Pyo Ye-jin
Pyo Ye-jin is a South Korean actress. She began her career in supporting roles in television dramas and films, and gained recognition for her antagonist role in 2019 SBS mystery melodrama VIP, securing the Best Character Award at the 2019 SBS Drama Awards. Subsequently, Pyo took a hacker role in both seasons of the highly-rated SBS revenge action series Taxi Driver, and later starred in the television dramas Our Blooming Youth and Moon in the Day.
Career
Pyo Ye-jin worked as a flight attendant from 2011 to 2013 at Korean Air before she left to pursue an acting career. She then enrolled as a trainee actress in JYP Entertainment until 2015.Pyo began to get bigger roles from 2016 to 2017 after she signed to agency Pan Stars Company, with some of the standout works being 2016's TV ratings-guarantee family weekend The Gentlemen of Wolgyesu Tailor Shop on KBS2, and her first lead role in the 2017 daily drama Love Returns on KBS1.
From 2018 onwards, Pyo has accumulated more notable roles. She won Popular Character Award at the 11th Korea Drama Awards for her role as an enthusiastic rookie secretary in tvN's rom-com workplace What's Wrong with [Secretary Kim] in 2018. With SBS mystery melodrama VIP, Pyo won Best Character Award at the 2019 SBS Drama Awards for her portrayal of a new employee in the VIP team of a luxurious department store.
Pyo then acted in the SBS highly-rated revenge action Taxi Driver and its sequel, as the vigilante team's IT analyst and youngest member.
In January 2023, Pyo signed with Secret Entertainment. She appeared on two series that year: tvN's historical mystery Our Blooming Youth, and ENA's fantasy drama Moon in the Day, which was her first female lead role in a weekly miniseries.
In October 2024, she was cast as Ji Chang-wook's love interest in Disney+ series The Manipulated.