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Film & TV
Jongno, Seoul, South Korea
Bae Doona (born October 11, 1979) is a South Korean actress and photographer. She is best known outside Korea for her role as Sense8's Bak Sun, the protagonist's political activist girlfriend, Cha Yeong-mi, in Park Chan-wook's film Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) and as archer Park Nam-ju in The Host (2006).
Known for
- Virus — Ok Taek-seon2025
- Paranoid Kid — Narrator2025
- What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas — Self - Interviewee2025
- Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver — Nemesis2024
- Family Matters — Han Young-su2024
- Hyell's Club — Self2024
- Sohn's Questions — Self2024
- Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire — Nemesis2023
- Persona: Sulli — Self2023
- Salon Drip — Self2023
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1979-10-11 ) October 11, 1979 (age 46) , Seoul , South Korea
- Education
- Konkuk University (Department of Film Arts)
- Occupations
- Actress photographer
- Years active
- 1999–present
- Agent
- Goodman Story
- Hangul
- 배두나
- Hanja
- 裵斗娜
- Rr
- Bae Duna
- Mr
- Pae Tuna
- Website
- www .doona .net
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
배두나 :: Bae Doona Official Homepage.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Bae
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- South Korea
- Place of birth
- Jongno District
- Occupation
- film actor
- Educated at
- Konkuk University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- photography
- Official website
- www.doona.net
- Image
- Bae Doona at Berlinale 2026.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1979-10-11
- Commons category
- Bae Doona
- ethnic group
- Koreans
- Revised Romanization
- Bae Du-na
- McCune–Reischauer romanization
- Pae Tu-na
- start of work period
- 1999-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Bae Doona (Korean: 배두나; born October 11, 1979), anglicized as Doona Bae, is a South Korean actress and photographer. She debuted as a model and first gained recognition for her roles in Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000), Take Care of My Cat (2001), and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002). She became known for her performances as a Korean exchange student in Linda Linda Linda (2005), archer Park Nam-joo in The Host (2006), and as a sex doll that comes to life in Air Doll (2009). She has also starred in A Girl at My Door (2014), Tunnel (2016), Broker and Next Sohee (both 2022).
On television, she is well known as a leading character in the crime thriller Stranger (2017–2020), the Netflix period zombie thriller Kingdom (2019–2020), and the drama Family Matters (2024). She is also recognized for her roles in the Wachowski films Cloud Atlas (2012) and Jupiter Ascending (2015), Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon duology (2023–2024), as well as the Netflix television series Sense8 (2015–2018).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bae Doona” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.