K-pop singer and actress Lee Hye-ri on why her new film role, in Victory, was ‘intense’
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Lee Hye-ri, also known as Hyeri, is one of South Korea’s most popular performers and a show business veteran who branched out into television and movies after starting out in K-pop group Girl’s Day.
Lee sat down for an interview with the Post while she was in New York for the world premiere of comedy drama movie Victory at the 2024 New York Asian Film Festival. In the movie she plays a problem student whose fortunes change when she helps form a cheerleading team.
Lee was 16 when she joined Girl’s Day, and enjoyed success with the group as their songs “Twinkle, Twinkle” and “Expect” sold millions of copies, and the 2014 hit “Darling” topped Korean music charts.
“I started out as a singer, an artist, around the time I was 16,” she says. “Most of the singers who were around the same age took a long time to get to the point where they could debut. They spent a long time as trainees.