She was awarded the Best Female CF Model at the 6th Korea Advertiser Association (KAA) Awards. Lee Na-young first made a name for herself as the star in the dramatic mini-series Ruler of Your Own World. Since then she has taken on a variety of roles, portraying a deadly warrior in the thriller Dream of a Warrior; a quirky, love-sick public official in the romantic comedy film Please Teach Me English; a reserved yet charming girl who secretly admires a man for 10 years, but has never said a word to him in the romantic comedy Someone Special, and a suicidal rape victim who develops a close bond with a death row inmate in the drama film Maundy Thursday. Lee Na-young has been romantically linked to Won Bin, another popular South Korean actor, since 2013.