Lee Re (Korean: 이레) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for playing the title character in Hope (2013) and some television series.
She has an older brother and an older sister. She attended Sunchang Elementary School in Gwangju, Gahyeon Elementary School in Incheon and Changchon Elementary School in Seoul. She also studied at Korea International Christian School (KICS) in Incheon, which is a private alternative school for Protestants. She entered the Department of Theater and Film at Chung-Ang University at 16 in 2023, matriculating two years earlier than the norm.
Lee started her career by working as a model. She made her acting debut in the television series in 2012. She made an indelible impression in her first film appearance, playing an elementary school student trying to overcome the trauma of violent sexual aggression in director Lee Joon-ik's 2013 film Hope, for which her acting range was widely praised. For her performance in the movie, Lee won the Best Supporting Actress award at the Beijing International Film Festival. She gained widespread acclaim for her performance in the movies How to Steal a Dog (2014), A Melody To Remember (2016) and a drama in 2015.
In 2017, she took part in the Korean voice-dubbing of the Japanese animated film Your Name (2016). In 2020, she starred in the film Peninsula, the sequel to the blockbuster zombie film Train to Busan (2016). In July 2023, Lee signed with new agency Noon Company. Later that year, Lee appeared in a television series along with Park Eun Bin.
