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Jeon Do-yeon

Acting Born Feb 11, 1973 Seoul, South Korea 24 credits

Biography

Jeon Do-yeon (born February 11, 1973) is a highly-acclaimed South Korean actress who has won many awards including best actress at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. She is most famous for her extraordinary portrayal of a broken woman who has lost everything in Lee Chang-dong's Secret Sunshine.

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Known for

You Quiz on the Block

as Self

Movie Room

as Self

Just an Excuse

as Self

The Game Caterers

as Self
Film

Happy End

as Choi Bo-ra
Film

Ashfall

as Sun Hwa
Film

Kill Boksoon

as Gil Bok-soon

Full filmography

  • You Quiz on the Block (2018) as Self
  • Movie Room (2018) as Self
  • Just an Excuse (2022) as Self
  • The Game Caterers (2021) as Self
  • Happy End (1999) as Choi Bo-ra
  • Baeksang Arts Awards (2012) as Self
  • Crash Course in Romance (2023) as Nam Haeng-seon
  • The Price of Confession (2025) as An Yun-su
  • Mantis (2025) as Gil Bok-soon
  • Modern Korea (2019) as Self (archive footage)
  • Ashfall (2019) as Sun Hwa
  • Kill Boksoon (2023) as Gil Bok-soon
  • The Good Wife (2016) as Kim Hye-kyung
  • Lost (2021) as Bu-jeong
  • On Air (2008) as Self
  • Love Story (1999)
  • Untold Scandal (2003) as Lady Jeong
  • Emergency Declaration (2022) as Kim Sook-hee
  • The Housemaid (2010) as Eun-yi
  • Good News (2025) as First Lady
  • Snail (1997) as Sun-ja
  • Love is Blue (1995) as Na Hye-jin
  • Until We Fall in Love (1996)
  • Star in My Heart (1997) as Soon-ae