# Lee El

Kim Ji-hyun (Korean: 김지현; born June 26, 1982), known professionally as Lee El (Korean: 이엘) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her supporting roles in the film Inside Men (2015), the television series It's Okay, That's Love (2014), Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (2016–2017), A Korean Odyssey (2017–2018), and Black (2017) as well as her leading roles in the film What a Man Wants (2018) and television series My Liberation Notes (2022).

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009 | Secret | Young-sook | |
| 2010 | The Yellow Sea | Joo-young | |
| 2012 | Pacemaker | Choi Min-kyung | |
| 2012 | Masquerade | Ahn Gae-shi | |
| 2014 | One Thing She Doesn't Have | Se-ra | |
| 2014 | Man on High Heels | Do Do | |
| 2015 | Inside Men | Joo Eun-hye | |
| 2018 | What a Man Wants | Jenny | |
| 2019 | Scent of a Ghost | Ji-yun | |
| 2020 | The Call | Sunwoo Ja-ok | Netflix film |
| 2022 | Love and Leashes | Hye-Mi | Netflix film |
| 2022 | Yaksha: Ruthless Operations | Hee-won | Netflix film |
| 2024 | Following | Oh Young-joo | |
| TBA | Heaven: To the Land of Happiness | | |

### Television series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009 | Good Job, Good Job | Min-joo | |
| 2011 | Drama Special Series: "White Christmas" | Oh Jung-hye | |
| 2011 | Detectives in Trouble | Yoo Hye-min | |
| 2011 | The Princess' Man | Mae-hyang | |
| 2012 | Wild Romance | Mi-jin | |
| 2013 | 7th Grade Civil Servant | Park Soo-young | |
| 2013 | Drama Festival: "Swine Escape" | Wol-hyang | |
| 2014 | Mother's Garden | Kim Ja-kyung | |
| 2014 | It's Okay, That's Love | Se-ra | Cameo (Ep 1–2) |
| 2014 | Liar Game | Oh Jung-ah (Jaime) | |
| 2015 | More Than a Maid | Lady Kang | |
| 2015 | Divorce Lawyer in Love | Han Mi-ri | |
| 2015 | My Beautiful Bride | Son Hye-jung | |
| 2015 | Hello Monster | Kang Sung-eun | Cameo (Ep 9–10) |
| 2015 | Imaginary Cat | Dokgo Soon | |
| 2016 | Monster | Ok Chae-ryung | |
| 2016 | Entourage | Herself | Cameo (Ep 13–16) |
| 2016 | Guardian: The Lonely and Great God | Samsin Halmeoni | |
| 2017 | Black | Yoon Soo-wan | |
| 2017 | A Korean Odyssey | Ma Ji-young | |
| 2018 | Matrimonial Chaos | Jin Yoo-young | |
| 2019 | When the Devil Calls Your Name | Ji Seo-young | |
| 2022 | My Liberation Notes | Yeom Ki-jeong | |
| 2023 | Battle for Happiness | Jang Mi-ho | |
| 2024 | Mr. Plankton | Bong Ju-ri | |
| 2025 | When the Stars Gossip | Kang Tae-hee | |
| 2025 | The Mantis: Original Sin | Na-hee | |

### Web series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 2018 | Ambergris | AI | Voice | |

## Theater

| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
| 2011–2012 | Return to Hamlet | So-hee | |

## 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 |
| APAN Star Awards | 2022 | Best Supporting Actress | My Liberation Notes | Nominated |
| Baeksang Arts Awards | 2023 | Best Supporting Actress – Television | My Liberation Notes | Nominated |
| Blue Dragon Film Awards | 2021 | Best Supporting Actress | The Call | Nominated |
| Grand Bell Awards | 2016 | Best Supporting Actress | Inside Men | Nominated |
| KBS Drama Awards | 2018 | Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Matrimonial Chaos | Nominated |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2016 | Golden Acting Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama | Monster | Nominated |