Lin Yin was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia. After touring Australia in the principal cast of Anchuli-Felicia King's 'White Pearl' with Sydney Theatre Company, Lin was cast alongside Sam Neill, Christoph Waltz and Miranda Otto in fantasy feature 'The Portable Door.' Soon after Lin joined the cast of award winning Singaporean TV series 'Shero' and Australian comedy favorite 'Utopia,' the latter which won three of its four nominations at the 2024 Logies. Lin now lives in Los Angeles and just wrapped her first US feature starring opposite RJ Mitte from 'Breaking Bad.'

Lin has a Bachelor degree in Media Communications and Psychology from the University of Melbourne.