Jeon Do-yeon
{{Short description|South Korean actress (born 1973)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Jeon|lang=Korean}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Jeon Do-yeon
| image = Jeon Do-yeon at the press preview of the film "Revolver" in 2024 (2).png
| caption = Jeon in 2024
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|2|11}}
| birth_place = Seoul, South Korea{{cite web|script-title=ko:[나의 스타일기]전도연-귀여운 요정 천사표 며느리!|url=https://sports.chosun.com/news/news_o3.htm?name=/news/old/199610/199610310101|website=Sports Chosun|language=ko|date=October 31, 1996|access-date=February 5, 2024|archive-date=February 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204111925/https://sports.chosun.com/news/news_o3.htm?name=/news/old/199610/199610310101|url-status=live}}
| years_active = 1990–present
| agent = Management SOOP{{cite web|title=JEON DO-YEON Profile|url=http://www.msoopent.com/page/page.html?acode=S91823270&mcd=02|website=Management SOOP|access-date=June 21, 2020|archive-date=July 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717050834/http://www.msoopent.com/page/page.html?acode=S91823270&mcd=02|url-status=live}}
| spouse = {{Marriage|Kang Shi-kyu|2007}}
| alma_mater = Seoul Institute of the Arts
| occupation = Actress
| children = 1
| honours = 40px Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Chevalier (2009)
| website = {{URL|1=http://msoopent.com/page/page.html?acode=S91823270&mcd=02|2=msoopent.com}}
| module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto|child=yes|headercolor=transparent
| hangul = %전도연
| hanja = 全道嬿
}}
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Jeon Do-yeon ({{korean|전도연}}; born February 11, 1973) is a South Korean actress. She made her film debut with The Contact (1997), a melodrama that established her as a leading actress. She continued to gain acclaim with A Promise (1998), a romantic tragedy, and The Harmonium in My Memory (1999).
Her career reached new heights with You Are My Sunshine (2005). However, it was her role in Secret Sunshine (2007), directed by Lee Chang-dong, that cemented her status as one of South Korea's finest actresses. Her portrayal of a grieving mother navigating faith and despair won her Best Actress at the 60th Cannes Film Festival, making her the first Korean actor to receive such recognition.{{cite web|title=JEON Do-Yeon|url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/artist/do-yeon-jeon|website=Festival de Cannes|access-date=June 22, 2020|archive-date=June 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625172841/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/artist/do-yeon-jeon|url-status=live}}[https://koreanfilm.org/actors.html#jeondy Actors and Actresses of Korean Cinema] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912144604/http://www.koreanfilm.org/actors.html#jeondy |date=September 12, 2018 }}. Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
Jeon continued to challenge herself with daring roles, such as the remake of The Housemaid (2010), Way Back Home (2013), noir romance The Shameless (2015), and Birthday (2019). Jeon is considered a role model for many young actresses in South Korea.{{cite web|title=JEON Do-yeon, Korean Cinema's Leading Actress: Her Past, Present and Future|url=http://koreanfilm.or.kr/webzine/sub/feature.jsp?mode=A_VIEW&wbSeq=134|work=Korean Cinema Today|date=January 24, 2014|access-date=October 9, 2014|archive-date=November 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108133324/http://koreanfilm.or.kr/webzine/sub/feature.jsp?mode=A_VIEW&wbSeq=134|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Jeon Do-yeon and Younha Chosen as Female Role Models|url=https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/contents_view.htm?lang=e&menu_cate=enternews&id=&board_seq=167436&page=266&board_code=music_news|website=KBS World|date=October 15, 2008|access-date=June 23, 2020|archive-date=June 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623114406/http://world.kbs.co.kr/service/contents_view.htm?lang=e&menu_cate=enternews&id=&board_seq=167436&page=266&board_code=music_news|url-status=live}}
Early life
Jeon Do-yeon was born on February 11, 1973, in Namgajwa-dong, Seodaemun District, Seoul, South Korea. She has two older brothers and is the youngest in her family. Born and raised in Seoul, she graduated from Bukgajwa Elementary School, Yeonhee Girls Middle School, Changduk Girls High School and Department of Broadcasting at Seoul Institute of the Arts.{{cite web|script-title=ko:<칸 영화제 여우주연상 전도연 연보>|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=001&aid=0001648438|website=Yonhap News|publisher=Naver|language=ko|date=May 28, 2007|access-date=June 22, 2020|archive-date=June 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626054308/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=001&aid=0001648438|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=[SC이슈] 유재석·신동엽·황정민·전도연...서울예대 ★동문 한자리에|url=https://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2016/10/31/2016103102018.html|website=Sports Chosun|language=ko|last=Park|first=Hyun-taek|date=October 31, 2016|access-date=June 22, 2020|archive-date=June 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623151406/https://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2016/10/31/2016103102018.html|url-status=live}}
Career
=1990–1997: Beginnings and breakthrough=
In 1990, Jeon made her debut in the entertainment industry as an advertisement model for Johnson & Johnson. She made her acting debut in television series Our Heaven in 1992. She then continued to play supporting roles in Scent of Love (1994) and General Hospital (1994) and Love is Blue (1995), but struggled to receive any significant attention.{{cite web|script-title=ko:[문화]배우는 전도연의 운명|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=033&aid=0000007285|website=Naver|language=ko|last=Park|first=Joo-yeon|date=October 7, 2005|access-date=June 22, 2020|archive-date=June 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625060231/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=033&aid=0000007285|url-status=live}} In 1995, she gained some recognition after playing the heroine's younger sister in KBS2's hit drama Our Sunny Days of Youth, which recorded its highest viewership rating of 62.7 percent. The drama's director, Jeon San PD, made a remark stating that Jeon Do-yeon is a "tough and ambitious newcomer".{{cite web|script-title=ko:감독·제작자 7인이 말하는 전도연..."참 한결같다, 밉지 않은 연기 욕심"|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=028&aid=0002275361|website=The Hankyoreh|publisher=Naver|language=ko|last=Yoo|first=Sun-hee|date=May 21, 2015|access-date=June 22, 2020|archive-date=June 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625202010/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=028&aid=0002275361|url-status=live}} The following years, she played major roles in multiple dramas such as Project, Way Station and Until We Can Love in 1996, and Star in My Heart in 1997. Jeon spent five years starring in television dramas before achieving instant star status with her feature film debut acting alongside Han Suk-kyu in 1997 film The Contact, which became the second-highest grossing Korean film of that year. She won numerous awards through the work, including Best New Actress at the 35th Grand Bell Awards and 18th Blue Dragon Film Awards.[http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2004/04/01/2004040161015.html A Tale of Two Jeons] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416183938/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2004/04/01/2004040161015.html |date=April 16, 2014 }}. The Chosun Ilbo. April 1, 2004.
=1997–2006: Critical acclaim and success=
From 1997 after the success of The Contact, Jeon emerged as a prominent actress in the Korean film industry and 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, which won her Best Actress at the 35th Baeksang Arts Awards, to that of a schoolgirl in the 1999 film The Harmonium in My Memory, then a wife having an adulterous affair in the 1999 film Happy End.{{cite web|title=Jeon Do-yeon|url=https://variety.com/2007/biz/markets-festivals/jeon-do-yeon-1117969271/|website=Variety|date=July 30, 2007|access-date=March 22, 2018|archive-date=April 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410125045/https://variety.com/2007/biz/markets-festivals/jeon-do-yeon-1117969271/|url-status=live}} In 1999 and 2000, she received Best Actress awards at numerous award ceremonies such as the 20th Blue Dragon Film Awards and the 37th Grand Bell Awards for her performance in The Harmonium in My Memory. She also won Best Actress at the 35th Baeksang Arts Awards for her role in A Promise and several other local film awards for her role in Happy End.
In 2001, she played a bank teller in Park Heung-sik's directorial debut I Wish I Had a Wife.{{cite web|title=I Wish I Had a Wife|url=https://variety.com/2001/film/reviews/i-wish-i-had-a-wife-1200468812/|website=Variety|date=June 13, 2001|access-date=March 22, 2018|archive-date=April 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410071829/https://variety.com/2001/film/reviews/i-wish-i-had-a-wife-1200468812/|url-status=live}} After starring as the tough-talking Soo-jin in Ryoo Seung-wan's No Blood No Tears in 2002,{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120710163405/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=1900822 2 characters working without a script]}}. Korea JoongAng Daily. February 25, 2002. Jeon spent time acting in the television series 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.{{cite web|title=Untold Scandal|url=http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?no=296920&rel_no=1|website=OhmyNews|date=June 6, 2006|access-date=February 27, 2018|archive-date=August 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809081335/https://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?no=296920&rel_no=1|url-status=dead}}{{Unreliable source?|reason=See unreliable sources list on WP:KO/RS|date=November 2024}} The following year, she reunited with director Park Heung-sik in a dual role for the time-bending melodrama film My Mother, the Mermaid.{{cite web|title=Did My Mom Love Like That?|url=http://english.donga.com/List/3/all/26/235568/1|website=The Dong-A Ilbo|date=June 15, 2004|access-date=February 27, 2018|archive-date=March 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331080907/http://english.donga.com/List/3/all/26/235568/1|url-status=live}}
In 2005, Jeon played a prostitute who contracts AIDS in Park Jin-pyo's hard-hitting melodrama You Are My Sunshine.{{cite web|script-title=ko:너는 내운명 (You're My Sunshine) Production Meeting|url=http://twitchfilm.com/2005/08/youre-my-sunshine-production-meeting.html|website=Twitch Film|date=August 12, 2005|access-date=January 7, 2015|archive-date=January 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107022548/http://twitchfilm.com/2005/08/youre-my-sunshine-production-meeting.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|script-title=ko:너는 내운명 (You're My Sunshine) Press Screening Report|url=http://twitchfilm.com/2005/09/youre-my-sunshine-press-screening-report.html|website=Twitch Film|date=September 7, 2005|access-date=January 7, 2015|archive-date=January 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107022522/http://twitchfilm.com/2005/09/youre-my-sunshine-press-screening-report.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=An Actress Who Puts All Her Energy Into Love|url=http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2005091573808|website=The Dong-A Ilbo|date=September 15, 2005|access-date=January 7, 2015|archive-date=January 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107021407/http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2005091573808|url-status=live}} The film was a box-office hit, and her performance received critical acclaim and won her numerous acting awards. She then returned to the small screen with Lovers in Prague, a drama that tells the love story between the president's daughter and an ordinary detective. The drama was a huge success, with average viewership ratings of over 27 percent.[http://www.hancinema.net/drama-looks-for-love-in-prague-3974.html Drama Looks for Love in Prague] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104050902/http://www.hancinema.net/drama-looks-for-love-in-prague-3974.html |date=November 4, 2012 }}. Hancinema. September 14, 2005. For the work, Jeon won the Grand Prize (Daesang) at 2005 SBS Drama Awards.{{cite web|title=TV Networks Hand Out Awards|url=https://www.hancinema.net/tv-networks-hand-out-awards-4836.html|website=The Korea Times|publisher=Hancinema|date=January 1, 2006|access-date=February 27, 2018|archive-date=January 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126185645/https://www.hancinema.net/tv-networks-hand-out-awards-4836.html|url-status=live}} Commenting on her successful year, The Korea Herald noted, "It is rare for a movie and a drama with the same leading actor or actress to become major hits at the same time. And often, actors and actresses avoid such cases, due to the risk of confusing audiences, but Jeon managed to pull both roles off perfectly without causing any confusion in the audience."{{cite web|title=Jeon Do-yeon's multiple hits stem from passion for acting|url=https://www.hancinema.net/jeon-do-yeon-s-multiple-hits-stem-from-passion-for-acting-4086.html|work=The Korea Herald|publisher=Hancinema|date=September 29, 2005|access-date=April 16, 2019|archive-date=April 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416172246/https://www.hancinema.net/jeon-do-yeon-s-multiple-hits-stem-from-passion-for-acting-4086.html|url-status=live}}
=2007–2014: ''Secret Sunshine'' and international acclaim=
File:MILIYANG.jpg at Secret Sunshine press conference in 2007.]]
In 2007, Jeon starred in Lee Chang-dong's melodrama Secret Sunshine, which propelled her to international recognition. Her fierce and fearless portrayal of a widowed mother who struggles to rearrange her life after the tragic deaths of her husband and son received universal critical acclaim.{{cite web|title=INTERVIEW: Actress Jeon Do-youn - Part 1|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010042115222527868|website=The Asia Business Daily|date=April 21, 2010|access-date=June 17, 2013|archive-date=November 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108135356/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010042115222527868|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=INTERVIEW: Actress Jeon Do-youn - Part 2|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010042116465061626|website=The Asia Business Daily|date=April 21, 2010|access-date=June 17, 2013|archive-date=November 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108135353/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010042116465061626|url-status=live}} Although the film itself, which debuted at the 60th Cannes Film Festival, evoked widely differing assessments from international critics, Jeon's performance was universally praised, and she was chosen as the Best Actress by the Cannes jury, making her the first Korean ever to receive an acting award at Cannes.{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120730111317/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2876454 Cannes top prize goes to Korean film actress]}}. Korea JoongAng Daily. June 7, 2007.{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120715062318/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2875578 Actress without ambition gets it all]}}. Korea JoongAng Daily. May 16, 2007.[http://articles.cnn.com/2007-10-09/world/talkasia.jeondoyeon_1_cannes-film-festival-secret-sunshine-jeon-do-yeon?_s=PM:WORLD Interview with Jeon Do-yeon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201072738/http://articles.cnn.com/2007-10-09/world/talkasia.jeondoyeon_1_cannes-film-festival-secret-sunshine-jeon-do-yeon?_s=PM:WORLD |date=December 1, 2011 }}. CNN. October 9, 2007.[http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2007/10/08/2007100861009.html Int'l Awards Only the Start for Jeon, Kang] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108133231/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2007/10/08/2007100861009.html |date=November 8, 2016 }}. The Chosun Ilbo. October 8, 2007. She also won Best Performance by an Actress at the 1st Asia Pacific Screen Awards.{{cite web|title=JEON DO-YEON|url=https://www.asiapacificscreenawards.com/apsa-academy-members/jeon-do-yeon-2|website=Asia Pacific Screen Awards|access-date=June 21, 2020|archive-date=June 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622185629/https://www.asiapacificscreenawards.com/apsa-academy-members/jeon-do-yeon-2|url-status=live}} Following the heel of the Cannes' win, Jeon went on to sweep domestic awards, winning Best Actress at multiple film award ceremonies such as the 28th Blue Dragon Film Awards. In recognition of her contribution to the development of the Korean film industry, she was honored with the Okgwan Order of Cultural Merit by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Special Achievement Award at the 44th Grand Bell Awards.{{cite web|title=Jeon Do-yeon Takes Home Seventh Award|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2012/01/135_14837.html|website=The Korea Times|date=December 3, 2007|access-date=February 27, 2018|archive-date=February 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227213836/https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2012/01/135_14837.html|url-status=live}}
Post-Cannes, she starred in 2008 film My Dear Enemy, playing an unemployed single woman who reacquaints herself with her ex-boyfriend.{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120710202638/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2881026 Cannes winner takes her next step]}}. Korea JoongAng Daily. October 3, 2007.[https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2008/08/135_30073.html Jeon Do-yeon, Ha Jung-woo as Ex-Lovers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407191915/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2008/08/135_30073.html |date=April 7, 2023 }} . The Korea Times. August 27, 2008. After starring in My Dear Enemy, Jeon gave birth to a daughter and rested for a while.[https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2011/01/141_31350.html Jeon Do-yeon on Pregnancy, Post-Cannes Film] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407191917/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2011/01/141_31350.html |date=April 7, 2023 }} . The Korea Times. September 21, 2008.[http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2008/09/22/2008092261014.html Queen of Cannes Is Back with Lighter Fare] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805153452/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2008/09/22/2008092261014.html |date=August 5, 2016 }}. The Chosun Ilbo. September 22, 2008.{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120713040521/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2895530 Enemies conquer poverty to rekindle love]}}. Korea JoongAng Daily. October 2, 2008. In October 2009, she was honored by the French government with the Chevalier des Arts et Lettres medal for her contribution to the arts.{{cite web|title=Jeon Do-yeon Awarded Top French Honor|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/10/10/2009101000240.html|website=Sports Chosun|date=October 3, 2009|access-date=June 22, 2020|archive-date=July 8, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708003031/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/10/10/2009101000240.html|url-status=live}} The following year, she returned to star in Im Sang-soo's 2010 controversial remake The Housemaid.[http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/04/16/2010041600395.html Jeon Do-yeon Returns to Screen in Risque Role] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505125326/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/04/16/2010041600395.html |date=May 5, 2017 }}. The Chosun Ilbo. April 16, 2010. Jeon came back to Cannes once again as the film was chosen to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival.[http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/2010/04/26/koreas-queen-of-cannes-is-back/ Korea's Queen of Cannes is back] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313104323/http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/2010/04/26/koreas-queen-of-cannes-is-back/ |date=March 13, 2011 }}. Reuters. April 26, 2010.
In 2011, Jeon played a female con artist who risks her life for ten days for a final deal with a cold-hearted debt collector in Countdown.[http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/10/01/2011100100294.html Cannes Winner Jeon Hopes Countdown a Commercial Hit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805145635/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/10/01/2011100100294.html |date=August 5, 2016 }}. The Chosun Ilbo. October 1, 2011.[http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?sec=ent5&idxno=2011102118182169519 Interview: Actress Jeon Do-youn - Part 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108133755/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?sec=ent5&idxno=2011102118182169519 |date=November 8, 2016 }}. Asiae. October 21, 2011.[http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011102118271775331 Interview: Actress Jeon Do-youn - Part 2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108135349/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011102118271775331 |date=November 8, 2016 }}. Asiae. October 21, 2011. Countdown premiered at the 36th Toronto International Film Festival.[http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011072714440500827 Korean pic Countdown announced as part of 1st lineup for TIFF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108133621/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011072714440500827 |date=November 8, 2016 }}. Asiae. July 27, 2011.
In 2013, after a two-year break, Jeon returned with Bang Eun-jin's Way Back Home, a film 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.{{cite web|title=Jeon Do-yeon Plays Inmate on Tropical Island in Latest Flick|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/11/29/2013112900474.html|work=The Chosun Ilbo|date=November 29, 2013|access-date=January 5, 2014|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101923/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/11/29/2013112900474.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Jeon Do-yeon speaks about her latest movie, motherhood|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20131212000736|work=The Korea Herald|date=December 12, 2013|access-date=January 5, 2014|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235828/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20131212000736|url-status=live}}
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In 2014, she was announced as one of the nine panel members of the main competition jury at the 67th Cannes Film Festival, making her the first Korean actor or actress to receive the honor and the second Korean after director Lee Chang-dong in 2009.{{cite web|title=The Jury of the 67th Festival de Cannes|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/60563.html|work=Festival de Cannes|access-date=April 28, 2014|archive-date=September 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907022742/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/60563.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Jeon Do-yeon first Korean actress to be Cannes jury member|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140429000742|work=The Korea Herald|date=April 29, 2014|access-date=May 1, 2014|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050318/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140429000742|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Jeon Do-yeon Invited to Cannes' Jury|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/04/29/2014042900892.html|work=The Chosun Ilbo|date=April 29, 2014|access-date=May 1, 2014|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121625/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/04/29/2014042900892.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Jeon Do-yeon arrives in Cannes|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2014/05/201_157244.html|work=The Korea Times|date=May 15, 2014|archive-date=May 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521031654/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2014/05/201_157244.html|url-status=live}}
=2015–present: Further acclaim and return to the small screen=
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 that he investigates.{{cite web|title=The Shameless gears up for Cannes|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150424000923|website=The Korea Herald|date=April 24, 2015|access-date=April 26, 2015|archive-date=September 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924124706/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150424000923|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Award-Winning Actress Still Excited About Cannes Screening|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2015/05/02/2015050200439.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|date=May 2, 2015|access-date=May 4, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304235544/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2015/05/02/2015050200439.html|url-status=live}} The film was selected for the Un Certain Regard section at the 68th Cannes Film Festival and Jeon returned to Cannes for the fourth time in her career.{{cite web|title=JEON Do-yeon Visits Cannes for the 4th Time with THE SHAMELESS|url=http://koreanfilm.or.kr/webzine/sub/interview.jsp?mode=A_VIEW&wbSeq=150|website=Korean Cinema Today|date=June 1, 2015|access-date=June 11, 2015|archive-date=April 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426110651/http://koreanfilm.or.kr/webzine/sub/interview.jsp?mode=A_VIEW&wbSeq=150|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Jeon shows reluctance over her latest image|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=3004840|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=June 2, 2015|access-date=June 2, 2015|archive-date=April 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422052824/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=3004840|url-status=live}} For her performance in the film, Jeon won Best Actress at the 24th Buil Film Awards, the 15th Director's Cut Awards, and the 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards respectively. The same year, she played a blind swordswoman in the Goryeo-set revenge period drama Memories of the Sword, her third collaboration with Park Heung-sik and her second with Lee Byung-hun.{{cite web|title=JEON Do-yeon in Way Back Home and Memories of the Sword: From Actress to Mother, and Mother to Actress|url=http://koreanfilm.or.kr/webzine/sub/interview.jsp?mode=A_VIEW&wbSeq=75|work=Korean Cinema Today|date=January 28, 2014|access-date=January 30, 2014|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221827/http://koreanfilm.or.kr/webzine/sub/interview.jsp?mode=A_VIEW&wbSeq=75|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Herald Interview: Memories of the Sword a welcome challenge for Jeon Do-yeon|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150812000981|website=The Korea Herald|date=August 12, 2015|access-date=August 14, 2015|archive-date=September 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922175033/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150812000981|url-status=live}}
This was followed by Jeon's second film with director Lee Yoon-ki, A Man and a Woman, a 2016 film about a forbidden romance that takes place in the snow-swept landscape of Finland.{{cite web|title=JEON Do-yeon Returns to Melodrama|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/news/news.jsp?pageIndex=4&blbdComCd=601006&seq=3240&mode=VIEW&returnUrl=&searchKeyword=|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|date=November 28, 2014|access-date=February 27, 2018|archive-date=August 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803173435/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/news/news.jsp?pageIndex=4&blbdComCd=601006&seq=3240&mode=VIEW&returnUrl=&searchKeyword=|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Jeon Do-yeon, Gong Yoo Work Together on Upcoming Film|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2016/01/27/2016012700823.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|date=January 27, 2016|access-date=February 27, 2018|archive-date=March 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306190638/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2016/01/27/2016012700823.html|url-status=live}} Jeon then made a return to the small screen after twelve years in the 2016 Korean remake of the American legal drama The Good Wife.{{cite web|title=Jeon Do-yeon to Appear in TV Drama for 1st Time in a Decade|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2016/02/27/2016022700545.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|date=February 27, 2016|access-date=February 27, 2018|archive-date=February 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228041257/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2016/02/27/2016022700545.html|url-status=live}} She was praised for displaying a wide range of emotions and agony of a housewife who is forced to become a lawyer again after her husband is mired in a scandal and put behind bars.{{cite web|title=Jeon Do-yeon Shines in 'Good Wife' Remake|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2016/07/30/2016073000478.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|date=July 30, 2016|access-date=February 27, 2018|archive-date=February 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228041301/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2016/07/30/2016073000478.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ko:'굿바이, 굿와이프' 전도연 "주름살? 주근깨? 이대로가 좋아요"|url=http://ilyo.co.kr/?ac=article_view&entry_id=200454|website=Ilyo Newspaper|language=ko|last=Ahn|first=Jin-yong|date=September 12, 2016|access-date=June 22, 2020|archive-date=June 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625014220/http://ilyo.co.kr/?ac=article_view&entry_id=200454|url-status=live}}
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After a three-year break, Jeon reunited with Sul Kyung-gu in drama film Birthday, marking her second collaboration with Sol eighteen years after I Wish I Had a Wife. The film, inspired by the Sewol ferry disaster, deals with the struggles faced by a couple who lost their son in a tragic accident.{{cite web|title=Ferry Disaster-Inspired Film Set for Release in April|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2019/02/20/2019022001094.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|date=February 20, 2019|access-date=March 18, 2019|archive-date=March 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329101401/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2019/02/20/2019022001094.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=JEON Do-yeon and SUL Kyung-gu to Celebrate BIRTHDAY|url=http://koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/news/news.jsp?pageIndex=1&blbdComCd=601006&seq=4773&mode=VIEW&returnUrl=&searchKeyword=|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|date=April 9, 2018|access-date=April 9, 2018|archive-date=April 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410220502/http://koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/news/news.jsp?pageIndex=1&blbdComCd=601006&seq=4773&mode=VIEW&returnUrl=&searchKeyword=|url-status=live}} The film had its international premiere at the 2019 Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy.{{cite web|title=Udine Festival to Open With Korean Tragedy 'Birthday'|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/asia/udine-festival-sewol-birthday-jeon-do-yeon-1203174844/|work=Variety|last=Frater|first=Patrick|date=March 28, 2019|access-date=April 3, 2019|archive-date=April 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403162433/https://variety.com/2019/film/asia/udine-festival-sewol-birthday-jeon-do-yeon-1203174844/|url-status=live}} At the festival, Jeon was honored with Golden Mulberry Lifetime Achievement Award.{{cite web|title=Jeon Do-yeon Honored for Lifetime Achievement at Italian Film Fest|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2019/04/29/2019042901189.html|work=The Chosun Ilbo|date=April 29, 2019|access-date=April 29, 2019|archive-date=April 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429080546/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2019/04/29/2019042901189.html|url-status=live}} She once again won Best Actress at the 56th Baeksang Arts Awards, the 6th Korean Film Producers Association Awards and 28th Buil Film Awards for her performance in the film.
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In early 2020, Jeon starred in Beasts Clawing at Straws, a mystery thriller based on Keisuke Sone's novel, alongside Jung Woo-sung.{{cite web|title=JEON Do-yeon and JUNG Woo-sung Dig in to BEASTS THAT CLING TO THE STRAW|url=http://koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/news/news.jsp?pageIndex=1&blbdComCd=601006&seq=4976&mode=VIEW&returnUrl=&searchKeyword=|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|date=October 1, 2018|access-date=October 2, 2018|archive-date=April 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424171428/http://koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/news/news.jsp?pageIndex=1&blbdComCd=601006&seq=4976&mode=VIEW&returnUrl=&searchKeyword=|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=BEASTS THAT CLING TO THE STRAW Wraps Production|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/news/news.jsp?blbdComCd=601006&seq=5046&mode=VIEW|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|date=December 14, 2018|access-date=March 29, 2019|archive-date=March 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329090208/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/news/news.jsp?blbdComCd=601006&seq=5046&mode=VIEW|url-status=live}} The film was screened at the 49th International Film Festival Rotterdam and won the Special Jury Award in the Tiger Competition.{{cite web|title="Beasts Clawing at Straws" wins jury award at Rotterdam|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200203000643|website=The Korea Herald|last=Choi|first=Ji-won|date=February 3, 2020|access-date=June 21, 2020|archive-date=June 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622103658/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200203000643|url-status=live}} The film failed to turn a profit as local box office sales plummeted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|title=[Korean Box Office] 'Beasts Clawing at Straws' tops a suffering weekend box office|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3074217|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|last=Lee|first=Jae-lim|date=February 24, 2020|access-date=June 23, 2020|archive-date=June 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624003315/https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3074217|url-status=live}}
She made her small-screen comeback in Hur Jin-ho's first television series project Lost which premiered on JTBC in September 2021.{{cite web|script-title=ko:[단독]전도연, 4년만에 드라마... '인간실격' 주인공|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=241&aid=0003029715|website=Ilgan Sports|publisher=Naver|language=ko|last=Kim|first=Jin-suk|date=June 9, 2020|access-date=June 23, 2020|archive-date=June 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625222437/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=241&aid=0003029715|url-status=live}} In 2022, she reunited with Song Kang-ho and Lee Byung-hun in Han Jae-rim's disaster action film Emergency Declaration.{{cite web|title='Parasite' Star Song Kang-ho to Lead Stellar Cast of 'Emergency Declaration'|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/asia/parasite-song-kang-ho-cast-emergency-declaration-berlin-film-festival-1203508969/|website=Variety|last=Frater|first=Patrick|date=February 20, 2020|access-date=June 22, 2020|archive-date=February 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222163355/https://variety.com/2020/film/asia/parasite-song-kang-ho-cast-emergency-declaration-berlin-film-festival-1203508969/|url-status=live}}
In 2023, Jeon acts opposite Jung Kyung-ho in tvN-broadcast Netflix-distributed romantic comedy series Crash Course in Romance directed by Yoo Je-won, which marked her return to romance genre in 17 years. She played the role of a former national handball player who now runs a banchan shop, raising her high school daughter alone.{{cite web|author=Lee Si-jin|title=Jeon Do-yeon excited to return with romance series after 17 years|url=https://n.news.naver.com/article/044/0000242717?sid=104|work=The Korea Herald|via=Naver|date=January 10, 2023|access-date=January 30, 2023|archive-date=July 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711014107/https://n.news.naver.com/article/044/0000242717?sid=104|url-status=live}} According to Good Data Corporation,{{Efn|Good Data Corporation ({{lang|ko|굿데이터코퍼레이션은}}) is an online public opinion analysis service. It analyzes online information and public opinion by field, and provides TV topical broadcasting program, online topic ranking, and quality evaluation of performers and marketing effect analysis. TV topicality survey target series that were being aired or scheduled to be broadcast. Unlike the audience rating, which measures only the viewing time for the broadcast time, TV topicality is to diagnose the evaluation by examining, indexing, and analyzing the netizens' reactions that appeared in online news, blogs, communities, social media, and videos for one week after each program was broadcast.{{cite web|script-title=ko:조사 Flow|url=http://www.gooddata.co.kr/home/biz.html?pgm=b_04|website=Good Data Corporation|language=ko|access-date=February 21, 2023|archive-date=November 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115072829/http://www.gooddata.co.kr/home/biz.html?pgm=b_04|url-status=live}}}} series Crash Course in Romance ranked first with a topical share of 23.8% in Top 10 of TV Topicality Ranking in drama division category in four weeks in a row. Jung Kyung-ho ranked first in the performer category for five consecutive weeks, while Jeon ranked 3rd.{{cite web|script-title=ko:'일타 스캔들' 4주 연속 TV·OTT 통합 드라마 화제성 1위|trans-title='Crash Course in Romance' No. 1 on TV and OTT integrated drama for 4 weeks in a row|url=https://www.mk.co.kr/star/broadcasting-service/view/2023/02/142564/|website=Star Today|language=ko|date=February 20, 2023|access-date=February 21, 2023|archive-date=February 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222003225/https://www.mk.co.kr/star/broadcasting-service/view/2023/02/142564/|url-status=live}}
In the same year, Jeon stars in Netflix crime action film Kill Boksoon in the title role, as a professional assassin, opposite Sul Kyung-gu, Esom, and Koo Kyo-hwan. Directed and written by Byun Sung-hyun, it is slated to release on Netflix on March 31, 2023.{{Cite web|script-title=ko:넷플릭스 '길복순', 전도연·설경구·이솜·구교환 출연 [공식]|trans-title=Netflix 'Gil Bok-soon', Jeon Do-yeon, Seol Kyung-gu, Esom, and Koo Gwan-hwa appeared [Official]|url=https://sports.donga.com/article/all/20220104/111080110/1|via=Naver|website=Sports Donga|language=ko|last=Jeon Hyo-jin|date=January 4, 2022|access-date=September 20, 2022|archive-date=September 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922034252/https://sports.donga.com/article/all/20220104/111080110/1|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|script-title=ko:'더글로리' 파트2→'D.P.' 시즌2...넷플릭스, 올해 한국 작품 28편 공개|trans-title='The Glory' Part 2 → 'DP' Season 2... Netflix to release 28 Korean titles this year|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=312&aid=0000591753|website=Ten Asia|language=ko|last=Kim Ji-won|date=January 17, 2023|access-date=January 17, 2023|archive-date=March 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303165445/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=312&aid=0000591753|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=A급 킬러 된 전도연...'길복순', 3월 31일 공개 확정|trans-title=Jeon Do-yeon, who became an A-class killer... 'Kil Bok-soon' confirmed to be released on March 31st|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=382&aid=0001030625|publisher=Sports Donga|language=ko|last=Choi Yonna|date=February 2, 2023|access-date=February 2, 2023|archive-date=February 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202002006/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=382&aid=0001030625|url-status=live}}
Personal life
Jeon married businessman and professional car racer Kang Shi-kyu, who is nine years her senior, in a private wedding ceremony at Shilla Hotel on March 11, 2007.[http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2007/03/06/2007030661020.html Jeon Do-yeon to Tie Knot in Private Ceremony] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215035330/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2007/03/06/2007030661020.html |date=December 15, 2016 }}. The Chosun Ilbo. March 6, 2007.[http://www.hancinema.net/stars-have-nuptial-plans-actress-jeon-do-yeon-cuts-tape-8870.html Stars Have Nuptial Plans: Actress Jeon Do-yeon Cuts Tape] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414221728/http://www.hancinema.net/stars-have-nuptial-plans-actress-jeon-do-yeon-cuts-tape-8870.html |date=April 14, 2017 }}. The Korea Times. March 6, 2007.[http://www.hancinema.net/actress-jeon-marries-8904.html Actress Jeon Marries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415090426/http://www.hancinema.net/actress-jeon-marries-8904.html |date=April 15, 2017 }}. The Korea Times. March 11, 2007. She gave birth to a daughter on January 22, 2009.
Filmography
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