Lee Da Hae (born Byun Da Hye) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her roles in Korean dramas such as My Girl, Green Rose, The Slave Hunters, Miss Ripley, Hotel King, and Nice Witch.
When she was in grade 5 at primary school, she and her family moved to Sydney, Australia, where she used the Westernized name, Cherry Byun. Byun made her entertainment debut when she won the 71st Miss Chunhyang Pageant in 2001. Using the stage name Lee Da Hae, she began to appear in minor and supporting roles in television dramas.
Lee, who is fluent in English and Mandarin, and has a significant fan base in China with over 6 million followers on her Weibo microblog, and made her Chinese television drama debut in 2012 in the drama “Love Actually” with famous Taiwanese actor Joe Cheng.
