Ueno Juri

Accolades

Awards won

2009

• TV Life 18th Annual Drama Awards 2008 – Best Supporting Actress for Last Friends
• TV Navi Drama of The Year 2008 – Best Supporting Actress for Last Friends
• 17th Hashida Awards – Best Newcomer

2008

• 12th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix Award (Spring 2008) – Best Supporting Actress forLast Friends
• The Galaxy Award – monthly award (June), for the performance in Last Friends
• 57th Television Drama Academy Awards – Best Supporting Actress for Last Friends
• MTV Student Voice Award – Best Student Voice Actress
• 21st Japan Best Dressed Eyes Awards – Special Award
• International Drama Festival in TOKYO Awards 2008 – Best Actress forNodame Cantabile in Europe
• Vogue – Women of the Year 2008

2007

• 51st Television Drama Academy Awards – Best Lead Actress forNodame Cantabile
• Élan d'or Awards – Best Newcomer forNodame Cantabile

2005

• 28th Japanese Academy Awards – Newcomer of the Year forSwing Girls
• 59th Mainichi Film Awards : Sponichi Grand Prize New Talent Award – Best Newcomer forSwing GirlsandChirusoku no Natsu
• 25th Yokohama Film Festival – Best New Talent forSwing Girls,Joze to tora to sakana tachiandChirusoku no Natsu

Career

Ueno made her television debut in 2002 at the age of 16 in NHK series,Seizon, before making her first film major appearance in 2003 in Chirosoku no Natsu which won her the Sponichi Grand Prize New Talent Award at the Mainichi Film Awards along with her performance in the 2004 film,Swing Girls.Swing Girlsproved to be a breakthrough when she received critical acclaim and awards for Best Newcomer at the Yokohama Film Festival (she was also honored for her performance inJoze to Tora to Sakana Tachi) and the Japanese Academy Awards .

In 2004, Ueno took on a supporting role in TBS 's romance drama,Orange Days, and co-starred in 2005 with Takuya Kimura in Fuji TV 's romantic comedy,Engine, as Misae Hoshino. She also appeared with Kazuya Kamenashi in the special television movie ofKinda'ichi Shōnen no Jikenbothe same year taking over the role of Miyuki Nanase from Anne Suzuki .

Ueno's popularity rose further when she was cast as Megumi Noda ("Nodame") in the 2006 live-action television adaptation of the popular manga ,Nodame Cantabile. Co-starring opposite Hiroshi Tamaki , the series' 11-episode run was a success with an average viewership rating of 18.79% with the season finalé garnering 21.7% of the viewership share for its time slot. Ueno's portrayal as the eccentric and disorganized but yet extremely affable and talented pianist won her "Best Lead Actress" at the 51st Television Drama Academy Awards while the show won "Best Drama". The show was also recognized overseas at the 2nd Seoul Drama Festival where it was awarded "Best Miniseries". Ueno and Tamaki reprised their roles in 2007 in the two-part special,Nodame Cantabile Shinshun Special in Europe, which chronicles their individual struggles to achieve success on Europe 's storied classical music stage whilst being away from each other.

In 2008, Ueno reunited withNodameco-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 ofLast Friendspraised 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 inWanko.

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

On December 9, 2008, it was announced that Ueno will again reprise her role as "Nodame" in a newNodame Cantabiletwo-movie sequel slated for release in 2010.Filming is set to start in May 2009.

On January 25, 2010, it was announced that Ueno will be the lead in the 2011 NHK Taiga dramaGōbased on an original script byAtsuhimewriter Kumiko Tabuchi(田渕 久美子Tabuchi Kumiko^?).It will be Ueno's first role in a historical drama.Gōwill be NHK's 50th Taiga drama, and only its 10th drama with a woman as the main character. Filming is set to start in August 2010.

Movies

• Joze to Tora to Sakana Tachi(2003) (Kanae)
• Swing Girls(2004) (Tomoko Suzuki)
• Chirusoku no Natsu(2004) (Mari Sugiyama)
• Summer Time Machine Blues(2005) (Haruka Shibata)
• Kame wa igai to hayaku oyogu(2005) (Suzume Katakura)
• Arch Angels(2006) (Fumio Shijo)
• 7 Gatsu 24 ka Dōri no Kurisumasu(2006) (Megumi Kamibayashi)
• Niji no Megami Rainbow Song(2006) (Aoi Sato)
• Shiawase no Switch(2006) (Rei Inada)
• Deguchi no Nai Umi(2006) (Minako Narumi)
• Kodomo no Kodomo(2008)
• Guu-Guu Datte Neko de Aru(2008) (Naomi)
• Kung-Fu Kun(2008)
• Wanko the Movie 2(2008) (Narrator)
• Naoko(2008) (Naoko Shinomiya)
• Killer Virgin Road(2009)
• Nodame Cantabile - The Movie I and II(2010) (Megumi Noda aka "Nodame")

TV dramas

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• 2011 –Gō
• 2010 –Sunao ni Narenakute
• 2009 –Ueno Juri to Itsutsu no Kaban
• 2008 –Last Friends(Ruka Kishimoto)
• 2008 –Loss Time Life
• 2008 –Nodame Cantabile New Year Special in Europe(Megumi Noda)
• 2007 –Marumaru Chibi Maruko-chan SP(Maruko-chan)
• 2007 –Jodan Ja Nai!(Eren Takamura)
• 2006 –Nodame Cantabile(Megumi Noda)
• 2006 –Tsubasa No Oreta Tenshitachi(Ryoko Shimojo)
• 2006 –Bokutachi no Sensou(Minami Kamoshita)
• 2005 –Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo – Kyuketsuki Densetsu Satsujin Jiken(Miyuki Nanase)
• 2005 –Engine(Misae Hoshino)
• 2004 –Orange Days(Ayumi Kirishima)
• 2003 –Okaasan to issho(Kaori Matsui)
• 2003 –Teru Teru Kazoku(Akiko Iwata)

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"Best Supporting Actress" (in Japanese). Television Drama Academy Awards. 2008-08-20. . Retrieved 2010-02-23.
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"Student Voice Awards: Oguri wins again" . Tokyograph. 2008-08-28. . Retrieved 2008-09-02. "Aoi Miyazaki, Juri Ueno named Vogue's Women of the Year" . Tokyograph. 2008-11-28. . Retrieved 2008-09-02. "Two "Nodame Cantabile" films planned for 2010" . Tokyograph. 2008-12-09. . Retrieved 2008-09-02.
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