SIWFFstar
LEE Yeon, Actor
SIWFFstar is the title given to the festival ambassador who supports and represents the Seoul International Women's Film Festival. This year, actor LEE Yeon joins as the 12th SIWFFstar. She became connected with SIWFF through her leading role in The Journey to Gyeongju, a feature developed through SIWFF's Pitch&Catch, the festival's project development program for feature films.
Lee Yeon began her career in feature films with Take Me Home (2020), after building her acting experience through numerous short and independent films. She has since demonstrated remarkable versatility across film and television, appearing in the Netflix series D.P. (2021) and Juvenile Justice (2022), the Wavve original series Weak Hero Class 1 (2022), the Netflix film Kill Boksoon (2023), and the tvN drama Delightfully Deceitful (2023). She made a particularly strong impression in Juvenile Justice with her portrayal of the 13-year-old boy Baek Seong-woo, delivering a performance that transcended the boundaries of gender and age.
Most recently, she played Dongju, the third daughter in Kim Mi-jo's The Journey to Gyeongju, a recipient of the SIWFF Pitch&Catch Award, and continues her acting career with projects including the MBC drama Perfect Crown (2026).
SIWFFstar’s Words
"As an actor, I try not to define a person too quickly, but instead to take the time to see the many faces within them. I believe SIWFF, too, is a place that consistently brings forward people and voices beyond familiar stories. Just as The Journey to Gyeongju began as a Pitch&Catch project and grew into a completed feature film, I am delighted to join the festival as SIWFFstar, so that more stories may find their own faces and stand before audiences." (Lee Yeon)