Dia lahir pada tanggal 1 April tahun 1980 di Saitama, Jepang. Dia membuat debut besarnya dalam seri Asuka dan iklan JT.
Dia menikah dengan aktor, Shido Nakamura pada tanggal 10 Mei 2005. Mereka berdua bertemu dalam syuting film Be With You. Kemudian mereka bercerai 3 tahun kemudian.
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Name: 竹内結子 (たけうち ゆうこ)
Name Romaji: Takeuchi Yuko/ Takeuchi Yuuko
Tinggi badan: 162 cm/ 5'4 ft
Family: One son with ex-husband Shido Nakamura
Star Sign: Aries
Blood Type: A
Drama Serial
Natsu no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku (2010) as Shiori Kitamura
FlashForward (2009) as Keiko Arahida
Bara no nai Hanaya (2008) as Miou Shirato
Bad Mood Gene (2005) as Yoshiko Aoi
New York Love Story (2004 Fuji TV) as Eiko Fujikura
Pride (2004 Fuji TV) as Aki Murase
Autumn in Warsaw (2003 YTV) as Yoko Aoki
The Law of the Smile (2003 TBS) as Yumi Kurasawa
Lunch no Joō (2002 Fuji TV) as Natsumi Mugita
School Teacher (2001 TBS) as Motoko Asakura
Mukodono! (2001 Fuji TV) as Sakura Arai
A White Shadow (2001 TBS) as Noriko Shimura
Style! (2000 TV Asahi) as Shiori Sakakibara
Stories of 100 Years in episode 2 (2000 TBS) as Toshiko Nagai
Friends (2000 TBS) as Miyuki Matsuno
Asuka (1999 NHK Asadora) as Asuka Miyamoto
Romance (1999 NTV) as Kotoe Kurasawa
Nanisama (1998 TBS) as Yuri Kimura
Kantaro Terauchi's Family in autumn 1998 (1998 TBS) as Misuzu Kawachi
Dangerous Police Forever (1998 NTV) as Asuka Fubuki
Setsunai (1998 TV Asahi)
Frozen Summer (1998 NTV) as Junko Moriguchi
Shin-D (1997 NTV)
Nice Guy (1997 Fuji TV)
Cyborg (1996 Fuji TV)
Movie
Wife and My 1778 Storys (2011) as Setsuko
Flowers (2010) as Kaoru
Golden Slumbers (2010) as Haruko Higuchi
No more cry (2009) as Tetsuko Yamagishi
The Triumphant of General Rouge (2009) as Kimiko Taguchi
The Glory of Team Batista (2008) as Kimiko Taguchi
Midnight Eagle (2007) as Keiko Arisawa
Closed Note (2007) as Ibuki Mano
The World According to Chocolat (2007) as Chocolat
A Dog on Sidecar (2007) as Yōko
Spring Snow (2005) as Satoko Ayakura
Be with You (2004 film) (2004) as Mio Aio
Heaven's Bookstore - The Light of Love (2004) as Shoko Hiyama / Kanako Nagase
Yomigaeri:Resurrection (2003) as Aoi Tachibana
Night of the Shooting Star (2003) as Kana Aoshima
Big Show! Sing in Hawaii (1999) as Satomi Takahashi
Ring (film) (1998) as Tomoko Oishi
Innocent World (1998) as Ami
Awards
2010: 66th the Television Drama Academy Award: Best Supporting Actress for Natsu no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku
2008: 81st Kinema Junpo Award: Best Actress for Sidecar ni Inu, Closed Note, and Midnight Eagle
2008: 17th Japan Movie Critics Award: Best Actress for Sidecar ni Inu
2008: Yahoo! Japan Katteni Movie Award: Best Actress for Sidecar ni Inu and Closed Note
2008: 56th the Television Drama Academy Award: Best Supporting Actress for Bara no nai Hanaya
2007: Osaka Movie Press Club Best Movie Award: Best Actress for Sidecar ni Inu
2007: 20th Nikkan Sports Film Award: Best Actress for Sidecar ni Inu
2007: 31st Fumiko Yamaji Award: Best Actress for Sidecar ni Inu
2005: 22nd Wakayama Citizen Movie festival: Best Actress for Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu
2005: 9th NIFTY Film Award: Best Actress for Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu
2005: Movie Walker Cinema Award: Best Actress for Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu
2003-2004: 7th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix: Best Actress for Pride
2004: 13th Japan Movie Critics Award: Best Actress for Yomigaeri
2002-2003: 6th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix: Best Actress for Lunch no Joou
2002: 34th the Television Drama Academy Award: Best Actress for Lunch no Joou
2002: 26th Élan d'or Award: Newcomer of the Year
2001: 31st the Television Drama Academy Award: Best Supporting Actress for Gakkou no Sensei
2001: 9th Hashida Best New Comer Award