{"id":56744,"date":"2026-06-05T11:04:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/56744\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T11:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:04:15","slug":"meet-eunice-bae-who-plays-barneys-wife-grace-in-your-friends-neighbors-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/56744\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Eunice Bae, who plays Barney\u2019s wife Grace in Your Friends &#038; Neighbors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple TV\u2019s dramedy Your Friends &amp; Neighbors starring <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/magazines\/style\/luxury\/watches\/article\/3313192\/jon-hamms-cool-classic-watch-collection-mad-men-star-wore-jaeger-lecoultre-reverso-and-omega?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jon Hamm<\/a> returned for its second season on April 3. The show follows Hamm\u2019s character Andrew \u201cCoop\u201d Cooper, a divorced former hedge fund manager who becomes unemployed and starts robbing his ultrawealthy neighbours to maintain his lavish lifestyle.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Eunice Bae (third from left) with the cast of Your Friends &amp; Neighbors in 2025. Photo: @eunicebae\/Instagram\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fbabf5ef-d1d1-4273-a1fe-71873ebe9565_79aea732.jpg\" title=\"Eunice Bae (third from left) with the cast of Your Friends &amp; Neighbors in 2025. Photo: @eunicebae\/Instagram\"\/>Eunice Bae (third from left) with the cast of Your Friends &amp; Neighbors in 2025. Photo: @eunicebae\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Actress Eunice Bae returns as Grace Choi, the sharp-tongued wife of Barney, Coop\u2019s long-time friend and business partner. According to her character bio on Apple TV, she was born into wealth and, as Barney\u2019s partner, \u201csees through much of the chaos around them, often offering a stabilising voice in their relationship and social circle\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Eunice Bae at the Gold Gala in May, during Asian American &amp; Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Photo: @eunicebae\/Instagram\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/99f9ec0e-e848-45e6-aec3-aa9e62b51947_20df0c07.jpg\" title=\"Eunice Bae at the Gold Gala in May, during Asian American &amp; Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Photo: @eunicebae\/Instagram\"\/>Eunice Bae at the Gold Gala in May, during Asian American &amp; Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Photo: @eunicebae\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">As the show\u2019s second season gears up for its finale on June 5, here\u2019s everything to know about the up-and-coming actress.<\/p>\n<p>What did Eunice Bae do before her acting career?<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Eunice Bae in 2019. She is a trained dancer. Photo: @eunicebae\/Instagram\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ee3295fc-5c1f-4025-af6c-1beab24a4d21_d7491f3d.jpg\" title=\"Eunice Bae in 2019. She is a trained dancer. Photo: @eunicebae\/Instagram\"\/>Eunice Bae in 2019. She is a trained dancer. Photo: @eunicebae\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">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.<\/p>\n<p>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 <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/magazines\/style\/people\/luxury-ceos\/article\/3265595\/how-diesel-founder-renzo-rosso-became-italys-fashion-king-marni-maison-margiela?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Diesel<\/a>, and also at Tiffany\u2019s merchandising department.How did Eunice Bae get into acting?<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Eunice Bae in 2018. Photo: @eunicebae\/Instagram\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/26caef16-87da-4289-aa78-b6a54fac4a84_d7491f3d.jpg\" title=\"Eunice Bae in 2018. Photo: @eunicebae\/Instagram\"\/>Eunice Bae in 2018. Photo: @eunicebae\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">It wasn\u2019t until one of Bae\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple TV\u2019s dramedy Your Friends &amp; Neighbors starring Jon Hamm returned for its second season on April 3.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[21224],"tags":[1659,21234,8160,633,255,254,1772,424,18,613,27737,771,1426,1827,343],"class_list":["post-56744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bae","tag-asia","tag-bae","tag-bae-systems","tag-business","tag-china","tag-economy","tag-hong-kong","tag-lifestyle","tag-news","tag-opinion","tag-south-china-morning-post","tag-sport","tag-technology","tag-us","tag-world"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116697174091696447","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}