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}} Lee Ji-ah (born Kim Sang-eun on February 2, 1978) is a South Korean actress. After her first leading role in ''The Legend'' (2007), she has starred in television series such as ''Beethoven Virus'' (2008), ''Style'' (2009), ''Athena: Goddess of War'' (2010), and ''Me Too, Flower!'' (2011). Lee had been secretly married for 9 years to Korean pop/rock icon Seo Taiji, from 1997 to 2006. Their marriage, which had been a closely guarded secret, became public in 2011 when Lee filed for a multi-million-dollar settlement, and the news became one of the biggest scandals to date in the local entertainment scene. == Early life == Lee Ji-ah's personal profile has been shrouded in mystery, with the actress dubbed by the Korean press as an "alien" for keeping her privacy well protected. Because she moved to the United States in 1993, media and fans have found it difficult to find her personal information, pre-stardom. Her level of secrecy was later understood to be linked to her secret marriage to pop/rock singer Seo Taiji, himself a notoriously enigmatic figure. What subsequently became known is that she was born in South Korea with the name Kim Sang-eun. Her grandfather Kim Soon-heung was a notable figure in the Korean educational industry; he donated a large sum of money in 1976 for the creation of the famed Seoul Arts High School, and was also the chairman of another prestigious school, Kyunggi High School. Her father was a businessman who oversaw business matters in Korea and the United States, and reportedly when she was in the sixth grade, their family moved to the U.S. and stayed there for 10 years. According to her official profile, she majored in graphic design at the Pasadena Art Center College of Design,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ejiah.com/white/about/profile.asp )〕 but this claim has not been verified.〔 The profile also listed her birth date as February 2, 1981, but court papers later placed her birth year as 1978. During a brief visit to Korea in 2004, she made her entertainment debut by appearing in an LG Telecom TV commercial with actor Bae Yong-joon. She left the U.S. and returned to Korea in early 2005. She legally changed her name from Kim Sang-eun to Kim Ji-ah, then adopted the stage name Lee Ji-ah (also romanized as E Jiah). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lee Ji-ah」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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