Lee Ji-yeon (; born February 18, 1984), known professionally as Lina (), is a South Korean singer and musical theatre actress. She was a part of the short-lived Korean R&B duo Isak N Jiyeon during 2002. After the duo disbanded in 2004, Lina eventually became a member of girl group The Grace in 2005.
Following The Grace's indefinite hiatus in 2010, Lina established herself as a musical actress, notably through her participation in the original and Korean versions of stage musicals including Fame, Moon Embracing the Sun, Jekyll & Hyde, Notre-Dame de Paris, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Les Misérables.
Personal life On July 25, 2014, Lina confirmed that she was dating musical actor, Jang Seung-jo for two years. They had been seeing each other since the musical "Temptation of Wolves". They got married on November 22, 2014, in a private wedding. The two welcomed their first child in September 2018. On September 28, 2021, the agency announced that Lina is pregnant with her second child. On December 31, 2021, Lina gave birth to the couple's second child, a daughter.
Discography
Original soundtracks Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album KOR "Answer Me" (with Sung Doo Seop & Shinshin Kim)2013 —rowspan="9" Murder Ballad OST"You Belong To Me" (with Sung Doo Seop) —"Little By Little – Reprise" (with Shinshin Kim) —"You Belong To Me – Reprise" (with Shinshin Kim, Sung Doo Seop & Moon Jin Ah) —"Finale" (with Shinshin Kim, Sung Doo Seop & Moon Jin Ah) —"Last Love" () (as Ballerina Created by Ballet) 2017 —King of Mask Singer: Episode 102"The Star" () (with Han Ji-sang) 2019 —Ben-Hur: The Musical OST"The Light of Catacombs" () (with Woohyuk Min, Ensemble) —"How We Used To Be" () (with Kai, Seo Ji-young, Eunsoo Moon) — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Other appearances Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album KOR"I Dream Of You" 2003 — rowspan="2" 2003 Winter Vacation in SMTOWN.com"Rock'n' Roll Star"2006 —Sweet Flower "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Filmography
Television series Year Title Role Network Note 2012 Dream of the Emperor Kim Munhui KBS 2020 Chocolate Woman in the museum JTBC
Musical theatre Year Title Role 2011 The March of the Youth Oh Young-shim 2011 Temptation of Wolves Jung Han-kyung 2011–2012 Fame Serena Katz 2013–2014 Murder Ballad Sarah 2014 Moon Embracing the Sun Heo Yeon-woo 2014–2015 Jekyll & Hyde Lucy Harris 2015 Man of La Mancha Aldonza 2015–2016 The Orchestra Pit Harp player 2016 Newsies Katherine Plumber 2016 Notre-Dame de Paris Esmeralda 2016–2017 The Count of Monte Cristo Mercedes 2017 Cyrano de Bergerac The Musical Roxanne2019 Ben-HurEsther 2019–2020 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Mrs. Lovett 2020–2021 The Count of Monte Cristo (10th Anniversary) Mercedes 2022–2023 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Miss Lovett 2023–2024 Les Misérables Fantine2024HadestownPersephone2024If/ThenElizabeth Vaughn2024–2025Jekyll & HydeLucy Harris2025Mrs. DoubtfireMiranda Hillard
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