Nana

Nana (나나), born Im Jin-ah (임진아), turned a high-visibility idol run into one of the sharper acting pivots of her generation. She first broke through with Pledis Entertainment as a member of After School and later Orange Caramel, then rebuilt her public image through screen work that proved she had much more than visual-brand value.

The acting climb became real with The Good Wife in 2016, then accelerated through Kill It, Justice, and Netflix's Mask Girl, where her performance as Oh Han-byeol reset the conversation around idol-to-actor crossover credibility. In 2025 she expanded into large-scale fantasy cinema with Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, and in 2026 she moved into ENA and Disney territory with Climax.

After leaving Pledis in 2024, Nana signed with Sublime and entered a new management chapter that matched her current market position: less nostalgia act, more premium actress with fashion weight, streaming recognition, and a career that still knows how to use pop history without being trapped by it.