Portrait of Jeon Do-yeon

Jeon Do-yeon

Acting

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.

Born: February 11, 1973

Place of Birth: Seoul, South Korea

Filmography

2025
2025
Mantis

as Gil Bok-soon

2025
Good News

as First Lady

2024
Revolver

as Ha Su-young

2023
Kill Boksoon

as Gil Bok-soon

2023
Crash Course in Romance

as Nam Haeng-seon

2022
2022
Emergency Declaration

as Kim Sook-hee

2022
Heartbeat

as Cheol-yi's Mother

2021
Lost

as Bu-jeong

2021
2019
Ashfall

as Sun Hwa

2019
Modern Korea

as Self (archive footage)

2019
Birthday

as Soon-nam

2018
Movie Room

as Self

2017
The Nest

as Ji-soo

2016
The Good Wife

as Kim Hye-kyung

2016
2015
Memories of the Sword

as Sul-rang / Wol-so

2015
The Shameless

as Kim Hye-kyung

2013
Way Back Home

as Song Jung-yeon

2011
Countdown

as Cha Ha-yeon

2010
The Housemaid

as Eun-yi

2008
My Dear Enemy

as Hee-soo

2008
On Air

as herself

2007
Secret Sunshine

as Lee Shin-ae

2005
Lovers in Prague

as Yoon Jae-hee

2005
2004
My Mother the Mermaid

as Na-young / Young Yeon-soon

2003
Untold Scandal

as Lady Jeong

2002
2002
2001
I Wish I Had a Wife

as Jung Won-ju

1999
Happy End

as Choi Bo-ra

1999
1998
A Promise

as Chae Hee-ju

1997
The Contact

as Lee Soo-hyun

1997
1995
Love is Blue

as Na Hye-jin