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My Take
Jeon Yeo-been is one of those rare actors who makes you forget you're watching someone perform — she just inhabits a character completely and lets you sit with them. She put herself on the map in a serious way with the indie film After My Death back in 2018, picking up the Actress of the Year prize at the Busan International Film Festival, which felt like exactly the right recognition at exactly the right time. From there she kept building a quietly impressive filmography across both film and television, and her 2023 Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Supporting Actress confirmed what attentive viewers already knew: she's the real deal. Born in Gangneung and trained at Dongduk Women's University, she has that indie-drama intensity that never tips into melodrama, which is genuinely hard to pull off consistently.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jeon Yeo-been
- Name (Japanese)
- チョン・ヨビン
- Reading
- ちょん・よびん
- Born
- July 26, 1989 (age 36)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Snake
- Origin
- Gangneung, South Korea
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor
2. Background
- University
- Dongduk Women's University
Awards & achievements
- 2023 Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Jeon Yeo-been born?
Born July 26, 1989 (age 36).
Where is Jeon Yeo-been from?
Jeon Yeo-been is from Gangneung, South Korea.
What does Jeon Yeo-been do?
Jeon Yeo-been works as actor, film actor, television actor.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.