On the October 20 episode of SBS’s variety show “Running Man” (Episode 724), Ji Ye-eun talked about her past experiences of preparing to join a girl group. The show also featured “Mr. Plankton” actors Woo Do-hwan and Lee Yoo-mi as guests.
During a mission game where the cast competed for lunch and extra coins, Yoo Jae-suk playfully suggested Ji Ye-eun dance, “Since we made a mistake, let’s have Ye-eun show us some moves.” Though initially caught off guard, Ji Ye-eun agreed and performed Wonder Girls’ “Be My Baby,” a dance she had learned during her training days.
Ji Seok-jin then asked her if she learned the dance while dreaming of becoming a girl group member, and when she confirmed, he teasingly revealed, “Then why did you fail the SM auditions?” Ji Ye-eun, embarrassed, replied, “Why are you talking about that on air?”
Kim Jong-kook joined in, asking if she also auditioned for JYP, to which Ji Seok-jin humorously added, “She failed all except YG’s audition, which she didn’t even try for.”
Shin Ye-eun was influenced by her grandfather, a theater actor, and naturally began dreaming of becoming an actress from the third year of middle school. She gave up playing the violin and viola, which she had been practicing with her sister, who is a classical music major, and enrolled in an acting academy.
After attending Anyang Arts High School, she entered Sungkyunkwan University’s Department of Acting Arts. She officially stepped into the entertainment industry after being selected as model for a magazine.
After seeing the magazine, JYP Entertainment offered her an audition, and she was chosen as a trainee. Although she received offers to join a girl group due to being from an idol agency, she revealed that she gave it up because she was not good at dancing.
Shin Ye-eun debuted as an actress in 2018 as the lead in the Playlist web drama “A-Teen,” and gained huge popularity through Netflix’s “The Glory.” In particular, she proved her acting skills by perfectly embodying the young Park Yeon-jin in “The Glory.” She successfully transformed from her previous innocent and pure image into a school bully.
With her role in the currently airing tvN drama “Jeongnyeon,” Shin Ye-eun has solidified her position as a lead actress, and her talents have also been showcased in variety shows.