Actor

Son Ye-jin

Acting

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Acting credits

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Large and steady acting portfolio.

TMDB popularity

3.3

Moderate attention

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Movies: 22Series: 20

TMDB ID: 86889

IMDb ID: nm1162030

Known for: Acting

Born: January 11, 1982

Age: 44

Place of birth: Daegu, South Korea

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2000 - 2026

Years active: 27

Average TMDB rating: 7.08

Wikidata: Q256932

Also known as

Ye-jin Son • YeJin Son • Son Eon-jin • 손언진 • 孫藝珍 • سون یه-جین • Son Yejin

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Biography

Son Eon-jin (born January 11, 1982), better known by her stage name, Son Ye-jin, is a South Korean actress who rose to fame in 2003 in The Classic and Summer Scent, which were followed by the commercially successful A Moment to Remember (2004) and April Snow (2005). Her early romantic roles garnered her the title "Nation's First Love" in Korea. Son has since won accolades and starred in other high-profile films, including My Wife Got Married (2008), Spellbound (2011), The Tower (2012), The Pirates (2014), The Last Princess (2016), Be with You (2018), and Park Chan-wook's The Truth Beneath (2016) and No Other Choice (2025). She has also acted in popular television dramas, such as Alone in Love (2006), Something in the Rain (2018), and Crash Landing on You (2019–2020). From 2019 to 2022, she appeared on Forbes Korea Power Celebrity 40 for four consecutive years.