Lee Re

Lee Re (born March 12, 2006) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for playing the title character in Hope (2013),  Witch at Court (2017) and Castaway Diva (2023).

Early life and education
Born in 2006, Lee is the youngest among a family of one son and two daughters. She attended Sunchang Elementary School in Gwangju, Gahyeon Elementary School in Incheon and Changchon Elementary School in Seoul. She also studied at Korea International Christian School (KICS) in Incheon, which is a private alternative school for Protestants. She passed the Department of Theater and Film at Chung-Ang University in 2023, at the age of 16 made her a freshman two years early.

Career
Lee started her career by working as a model. She made her acting debut in the television series Goodbye Dear Wife (2012). She made a very strong impression on her first film appearance, as she played an elementary school student trying to overcome the trauma of violent sexual aggression in director Lee Joon-ik's 2013 film Hope, for which her acting range was unanimously praised. For her performance in the movie, Lee won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the Beijing International Film Festival. She gained attention for her acting roles in the movies How to Steal a Dog (2014), A Melody To Remember (2016) and drama Six Flying Dragons (2015).

In 2017, she took part in the Korean voice-dubbing of the Japanese animated film Your Name (2016). In 2020, she starred in the film Peninsula, the sequel to the blockbuster zombie film Train to Busan (2016).

In July 2023, Lee signed with new agency Noon Company. Later that year, Lee appeared in the television series Castaway Diva (2023).