, Lee signed with Initial Entertainment, after the contract with the original agency expired.^[25] In 2022, Lee made a comeback with the film Air Murder.^[26]

In July 2026, Nexus E&M officially announced that Lee had signed an exclusive contract with the agency.^[27]

2. Personal life

On December 31, 2018, it was reported that Lee had been dating actor Lee Kwang-soo, with King Kong by Starship stating that the couple had been dating "for 5 months" prior to the announcement of their relationship.^[28][29][30]

3. Discography

3.1. Collaborations

Title	Year	Album
"One Love" (with RGP)	2017	Non-album single

3.2. Soundtrack appearances

List of soundtrack appearances, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Album
"Sad Night" (아픈 밤)[31]	2019	The Great Show OST Part 2
"Savage Killer"[32]	2020	Team Bulldog: Off-Duty Investigation OST Part 5
"Dreamer" (드리머)[33]	2021	Work Later, Drink Now OST Part 3
"Together" (달까지 가자)[34] (with Jo Aram and Ra Mi-ran)	2025	To the Moon OST Part 5

4. Filmography

4.1. Film

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2016	Familyhood	Ji-hoon's lover	Bit part	[35]
2018	The Princess and the Matchmaker	Princess 1
	Rampant	Deok-hee		[18]
2020	Me and Me	Cho-hee		[36]
	Okay! Madam	Ahn Se-ra / young Gwi-sun		[21]
2021	Mission: Possible	Yi Ling / Yoo Da-hee		[24]
2022	Air Murder	Han Young-joo		[26][37]
	Reverse	Ham Myo-jin	Sound film	[38]
2024	Noise	Joo-yeong		[39]
2026	Ugly Duckling Ms. Maeng †	Maeng Bo-ram		[40][41]
2027	The Sword: Rebirth of the Red Wolf †	Maya		[42]
TBA	The Sound of Life †	Goo Hae-jin		[43]

4.2. Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	Saint Wang Xizhi	Jinzi	Chinese drama	[6]
2016	Madame Antoine: The Love Therapist	Lee Ma-ri		[7]
	Entertainer		Cameo (Episode 4)	[44]
	Another Miss Oh	Jin-sang's Monday girlfriend	Cameo	[45]
	Squad 38	Jo Mi-joo		[8]
	Entourage	Herself	Cameo (Episode 13)	[46]
2017	Missing 9	Ha Ji-ah		[13]
	Criminal Minds	Yoo Min-young		[14]
2018	Sketch	Yoo Shi-hyun		[19]
	The Dramatization Has Already Begun	Hong Hee-soo		[20]
2019	The Great Show	Jung Soo-hyun		[22]
2020	Team Bulldog: Off-Duty Investigation	Kang Moo-young		[47]
	The Uncanny Counter	Heo Hee-young	Cameo (Episode 1 and 3)	[48]
2021	Jirisan	Kang Seung-ah	Cameo (Episode 15–16)	[49]
2023	The Heavenly Idol	Acting trainer	Cameo (Episode 5)	[50]
	Boyhood	Park Ji-young		[51]
2025	The Potato Lab	Kim Mi-kyung		[52]
	Let's Go to the Moon	Jeong Da-hae		[53]

4.3. Web series

Year	Title	Role	Note	Ref.
2021–2023	Work Later, Drink Now	Ahn So-hee	Season 1–2	[54][55]

4.4. Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2016	Law of the Jungle in Mongolia	Cast member	Episode 229–233	[56]
	I Can See Your Voice	Contestant		[57]
2021	Wild Idol	Panelist		[58]
2022	Women in Mountain Mountaineers	Cast member	with Jung Eun-ji and Han Sun-hwa	[59]

4.5. Web shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2022	Saturday Night Live Korea	Host	Season 2 – Episode 3	[60]
	Pink Lie			[61]

4.6. Music video appearances

Year	Song title	Artist	Ref.
2013	"Goodbye 20"	Lim Kim	[62]
2014	"Almost" (하마터면)	Amy
	"Nabiya" (나비야)	Wu-Tan
	"Three Things I Want To Give You" (너에게 주고 싶은 세가지)	Crucial Star
2015	"Apology" (지못미)	iKon	[63]
2016	"I Don't Want" (바라지 않아)	Jung Key	[64]
	"Visual Gangster" (널 너무 사랑해서)	MC Mong	[65]
2018	"Cho Shim" (초심)	Kiha & The Faces	[66]
2021	"Don't Say Sorry"	Shin Yong-jae and Kim Won-ju	[67]

5. Ambassadorships

• 2021 Gyeonggi World Ceramic Biennale (2021)^[68]
• Cheonan Public Relations Ambassador (2022)^[69]

6. Accolades

6.1. Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee / Work	Result	Ref.
APAN Star Awards	2018	Best New Actress	Sketch	Nominated	[70]
Asia Model Awards	2023	Popular Star Award (Actor)	Work Later, Drink Now	Won	[71][72]
Blue Dragon Film Awards	2025	Best New Actress	Noise	Nominated	[73]
MBC Drama Awards	2017	Best New Actress	Missing 9	Won	[74]
	2025	Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries	To the Moon	Won	[75]
		Best Couple Award	Lee Sun-bin (with Kim Young-dae) To the Moon	Nominated	[76]
MBC Entertainment Awards	2016	Rookie Award in Music/Talk Show (Female)	Radio Star	Nominated	[77]

6.2. Honors

Name of country and organization, year given, and name of honor or award

Country	Organization	Year	Honor or Award	Ref.
South Korea	Newsis K-Expo Cultural Awards[1]	2022	Seoul Mayor's Award	[79]