Actor profile

Jeon Do-yeon

11th February 1973 Seoul, South Korea Acting

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.

32 Movies 19 TV Shows 1 In Production 55 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema poster

Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema 19th February 2026 as Self

Mantis poster

Mantis 25th September 2025 as Gil Bok-soon

The Cherry Orchard poster

The Cherry Orchard 19th September 2025

Good News poster

Good News 5th September 2025 as First Lady

Revolver poster

Revolver 7th August 2024 as Ha Su-young

Lee Chang-dong: The Art of Irony poster

Lee Chang-dong: The Art of Irony 25th August 2023 as Self

Kill Boksoon poster

Kill Boksoon 18th February 2023 as Gil Bok-soon

Emergency Declaration poster

Emergency Declaration 3rd August 2022 as Kim Sook-hee

Heartbeat poster

Heartbeat 30th April 2022 as Cheol-yi's Mother

Hostage: Missing Celebrity poster

Hostage: Missing Celebrity 18th August 2021 as Self (cameo)

Beasts Clawing at Straws poster

Beasts Clawing at Straws 19th February 2020 as Yeon-hee

Ashfall poster

Ashfall 19th December 2019 as Sun Hwa

Birthday poster

Birthday 3rd April 2019 as Soon-nam

The Nest poster

The Nest 19th November 2017 as Ji-soo

A Man and a Woman poster

A Man and a Woman 25th February 2016 as Sang-min

Memories of the Sword poster

Memories of the Sword 13th August 2015 as Sul-rang / Wol-so

The Shameless poster

The Shameless 15th May 2015 as Kim Hye-kyung

Way Back Home poster

Way Back Home 11th December 2013 as Song Jung-yeon

Countdown poster

Countdown 29th September 2011 as Cha Ha-yeon

The Housemaid poster

The Housemaid 13th May 2010 as Eun-yi

My Dear Enemy poster

My Dear Enemy 25th September 2008 as Hee-soo

Secret Sunshine poster

Secret Sunshine 23rd May 2007 as Lee Shin-ae

You Are My Sunshine poster

You Are My Sunshine 23rd September 2005 as Eun-ha

My Mother the Mermaid poster

My Mother the Mermaid 30th June 2004 as Na-young / Young Yeon-soon

Untold Scandal poster

Untold Scandal 2nd October 2003 as Lady Jeong

No Blood No Tears poster

No Blood No Tears 28th February 2002 as Su-jin

I Wish I Had a Wife poster

I Wish I Had a Wife 13th January 2001 as Jung Won-ju

Happy End poster

Happy End 11th December 1999 as Choi Bo-ra

The Harmonium in My Memory poster

The Harmonium in My Memory 27th March 1999 as Yun Hong-yeon

A Promise poster

A Promise 14th November 1998 as Chae Hee-ju

What You Cherish Can Never Be Forgotten poster

What You Cherish Can Never Be Forgotten 5th June 1998

The Contact poster

The Contact 13th September 1997 as Lee Soo-hyun

The Price of Confession poster

The Price of Confession 5th December 2025 as An Yun-su

Crash Course in Romance poster

Crash Course in Romance 14th January 2023 as Nam Haeng-seon

Just an Excuse poster

Just an Excuse 17th November 2022 as Self

Lost poster

Lost 4th September 2021 as Bu-jeong

The Game Caterers poster

The Game Caterers 12th March 2021 as Self

Modern Korea poster

Modern Korea 31st October 2019 as Self (archive footage)

You Quiz on the Block poster

You Quiz on the Block 29th August 2018 as Self

Movie Room poster

Movie Room 4th May 2018 as Self

The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife 8th July 2016 as Kim Hye-kyung

Baeksang Arts Awards poster

Baeksang Arts Awards 26th April 2012 as Self

On Air poster

On Air 5th March 2008 as Self

Live Talk Show Taxi poster

Live Talk Show Taxi 8th September 2007 as Self

Lovers in Prague poster

Lovers in Prague 24th September 2005 as Yoon Jae-hee

Shooting the Star poster

Shooting the Star 20th November 2002 as So-ra

Love Story poster

Love Story 1st December 1999

Star in My Heart poster

Star in My Heart 10th March 1997 as Soon-ae

Until We Fall in Love poster

Until We Fall in Love 1st April 1996

Love is Blue poster

Love is Blue 8th February 1995 as Na Hye-jin

사랑의 향기 poster

사랑의 향기 9th April 1994

Possible Love poster

Coming soon

Possible Love 23rd September 2026 as Mi-ok