Yeonwoo (연우)

Since Yeonwoo departed MOMOLAND and pivoted toward acting, she has built a parallel career as a drama lead — most recently in the 2026 series Love Phobia, where she plays Yoon Bi-ah, a character navigating a deep-seated fear of love. The role drew notice both for its emotional range and for an unexpected narrative turn involving a stalker plotline, positioning Yeonwoo as a performer capable of carrying dramatic weight beyond her idol origins.

From MOMOLAND to the screen

Born Lee Da-bin on August 1, 1996, Yeonwoo was a member of the girl group MOMOLAND, where she served as main rapper, vocalist, and visual. After her time with the group, she made a deliberate shift toward acting, gradually accumulating television credits that now form the more prominent part of her public profile.

Love Phobia and recent work

Her 2026 drama Love Phobia is the most substantial showcase of that transition to date. Yeonwoo's character Yoon Bi-ah is portrayed across multiple registers — from a competent professional to the center of a dramatic plot twist involving a character who has been secretly admiring her. The role of that admirer, Hong Joo-yeon, was played by Hwang Ha-jung, whose performance alongside Yeonwoo drew additional critical attention to the series. On the drama's conclusion, Yeonwoo spoke publicly about the experience, describing the time spent with the project as precious and expressing regret at its ending — comments that reflected a degree of personal investment in the material.

In the same drama, her character is depicted as the CEO of a dating app, a fictional role that nevertheless generated considerable audience conversation about the series' premise. Co-star Kim Hyun-jin, also born in 1996, appeared alongside her, and coverage of the two drew interest to their on-screen chemistry.

Standing

Yeonwoo occupies a position familiar to a number of second-generation and mid-tier idol alumni: a group career that established her public profile, followed by a sustained effort to establish independent credibility in acting. Love Phobia represents the most visible step in that effort so far, and the audience response to her performance there suggests the transition is being received with genuine engagement rather than novelty.