Jihae guest stars in the highly anticipated Season 3 of Succession in the recurring role of top PR boss, Berry Schneider. Born in Seoul, Korea to a colonel/diplomat/Presbyterian pastor father and a piano teacher/chef/opera trained singer mother, Jihae grew up in Korea, Nigeria, Sweden, and the U.S. attending ten schools in 3 different languages by the time she became a teenager.
Her debut acting roles in Natgeo/Imagine Entertainment's 'Mars' miniseries as identical twins followed a starring role of a fierce warrior leader Anna Fang in 'Mortal Engines'. Rolling Stone declares, "Jihae has an illegal amount of screen presence." Peter Jackson tells Pop Inquirer, "Jihae has an elegance and a power, she's a fantastic actor." Philip Reeve, the author of Mortal Engines published a new book of short stories, 'Night Flights' dedicated to Jihae because he felt she played Anna Fang with such style and grace, she deserved more stories.
Jihae created and directed a multimedia rock opera 'Fire Burning Rain' with playwright/director John Patrick Shanley based on her 3rd concept album. Her latest album 'Illusion of You' features her co-write with the legendary Leonard Cohen and Dave Stewart on song, 'It Just Feels'. 'Illusion' was lauded, "Beautiful, mystical and poetic" by New York Times. The title track was performed by Jihae on Altered Carbon Season 2 in which she plays the Phantom Lady.
Following her passion for human rights, Jihae continues to donate her time and performance to a variety of nonprofits and peace initiatives, including No Kid Hungry, Acumen Funds, International Medical Corps and Let's Come Together human rights initiative she founded. In between acting, Jihae continues to make music and run her indie label/music for production company Septem for licensing and creating original scores for film, art and commercial projects.