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her old look, and her current look for Last Friends

Profile (from DramaWiki)
Name: 上野樹里 (うえの じゅり)
Name (romaji): Ueno Juri
Nickname: Jurippe ジュリッペ
Birthdate: 1986-May-25
Birthplace: Kakogawa, Hyogo, Japan
Height: 167cm
Star sign: Gemini
Blood type: A
Talent agency: Amuse
Interests: Music, cooking
Skills: Sprinting, tenor saxophone and piano

TV Shows
Last Friends (ラスト・フレンズ) (Fuji TV, 2008)
Loss Time Life (ロス：タイム：ライフ) (Fuji TV, 2008, Story 4)
Nodame Cantabile SP (のだめカンタービレ　新春スペシャル　ＩＮ　ヨーロッパ) (Fuji TV, 2008)
Marumaru Chibi Maruko-chan SP (まるまるちびまる子ちゃん) (Fuji TV, 2007)
Joudan ja nai! (冗談じゃない！) (TBS, 2007)
Nodame Cantabile (のだめカンタービレ) (Fuji TV, 2006)
Bokutachi no Sensou TBS (僕たちの戦争) (2006)
Tsubasa No Oreta Tenshitachi (翼の折れた天使たち) (Fuji TV, 2006)
Kyuuketsuki Densetsu Satsujin Jiken SP 2005 (吸血鬼伝説殺人事件) (NTV, 2005)
Yagate Kuruhi no Tameni (やがて来る日のために) (Fuji TV, 2005)
Engine (エンジン) (Fuji TV, 2005)
Sayonara, Ozu Sensei (さよなら、小津先生) (Fuji TV, 2004)
Orange Days (オレンジデイズ) (TBS, 2004)
Teruteru Kazoku (てるてる家族) (NHK, 2003)
Okaasan to Issho (お義母さんといっしょ) (TBS, 2003)
Seizon (生存) (NHK, 2002)

Movies
Kodomo no Kodomo (2008)
Guu-Guu Datte Neko de Aru (2008)
Kung Fu Kun (http://www.kung-fukun.jp/) (2008)
Naoko (http://www.naoko-movie.com/) (2008)
7 Gatsu 24 Nichi Toori no Christmas (http://www.724-chris....com/index.html) (2006)
Shiawase no Switch (http://www.shiawase-...h.com/main.html) (2006)
Deguchi no Nai Umi (http://www.deguchi-movie.jp/) (2006)
Warau Michael (http://www.albatros-...ie/michael.html) (2006)
Niji no Megami Rainbow Song (http://rainbowsong.jp/) (2006)
Summer Time Machine Blues (http://stmb.playxmovie.com/) (2005)
Kame wa Igai to Hayaku Oyogu (2005)
Swing Girls (http://www.swinggirls.jp/index.html) (2004)
Joze, the Tiger, and the Fish (http://jozeetora.com/index_f.html) (2003)
Chirusoku no Natsu (http://www.chirusoku.jp/) (2003)

Awards
51th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actress - Nodame Cantabile
28th Japan Academy Awards: Best Newcomer - Swing Girls (http://www.swinggirls.jp/index.html)
59th Everyday Movie Sponichi Grand Prix: Best Newcomer - Swing Girls (http://www.swinggirls.jp/index.html), Chirusoku no Natsu (http://www.chirusoku.jp/)
Yokohama Film Festival: Best Newcomer - Swing Girls

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I've seen her in Orange Days, Swing Girls, Nodame Cantabile, and currently watching her drama Last Friends. She's such an amazing actress! I think she's the best Japanese actress I've seen in a long time (or maybe ever?). I think she fits her roles well, almost chameleon-like.

She's also incredibly cute, so I'll leave you with: