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Meet Eunice Bae, who plays Barney’s wife Grace in Your Friends & Neighbors

STORYSumnima Kandangwa
Eunice Bae at the premiere of season two of Your Friends & Neighbors at The New York Historical in April. Photo: @eunicebae/Instagram
Eunice Bae at the premiere of season two of Your Friends & Neighbors at The New York Historical in April. Photo: @eunicebae/Instagram
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The South Korean actress, currently in the hit Apple TV dramedy alongside Jon Hamm, briefly worked at Tiffany’s before booking her first on-screen roles

Apple TV’s dramedy Your Friends & Neighbors starring Jon Hamm returned for its second season on April 3. The show follows Hamm’s character Andrew “Coop” Cooper, a divorced former hedge fund manager who becomes unemployed and starts robbing his ultrawealthy neighbours to maintain his lavish lifestyle.
Eunice Bae (third from left) with the cast of Your Friends & Neighbors in 2025. Photo: @eunicebae/Instagram
Eunice Bae (third from left) with the cast of Your Friends & Neighbors in 2025. Photo: @eunicebae/Instagram

Actress Eunice Bae returns as Grace Choi, the sharp-tongued wife of Barney, Coop’s long-time friend and business partner. According to her character bio on Apple TV, she was born into wealth and, as Barney’s partner, “sees through much of the chaos around them, often offering a stabilising voice in their relationship and social circle”.

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Eunice Bae at the Gold Gala in May, during Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Photo: @eunicebae/Instagram
Eunice Bae at the Gold Gala in May, during Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Photo: @eunicebae/Instagram

As the show’s second season gears up for its finale on June 5, here’s everything to know about the up-and-coming actress.

What did Eunice Bae do before her acting career?

Eunice Bae in 2019. She is a trained dancer. Photo: @eunicebae/Instagram
Eunice Bae in 2019. She is a trained dancer. Photo: @eunicebae/Instagram

Born and raised in Fairfax, Virginia, Bae was born to South Korean parents who immigrated to the US. Her mother was a visual artist, and Bae trained in dance since she was four, per an episode of the podcast Former Colleagues.

Bae graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a degree in communication design and photography before moving to New York City to work as a graphic designer and other roles. She worked as a hostess at a restaurant for two years, then as a freelance prop stylist at Diesel, and also at Tiffany’s merchandising department.

How did Eunice Bae get into acting?

Eunice Bae in 2018. Photo: @eunicebae/Instagram
Eunice Bae in 2018. Photo: @eunicebae/Instagram

It wasn’t until one of Bae’s friends encouraged her to attend an open call for the musical Miss Saigon that her career in acting actually kicked off. The actress started honing her skills and taking part in community theatre in Hawaii, per Former Colleagues.

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