1. Juri Ueno first gained recognition in the 2005 film Swing Girls where she was a recipient of Newcomer of the Year prize at the Japanese Academy Awards.
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Juri Ueno further gained acclaim with her role in the television series Last Friends for which she won Best Supporting Actress at the Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix and the 57th Television Drama Academy Awards in 2008.
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Juri Ueno made her television debut in 2002 at the age of 16 in the 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.
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In 2004, Juri 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.
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Juri Ueno appeared with Kazuya Kamenashi in the special television movie of Kinda'ichi Shonen no Jikenbo the same year taking over the role of Miyuki Nanase from Anne Suzuki.
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Juri Ueno's popularity rose further when she was cast as Megumi Noda in the 2006 live-action television adaptation of the popular manga Nodame Cantabile.
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In 2008, Juri 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.
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Taeko Asano, the screenwriter of Last Friends praised Juri Ueno's acting of Ruka, stating that Juri Ueno is a "natural genius" and that she became "the character itself".
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Juri Ueno won "Best Supporting Actress" at the 12th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix and The 57th Television Drama Academy Awards for her role.
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Juri Ueno was recognised as "Best Student Voice Actress" at the 2008 MTV Student Voice Awards for her role in Wanko.
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On 25 January 2010, it was announced that Juri Ueno would be the lead in the 2011 NHK Taiga drama Go based on an original script by Atsuhime writer Kumiko Tabuchi.
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On 11 September 2010, Juri 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.
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Juri Ueno married Triceratops band member Sho Wada on May 26,2016.