YERIN HA TO NARRATE THE AUDIOBOOK OF MIN JIN LEE’S AMERICAN HAGWON
NEW YORK, NY (September 1, 2026) — Yerin Ha, who portrays Sophie Baek in the Netflix series Bridgerton and Mia Chang in The Survivors, narrates Min Jin Lee’s American Hagwon, and delivers a pitch-perfect performance of what Booklist calls an ‘immersive masterpiece’.
In schools and churches, hotel rooms and nail salons, law firms and fried-fish shops; in cramped, dingy apartments and luxury, gated communities, the men, women, and children in American Hagwon struggle to find satisfaction and meaning in a world that seems to grow less forgiving with each passing year.
In American Hagwon, Min Jin Lee has crafted an unforgettable, panoramic novel where the smallest of gestures can have enormous repercussions, where the bonds of family and of memory twist and fray but rarely break, and where willful self-sacrifice – for the benefit of loved ones and even strangers – is a kind of prayer.
The audiobook, with English and Korean masterfully performed by Ha, illuminates what Roxane Gay, bestselling author of Bad Feminist and Hunger, says is Min’s “grand ambition, fierce heart, and the tenderest hope to a novel I didn’t want to end.”
“A wondrous and mesmerizing reading of American Hagwon,” says the author. “It’s a miraculous gift to have Yerin Ha, an exceptionally talented actor, who like the Koh family, has lived in Sydney, Seoul, and California, bring rich sympathy, incredible drama, and an earnest joy to her beautiful performance of the novel.”
About Min Jin Lee: Lee is the author of the novels Free Food for Millionaires and Pachinko, a finalist for the National Book Award, runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and a New York Times “100 Best Books of the Century.” She serves as the New York State Author Laureate from 2025 through 2027. She is the 2024 recipient of The Fitzgerald Prize for Literary Excellence. Lee has received the Manhae Grand Prize for Literature, the Bucheon Diaspora.
About Yerin Ha:
Yerin Ha is a Korean-Australian actor and one of the most exciting new international talents of her generation. She was named as this year’s SAG Ambassador for the Actor Awards and also featured on Variety’s 8 API Up Next in Entertainment List.
Earlier this year, she starred as Sophie Baek in Bridgerton Season 4. Her casting as the romantic lead opposite Luke Thompson as Benedict Bridgerton was met with immediate global fan enthusiasm and critical acclaim, positioning Ha at the center of one of Netflix’s most successful and culturally influential franchises.
Previously, Ha starred in Netflix’s The Survivors, adapted from Jane Harper’s bestselling novel. Set in Tasmania, the series explores the reverberations of tragedy within a small seaside community as a decades-old mystery collides with a present-day murder. Her previous television credits include HBO’s Dune: Prophecy, released in late 2024, and Paramount+’s Halo, executive produced by Steven Spielberg.
On stage, Ha made her UK theatre debut starring in Jean Genet’s The Maids at London’s Donmar Warehouse, a bold new translation and world premiere production directed by Kip Williams, that ran from October to November 2025. She is now currently leading The Maids in New York’s St. Ann’s Warehouse. This follows her earlier work with Williams at the Sydney Theatre Company in Lord of the Flies alongside Mia Wasikowska—underscoring her range across screen and stage.
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