Bae Doona

Award won Role or nomination

1. 1979 age 0

   Born

2. 2006 age 27

   CreditThe Host

3. 2012 age 33

   CreditCloud Atlas

4. 2015 age 36

   CreditJupiter Ascending

• LWLana Wachowski3 titles
• LWLilly Wachowski3 titles
• JTJohn Toll3 titles
• GHGrant Hill2 titles
• JDJames D'Arcy2 titles
• TMTuppence Middleton2 titles
• ABAlexander Berner2 titles
• TTTom Tykwer2 titles
• DMDavid Mitchell2 titles
• SBSean Bean1 title

• I think that being an actor is a really good job. Of course, there are things you have to put up with. In order to create a real character from text on a page, you have to be extremely sensitive about various things, so it can impact one’s daily life. Apart from my talent, there might come a time when the public is sick of seeing me and wants to see less of me. I think that that time might come someday. That’s why I’m working hard right now. People ask me why I don’t take a break, but this time right now is too precious. I want to live each day as intensely as possible. As I passed 40, I thought that I should live without regrets. I feel like I’m living my life on sets. Right now, my entire life is on set.

  Bae Doona, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I don't put limits in genres or have a set of roles that I prefer to play. It can either be a lead role or a supporting role. And I can take part in low-budget or independent projects or in a blockbuster. I aim to get my hands on anything that I want to do.

  Bae Doona, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I’m not ambitious; I didn't intend to make a career in Hollywood. I have been lucky enough to receive many interesting proposals and I am working on them with the same curiosity, without a strategic approach. Perhaps it is a lack of sensitivity, but I do not feel any difference, except, of course, at the level of budget. To create a good film, everyone does their best by trusting a good leader. As an interpreter, I put myself at [the director's] service. That is my conviction as an actress.

  Bae Doona, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I’ve already had the chance to play all the characters I wanted to. I do not dream of a role a particular type of film — I am happy to accept the roles that inspire me.

  Bae Doona, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I’m quite spontaneous so even I can’t say what I’m likely to do in the future. I follow my instincts when I choose a film, so there are no boundaries. I want to work on challenging films, something new, something stepping away from the norm. I love challenges.

  Bae Doona, CC BY-SA 4.0