I found Korean Annie Lee when I was looking at
this funny tv commercial about rice at Yolk.com. I thought to myself: Let’s do a little research on her!
It seems that Annie Lee is relatively new in the film industry, she recently had her ‘Hollywood’ debut in a movie called Close Call (USA, 2004). The IMDB.com rating is very low (4.4 with only 33 votes!), and after I watched the trailer at the official movie site, I don’t think this is far from the truth… But I do think Annie Lee looks great! Unfortunately for her the movie wasn’t a commercial succes judging by these figures.Annie Lee on the web
Annie Lee @ IMDB.com
Close Call official movie site
Annie Lee @ Yolk.com
Annie Lee Google Image search
Interview with Annie Lee
Photo’s of a promo gig
Close Call movie premiere photo’s
I do not understand why they used this photo for the movie poster! She looks a bit cross-eyed there, while on other photo’s I found she looks so nice.
Full bio from the Close Call movie site
Annie Lee was born in 1977 and raised in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. Ever since she was young she knew she wanted to be an entertainer. Her first acting class was at the age of 9 at UCLAβs Young Performerβs Workshop. During high school she became interested in pursuing the medical field, but fate let her back to entertainment and she was scouted to do some modeling, print work, runway, commercials, theater, and music videos. When college came around she found her love for performing again and eventually trained with renowned acting coaches in Hollywood such as David Kagen (Meisner technique), Catlin Adams (Strasberg Method), Doug Warhit, Michele Shay, Gary Davis, and Ric De Angelo.
She now holds a Bachelor of Arts from UCLA. Soon after graduation she worked for First Look Pictures to learn more about the distribution aspect of films. Annie then tackled producing by working side by side on production and development with Hollywoodβs A-list producer, Doug Claybourne, (The Fast and the Furious, Apocalypse Now), which gave her more skills & momentum to reach her dream.
In a short film, “Mindbenders,” directed by Atif A. Mirza, she conducted her own martial arts stunts where she underwent extensive training and even pulled a ligament! She also loves children, which led her to be an acting coach at the LA Performing Arts Center for children. With her desire to give to her community she also volunteered at the Korean Youth Community Center in LA with the Teen Theatre department.
As a filmmaker, she produced a short film titled “Tomato & Eggs” directed by Shawn Chou starring Lisa Lu (The Joy Luck Club), Michelle Krusiec (HBO’s Mind of a Married Man), Keiko Agena (WB’s Gilmore Girls), and Sab Shimono (The Big Hit), which won the Audience Award for Best Asian-American Short Film at the Big Bear Film Festival.
Currently she is acting, producing and keeping busy with involvement in many independent projects. She is a member of the Lodestone Theatre Ensemble and continues to study the craft of acting & filmmaking.
With a strong passion for films, she is aspiring to be a producer and director.
Ms. Lee makes her feature film acting debut in Close Call.
Close Call is a coming of age awakening heartfelt story about a teenage girl trapped in a downward spiral of promiscuous sex, drugs, alcohol use, and criminality. Brutally honest in its depiction of the damage wrought by the breakdown of the family in contemporary America, Close Call adds another theme to the story: The ever-widening gap between first generation parents and American youth.
