She began her career in the 2011
sitcom Vampire Idol, then played supporting roles in
television dramas
The Innocent Man (2012),
Gu Family Book (2013), and
Pinocchio (2014), as well as the films
The Royal Tailor (2014) and
Twenty (2015). Lee plays her first leading role in
Scholar Who Walks the Night, adapted from the
webtoon about a
Joseon vampire scholar and a cross-dressing bookseller. In 2017, Lee starred alongside
Choi Min-ho in the JTBC web drama
Somehow 18. In October 2017, Lee signed with new management agency 935 Entertainment. In 2018, Lee starred in the medical slice-of-life drama,
A Poem a Day. In July 2023, Lee left 935 Entertainment and signed with new agency Ghost Studio. ==Filmography==