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Son Ye-jin (Korean: 손예진) is a South Korean actress. After graduating from the Film Art Department at the Seoul Institute of the Arts, Son made her debut in the lead role of the MBC drama Delicious Proposal (Sweet Proposal) in 2001. Her big-screen debut came in Secret Tears (2000). In 2002 she won the 22nd Korean Federation of Film Critics "Best New Actress Award" for her role as Soo-In in Lover's Concerto (2002). Her moving acting in the movie The Classic (2003) earned her several other awards as well as international recogniton (see Awards). In 2008 she won "Best Leading Actress" for her role in My Wife Got Married at the Blue Dragon Film Awards.

She is also noted for her acting roles in the 2003 KBS drama Summer Scent, co-starring Song Seung-hun and the 2006 SBS drama Alone in Love. She is very popular in Japan: two of her movies headed the Japanese list of the most popular Korean films there. In 2009, she will work in a movie "Into the White Night", based on a Japanese novel of the same title. She will play her character's heartless girlfriend of character of Ko Soo.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Films

• 2000: Secret Tears
• 2002: Chihwaseon
• 2002: Lovers Concerto
• 2003: The Classic
• 2003: Crazy First Love
• 2004: A Moment to Remember
• 2005: April Snow
• 2005: The Art of Seduction
• 2007: Yobi, the Five Tailed Fox (voice)
• 2007: Open City
• 2008: My Wife Got Married
• 2009: Into the White Night

[edit] TV series

• 2001 MBC Delicious Proposal (맛있는 청혼)
• 2001 MBC Sun-hee & Jin-hee (선희 진희)
• 2002 SBS DaeMang (대망, lit. The Great Hope)
• 2003 KBS Summer Scent (여름 향기)
• 2006 SBS Alone in Love (연애시대)
• 2008 MBC Spotlight (스포트라이트)

[edit] Awards

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• 2001 MBC TV Awards: Best New Talent (Delicious Proposal)
• 2002 Korean Federation of Film Critics Award: Best New Actress (Lover's Concerto)
• 2003 24th Blue Dragon Film Awards: Popular Star (The Classic & Crazy First Love)
• 2003 39th Baeksang Arts Awards: Best New Actress (The Classic)
• 2003 Dae Jong Awards: Best New Actress (The Classic)
• 2004 9th Moscow International Love Movie Awards: Best Couple (The Classic)
• 2006 Asia-Pacific Film Festival: Best Actress (April Snow)
• 2006 SBS Performance Awards: Top Excellence
• 2006 SBS Performance Awards: Top 10 Stars (Alone in Love)
• 2006 Korean Model Award: Most Popular Commercial Model
• 2007 43rd Baeksang Arts Awards: Best Leading Actress (Alone in Love)
• 2008 Style Icon Awards [1]
• 2008 29th Blue Dragon Film Awards: Best Actress (My Wife Got Married)

[edit] External links

• Official Korean website
• Official Chinese website
• Official Japanese website
• Son Je-jin at the Internet Movie Database