Actress Jeon Do-yeon, who received the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, has once again received a Best Actress Award, this time at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.

The Asia Pacific Screen Awards, which celebrates films from the Asia Pacific region, was held for the first time this year in Gold Coast, Australia.

Actor Jang Dong-gun and actress Jeon Do-yeon will be introduced on CNN as the leading Korean film stars.

The news channel will for nine days (Oct. 13-21) highlight Korea's global content and its status in the world. The two will appear on the CNN talk show .

Actress Jeon Do-yeon, who won the Best Actress award at the latest Cannes Film Festival, will appear on CNN's talk show "Talk Asia."

The show introduces prominent people from Asia. Korean stars who have been invited to the show so far include singers Rain and BoA.

Korean actress Jeon Do-yeon has officially become an influential world star. Jeon recently made the list of '50 Most Influential Women' released by America's Variety magazine.

Quoting Korean critics, Variety described Jeon as a "chameleon" actress who is capable of completely engaging herself in a given role. The magazine said Jeon received the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival for her role as a mother who loses her only son in Lee Chang-dong's film "Secret Sunshine." The magazine went on to comment that it was the first time for a Korean to win an award for best acting in an international film festival and that it was the result of a unanimous decision.

Name: 전도연 / Jun Do-yun (Jeon Do-yeon)
Date of Birth: February 11, 1973
Place of Birth: Seoul, South Korea
Height: 165cm
Weight: 48kg
Family: Parents, one elder brother, one younger sister
Education: Seoul Art Jr. College, Koryo University (computer science major)
Religion: Christian