Bae Doona

Bae Doona
Bae in December 2023
Born (1979-10-11) October 11, 1979
Seoul, South Korea
EducationKonkuk University (Department of Film Arts)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • photographer
Years active1999–present
AgentGoodman Story Ent.
MotherKim Hwa-young
Korean name
Hangul
배두나
Hanja
裵斗娜
RRBae Duna
MRPae Tuna
Websitedoona.net

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) and Take Care of My Cat (2001). She became known for her performances as a political activist in Park Chan-wook's Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), archer Park Nam-joo in Bong Joon-ho's The Host (2006), and as the doll in Hirokazu Kore-eda's Air Doll (2009). Her other notable South Korean films include A Girl at My Door (2014), Tunnel (2016), and Next Sohee (2022).

On television, she is well known as the leading female character in the crime thriller Stranger (2017–2020), the Netflix period zombie thriller, Kingdom (2019–2020), and the drama Family Matters (2024). In the United States, she is recognized for her roles in the Wachowski films Cloud Atlas (2012) and Jupiter Ascending (2015), Rebel Moon (2023–2024), as well as the Netflix television series Sense8 (2015–2018).