Juri Ueno

Quick Facts

Full Name	Juri Ueno
Occupation	Actor
Date Of Birth	May 25, 1986(1986-05-25)
Age	38
Birthplace	Kakogawa
Country	Japan
Birth City	Hyōgo Prefecture
Horoscope	Taurus

Juri Ueno Biography

Juri Ueno is one of the most popular and richest Actor who was born on May 25, 1986 in Kakogawa, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Juri Ueno (Shang Yu Shu Li , Ueno Juri born on May 25, 1986) is an Japanese actress from Japan. Her first recognition came with the movie Swing Girls where she was awarded the Newcomer of the Year award in the Japanese Academy Awards. Ueno gained mainstream recognition for portraying the title role in live-action adaptations of the manga Nodame Cantabile in which she was awarded the award for Best Lead Actress at 51st Television Drama Academy Awards in 2007. Her further recognition came from her performance in the television show Last Friends for which she received the award for Best Supporting Actress in the Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix and the 57th Television Drama Academy Awards in the year 2008.

On December 9, 2008 it was announced she would return to her role in the role of “Nodame” in a new Nodame Cantabile two-movie sequel slated to release in 2010 and filming will begin at the beginning of May in 2009.

In 2008, Ueno reunited with Nodame co-stars Eita and Asami Mizukawa in Fuji TV’s drama, Last Friends, as Ruka Kishimoto, a talented motocross racer with a hidden secret she cannot discuss with friends or family. Taeko Asano, the screenwriter of Last Friends praised Ueno’s acting of Ruka, stating that Ueno is a “natural genius” and that she became “the character itself”. Ueno won “Best Supporting Actress” at the 12th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix and The 57th Television Drama Academy Awards for her role. She was recognised as “Best Student Voice Actress” at the 2008 MTV Student Voice Awards for her role in Wanko.

On 11 September 2010, Ueno guest starred in the Korean variety show MBC’s We Got Married Season 2 while promoting Nodame Cantabile – The Movie and paid a visit to SNSD’s Seohyun and CN Blue’s Jung Yong-hwa. In 2013 she returned to acting with a leading role in the romance film Girl in the Sunny Place opposite actor Jun Matsumoto which was based on the best selling novel of the same name. The film opened in Japanese theaters on October 12 and was a commercial success topping the box office and grossing ¥763 million after eight days.

Ueno’s fame grew further when she was selected to play Megumi Noda (“Nodame”) for the live-action television adaptation of the manga Nodame Cantabile. She co-starred with Hiroshi Tamaki. The show eleven episodes of the run were successful with an average rating of 18.79 percent and the finale of the season netting 21.7 percent of the share of viewers for the time slot. Ueno’s portrayal of the eccentric and chaotic, nevertheless extremely charming and skilled pianist earned her “Best Lead Actress” at the 51st Television Drama Academy Awards while the show also won “Best Drama”. The show also received recognition in the United States during the 2-year Seoul Drama Festival where it was given the award of “Best Miniseries”. Ueno Tamaki and Ueno Tamaki reprising their role in 2007 on the two-part special, Nodame cantabile Shinshun Special Europe that examines their own struggle to make it on Europe’s legendary classical music stage, while being far from one another.

Juri Ueno Net Worth

Juri Ueno is one of the richest Actor from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Juri Ueno 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ueno made her TV debut in 2002, at 16 on Seizon, an NHK show Seizon before her debut film appearance in 2003 with Chirosoku no Natsu which won her the Sponichi Grand Prize New Talent Award at the Mainichi Film Awards along with her role in the film of the same name, Swing Girls. Swing Girls proved to be an important breakthrough for Ueno when she was awarded high praise and awards for The Best Newcomer in the Yokohama Film Festival (she was also honoured by the audience for her role in Joze from Tora in Sakana Tachi) as well as at the Japanese Academy Awards.

In 2004 Ueno was cast in an acting role as a support in the TBS’s romantic drama Orange Days, and co-starred in 2005 alongside Takuya Kimura in Fuji Television’s romance comedy Engine as Misae Hoshino. She also starred alongside Kazuya Kamenashi for the TV special from Kinda’ichi Shonen no Jikenbo the following year, taking her role as Miyuki Nanase, who was previously Anne Suzuki.

The Japanese version of Vogue named her as one of the “Women of the Year 2008”.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Juri Ueno Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Juri Ranked on the list of most popular Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Juri Ueno celebrates birthday on May 25 of every year.