Chae Soo-bin

Not to be confused with Bae Soo-bin, whose birth name is Yoon Tae-wook.

In this Korean name, the family name is Bae. In the stage name or pen-name, the surname is Chae.

Bae Soo-bin^[3] (Korean: 배수빈; born July 10, 1994), known professionally as Chae Soo-bin (채수빈), is a South Korean actress. She gained recognition for her role in the television series Love in the Moonlight (2016), and transitioned into leading roles with The Rebel (2017), Strongest Deliveryman (2017), I'm Not a Robot (2017–2018), Where Stars Land (2018), A Piece of Your Mind (2020), Rookie Cops (2022), The Fabulous (2022), and When the Phone Rings (2024).

Chae Soo-bin
Chae in November 2024
Born	Bae Soo-bin (1994-07-10) July 10, 1994 (age 30) Anyang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Education	Konkuk University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2014–present
Agent	King Kong by Starship[1][2]
Korean name
Hangul	배수빈
Hanja	裵秀彬
Revised Romanization	Bae Subin
McCune–Reischauer	Pae Subin
Stage name
Hangul	채수빈
Hanja	蔡秀彬
Revised Romanization	Chae Subin
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'ae Subin

Career

2014–2015: Beginnings

Chae was spotted by a casting director on the streets, and upon signing a management contract with Toin Entertainment, she proceeded to make her debut in 2014 with the film My Dictator. Due to the fact that her birth name is the same as the stage name of the more popular actor Bae Soo-bin (born Yoon Tae-wook), she was given the stage name "Chae Soo-bin".^[4] She then featured in weekend drama House of Bluebird (2015)^[5] and youth series Cheer Up! (2015)^[6] which won her Best New Actress awards at both 4th APAN Star Awards and 29th KBS Drama Awards.^[7]

2016–present: Rising popularity and leading roles

Chae in 2016

Chae became recognized for her performance in the popular sageuk drama Love in the Moonlight (2016),^[8] from which she gained an Excellence Award nomination at the 30th KBS Drama Awards.^[9] The same year she starred in the play Blackbird ^[10] and the Chinese-South Korean web-drama My Catman.^[11]

In January 2017, she took on her first prime-time leading role in the historical television series The Rebel.^[12] The series was a modest success and led to a rise in popularity for Chae.^[8] She then starred in KBS2's youth romance drama Strongest Deliveryman,^[13] and MBC's romantic comedy drama I'm Not a Robot.^[14] Also in 2017, Chae starred in the first episode of the eighth season of the KBS2 anthology series KBS Drama Special, "If We Were a Season."^[15]

In 2018, Chae starred in the airport-themed drama Where Stars Land.^[16] Her performance won her the Excellence Award at the SBS Drama Awards.^[17] Chae and co-star Lee Je-hoon were also appointed honorary ambassadors of Incheon International Airport.^[18] After the expiration of her management contract with Toin Entertainment in December 2018, Chae joined King Kong by Starship in January 2019.^[1]

In 2020, Chae starred in the romance drama A Piece of Your Mind alongside Jung Hae-in.^[19]

In 2021 and 2022, Chae appeared opposite Gong Myung in the music video series for Kyuhyun's Four Seasons Project, which consisted of the singles "Moving On," "Coffee," "Together," and "Love Story."^[20] Also in 2021, she starred with Jang Ki-yong in the romantic comedy film Sweet & Sour.^[21]

In January 2022, she starred alongside Kang Daniel in the Disney+ series Rookie Cops.^{[22][unreliable source?]} That same month, Chae starred in the South Korean period adventure film The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure. On May 25, 2022, Chae decided to extend her contract with King Kong by Starship.^[23] In September, Chae was reunited with her Love in the Moonlight costars for the TVING entertainment program Young Actors' Retreat.^[24] In December of that same year she starred in the Netflix series The Fabulous.^{[25][unreliable source?]}

In January 2023, Chae was cast as Viola de Lesseps in the 30th anniversary edition of Seoul Arts Center's production of Shakespeare in Love, alongside Jung So-min and Kim Yoo-jung as alternates.^[26] On May 24, Chae and singer Jo Yu-ri released the promotional single "Yellow Circle" in collaboration with Lipton and Starship Entertainment.^[27]

Personal life

Chae is a Catholic.^[28][29]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2014	My Dictator	Crop Top Girl
2015	Night With a Perfect Stranger	Hye-jin	Seoul International Love Film Fest: Entry 4
	M.Boy	Lee Eun-soo		[30]
2016	Sori: Voice From The Heart	Kim Yoo-joo		[31]
2019	Rosebud	Hyun-ah		[32]
2021	Sweet & Sour	Da-eun	Netflix Film	[21]
2022	The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure	Hae-geum		[33]
2024	Hijack 1971	Ok Soon		[34]
2025	Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint	Yoo Sang-ah		[35]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2014	Drama Special – "The Diary of a Resentful Woman"	Shim Cheong-yi	One-act drama	[36]
2015	Spy	Jo Soo-yeon		[37]
	House of Bluebird	Han Eun-soo		[5]
	Cheer Up!	Kwon Soo-ah		[11]
2016	Love in the Moonlight	Jo Ha-yeon		[38]
	Shopping King Louie	Wang Mong-shil	Cameo (Episode 16)	[39]
2017	The Rebel	Song Ga-ryung		[12]
	Strongest Deliveryman	Lee Dan-ah		[13]
	Drama Special – "If We Were a Season"	Hae Rim	One-act drama	[15]
2017–2018	I'm Not a Robot	Jo Ji-ah / Aji3		[14]
2018	Where Stars Land	Han Yeo-reum		[16]
2020	A Piece of Your Mind	Han Seo-woo		[19]
2024–2025	When the Phone Rings	Hong Hui-joo		[40]
TBA	Treat Her With Caution			[41]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2016	My Catman	Mi-oh	[11]
2022	Rookie Cops	Go Eun-gang	[42]
	The Fabulous	Pyo Ji-eun	[43]

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2021	House on Wheels: For Rent	Cast Member	Spin-off of House on Wheels; with The Pirates 2 cast	[44]

Web shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2022	Young Actors' Retreat	Cast member		[24]
	Saturday Night Live Korea	Host	Season 3 Episode 3	[45]

Music video appearances

Year	Title	Artist	Ref.
2014	"Girlfriend"	Uniqnote feat. Bobby Kim and Jung Yup	[46]
2016	"You Are, You Are, You Are"	Wax	[47]
2021	"Moving On"	Kyuhyun	[48]
	"Coffee"		[49]
	"Together"		[50]
2022	"Love Story"		[20]

Theatre

Theatre play performances

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2012–2013	Thursday Romance (그와 그녀의 목요일)	Seo Yi-kyung	[51]
2016	Blackbird (블랙버드)	Una	[10]
2019–2021	The Student and Monsieur Henri [fr] (앙리할아버지와 나)	Constance Piponnier	[52]
2023	Shakespeare in Love (셰익스피어 인 러브)	Viola de Lesseps	[26]

Discography

List of singles, showing year released, and name of the album

Title	Year	Album
"Yellow Circle" (with Jo Yu-ri)	2023	Non-album single

List of soundtrack appearances, showing year released, and name of the album

Title	Year	Album
"That's Love"	2017	The Rebel OST
"Way to You"		Strongest Deliveryman OST

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee / Work	Result	Ref.
APAN Star Awards	2015	Best New Actress	House of Bluebird	Won	[53]
KBS Drama Awards	2015	Best New Actress		Won	[7]
			Cheer Up!	Won
		Best Couple Award	Chae Soo-bin (with Lee Sang-yeob) House of Bluebird	Nominated
		Netizen Award, Actress	House of Bluebird	Nominated
			Cheer Up!	Nominated
	2016	Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length Drama	Love in the Moonlight	Nominated
	2017	Best Actress in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama	If We Were a Season	Nominated
		Best Couple Award	Chae Soo-bin (with Go Kyung-pyo) Strongest Deliveryman	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries	Strongest Deliveryman	Nominated
		Netizen Award, Actress		Nominated
Max Movie Awards	2016	Rising Star Award	Sori: Voice From The Heart	Won	[54]
MBC Drama Awards	2017	Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama	The Rebel	Won	[55]
		Popularity Award, Actress	I'm Not a Robot	Nominated
	2024	Best Couple Award	Chae Soo-bin (with Yoo Yeon-seok) When the Phone Rings	Won	[56]
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries	When the Phone Rings	Won
SBS Drama Awards	2018	Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama	Where Stars Land	Won	[17]
		Best Couple Award	Chae Soo-bin with Lee Je-hoon Where Stars Land	Nominated	[57]