[2] Han made her entertainment debut as a model, then started acting in supporting roles in TV dramas such as Summer Scent.

[4][5] Han then displayed newfound maturity and great improvement in her acting in the 2008 epic drama East of Eden.

[6] In 2008, Han along with Leon Jay Williams sang the Korean and Chinese versions of Olympic theme song "Friends.

It also touched on the various projects she has undertaken such as designing shoes, studying tea ceremony, learning about ceramics, DIY furniture making, and fabric art.

[10] Director Lee Joon-ik cast Han in his 2010 period action film Blades of Blood without auditioning her — not for her talents, but for her Asian-looking eyes.

[16][17] Han played the protagonist in the 2012 drama May Queen, the success story of a woman in the shipbuilding industry during Korea's modernization.

[19] This was followed by leading roles as a cold-hearted heiress in The Full Sun, and as a wrongfully convicted prisoner turned baker in 4 Legendary Witches in 2014.