Yerin Ha

1998–2018: Early life and education

Yerin Ha was born on 16 January 1998^[3][4][5] in Sydney, Australia,^[6][7] to South Korean parents who met while studying at drama school.^[8] Her maternal grandmother is the Korean actress and politician Son Sook.^[9] She attended Brigidine College until the end of year 9.^[10]

Believing it would be difficult to pursue acting professionally in Australia where there were comparatively few Asian actors on television, on her parents' recommendation, she decided to train in South Korea,^[6][8] and at the age of 15 successfully auditioned for Kaywon High School of Arts in Seoul, where she studied for three years.^[11] She later returned to Australia and graduated in 2018 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in acting,^[11] majoring in Musical Theatre from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney.^[11][12]

2019–2023: Career beginnings

She played Maurice alongside Mia Wasikowska and Eliza Scanlen in the Sydney Theatre Company's 2019 production of Lord of the Flies at the Roslyn Packer Theatre.^[13] She made her television debut with a recurring role in the American-French series Reef Break.^[14]

Also in 2019, it was announced that Ha had been cast in the Steven Spielberg-produced television adaptation of the video game Halo,^[14] in which she would portray a new character, Kwan Ha.^[15] The series premiered on Paramount+ in 2022.^[16]

Ha was named a rising star by the Casting Guild of Australia in November 2021.^[17] She was billed in the main cast of the ABC TV series Troppo as Ah Rah, and made her feature film debut in Sissy.^[14] The latter premiered at the 2022 South by Southwest (SXSW) festival.^[18]

In 2023, Ha starred in the Stan series Bad Behaviour,^[14] a four-part adaptation of Rebecca Starford's novel of the same name.^[19]

2024–present: International breakthrough and Bridgerton

Ha appeared in HBO's Dune prequel series, Dune: Prophecy, as Young Kasha; the series was released in November 2024.^[20]

In August 2024, Ha was cast as Sophie Baek, the love interest of Benedict Bridgerton, in the fourth series of Bridgerton, based on An Offer from a Gentleman, the third novel in Julia Quinn's Bridgerton series.^[21] To honor Ha's South Korean heritage, showrunner Jess Brownell altered the character's last name from Beckett, as it appears in the novel, to Baek.^[5] In preparation for the role, Ha created a Spotify playlist that included the song "Into My Heart" (Korean: 그대가 이렇게 내 맘에) by Lee So-ra, as well as tracks by Benjamin Clementine and Billie Eilish.^[22] The series premiered on the 29 January 2026.^[23]

In 2025, Ha starred in the Netflix series The Survivors.^[24]

Films

Television

Music videos