Born in Seoul in 1970, Lee Jung-eun pursued theater and film studies at Hanyang University before launching a stage career in the early 1990s. After years as an assistant director and musical performer, she earned the Young Drama Award for her 2008 role in the acclaimed musical Laundry, a production she revisited for several seasons. A return to cinema came with a minor part in Bong Joon-ho’s Moth…