Five Fun Facts About Lee Honey

Lee Honey is currently attracting attention for her role as Madam Woo in the film "Tazza: The High Rollers 2." In that film she shot a kiss scene with Big Bang's T.O.P. for almost eight hours. She is also working on her upcoming role in the SBS drama "Modern Farmer." In "Modern Farmer" she will play a small town mayor and Lee Hongki's first love.

Here are some more facts you may want to know about Lee Honey.

1.     She is a beauty pageant winner. Born Lee Ha Nui, she competed in the 50th Miss Korea pageant as Miss Seoul and won. She was also a third place runner-up in the 2007 Miss Universe contest.

2.     She comes from a family of smart and gifted people. Her dad works with the National Intelligence Service. Her mom has a doctorate in Korean music and her sister also has a degree in traditional Korean music.

3.     She's not only beautiful and talented, but she was named a musical prodigy. Lee her mother and older sister, all play the traditional Korean zither-like instrument known as the gayageum. Lee was named a gayageum prodigy by the prestigious Kumho Art Center. She has released four gayageum CDs and played in more than 25 countries. And despite her traditional music background, she almost had a career as a k-pop star. She was considered as a member of 2NE1.

4.     She is close to actress Kim Tae Hee, who she met when they both attended Seoul National University.

"I know Kim Tae Hee unni through the ski club in school from 2004 and we are still close. I am tall and played the bodyguard role of Tae Hee unni," Lee said in an interview with Ilgan Sports Newspaper.

To explain her bodyguard role, she said that at the time Kim Tae Hee had already debuted and people wanted to take her photo. She told photographers they should not take pictures of her friend.

5. She began dating her boyfriend actor and former g.o.d. member Yoon Kye Sang because they were already rumored to be dating. The actors met at the Busan Film Festival and coincidentally both went to Bali on the same day. It was rumored they were dating and there on vacation together. They denied the rumors but eventually mutual friends and shared interest in films, art and cooking brought them together. They became friends and a month later decided to date for real.