Korean actress Jeon Do-yeon is named the best actress at the 60th Cannes International Film Festival.
The 37-year-old actress has been hot favorite to win the award with movie “Secret Sunshine.” I think she is the first Korean actress winning the award.
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May 29th, 2007 at 10:56 am
She is the second Korean actress who winned the award at Cannes, actually.
May 29th, 2007 at 11:16 am
Thanks for the note mirajeon… any idea who’s the first?
May 31st, 2007 at 11:27 am
no jeon do yeon is the first at cannes. there was another korean actress who won best actress at the venice film festival kang soo yeon
May 31st, 2007 at 11:51 am
Thanks for the note jin. After your comment I dig into some related news from chosun, seems like she is the first in Cannes indeed.
June 10th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
[...] Jeon Do-yeon was presented a special recognition award for her achievement at Cannes… [...]
June 12th, 2007 at 10:40 am
it is just nice to see that asians are now being recognized at an international level…