Lee Eun-ju was a South Korean actress. She died by suicide at the age of 24. Born in Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea, Lee moved to Seoul after graduating high school to study acting. She was first noticed in the mid-1990s as a model for school uniforms, and after a number of television appearances she made her film debut in 1999 with Rainbow Trout. She went on to become a popular actress in Korea, starring in hit films such as Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Lovers' Concerto and Taegukgi. She also starred in the very popular Korean drama, The Phoenix, as well as The Scarlet Letter,... her final role. On the night of February 22, 2005, only a few days after her graduation from Dankook University, Lee died by suicide at her apartment in Bundang, Seongnam. She was 24 years old. She slit her wrists and hanged herself. The family blamed the suicide on severe bouts of depression and mental illness, and said she had been suffering from insomnia due to the nude scenes she had done in The Scarlet Letter. She left a suicide note scrawled in blood, in which she wrote, "Mum, I am sorry and I love you.
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| Birthdate: | November 16, 1980 |
| Birthplace: | Gunsan |
| Date of death: | February 22, 2005 |
| Height: | 5' 6" |
| Education: | Dankook University |
| Also known as: | 이은주 |