Shin Ye-eun

Shin Ye-eun was born on January 18, 1998, in Anyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Growing up, she was interested in the performing arts, since her grandfather was a theatrical actor, and she would often watch his performances.^[3] She went to Anyang Arts High School and majored in acting, before transitioning to Sungkyunkwan University where she would major in performing arts.^[4]

Shin appeared as the cover model for Korea's college magazine College Tomorrow No. 840 in 2018.^[5][6] She made her debut shortly after as an actress in the 2018 web series A-Teen.^[4] In August 2018, Shin signed with JYP Entertainment;^[4] in the same year, she subsequently appeared in labelmate Day6's "Shoot Me" music video.^[7]

In 2019, Shin landed her first lead role in the fantasy television series He Is Psychometric, where she starred opposite Park Jin-young.^[8] She also reprised her role as Do Ha-na in the second season of A-Teen.^[9]

From July 2019 to July 2020, she hosted the music program Music Bank with Golden Child's Choi Bo-min.^[10][11] She was also selected as the ambassador for 21st Bucheon International Animation Festival in the same year.^[12]

In 2020, she starred in KBS2's Welcome alongside Kim Myung-soo.^[13][14]

In 2021, she featured in the song "La Rosa" from U-Know Yunho's second mini album, Noir, which was released on January 18, 2021.^[15] Starting from November 2021, she joined the radio show Volume Up as a DJ after Kang Han-na's withdrawal.^[16]

In 2022, Shin made a special appearance in the original TVING drama Yumi's Cells 2.^[17] Later in July, she joined the Bubble for Actors platform.^[18]

Later in November 2022, Shin appeared in the drama Revenge of Others, which aired on the Disney+ platform.^[19] In the drama, she portrayed the main character Ok Chan-mi, a high school shooting athlete who investigates her twin brother's death and seeks revenge.^[20] For her performance in the Revenge of Others, she won Best New Actress – Television at the 2nd Blue Dragon Series Awards.^[21]

A month later in the same year, Shin was cast in The Glory as the younger version of Park Yeon-jin, the main antagonist of the story who persistently bullies the young Mun Dong-eun (portrayed by Jung Ji-so). With 380.38 million hours watched, The Glory ranked seventh among the all-time most popular non-English television series on Netflix.^[22]

In 2024, Shin was cast in tvN's historical musical drama, Jeong Nyeon, portraying the role of Heo Yeong-seo.^[23]

In May 2019, Shin was selected to endorse Anna Sui's Fantasia perfume collection in a Vogue feature.^[24] In 2020, she was selected to endorse Innisfree's Wang Cherry Blossom Tone-Up Cream.^[25] In May of 2021, H&M selected Shin to be their representative model for its fashion campaign.^[26]

In March 2023, Shin was selected as brand ambassador for Charmzone Cosmetics.^[27] Three months later, she was selected to endorse Dongwon F&B's dairy brand, Denmark,^[28] and Ildong Foodis's Beaubit.^[29]

In January 2024, Shin was selected to endorse Le Coq Sportif's tennis collection.^[30] A month later, she was selected to endorse South Korean brand J.Estina [ko]'s spring collection handbag.^[31]