EL

Actor

EL

Born August 26, 1982 in Seoul, South Korea18 films

Kim Ji-hyun, better known by her stage name EL (or Lee El), is a South Korean actress, best known as Lee Byung-hun's ill fated love interest in Inside Men.

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The Call posterFirst watchThe Call20207.5as Ja-okA major role in one of the best-rated films of their career.Connected by phone in the same home but 20 years apart, a caller puts a woman’s past — and life — on the line to change her own fate.View film

Essential films

Ranked by role, acclaim and reach
Love and Leashes poster6.7Love and Leashes2022Following poster7.0Following2024Yaksha: Ruthless Operations poster6.6Yaksha: Ruthless Operations2022The Yellow Sea poster7.4The Yellow Sea2010Inside Men poster7.0Inside Men2015Man on High Heels poster6.9Man on High Heels2014Masquerade poster7.7Masquerade2012The Drug King poster6.3The Drug King2018

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The Call poster7.5The Call2020

Filmography

18 films as actor
  1. 2024FollowingOh Young-ju
  2. 2022Yaksha: Ruthless OperationsHee-won
  3. 2022Love and LeashesHye-mi
  4. 2021Heaven: To the Land of HappinessKim Byeon
  5. 2020The CallJa-ok
  6. 2019The Night View of the Ocean in Yeosu
  7. 2019Scent of a GhostJi-yeon
  8. 2018The Drug KingYoung Partner
  9. 2018What a Man WantsJenny
  10. 2015Inside MenJoo Eun-hye
  11. 2014Man on High HeelsDodo
  12. 2014One Thing She Doesn't HaveSarah
  13. 2013Swine EscapeWol-hyang
  14. 2012MasqueradeLady Ahn
  15. 2012PacemakerDr. Choi
  16. 2011Athena: Goddess of WarDIS Agent
  17. 2010The Yellow SeaJoo Yeong
  18. 2009SecretYoung-sook