Kang Eun-bi

Kang was inspired to become an actress in elementary school after seeing Jung Sun-kyung play the titular character of the 1995 drama Jang Hui-bin.{{Cite web |date=2005-11-14 |title= |script-title=ko:[쉘 위 토크] '레인보우 로망스' 강은비 |url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=144&aid=0000001094 |access-date=2024-03-12 |website= |publisher=Sports Kyunghyang |language=ko |via=Naver}} In middle school, she was cast by SM Entertainment, but her mother called the deal off after seeing their contract. Kang instead became a magazine model, drawn in by the prospect of earning money.{{Cite web |date=2018-10-05 |title= |script-title=ko:아프리카tv 강은비 bj "내가 SM 캐스팅 거절하고 잡지 모델이 된 이유" |url=https://daily.hankooki.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=577287 |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Daily Hankook |language=ko}} Kang was also active as an internet ulzzang, having been a famous figure on the Daum "Five Big Ulzzangs" community, and was named the best ulzzang on a program aired by cable TV channel Qwiny.{{Cite web |title= |script-title=ko:얼짱 모델 오디션, 연예인 등용문이 넓어졌다! -방송계 [창간특집] |url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=117&aid=0000030807 |access-date=2024-03-12 |website= |publisher=MyDaily |language=ko |via=Naver}}{{Cite web |date=2004-01-08 |title= |script-title=ko:[케이블-위성 산책]최고얼짱 경연 오프라인 대회 생중계 |url=https://www.donga.com/news/Entertainment/article/all/20040108/8018490/1 |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=The Dong-A Ilbo |language=ko}}

Her first acting role was in the 2005 movie Wet Dreams 2, where she was picked out of 3,500 auditionees.{{Cite web |script-title=ko:강은비 "얼짱만 믿는 연기자 아니에요" |url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=022&aid=0000073950 |access-date=2024-03-12 |website= |publisher=Segye Ilbo |language=ko |via=Naver}} The same year, she appeared in the Drama City episode "Pokhara", her debut TV role.{{Cite web |last= |date=2005-08-11 |title= |script-title=ko:강은비 안방극장 데뷔 합격점 |url=https://www.khan.co.kr/culture/tv/article/200508110822501 |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Kyunghyang Shinmun |language=ko}} She was also cast in the series Golden Apple, but she left during production as she was set to appear in Special of My Life, a show planned to share its time slot.{{Cite web |last= |date=2005-09-21 |title= |script-title=ko:강은비, 편성문제로 '황금사과' 하차..고은아 투입 |url=https://www.starnewskorea.com/stview.php?no=2005092110305114806 |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Star News |language=ko}} In the sitcom Rainbow Romance, the sixth installment of the Nonstop series, she played an immature college student majoring in dance, a subject which she had previous experience in. She had minored in ballet until her junior year of high school.

In 2006, Special of My Life aired, in which Kang starred as the younger sister of Myung Se-bin's character, though she did not appear in the first few episodes.{{Cite web |script-title=ko:강은비,'내 인생의 스페셜' 언제 등장하나 궁금증 증폭 |url=https://news.nate.com/view/20060218n03791 |access-date=2024-03-12 |website= |publisher=Newsen |language=ko |via=Nate}} Following Special of My Life, she starred alongside Yoon Eun-hye and Oh Man-seok as a country girl in the drama The Vineyard Man; for her part, she studied the Chungcheong dialect of Korean.{{Cite web |last=Park |first=Jae-deok |date=2006-07-06 |title= |script-title=ko:강은비, 윤은혜-오만석과 '포도밭' 삼각관계 |url=https://www.joynews24.com/view/213173 |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Joynews24 |language=ko}} In 2007, she starred in the cable drama Sexi Mong as detective Kang Han-na.{{Cite web |last=Kang |first=Seung-hun |date=2007-10-22 |title= |script-title=ko:김지우 서영 강은비, '색시몽'서 섹시미 대결 |url=https://www.joynews24.com/view/289645 |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Joynews24 |language=ko}} The role, described as strong and sexy, was a departure from the cute characters she had played up to that point.{{Cite web |date=2007-10-02 |title= |script-title=ko:'몽정기2' 강은비, 여고생 벗고 섹시 미녀 변신 |url=https://www.donga.com/news/article/all/20071002/8495350/1 |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=The Dong-A Ilbo |language=ko}} Her next role was in My Too Perfect Sons, where she played a single mother.{{Cite web |date=2009-06-23 |title= |script-title=ko:강은비 "미혼모 모임 가입" 성숙 연기로 '안방 공략' |url=https://sports.donga.com/article/all/20090622/20471606/3 |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Sports Dong-a |language=ko}}

In 2009, she made her debut as a singer with the single "Makin' Love", which she had prepared for 6 months.{{Cite web |date=2009-07-27 |title=[ChanMi's star news] Kang Eun-bi becomes a singer? |url=https://www.hancinema.net/chanmi-s-star-news-kang-eun-bi-becomes-a-singer--20368.html |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=HanCinema}}

Kang started internet broadcasting on Avatar TV in 2016.{{Cite web |last=Yoon |first=Jin-geun |date=2018-05-15 |title= |script-title=ko:"저도 별풍선 모아요" BJ 뛰어든 연예인 누가 있나…김성은부터 지오까지 |url=https://sports.khan.co.kr/entertainment/sk_index.html?art_id=201805151650003&sec_id=540101 |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Sports Kyunghyang |language=ko}} In November 2017, Kang opened an account on the South Korean streaming platform AfreecaTV.{{Cite web |date=2018-12-28 |title= |script-title=ko:"배우에서 BJ 전향 성공했다"…강은비, '아프리카 시상식' 2관왕 차지 |url=https://www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/201812282309751260?t=20240313015524 |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Hankook Ilbo |language=ko}} She was awarded the Best Female Variety Streamer and the Best New Streamer award at the 2018 Afreeca TV BJ Awards.

On March 6, 2025, Kang announced that she would marry interior designer Byun Jun-pil, her boyfriend of 17 years, in April.{{Cite web|last=Kim|first=Ji-woo|date=March 6, 2025|script-title=ko:강은비, 2008년 열애설 ♥변준필과 웨딩마치…"17년 연애 결실"|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/ranking/article/117/0003919245|trans-title=Kang Eun-bi, 2008 dating rumor ♥ Wedding march with Byun Jun-pil… "17 years of love fruition"|access-date=March 6, 2025|publisher=MyDaily|language=ko|via=Naver}}

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