Jeon Do-yeon
Jeon Do-yeon | |
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Jeon Do-yeon at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. | |
Born |
Seoul, South Korea | February 11, 1973
Nationality | South Korean |
Years active | 1990–present |
Spouse(s) | Kang Shi-kyu (m. 2007) |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 전도연 |
Hanja | 全度妍 |
Revised Romanization | Jeon Do-yeon |
McCune–Reischauer | Chŏn Toyŏn |
Jeon Do-yeon (born February 11, 1973) is a South Korean actress. She has won many awards in her career, including best actress at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival for her portrayal of a broken woman who has lost everything in Lee Chang-dong's Secret Sunshine.[1]
Career
Jeon Do-yeon spent five years starring in television dramas before achieving instant star status with her film debut opposite Han Suk-kyu in The Contact. She went on to establish a reputation as a "chameleon" who can take on a wide variety of roles, from her performance as a doctor in the hit melodrama A Promise, to that of a schoolgirl in The Harmonium in My Memory, then a wife having an adulterous affair in Happy End. In 1999 and 2000 she received a Best Actress award from both the Blue Dragon Film Awards and the Grand Bell Awards for her role in The Harmonium in My Memory.[2][3]
In 2001 she skillfully played a very ordinary bank teller in Park Heung-sik's directorial debut I Wish I Had a Wife. After starring as the tough-talking "Sunglasses" in Ryoo Seung-wan's No Blood No Tears (2002),[4] Jeon spent time acting in the TV drama Shoot for the Stars. In 2003 she found box-office success in E J-yong's Untold Scandal, an adaptation of the famous French novel Dangerous Liaisons set in Joseon. The following year she reunited with Park Heung-sik in a dual role for the time-bending melodrama My Mother, the Mermaid.[2]
In 2005 Jeon burst back into the limelight playing a prostitute who contracts AIDS in Park Jin-pyo's hard-hitting melodrama You Are My Sunshine.[5][6][7] The performance helped turn the film into a box-office hit (3 million+ admissions), and also won her yet more additions to her collection of local acting awards.[2] She then returned to television in Lovers in Prague which depicts the love story between the president's daughter and an ordinary detective; the drama averaged over 27 percent viewership ratings.[8] In Korea, it is rare for a movie and a TV drama with the same leading actor or actress to become major hits at the same time, but Jeon managed to pull both roles off perfectly without causing any confusion in the audience.[9]
But it was her role in Lee Chang-dong's Secret Sunshine in 2007 that would see her emerge in full glory.[10][11] Although the film itself, which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival, evoked widely differing assessments from international critics, Jeon's performance was universally praised, and she was presented with a Best Actress award by the Cannes jury—the first Korean ever to receive an acting award at Cannes.[2][12][13][14][15]
After making the charming, laidback road movie My Dear Enemy post-Cannes,[16][17][18][19][20] Jeon gave birth to a daughter and rested for a while. In 2010, she re-established her status as Korea's premier A-list actress, headlining the controversial remake The Housemaid.[21][22]
In caper movie Countdown Jeon played a female con artist who risks her life for ten days for a final deal with a cold-hearted debt collector.[23][24][25] Countdown premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.[26]
After a two-year break, Jeon starred in Bang Eun-jin's Way Back Home (2013), based on the true story of a housewife who was imprisoned for two years on the island of Martinique after being wrongly arrested for drug smuggling at Paris's Orly Airport in 2004.[27][28] She then became a member of the main competition jury at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, the first Korean actor or actress to have that honor.[29][30][31][32]
In 2015, Jeon starred in The Shameless, a thriller that explores the unexpected and carnal attraction that develops between a detective and the girlfriend of the murderer he's investigating.[33][34][35][36] She then played a blind swordswoman in the Goryeo-set revenge period drama Memories of the Sword (2015), her third collaboration with Park Heung-sik.[37][38] This was followed by Jeon's second film with director Lee Yoon-ki, A Man and a Woman, about a forbidden romance that takes place in the snow-swept landscape of Finland.[39]
Although not as broadly popular with audiences as some other stars, Jeon is widely respected for her acting abilities, and many young actresses cite her as a role model.[2][40]
Personal life
Jeon married businessman Kang Shi-kyu in a private wedding ceremony at Shilla Hotel on March 11, 2007.[41][42][43][44][45] She gave birth to a daughter on January 22, 2009.[28]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role |
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1997 | The Contact | Soo-hyeon |
1998 | A Promise | Chae Hee-ju |
1999 | The Harmonium in My Memory | Yun Hong-yeon |
Happy End | Choi Bo-ra | |
2001 | I Wish I Had a Wife | Jung Won-ju |
2002 | No Blood No Tears | Soo-jin |
2003 | Untold Scandal | Lady Jeong |
2004 | My Mother, the Mermaid | Kim Na-young / Jo Yeon-soon |
2005 | You Are My Sunshine | Eun-ha |
2007 | Secret Sunshine | Lee Shin-ae |
2008 | My Dear Enemy | Hee-soo |
2010 | The Housemaid | Eun-yi |
2011 | Countdown | Cha Ha-yeon |
2013 | Way Back Home | Song Jeong-yeon |
2015 | The Shameless | Kim Hye-kyung |
Memories of the Sword | Seol-rang / Wallso | |
2016 | A Man and a Woman | Sang-min |
Television series
Year | Title | Role | Network |
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1992 | Our Paradise | Soo-hyeon | MBC |
1994 | Love Is Blue | SBS | |
Scent of Love | Hye-jin | SBS | |
General Hospital | Kang Soon-young | MBC | |
1995 | Drama Game "Six Steps Towards Separation" | KBS2 | |
Our Sunny Days of Youth | Im Jong-hee | KBS2 | |
1996 | Project | KBS2 | |
Drama Game "Can I Go to the Post Office to Find a Lost Love?" | Im Jong-hee | KBS2 | |
Sunday Family Theater "Ganyiyeok" | Choi Kye-soon | MBC | |
Until We Can Love | Choi Kye-soon | KBS2 | |
1997 | Star in My Heart | Soon-ae | MBC |
Snail | SBS | ||
1998 | MBC Best Theater "What You Cherish Can Never Be Forgotten" | MBC | |
1999 | Love Story "Host of Memory" | SBS | |
2002 | Shoot for the Stars | Han So-ra | SBS |
2005 | Lovers in Prague | Yoon Jae-hee | SBS |
2008 | On Air | Herself (cameo, episode 2) | SBS |
2016 | The Good Wife | Kim Hye-kyung | tvN |
Music video
Year | Song Title | Artist | Co-stars |
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2002 | "The Name" | The Name | Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Ryoo Seung-bum |
Theater
Year | Title | Role |
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1997 | Educating Rita | Susan |
1998 | The Queen of Opera Tears | |
Commercials and print ads
- Johnson & Johnson Lite Baby Skin Lotion (1992)
- Crown Minishell (1992)
- Crown Choco Heim (1992)
- Crown Caramel Corns&Peanuts (1992-1994)
- Crown Orange Montt (1993)
- Crown Jollypong
- Lamy Cosmetics Lafine Vegetable (1994)
- Haitai Bongbong (1994)
- Haitai Sunkist 과일촌Ca (1996)
- Orion Basic Crackers
- Esquire Beart (1997)
- Dongsan C&G Sexy Mild Essence (1997)
- Daewoo Chorus (1999)
- Korea Telecom (1999)
- Hite (2000)
- Yesprice.co.kr (2000)
- QUA (2002)
- Shinsegae
- Nadri Cosmetics Sanghwang NAG (2005-2006)
- Chung Kwang Plus One apartments (2006)
- Hankook Tire 'Driving Emotion' (2006)
- Hana Financial Group (2007)
- Emons Furniture (2008-2011)
- Sisleÿa Global Firming Serum (2011)
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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1995 | KBS Drama Awards | Popularity Award | Our Sunny Days of Youth | Won |
1997 | 35th Grand Bell Awards | Best New Actress | The Contact | Won |
18th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | ||
Best New Actress | Won | |||
1998 | 34th Baeksang Arts Awards | Most Popular Actress (Film) | Won | |
18th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards | Best New Actress | Won | ||
19th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Actress | A Promise | Nominated | |
1999 | 35th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Actress (Film) | Won | |
36th Grand Bell Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | ||
22nd Golden Cinematography Awards | Most Popular Actress | Won | ||
20th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Actress | The Harmonium in My Memory | Won | |
Popular Star Award | Won | |||
2nd Director's Cut Awards | Best Actress | The Harmonium in My Memory, Happy End | Won | |
2000 | 37th Grand Bell Awards | Best Actress | The Harmonium in My Memory | Won |
8th Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Actress | Happy End | Won | |
1st Busan Film Critics Awards | Best Actress | Won | ||
20th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards | Best Actress | Won | ||
21st Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | ||
Popular Star Award | Won | |||
2001 | 37th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Actress (Film) | I Wish I Had a Wife | Won |
22nd Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | ||
2002 | 23rd Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Actress | No Blood No Tears | Nominated |
Popular Star Award | Won | |||
SBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress | Shoot for the Stars | Won | |
Top 10 Stars | Won | |||
2003 | 24th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Actress | Untold Scandal | Nominated |
2004 | 41st Grand Bell Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | |
25th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Actress | My Mother, the Mermaid | Nominated | |
3rd Korean Film Awards | Best Actress | Won | ||
7th Director's Cut Awards | Best Actress | Won | ||
2005 | 41st Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Actress (Film) | Nominated | |
13th Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Actress | Won | ||
42nd Grand Bell Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | ||
25th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards | Best Actress | You Are My Sunshine | Won | |
26th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | ||
Best Couple Award (with Hwang Jung-min) | Won | |||
4th Korean Film Awards | Best Actress | Won | ||
6th Women in Film Korea Awards | Best Actress | Won | ||
8th Director's Cut Awards | Best Actress | Won | ||
SBS Drama Awards | Daesang (Grand Prize) | Lovers in Prague | Won | |
Top Excellence Award, Actress | Nominated | |||
Top 10 Stars | Won | |||
2006 | 3rd Max Movie Awards | Best Actress | You Are My Sunshine | Won |
42nd Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Actress (Film) | Nominated | ||
43rd Grand Bell Awards | Best Actress | Won | ||
2007 | 60th Cannes Film Festival[1] | Best Actress | Secret Sunshine | Won |
Asia Producers Network | Asian Movie Artist Award | Won | ||
44th Grand Bell Awards | Special Achievement Award | Won | ||
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism | Okgwan Order of Cultural Merit | Won | ||
1st Asia Pacific Screen Awards | Best Actress | Won | ||
28th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Actress | Won | ||
Best Dressed | N/A | Won | ||
27th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards | Best Actress | Secret Sunshine | Won | |
7th Proud Korean Awards | Recipient (for Movie category) | Won | ||
6th Korean Film Awards | Best Actress | Won | ||
8th Women in Film Korea Awards | Best Actress | Won | ||
10th Director's Cut Awards | Best Actress | Won | ||
2008 | 2nd Asian Film Awards | Best Actress | Won | |
44th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Actress (Film) | Nominated | ||
45th Grand Bell Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | ||
2009 | Ordre des Arts et des Lettres | Chevalier[46] | N/A | Won |
Andre Kim Best Star Awards | Super Artist Award | N/A | Won | |
12th Director's Cut Awards | Cinema Angel recipient | N/A | Won | |
2010 | 47th Grand Bell Awards | Best Actress | The Housemaid | Nominated |
31st Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | ||
8th Korean Film Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | ||
2011 | 2nd Seoul Art and Culture Awards | Best Film Actor/Actress | Won | |
31st Fantasporto Director's Week | Best Actress | Won | ||
5th Asian Film Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | ||
People's Choice Award for Favorite Actress | Won | |||
2014 | 5th KOFRA Film Awards | Best Actress | Way Back Home | Won |
9th Max Movie Awards | Best Actress | Won | ||
19th Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | ||
50th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Actress (Film) | Nominated | ||
23rd Buil Film Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | ||
51st Grand Bell Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | ||
35th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | ||
2015 | 24th Buil Film Awards | Best Actress | The Shameless | Won |
36th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | ||
2016 | 52nd Paeksang Arts Awards | Best Actress (Film) | The Shameless | Won |
References
- 1 2 "Festival de Cannes: Secret Sunshine". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Actors and Actresses of Korean Cinema. Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
- ↑ A Tale of Two Jeons. The Chosun Ilbo. April 1, 2004.
- ↑ 2 characters working without a script. Korea JoongAng Daily. February 25, 2002.
- ↑ "너는 내운명 (You're My Sunshine) Production Meeting". Twitch Film. August 12, 2005.
- ↑ "너는 내운명 (You're My Sunshine) Press Screening Report". Twitch Film. September 7, 2005.
- ↑ "An Actress Who Puts All Her Energy Into Love". The Dong-a Ilbo. September 15, 2005.
- ↑ Drama Looks for Love in Prague. The Korea Times. September 14, 2005.
- ↑ Jeon Do-yeon's multiple hits stem from passion for acting. The Korea Herald. September 29, 2005.
- ↑ "INTERVIEW: Actress Jeon Do-youn - Part 1". 10Asia. April 21, 2010.
- ↑ "INTERVIEW: Actress Jeon Do-youn - Part 2". 10Asia. April 21, 2010.
- ↑ Cannes top prize goes to Korean film actress. Korea JoongAng Daily. June 7, 2007.
- ↑ Actress without ambition gets it all. Korea JoongAng Daily. May 16, 2007.
- ↑ Interview with Jeon Do-yeon. CNN. October 9, 2007.
- ↑ Int'l Awards Only the Start for Jeon, Kang. The Chosun Ilbo. October 8, 2007.
- ↑ Cannes winner takes her next step. Korea JoongAng Daily. October 3, 2007.
- ↑ Jeon Do-yeon, Ha Jung-woo as Ex-Lovers. The Korea Times. August 27, 2008.
- ↑ Jeon Do-yeon on Pregnancy, Post-Cannes Film. The Korea Times. September 21, 2008.
- ↑ Queen of Cannes Is Back with Lighter Fare. The Chosun Ilbo. September 22, 2008.
- ↑ Enemies conquer poverty to rekindle love. Korea JoongAng Daily. October 2, 2008.
- ↑ Jeon Do-yeon Returns to Screen in Risque Role. The Chosun Ilbo. April 16, 2010.
- ↑ Korea’s Queen of Cannes is back. Reuters. April 26, 2010.
- ↑ Cannes Winner Jeon Hopes Countdown a Commercial Hit. The Chosun Ilbo. October 1, 2011.
- ↑ Interview: Actress Jeon Do-youn - Part 1. 10Asia. October 21, 2011.
- ↑ Interview: Actress Jeon Do-youn - Part 2. 10Asia. October 21, 2011.
- ↑ Korean pic Countdown announced as part of 1st lineup for TIFF. 10Asia. July 27, 2011.
- ↑ "Jeon Do-yeon Plays Inmate on Tropical Island in Latest Flick". The Chosun Ilbo. November 29, 2013.
- 1 2 "Jeon Do-yeon speaks about her latest movie, motherhood". The Korea Herald. December 12, 2013.
- ↑ "The Jury of the 67th Festival de Cannes". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
- ↑ "Jeon Do-yeon first Korean actress to be Cannes jury member". The Korea Herald. April 29, 2014.
- ↑ "Jeon Do-yeon Invited to Cannes' Jury". The Chosun Ilbo. April 29, 2014.
- ↑ "Jeon Do-yeon arrives in Cannes". The Korea Times. May 15, 2014.
- ↑ "The Shameless gears up for Cannes". The Korea Herald. April 24, 2015.
- ↑ "Award-Winning Actress Still Excited About Cannes Screening". The Chosun Ilbo. May 2, 2015.
- ↑ "JEON Do-yeon Visits Cannes for the 4th Time with THE SHAMELESS". Korean Cinema Today. June 1, 2015.
- ↑ "Jeon shows reluctance over her latest image". Korea JoongAng Daily. June 2, 2015.
- ↑ "JEON Do-yeon in Way Back Home and Memories of the Sword: From Actress to Mother, and Mother to Actress". Korean Cinema Today. January 28, 2014.
- ↑ "Herald Interview: Memories of the Sword a welcome challenge for Jeon Do-yeon". The Korea Herald. August 12, 2015.
- ↑ "JEON Do-yeon and GONG Yoo Pair Up for LEE Yoon-ki". Korean Film Council. August 12, 2014.
- ↑ "JEON Do-yeon, Korean Cinema's Leading Actress: Her Past, Present and Future". Korean Cinema Today. January 24, 2014.
- ↑ Jeon Do-yeon to Tie Knot in Private Ceremony. The Chosun Ilbo. March 6, 2007.
- ↑ Stars Have Nuptial Plans: Actress Jeon Do-yeon Cuts Tape. The Korea Times. March 6, 2007.
- ↑ Actress Jeon Marries. The Korea Times. March 11, 2007.
- ↑ Jun Do-yeon weds. PopSeoul. March 11, 2007.
- ↑ Jeon Do Yeon’s never seen before wedding pictures. PopSeoul. March 19, 2007.
- ↑ Jeon Do-yeon Awarded Top French Honor.The Chosun Ilbo. October 10, 2009.
External links
- Jeon Do-youn on Cyworld
- Jeon Do-yeon at Management Soop
- Jeon Do-yeon at HanCinema
- Jeon Do-yeon at the Internet Movie Database
- Jeon Do-youn at the Korean Movie Database
- Jeon Do-yeon: A Portrait at The Korea Society
- A Tribute to Jeon Do-yeon at OhmyNews International