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Doona Bae

Doona Bae

16 movies on Netflix

Biography

Bae Doona is a South Korean actress and photographer who was scouted as a university student in Seoul and debuted on television in the drama School in 1999. She first gained recognition for Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000), Take Care of My Cat and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), then became known for roles that included an exchange student in Linda Linda Linda (2005), an archer in The Host (2006) and an inflatable doll in Air Doll (2009). Her later films include A Girl at My Door (2014), for which she won Best Actress at the Asian Film Awards, Broker (2022) and Next Sohee. She made her English-language debut in Cloud Atlas (2012) and also appeared in Jupiter Ascending (2015) and the Rebel Moon films (2023 to 2024). On television she is known for Stranger, Kingdom and Sense8 (2015 to 2018).

47years old

Turns 48 on October 11in 363 days

  • Born Seoul
  • Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
  • Also credited as Bae Doo-na and Bae Duna

Movie Career

Films
16
Career span
24 years2000 to 2024

Genres

First and latest

Photos

  • Doona Bae, photo 1 of 3
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  • Doona Bae, photo 3 of 3

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  1. Big break

    Bae was cast in Bong Joon-ho's Barking Dogs Never Bite because she agreed to appear without makeup, which other South Korean actresses had refused to do.

  2. Getting ready for a role

    For the 2012 sports film As One, Bae was trained by former table tennis player Hyun Jung-hwa and learned to play left-handed like the North Korean player Ri Bun-hui.

  3. A change of course

    In 1998, while studying at Hanyang University, Bae was discovered by a modeling agency in Seoul. She went on to model for catalogs including COOLDOG's.

  4. Beyond film

    In 2004, Bae took a stage role in Sunday Seoul, a play whose script Park Chan-wook helped write. The production should not be confused with the South Korean movie that shares its title.

  5. A first

    In June 2018, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited Bae to join, and she was among 14 people from the Korean film industry to receive that invitation.

Doona Bae movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Cloud Atlas2012 Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fias Tilda / Megan's Mom / Mexican Woman / Sonmi-451 / Sonmi-351 / Sonmi Prostitute

    IMDb rating 7.3388K votes

  2. 괴물2006 Action, Drama, Horroras Park Nam-Joo

    IMDb rating 7.1145K votes

  3. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance2002as Yeong-mi Cha

    IMDb rating 7.583K votes

  4. Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire2023as Nemesis

    IMDb rating 5.6142K votes

  5. Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver2024as Nemesis

    IMDb rating 5.465K votes

  6. Broker2022as Soo-jin

    IMDb rating 7.121K votes

  7. Air Doll2009as Nozomi

    IMDb rating 6.99.2K votes

  8. Barking dogs never bite2000as Hyeon-nam

    IMDb rating 6.912K votes

Most often with

Lana Wachowski directed three of these films, Zack Snyder two and Hirokazu Koreeda two. Kang-ho Song appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Kang-ho Song, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Kang-ho SongAnthony Hopkins, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Anthony HopkinsCary Elwes, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Cary ElwesDjimon Hounsou, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Djimon HounsouJames D'Arcy, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with James D'ArcyKi Joo-bong, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Ki Joo-bongLana WachowskiDirector, 3 filmsSee the 3 films by Lana WachowskiZack SnyderDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Zack SnyderHirokazu KoreedaDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Hirokazu Koreeda

Films together

Box office

What Doona Bae's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$425 million

7 of the 16 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 16 films: 7 worldwide figure; 1 never in cinemas; 2 streaming, short cinema run; 6 figure not found.

  • 7Worldwide figure
  • 1Never in cinemas
  • 2Streaming, short cinema run
  • 6Figure not found

Top grosser

Jupiter Ascending2015as Razo$184 million

Highest grossing

The seven biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Jupiter Ascending2015as Razo
    $184M43.3% of the total
  2. 2
    Cloud Atlas2012as Tilda / Megan's Mom / Mexican Woman / Sonmi-451 / Sonmi-351 / Sonmi Prostitute
    $130M30.7% of the total
  3. 3
    괴물2006as Park Nam-Joo
    $88M20.8% of the total
  4. 4
    Broker2022as Soo-jin
    $19M4.4% of the total
  5. 5
    Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance2002as Yeong-mi Cha
    $2.0M0.5% of the total
  6. 6
    Air Doll2009as Nozomi
    $1.2M0.3% of the total
  7. 7
    Linda Linda Linda2005as Son
    $11K0.0% of the total

Awards

Two awards and honors from 2000 to 2015.

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Doona Bae's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Other honors
2015Asian Film Award for Best ActressA Girl at My DoorWon
2000Blue Dragon Film Award for Best New ActressBarking Dogs Never BiteWon

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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