Bridgerton's latest love interest Yerin Ha on growing up in a family of actresses, in Australia and Korea
Actress Yerin Ha is enjoying the last few months of relative anonymity before the release of Bridgerton season four turns her into a household name. She plays Sophie, the love interest of Benedict, one of the late Viscount Bridgerton's sons.
Raised between South Korea and Australia, 27-year-old Ha comes from a family of performers. We caught up with the up-and-coming actress at the Chanel autumn/winter 2025 show during
Paris Fashion Week
Is this your first Chanel show?
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This is my first fashion show ever. I feel it's a pinch me moment because I always saw it on social media growing up and [now] I'm here in the flesh, witnessing it.
What did you enjoy the most?
I think just seeing all the details. It's just like works of art with the amount of detail and the process of getting to a final product – it does remind me a lot of acting, in the sense of the time and detail that people don't realise.
What's your first memory of Chanel?
Honestly, the handbag. My grandma would always have a Chanel handbag and she loves designer brands, so I remember snooping in her wardrobe and trying on Chanel handbags and Chanel perfumes – it's such a sophisticated logo you can't miss it.
Yerin Ha (right) and her actress grandmother Son Sook (front). Photo: @yerinha_/Instagram
Your grandmother was an actress and you come from a family of actors.
I just kind of found it normal in a way. My grandma is a thespian and my mum grew up around that too. I never had anybody say that I couldn't pursue acting. It's always just been, 'whatever makes you happy', so it's really nice to know that I have people who just support whatever I want to do.
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