Seol In-ah

In this Korean name, the family name is Bang. In the stage name or pen-name, the surname is Seol.

Bang Ye-rin (Korean: 방예린; born January 3, 1996), better known by the stage name Seol In-ah (설인아), is a South Korean actress. Seol is best known for her leading roles in television series Sunny Again Tomorrow (2018), Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life (2019), Business Proposal (2022), and Twinkling Watermelon (2023) and for her supporting roles in Strong Girl Bong-soon (2017), School 2017 (2017), and Mr. Queen (2020–2021).

Seol In-ah
Seol in September 2024
Born	Bang Ye-rin (1996-01-03) January 3, 1996 (age 29) Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea[1][2]
Other names	Seorina[3]
Education	Seoul Institute of the Arts
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2015–present
Agent	Goldmedalist
Korean name
Hangul	방예린
Hanja	方藝隣
Revised Romanization	Bang Yerin
McCune–Reischauer	Pang Yerin
Stage name
Hangul	설인아
Hanja	薛仁雅
Revised Romanization	Seol Ina
McCune–Reischauer	Sŏl Ina
Website	goldmedalist.com
Signature

Early life and education

Seol was born in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province. Seol attended Seoul Institute of the Arts where she majored in acting.^[4]

Career

2015–2016: Early career

Seol made her acting debut in 2015, where she played a minor role in The Producers and Flowers of the Prison in 2016.

2017–present: Rising popularity and leading role

She first gained recognition for playing the supporting role in JTBC's drama, Strong Girl Bong-soon and KBS2' drama School 2017. She also made her film debut in a web film titled, Closed Eyes. She was also a host of MBC's Section TV from 2017 to 2019.

Seol in 2018

In 2018, Seol took on her first lead role in Sunny Again Tomorrow, which earned her the Best New Actress Award at the 2018 KBS Drama Awards. Her second full variety show came soon after, as a fixed cast member of Law of the Jungle in Mexico. She also played a supporting character in the drama Special Labor Inspector in 2019.

Seol played Kim Cheong-Ah in her second leading role in the weekend drama Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life, which ran from September 2019 to March 2020. She received the Excellence Award for Actress in a Serial Drama at the 2019 KBS Drama Awards for her role in the drama.

In 2020, Seol made a special appearance in the tvN drama Record of Youth. Later the same year, she played Jo Hwa-jin (Royal Noble Consort Ui) in historical drama Mr. Queen.

In 2022, Seol starred in the SBS romantic comedy drama Business Proposal as Jin Young-seo. In April 2022, it was reported that her contract with Oui has expired and she decided not to renew it.^[5] Later, she signed with Gold Medalist.^[6] She released her first ever solo single, "Pure Love", in collaboration with the vegan brand Marhen J. The single accompanied with the music video was released on July 8.^[7][8] In August, Seol made her big screen debut in the film Emergency Declaration as Tae Eun, a flight attendant.^[9]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2017	Closed Eyes	Park Mi-rim	Web film	[10]
2022	Emergency Declaration	Tae-eun		[11]
2023	Love My Scent	A-ra		[12][13]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	The Producers	Cindy's anti-fan	Cameo (Episode 10)	[14]
2016	Flowers of the Prison	Court Lady Han	Cameo	[15]
2017	Strong Girl Bong-soon	Jo Hee-ji		[16]
	School 2017	Hong Nam-joo		[17]
2018	Sunny Again Tomorrow	Kang Ha-nui / Han Soo-jeong		[18]
2019	Special Labor Inspector	Go Mal-sook		[19]
2019–2020	Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life	Kim Cheong-ah		[20]
2020	Record of Youth	Jung Ji-ah	Cameo (Episode 4, 7–15)	[21]
2020–2021	Mr. Queen	Jo Hwa-jin		[22]
2022	Business Proposal	Jin Young-seo		[23]
2023	Oasis	Oh Jung-shin		[24]
	Twinkling Watermelon	Choi Se-gyeong / On Eun-yoo		[25]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2023	Celebrity	Song Yeon-woo	Cameo (Ep. 4)	[26]

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	A Look at Myself	Hidden Camera Agent		[27]
2017–2019	Section TV	Host		[28]
2018	Law of the Jungle in Mexico	Cast member	Episodes 314–320	[29]
2019	Paik's Mysterious Kitchen	Challenger	Episode 1	[30]
2021	Law of the Jungle – Pent Island: Island of Desire	Cast member	Episodes 451–452	[31][32]
2022	Hope TV	Host	episode 5–6	[33]
2024	Iron Girls	Cast member		[34]

Hosting

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2017	Red carpet Seoul Music Awards	with MC Ding Dong	[35]
	Red carpet The Seoul Awards	with Yang Se-chan	[36]
2018	Dream Concert	with Yoon Shi-yoon and Cha Eun-woo	[37][38]
2022	2022 KBS Entertainment Awards	with Moon Se-yoon and Kang Chan-hee	[39][40]
2023	2023 KBS Drama Awards	with Jang Sung-kyu and Rowoon	[41]

Discography

Singles

Title	Year	Album
"Pure Love" (예쁘니까)	2022	Non-album single

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	2021	Excellence Award, Actress in Serial Drama	Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life	Nominated	[42]
Baeksang Arts Awards	2019	Best New Actress – Television	Sunny Again Tomorrow	Nominated	[43]
Brand of the Year Awards	2022	Rising Star Actress	Seol In-ah	Won	[44]
KBS Drama Awards	2018	Best New Actress	Sunny Again Tomorrow	Won	[45]
	2019	Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life	Won	[46]
		Netizen Award, Actress		Nominated	[47]
		Best Couple Award	Seol In-ah (with Kim Jae-young) Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life	Nominated
	2023	Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries	Oasis	Won	[48]
		Popularity Award, Actress		Won
		Best Couple Award with Jang Dong-yoon		Won
MBC Drama Awards	2019	Best Supporting Cast in Monday-Tuesday Miniseries	Special Labor Inspector	Nominated	[49]
MBC Entertainment Awards	2017	Female Rookie Award in Show/Sitcom Category	Section TV	Won	[50]
SBS Drama Awards	2022	Best Couple	Seol In-ah (with Kim Min-kyu) Business Proposal	Won	[51]
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Romance/Comedy Drama	Business Proposal	Nominated	[52]