Hyunri

Hyunri LEE (well known as "Hyunri" in Japan and Korea )is an Asian actress of born in Tokyo, Japan of Korean descent. She lived in Oxford, England when she was a teenager and also studied acting in Korea as an exchange student at Yonsei University from Aoyama Gakuin University majoring in law. After college she returned to Japan and landed acting jobs in many Japanese films as well as top TV shows. In 2016,Her first starring role, she played a Japanese Korean girl living in Tokyo, in "The Voice of Water" which was officially invited to the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. This film received numerous awards including the Rising Star Award in the 29th Takasaki Film Festival. She also received People choices Asian Star award in Seoul international drama awards 2017. The best well known her role is Saeko Harada in "Mistresses" based on BBC's TV series. Hyunri also hosts her own radio show for one of the largest radio stations J-WAVE in Tokyo since 2017. She speaks fluent Japanese, Korean and conversational English.