6 facts about Lee Yoo-mi, star of Netflix’s All of Us Are Dead: she’s pals with her Squid Game co-star Jung Ho-yeon and K-pop idol Hani, and has been compared to Sulli
- She decided to become an actress at 13 after being deeply affected by Kang Hye-jung’s performance in the film Herb, and landed her first roles soon after
- She won an award for Young Adult Matters, beat over a thousand auditioners to be in Hostage: Missing Celebrity, and gained six million Instagram followers after Squid Game
The 27-year-old actress truly left her mark and seems to be getting more popular by the week. Although she’s now been in the industry for years, it’s only now that the breakout actress is really getting noticed.
As a result, her upcoming thriller All of Us Are Dead (based on a webtoon called Now at Our School) is now hotly anticipated by many who are keen to see her portray a student trapped inside her school during a zombie apocalypse.
So, what else is there to know about her?
1. She credits Kang Hye-jung for getting her into acting
Lead actress Kang Hye-jung’s performance in the drama Herb (2007) reportedly made a huge impression on Lee. She told Cosmopolitan: “Actress Kang Hye-jung played a mentally challenged person. I was young so I thought that an actual mentally challenged person starred in the film, but I realised that wasn’t the case. It was shocking. I was in awe so I was drawn to acting.”
After her family helped her approach several agencies, she began to audition and scored parts in several adverts. Her dream career had begun.
By the time she was 15, Lee had landed her first proper roles in action thriller The Yellow Sea and sci-fi children’s show Future Boy. Now, after over a decade in the industry, she’s had parts in almost 30 films and K-dramas, according to KBizoom.
2. She went from 40,000 to 6.7 million Instagram followers thanks to Squid Game
