Jeon Do-yeon

Jeon Do-yeon

1973-02-11 Seoul, South Korea 31 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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Revolver

Revolver

2024

as Ha Su-young

5.2
Acting

Su-young, a police detective who went to prison for someone else, is surprised when a mysterious woman named Yoon-sun arrives to collect her on her da...

Kill Boksoon

Kill Boksoon

2023

as Gil Bok-soon

6.8
Acting

At work, she's a renowned assassin. At home, she's a single mom to a teenage daughter. Killing? That's easy. It's parenting that's the hard part.

Emergency Declaration

Emergency Declaration

2022

as Kim Sook-hee

7.5
Acting

While investigating a terroristic threat that goes viral online, Korean authorities discover that a suspect has recently boarded an international flig...

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

2022

as Cheol-yi's Mother

Acting

Caught up in anxiety, eight-year-old Chul in school tells his teacher that he is going to the bathroom but runs straight home.

Lee Chang-dong: The Art of Irony

Lee Chang-dong: The Art of Irony

2022

as Self

7.5
Acting

A portrait of the South Korean screenwriter, director and producer Lee Chang-Dong through his work, this documentary provides a thematic analysis of h...

Hostage: Missing Celebrity

Hostage: Missing Celebrity

2021

as Self (cameo)

6.9
Acting

A box office star has to prove his action credentials in the real world when he's kidnapped and held for ransom.

Beasts Clawing at Straws

Beasts Clawing at Straws

2020

as Yeon-hee

7.1
Acting

A struggling restaurant owner, caring for his sick mom, finds a bag of cash in a sauna locker, while a customs officer gets into trouble when his girl...

Ashfall

Ashfall

2019

as Sun Hwa

6.8
Acting

A group of unlikely heroes from across the Korean peninsula try to save the day after a volcano erupts on the mythical and majestic Baekdu Mountain.

Birthday

Birthday

2019

as Soon-nam

8.1
Acting

Returning from eight years abroad at work and in prison, Jeong-il struggles to reconnect with his wife and their young daughter, Ye-sol, whom he barel...

The Nest

The Nest

2017

as Ji-soo

5.0
Acting

A boy adopted by a married couple who lives with her cute daughter comes. The boy's unpleasant behavior continues, and the woman who wants a happy fam...

A Man and a Woman

A Man and a Woman

2016

as Sang-min

6.8
Acting

Two strangers have dropped their kids off at a pickup area for a children's camp in Helsinki, Finland. A spark of mutual interest is ignited between t...

Memories of the Sword

Memories of the Sword

2015

as Sul-rang / Wol-so

6.6
Acting

While in medieval Korea, a young girl sets out to revenge the betrayal and the death of her mother. But therefore she must face one of the most powerf...

The Shameless

The Shameless

2015

as Kim Hye-kyung

6.4
Acting

A homicide detective tries to flush out a mob enforcer by befriending the suspect's beautiful girlfriend, but soon develops romantic feelings for her.

Way Back Home

Way Back Home

2013

as Song Jung-yeon

7.6
Acting

Jeong-yoon and Jong-bae own a car body repair shop together that gets in financial trouble. To help cover the losses and take care of her family, Jeon...

Countdown

Countdown

2011

as Cha Ha-yeon

6.6
Acting

A cold-blooded debt collector who never fails to get what he wants meets the beautiful yet mysterious ex-impostor whose every word is nothing but a li...

The Housemaid

The Housemaid

2010

as Eun-yi

6.4
Acting

Eun-yi is hired as a maid in a mansion owned by a wealthy businessman. He quickly starts seducing his employee who seemingly has little choice but to ...

My Dear Enemy

My Dear Enemy

2008

as Hee-soo

6.8
Acting

Hee-soo is desperate for money and finds her ex-boyfriend who owes her money. He goes around to various ex-girlfriends to get cash and she trails alon...

Secret Sunshine

Secret Sunshine

2007

as Lee Shin-ae

7.2
Acting

Shin-ae moves to her recently late husband’s hometown. Despite her efforts to settle in this unfamiliar and too-normal place, she finds that she can’t...

You Are My Sunshine

You Are My Sunshine

2005

as Eun-ha

6.4
Acting

An old bachelor Seok-joong, who has no experience in dating, falls in love at first sight with a prostitute named Eun-ha. At first Eun-ha shows no int...

My Mother the Mermaid

My Mother the Mermaid

2004

as Na-young / Young Yeon-soon

6.5
Acting

Na-young works at a post office and is sick and tired of being around her shamefully unyielding mother and her pushover father who's excessively nice....

Untold Scandal

Untold Scandal

2003

as Lady Jeong

6.5
Acting

In late 1700s Korea, Lady Cho challenges the playboy Lord Jo-won into seducing and sleeping with her husband's coming young, virgin concubine. Lady Ch...

No Blood No Tears

No Blood No Tears

2002

as Su-jin

6.0
Acting

A former safecracker makes a living as a taxi driver but continues to be haunted by her past. One day she chances upon an aspiring singer, who is a sp...

I Wish I Had a Wife

I Wish I Had a Wife

2001

as Jung Won-ju

6.4
Acting

A lonely Korean banker drags himself through the mundanity of his job and his vacuous social life in the hope that he will eventually find that specia...

Happy End

Happy End

1999

as Choi Bo-ra

6.7
Acting

When a wife becomes the breadwinner of her family after her husband loses his job, adultery becomes part of her life.

The Harmonium in My Memory

The Harmonium in My Memory

1999

as Yun Hong-yeon

6.5
Acting

Hong-yun is a high school girl in little mountain village when she falls head-over-heels for a handsome new school teacher, Mr. Kang. What with taking...

A Promise

A Promise

1998

as Chae Hee-ju

6.8
Acting

When she met him at the first time, he was a wounded person. However, she saw him through his clear eyes hidden in the bandage. She, Chae Hi-Ju, is a ...

What You Cherish Can Never Be Forgotten

What You Cherish Can Never Be Forgotten

1998

5.0
Acting
The Contact

The Contact

1997

as Lee Soo-hyun

7.3
Acting

The male radio presenter Dong-hyun and the female TV home shopping phone operator Soo-hyun are both lonely. While Dong-hyun is focused on getting back...

Good News

Good News

N/A

Acting

Set in the 1970s, a group of people gathered to land a hijacked airplane at all costs devise a suspicious plan.

Mantis

Mantis

N/A

as Gil Bok-soon

Acting

Mantis, an ace assassin, returns to the contract killer industry after a hiatus, encountering his trainee friend Jae-yi and a retired legendary killer...

Possible Love

N/A

Acting