Emerging from a Miss Korea contest in 1997 and then studying directing at Sangmyung University, she stepped onto the screen with a minor part in the 1998 film A Killing Story before being drawn into theater by director Yi Sang-woo. Adopting the stage name Jeon Yi-da, she joined the Chaimu troupe and appeared in productions such as The Moral Thief and Unification Express, earning the nickname “Daeh…
