Jeon Do-yeon

...Order of Arts and Letters at the Pusan International Film Festival. Jeon won a best-actress award at the Cannes film festival in 2007 for her role in The Secret Sunshine. Ms Idrac called Jeon "one of the most talented actresses in South...

In this article: Order of Arts and Letters, Pusan International Film Festival, Yash Chopra, France, Takuya Kimura, I Come with the Rain, and Cannes Film Festival

Jeon Do-yeon Jeon Do-yeon (전도연) (born February 11, 1973) is a highly-acclaimed South Korean actress who has won many awards including best actress at Cannes Film Festival in 2007. She is most famous for her extraordinary portrayal of a broken...

In this article: Lee Chang-dong, Park Heung-shik, Secret Sunshine, You Are My Sunshine, Order of Arts and Letters, My Dear Enemy, Academy Award, and AIDS

...fourth film, Secret Sunshine. At the 60th Cannes Film Festival, the film was entered in the competition category and its leading actress, Jeon Do-yeon, won the Prix d'interpretation feminine du Festival de Cannes. It was released to theaters...

In this article: Lee Chang-dong, Legion d'honneur, Secret Sunshine, Peppermint Candy, Daegu, South Korea, Minister of Culture, Academy Award, Cerebral palsy, and Kyungpook National University

SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korean actress Jeon Do-yeon said Wednesday she initially turned down the role that earned her the best actress award at this year's Cannes Film Festival because she couldn't understand the character's motivation.

In this article: Lee Chang-dong, Secret Sunshine, South Korea, Cannes Film Festival, Roh Moo-hyun, and Seoul

It had its premiere in May at the Cannes Film Festival (where its star, Jeon Do-yeon, was named best actress), recently played in Toronto and Telluride and will be screened at the New York Film Festival on Monday and Tuesday. (The...

In this article: Secret Sunshine, Lee Chang-dong, Kim Ki-duk, The Host, Korea, Christianity, God, and Park Chanwook