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name: "Jeon Do-yeon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jeon-do-yeon"
fi1m_id: "jeon-do-yeon"
imdb_id: "nm0161133"
tmdb_id: 20737
wikidata_id: "Q267037"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 February 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-21T05:12:43.121913+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jeon Do-yeon

## Identity

Jeon Do-yeon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jeon-do-yeon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jeon-do-yeon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0161133
- **TMDB ID:** 20737
- **Wikidata ID:** Q267037
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeon_Do-yeon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q267037, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0161133/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20737

Actor. Born 11 February 1973 in Seoul, South Korea.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 February 1973, Seoul, South Korea
- **Also known as:** Do-yeon Jeon, 전도연, Jeon Do-yun, Jun Do-yun, Jun Do-yeon, Do Yeon Chun, チョン・ドヨン, 全度妍, 全道嬿, جئون دو-یئون
- **Cannes Film Festival:** 1 Cannes prize (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeon_Do-yeon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q267037, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0161133/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20737

## Coming up

- *The Great Oksuk* (2027-03-13), as Bang Ok-suk

## Fi1m on Jeon Do-yeon

> Jeon Do-yeon makes conflicting feelings seem natural, giving us time to understand a character without insisting that we approve. She is the strongest reason to stay with Lee Chang-dong’s patient, sometimes over-explanatory *Possible Love*.

In *Possible Love* (2026), Jeon Do-yeon lets Ahn Mi-ok feel several things at once, without separating them out for our convenience. We believe in the person before we start considering what she might tell us about marriage or money. Her performance moved us because the economic pressures never obscure the recognisable human wants beneath them. There is no demand that we approve of Mi-ok before being allowed to care about her. That generosity makes a long film worth the attention it asks.

An early role in *Happy End* (1999) established her willingness to play provocative, active women. *Secret Sunshine* (2007), directed by Lee Chang-dong, brought the international breakthrough through a performance built around grief and faith. The danger with that reputation is that emotional suffering starts to look like the only thing an actor can offer. Her subsequent work gives us good reasons not to make that mistake. *Kill Boksoon* (2023), her first major action lead, made the change of territory plain.

*Revolver* (2024) offers another useful example: a restrained performance that holds attention through long takes and spare scenes. In *Possible Love*, that ability to sustain interest matters to the whole ensemble. Sul Kyung-gu, Zo In-sung and Cho Yeo-jeong help make its two marriages worth the time spent with them. Jeon gives the strongest performance, but her work does not make the others seem incidental. We want to understand how these people live with one another, and the actors give us enough to keep watching.

The reunion with Lee is worth the long evening, with a reservation about the writing. *Possible Love* sometimes spells out the connections between marriage and money after the actors have made them clear enough. We would rather have been left to work more of it out from the performances. Start with this ensemble, then follow her back to *Secret Sunshine* for the earlier collaboration.

## Biography

Jeon Do-yeon is a South Korean actress. Born in Seoul on 11 February 1973, she began her career in television dramas before making her film debut in the late 1990s.

She is known for her performances in *Secret Sunshine* (2007), for which she received the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival, *The Housemaid* (2010), *Kill Boksoon* (2023) and *Crash Course in Romance* (2023). She has collaborated several times with director Lee Chang-dong, most recently playing Mi-ok in *Possible Love* (2026).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Possible Love* (2026), Fi1m 83, as Ahn Mi-ok — [page](https://film.one/film/possible-love.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Great Oksuk* (2027), series, as Bang Ok-suk
- *Possible Love* (2026), as Ahn Mi-ok — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/possible-love.md)
- *The Price of Confession* (2025), series, as An Yun-su
- *Mantis* (2025), as Gil Bok-soon
- *The Cherry Orchard* (2025), Actor
- *Good News* (2025), as First Lady
- *Revolver* (2024), as Ha Su-young
- *Kill Boksoon* (2023), as Gil Bok-soon
- *Crash Course in Romance* (2023), series, as Nam Haeng-seon
- *Emergency Declaration* (2022), as Kim Sook-hee
- *Heartbeat* (2022), as Cheol-yi's Mother
- *Lost* (2021), series, as Bu-jeong
- *Beasts Clawing at Straws* (2020), as Yeon Hee
- *Ashfall* (2019), as Sun Hwa
- *Birthday* (2019), as Soon-nam
- *The Nest* (2017), as Ji-soo
- *The Good Wife* (2016), series, as Kim Hye-kyung
- *A Man and a Woman* (2016), as Sang-min
- *Memories of the Sword* (2015), as Sul-rang / Wol-so
- *The Shameless* (2015), as Kim Hye-kyung
- *Way Back Home* (2013), as Song Jung-yeon
- *Countdown* (2011), as Cha Ha-yeon
- *The Housemaid* (2010), as Eun-yi
- *My Dear Enemy* (2008), as Hee-soo
- *Secret Sunshine* (2007), as Lee Shin-ae
- *Lovers in Prague* (2005), series, as Yoon Jae-hee
- *You Are My Sunshine* (2005), as Eun-ha
- *My Mother the Mermaid* (2004), as Na-young / Young Yeon-soon
- *Untold Scandal* (2003), as Lady Jeong
- *Shooting the Star* (2002), series, as So-ra
- *No Blood No Tears* (2002), as Su-jin
- *I Wish I Had a Wife* (2001), as Jung Won-ju
- *Happy End* (1999), as Choi Bo-ra
- *Love Story* (1999), series, Actor
- *The Harmonium in My Memory* (1999), as Yun Hong-yeon
- *A Promise* (1998), as Chae Hee-ju
- *What You Cherish Can Never Be Forgotten* (1998), Actor
- *Snail* (1997), series, as Sun-ja
- *The Contact* (1997), as Lee Soo-hyun
- *Star in My Heart* (1997), series, as Soon-ae
- *Star in My Heart* (1997), series, as Sun-ae
- *Until We Fall in Love* (1996), series, Actor
- *Love is Blue* (1995), series, as Na Hye-jin
- *사랑의 향기* (1994), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Jeon Do-yeon at the press preview of the film "Revolver" in 2024](https://film.one/media/person/96122/gallery-3edf012265f0.png) Jeon Do-yeon at the press preview of the film "Revolver" in 2024 — K-POPIT 케이팝잇, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Jeon_Do-yeon_at_the_press_preview_of_the_film_%22Revolver%22_in_2024_%282%29.png/1280px-Jeon_Do-yeon_at_the_press_preview_of_the_film_%22Revolver%22_in_2024_%282%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jeon Do-yeon at the press preview of the film "Revolver" in 2024](https://film.one/media/person/96122/gallery-d8888053a1a7.png) Jeon Do-yeon at the press preview of the film "Revolver" in 2024 — K-POPIT 케이팝잇, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Jeon_Do-yeon_at_the_press_preview_of_the_film_%22Revolver%22_in_2024.png/1280px-Jeon_Do-yeon_at_the_press_preview_of_the_film_%22Revolver%22_in_2024.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Press Conference for ‘Possible Love’ August 25, 2026 Hotel Naru Seoul-Mgallery, Seoul Ministry of culture, sports and Tourism Official Photographer : Park dae j](https://film.one/media/person/96122/gallery-b79460e22af9.jpg) Press Conference for ‘Possible Love’ August 25, 2026 Hotel Naru Seoul-Mgallery, Seoul Ministry of culture, sports and Tourism Official Photographer : Park dae j — Republic of  Korea, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Jeon_Do-yeon_in_2026.jpg/1280px-Jeon_Do-yeon_in_2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Présentation du film The Shameless à Un certain regard à Cannes en 2015 : de gauche à droite le réalisateur Oh Seung-uk, l'actrice Jeon Do-yeon et l'acteur Kim ](https://film.one/media/person/96122/gallery-05b75675b857.jpg) Présentation du film The Shameless à Un certain regard à Cannes en 2015 : de gauche à droite le réalisateur Oh Seung-uk, l'actrice Jeon Do-yeon et l'acteur Kim  — Soboky, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Jeon_Do-yeon_Shameless_Cannes_3_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jeon Do-yeon](https://film.one/media/person/96122/gallery-434deb92530f.jpg) Jeon Do-yeon — Image via TMDB
- ![Jeon Do-yeon](https://film.one/media/person/96122/gallery-13a46560fb19.jpg) Jeon Do-yeon — Image via TMDB
- ![Jeon Do-yeon](https://film.one/media/person/96122/gallery-c70b93232430.jpg) Jeon Do-yeon — Image via TMDB
- ![2017 부천국제판타스틱영화제(BIFAN) 레드카펫](https://film.one/media/person/96122/gallery-b0d50b186a33.jpg) 2017 부천국제판타스틱영화제(BIFAN) 레드카펫 — sj, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/2017_%EB%B6%80%EC%B2%9C%EA%B5%AD%EC%A0%9C%ED%8C%90%ED%83%80%EC%8A%A4%ED%8B%B1%EC%98%81%ED%99%94%EC%A0%9C%28BIFAN%29_%EB%A0%88%EB%93%9C%EC%B9%B4%ED%8E%AB_%2837%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jeon Do-yeon](https://film.one/media/person/96122/gallery-394f889a0aeb.jpg) Jeon Do-yeon — Republic of  Korea, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Jeon_Do-yeon_2026.jpg/1280px-Jeon_Do-yeon_2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jeon Do-yeon](https://film.one/media/person/96122/gallery-c8d673254330.jpg) Jeon Do-yeon — Image via TMDB
- ![Jeon Do-yeon](https://film.one/media/person/96122/gallery-27dca5abb53b.jpg) Jeon Do-yeon — Image via TMDB
- ![Jeon Do-yeon](https://film.one/media/person/96122/gallery-083dab502c64.jpg) Jeon Do-yeon — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Cannes Film Festival — 1 won

- 2007: Best Actress (won), for *Secret Sunshine*

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Asian Film Award for Best Actress 2010: Asian Film Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *The Housemaid*
- Asian Film Award for Best Actress 2007: Asian Film Award for Best Actress (won), for *Secret Sunshine*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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