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Jeon Yeo-been
Born (1989-07-26) 26 July 1989 (age 35)
South Korea
EducationDongduk Women's University
OccupationActress
Years active2017–present
AgentJ.Wide-Company
Korean name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationJeon Yeo-bin
McCune–ReischauerChŏn Yŏpin

Jeon Yeo-been (born 26 July 1989) is a South Korean actress. Jeon rose to prominence after her stunning performance in After My Death (2018) which earned her the Actress of the Year Award at the 22nd Busan International Film Festival and the Independent Star Award at the 2017 Seoul Independent Film Festival. She also received the moniker of "freaky newcomer" from the media and film-goers and is hailed as one of the most promising actresses to have debuted in recent years in South Korea.[1][2]

Career

Jeon got her first taste of acting when she studied Broadcast Entertainment at Dongduk Women's University. It was only five years later that she started to think of pursuing a career in acting. One day, Moon So-ri spotted her in a trailer for the Seoul Women's Film Festival and contacted her for her 2015 short film The Best Director.[1]

She made her first feature debut in the period drama film The Treacherous (2015) where she had a supporting role.

In 2017, she played a detective investigating a cult in the thriller TV series Save Me.

In 2017, she rose to prominence after her stunning performance in After My Death (2018), earning her the Actress of the Year Award at the 22nd Busan International Film Festival and the Independent Star Award at the 2017 Seoul Independent Film Festival.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2015 The Best Director Short film
The Treacherous Woman with the facereading that fits a queen
2016 The Age of Shadows Gisaeng 4
Beaten Black and Blue Tiffany
2017 Write or Dance Yeo-been
The Running Actress Lee Seo-yeong Act 3
Merry Christmas Mr. Mo Ja-yeong
2018 Illang: The Wolf Brigade Cosmetics advertising model
After My Death Young-hee
2019 Forbidden Dream Sa-im
2020 Secret Zoo Kim Hae-kyung
Paradise Night Jae Yun

Television series

Year Title Role Network Notes
2017 Save Me Hong So-rin OCN
2018 Live Yeong-jae tvN Special appearance
2019 Be Melodramatic Lee Eun-jung JTBC
2021 Vincenzo Hong Cha-young tvN

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2017 Seoul Independent Film Festival[2] Independent Star Award After My Death Won
22nd Busan International Film Festival[2] Actress of the Year Won
2018 Marie Claire Film Festival[2] Best New Actress Write or Dance Won
39th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best New Actress After My Death Nominated
19th Busan Film Critics Awards[3] Best New Actress Won
2019 28th Buil Film Awards[3] Won
24th Chunsa Film Art Awards[3] Won
6th Wildflower Film Awards Best Actress Nominated
55th Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Actress Nominated
2020 56th Grand Bell Awards[4] Best New Actress Won
56th Baeksang Arts Awards[5] Best New Actress (TV) Be Melodramatic Nominated

References

  1. ^ a b "JEON Yeo-been". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d Yim, Hyun-su (5 December 2019). "Up-and-coming Actress Jeon Yeo-bin cuts stylish figure in new photos". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "After My Death (2018)". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  4. ^ [제56회 대종상]'기생충' 작품상 포함 5관왕 달성…이병헌·정유미 주연상(종합) [[56th Daejong Award] Achievement of 5 crowns including'parasite' work award... Lee Byung-Hun and Yoo-Mi Jeong starring (General)]. Herald Corporation (in Korean). June 3, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2020 – via Naver.
  5. ^ MacDonald, Joan (May 8, 2020). "Baeksang Arts Awards Announces Nominees And Plans To Proceed Without An Audience". Forbes. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
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