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Lee Sang-mi

2 films on Movie OTT · Active 20202023

Lee Sang-mi (이상미) is a South Korean actress whose public profile remains, honestly, one of the more frustrating gaps in Korean entertainment databases. Not a household name — at least not yet — she's been flagged in several online sources but hasn't accumulated the kind of verified, cross-referenced record that major platforms like IMDb or Wikipedia typically require before building out a full entry. What's striking is how often her name surfaces in searches only to redirect readers toward better-documented performers: Lee Sung-min (the acclaimed male actor born in 1973, known for *The Good, the Bad, the Weird*) or Nam Sang-mi (born 1984, star of *Gourmet* and *Gunman in Joseon*) — two careers that have nothing to do with her, but keep crowding out whatever digital footprint she's managed to establish (Wikipedia). NamuWiki lists a Lee Sang-mi born in 1990 with credits on *Steel Rain* (2017) and *Your Name Is Rose* (2019), though that entry hasn't been corroborated by IMDb or any major English-language database. A separate Lee Sang Mi, born 1983, appears on MyDramaList with roles including *Hotel King* (2014) and *Nonstop Season 6* (2005) — but again, no critical record to speak of. Hard to say if these are the same person or entirely different individuals sharing a common name.

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About Lee Sang-mi

Lee Sang-mi (이상미) is a South Korean actress whose public profile remains, honestly, one of the more frustrating gaps in Korean entertainment databases. Not a household name — at least not yet — she's been flagged in several online sources but hasn't accumulated the kind of verified, cross-referenced record that major platforms like IMDb or Wikipedia typically require before building out a full entry. What's striking is how often her name surfaces in searches only to redirect readers toward better-documented performers: Lee Sung-min (the acclaimed male actor born in 1973, known for *The Good, the Bad, the Weird*) or Nam Sang-mi (born 1984, star of *Gourmet* and *Gunman in Joseon*) — two careers that have nothing to do with her, but keep crowding out whatever digital footprint she's managed to establish (Wikipedia).

NamuWiki lists a Lee Sang-mi born in 1990 with credits on *Steel Rain* (2017) and *Your Name Is Rose* (2019), though that entry hasn't been corroborated by IMDb or any major English-language database. A separate Lee Sang Mi, born 1983, appears on MyDramaList with roles including *Hotel King* (2014) and *Nonstop Season 6* (2005) — but again, no critical record to speak of. Hard to say if these are the same person or entirely different individuals sharing a common name.

Career

The documented career of Lee Sang-mi — to whatever extent it can be pinned down — splits across at least two distinct profiles, and it's worth being upfront that conflation is a real risk here. The NamuWiki entry for a Lee Sang-mi born in 1990 credits her with an appearance in *Steel Rain* (2017), the geopolitical thriller directed by Yang Woo-suk, and *Your Name Is Rose* (2019), a domestic drama — though neither credit has been independently confirmed through IMDb or Wikipedia as of this writing (NamuWiki). Separate from that, a Lee Sang Mi listed on MyDramaList with a 1983 birth year carries credits stretching back to *Nonstop Season 6* in 2005 and forward to the 2014 melodrama *Hotel King*, a moderately popular series that ran on MBC. That's a span of nearly a decade of television work, which would suggest someone with genuine industry staying power — even if the roles themselves didn't generate much critical attention. There's also a Lee Sang-mi associated with the long-running rural drama *Country Diary*, reportedly playing a character known as "Gae-ddong's mother", though whether this is the same actress as either of the above profiles is unconfirmed. The professional record, such as it is, points to a working actor operating in supporting and character-role territory across both film and television — the kind of career that keeps productions running but rarely lands on a reviewer's radar.

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Filmography

Frequently asked questions

What films is Lee Sang-mi known for?

Lee Sang-mi has 2 titles indexed on Movie OTT, including Soulmate, Jazzy Misfits.