[Discussion] Ueno Juri

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Juri Ueno, born May 25, 1986 in Kakogawa, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, is a popular Japanese actress. Juri's family consists of her parents and two older sisters. As a child Juri Ueno excelled at track and ran short distance races until the first grade of middle school. Because of problems with hyperventilation she then gave up running. In 2002, Juri started her career in entertainment by appearing in a CF for J-Phone. That year, Juri would also make her first television drama appearance in the NHK series "Seizon". The following year in 2003, Juri made her acting debut in "Summer of Chirusoku" (Chirusoku no natsu) and also appeared later that year in "Josee, the Tiger and the Fish." By 2004, Juri experienced her breakthrough role in the feel-good comedy "Swing Girls." She played a high school student that falls in love with jazz music and her performance would garner her the best newcomer award during that year's Japanese Academy Awards.

TV Shows
Gou (2011)
Sunao ni Narenakute (2010)
Ueno Juri to Itsutsu no Kaban (2009)
Last Friends (2008)
Loss Time Life (2008, Story 4)
Nodame Cantabile SP (2008)
Marumaru Chibi Maruko-chan SP (2007)
Jodan ja nai! (2007)
Nodame Cantabile (2006)
Bokutachi no Sensou (2006)
Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshitachi Slot (2006)
Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo 2005 (2005)
Yagate Kuruhi no Tameni (2005)
Engine (2005)
Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi Yukizuri no Binransha (2004, ep9)
Orange Days (2004)
Teruteru Kazoku (2003)
Okaasan to Issho (2003)
Seizon (2002)

Movies
Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II (2010)
Nodame Cantabile: The Movie I (2009)
Killer Virgin Road (2009)
Kodomo no Kodomo (2008)
Guu-Guu Datte Neko de Aru (2008)
Kung Fu Kun (2008)
Naoko (2008)
7 Gatsu 24 Nichi Toori no Christmas (2006)
Shiawase no Switch (2006)
Deguchi no Nai Umi (2006)
Warau Michael (2006)
Niji no Megami Rainbow Song (2006)
Summer Time Machine Blues (2005)
Kame wa Igai to Hayaku Oyogu (2005)
Swing Girls (2004)
Joze, the Tiger, and the Fish (2003)
Chirusoku no Natsu (2003)

Awards
1st Tokyo Drama Awards: Best Actress - Last Friends, Nodame Cantabile in Europe
2nd MTV Student Voice Awards: Best Actress (2008)
57th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress - Last Friends
12th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Spring 2008): Best Supporting Actress - Last Friends
51th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actress - Nodame Cantabile
28th Japan Academy Awards: Best Newcomer - Swing Girls
59th Everyday Movie Sponichi Grand Prix: Best Newcomer - Swing Girls, Chirusoku no Natsu
Yokohama Film Festival: Best Newcomer - Swing Girls

Drama Discussions on MDL:
Gou
Last Friends
Nodame Cantabile