Yunji Lee's colorful daily life: Between an artist on stage and a mother of two daughters > News

Recently, the news that actress Lee Yoon-ji's eldest daughter, Rani, finished elementary school became a hot topic online. Even though she was in the 5th grade at normal school age, the sight of Ms. Rani wearing a graduation gown and cap brought both surprise and curiosity to many people. The graduation ceremony that her father, Jeong Han-ul, revealed through social media showed his deep affection for his daughter, and his short answer to an acquaintance's question, "It's an early graduation system," further stimulated the public's curiosity. Some have made speculations about the educational environment by focusing on the way certain alternative schools or foreign schools operate their academic systems, but this is an area where an individual's educational choice should be respected and should not be a subject of hasty judgment.

Yunji Lee's life extends beyond the boundaries of the family and into the realms of art and academics. Currently, she is sharing a high level of emotional connection with the audience through the play ‘Beginning’ and is projecting her acting life into the character of ‘Laura’, a career woman. Her acting skills, which she has accumulated in sitcoms, historical dramas, and modern dramas since her debut in 2003, resulted in her receiving praise from critics through the recent movie ‘Dream Palace’ and winning the Best Supporting Actress Award. This is not simply the result of luck, but the result of her sincerity in testing her own limits by demonstrating the essence of everyday acting in each work.

What's interesting is that the name Yunji Lee is mentioned not only in the entertainment industry but also at the forefront of science and technology. Of course, this is thanks to the activities of Professor Lee Yun-ji of Chung-Ang University College of Pharmacy, who has the same name as actress Lee Yun-ji. At the recent Korean Medical Association conference, she drew attention from the academic world by presenting strategies for utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) that permeates the entire process of new drug development. While emphasizing that AI is an efficient tool for discovering new drug candidates and designing protein structures from vast amounts of data, her view that ultimately the final verification and researcher's insight rests with humans is very meaningful. We understand the essence that no matter how rapidly technology develops, people must ultimately be the ones to question and interpret the technology.

The achievements shown by people with the same name in their respective fields remind us of the common value of ‘sincerity.’ Actor Lee Yun-ji's fierceness in combining studies and filming, which earned her a top honors degree in college, or the importance of human verification that pharmacist Lee Yoon-ji emphasized while leading the paradigm shift in new drug development are in no different contexts. They are similar in that they both do their best in their positions and create social value. The public is sometimes only immersed in the private lives of celebrities, but the true meaning of ‘interest’ is reading the professional expertise and serious attitude toward life of those behind it.