Shin Ye-eun

Shin Ye-eun (born January 18, 1998) is a South Korean actress. She gained popularity for her role in the web series A-Teen (2018) and its sequel A-Teen 2 (2019), and received international recognition after starring in the Disney+ original Revenge of Others (2022), and the Netflix hit series The Glory (2022–2023).

Early life and education
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. She went to Anyang Arts High School and majored in acting, before transitioning to Sungkyunkwan University where she would major in performing arts.

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



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

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

In 2020, she starred in KBS2's Welcome alongside Kim Myung-soo.

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. Starting from November 2021, she joined the radio show Volume Up as a DJ after Kang Han-na's withdrawal.

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

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

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 two parts of the show available and 380.38 million hours watched, the Korean drama The Glory on Netflix ranks seventh among the all-time most popular non-English television series.

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

Endorsements


In May 2019, Shin was chosen to advertise for Vogue, as its model for the 'Anna Sui Fantasia' perfume collection. The following year, she was chosen to endorse for Innisfree's Wang Cherry Blossom Tone-Up Cream.

In June 2023, Dongwon F&B chose Shin as its advertising model for its dairy processing brand, Denmark. She was selected to endorse Ildong Foodis's Beaubit in the same month.

In January 2024, Shin (alongside Bae In-hyuk), partnered up together with the sports fashion brand, Lecoq Sportive, shooting a commercial and pictorial together for the brand's tennis collection. In February 2024, she was chosen to become the brand new muse for the South Korean brand J.Estina handbag for its spring collection.