Son Na-eun was born on February 10, 1994 in Seoul, South Korea. She attended Chungdam High School and later transferred to School of Performing Arts Seoul, from which she graduated on February 7, 2013. In 2013, she was accepted into Dongguk University's Department of Theatre and Film as an acting major. She was also chosen as an ambassador for the said university in 2014 along with SNSD's Yoona and Park Ha-sun.
Son was the first Apink member to be announced in 2011. On April 21, Son debuted with Apink on Mnet's M Countdown performing their songs "I Don't Know", and "Wishlist" which were included on their debut EP Seven Springs of Apink.
In 2012, Son made her acting debut as the teenage Hae-in in the historical drama The Great Seer. She then made her film debut in the fifth installment of comedy series Marrying the Mafia, titled “Return of the Noble Family”. Thereafter, Son played supporting roles in family drama Childless Comfort and romantic comedy Twenty Again. In 2016, she co-starred in tvN's romantic comedy Cinderella with Four Knights.
Throughout 2013 and 2014, Son starred in MBC's We Got Married with Shinee's Taemin as a virtual married couple, for which Son won the "Star of the Year" award at the MBC Entertainment Awards.
In 2017, it was confirmed that Son will star in the upcoming horror film Woman's Wail. The same year, she was cast in Noh Hee-kyung's four-episode miniseries The Most Beautiful Goodbye.
