Soo Yeon Lee

Short Biography

Soo Yeon Lee is an actress, known for Entourage (2004), The Brits Are Coming (2017) and Cross Wars (2017).Born (May 22, 1984) in Pusan, South Korea, Soo Yeon Lee is an extraordinary table tennis champion, an elegant fashion model, and an actress. She was born in Pusan, South Korea and began her extensive training in table tennis at the age of nine under the supervision of former Olympic Gold Medalist Jung Hwa Hyun. Soo Yeon’s extraordinary skills were recognized early when she won successive titles as the Korean National Junior Team Champion at the age of twelve, 1st Place in the Taiwan International Junior Table Tennis Championship, and 2nd Place in the Czechoslovakia International Junior Table Tennis Championship.Soo Yeon’s defensive technique, which emphasizes spin variation and highly tuned movements, quickly earned her a place on the Korean National Team, where she went on to take 2nd place in the World University Championship in China. Some of her additional achievements in table tennis include being crowned the 2004 New Zealand Women’s Singles Champion and Senior Female Sportsperson of the Year. In 2007, she came to the United States, and won the under 24 category in the U.S. Open Championship and later the Cary Open Women’s Singles. She also won the San Diego Women’s Singles Division and the Killerspin Invitational Tournament Championship in Chicago in 2008 and 2009 respectively.Soo Yeon’s unique and elegant looks have come to brand her as the new “face” of contempory table tennis on the world stage. It has also launched her television and modeling career, landing her with guest appearances on The Jay Leno Show, the Entourage television series, ESPN, CBS, and MTW. As a fashion model, she has appeared in a variety of notable magazines and newspapers such as Vanity Fair, GQ, Cosmopolitan, the Los Angeles Times, and the New York Times; she has also appeared in print and television ads for McDonald’s, Red Bull, Asics, Nike, and K-Swiss, among many other companies.