Veteran Korean actress Son Sook’s granddaughter Yerin Ha, the rising actress, is Australian and half-Korean.
Key Takeaways
- Yerin Ha was born into a family related to the acting field, and her maternal parents were renowned actors and actresses in South Korea.
- Ha started her acting career at 15 by auditioning for a performing arts school in Korea.
- She appeared in various TV shows and movies, such as Dune: Prophecy (2024), Halo (2022), and Bad Behaviour (2023).
Australian actress Yerin Ha was born on 1995 June 26, in Sydney, New South Wales, and grew up in Seoul, South Korea.
She hails from a family deeply rooted in the film industry. Her maternal grandparents, Son Sook, is a well-known Korean actress, and Kim Seong-ok is a respected South Korean actor, entrepreneur, and university professor.
Son Sook is a celebrated Korean actress known for her roles in films such as Spirits’ Homecoming (2016), The Glory (2022), and A Hot Roof (1995).
She has been acting for over 50 years, starting her career in 1968. She also briefly entered politics but stepped down after only 32 days.
Yerin’s maternal grandfather, Kim Seong-ok, was renowned for his portrayal as The strongman of King Taejo Wang Geon.
He was also the CEO of the theatre company Shinhyup and a Professor at the Woosuk University Department of Theater Adjunct.
Sadly, he passed away on December 16, 2022, at the age of 88.
Son Sook and Kim Seong-ok, who met in the university drama club, married in 1965. Their love story thrived as they played the lead roles in “The Three-Cornered Hat.”
Kim Seong-ok and Son Sook had three daughters residing in Australia, one of whom is Yerin Ha’s mother.
In the interview Yerin gave with Vogue Australia, she shared,
“My grandma’s an actor and my parents met each other in acting school, so I’ve always grown up with this knowledge of what theatre and screen are, so that’s something I was always interested in.”
via Vouge
Yerin Ha’s parents have not been publicly identified. They have kept a low profile, and no information about Ha’s family has been shared from her side.
Yerin’s passion for acting traces back to her family’s background and diligent work ethic. At the age of 15, she auditioned for performing arts in Korea, engaged herself in the culture, and underwent tough training from 7 a.m. to 12 a.m. for three years.
Upon returning from Korea, she enrolled at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, intending to increase Asian-Western representation in the industry.
Yerin debuted in the French-American crime drama series “Reef Break“ and later landed a role in the Paramount+ series “Halo,” which premiered on March 24, 2022.
However, her fans expressed disappointment with the initial season of “Halo” due to the underwhelming storyline of Yerin Ha’s character in the show.
Expressing disappointment, a fan wrote,
I feel sorry for Yerin Ha.
byu/Solafuge inhalo
Another fan comment on her Instagram,
“Really nothing against you, but you’re written really poorly”
via Instagram
She also starred in Stan’s miniseries “Bad Behaviour” (2023) and was recognized as a rising star by the Casting Guild of Australia (CGA) in 2021.
In Case You Didn’t Know
- Netflix officially cast Yerin Ha for ‘Lady in Silver‘ as Sophie Beckett in Season 4 of ‘Bridgerton,’ which is unlikely to happen before 2026.
- Before graduating from art school, Ha had already landed a role in Sydney Theatre Company’s Lord of the Flies production alongside Mia Wasikowska.
- Yerin was the 2023 Nominee for Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Supporting Actress in Bad Behaviour.
