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Jeon Yeo-been was born on July 26, 1989 in Gangneung, South Korea. Jeon Yeo-been is credited as a film actor and television actor. The age as of 2026 is 37. Schooling on record includes Dongduk Women's University. Recorded honors include Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Supporting Actress (2023).
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.
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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 37)
- Origin
- Gangneung, South Korea
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Snake
2. Background
- University
- Dongduk Women's University
Awards & achievements
- 2023 Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
3. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jeon.yeobeen/
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeon%20Yeo-been
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A8%E3%83%93%E3%83%B3
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27953264
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Jeon Yeo-been born?
Jeon Yeo-been was born on July 26, 1989 and is 37 years old.
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.
Where did Jeon Yeo-been study?
Jeon Yeo-been attended Dongduk Women's University.
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