- This article is about the actress. For the golfer, see Grace Park (golfer).
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| Birth name | Grace Park |
| Born | March 14 1974 Los Angeles, California |
| Spouse(s) | Phil Kim |
Grace Park (born March 14 1974[1][2]) is an American-Canadian actress of Korean descent. She is best known as Sharon Valerii (and the various iterations of Number Eight, a humanoid Cylon) on Battlestar Galactica, as well as Shannon Ng in the Canadian television series teen soap Edgemont. Born in Los Angeles, California, Park and her family moved to Canada when she was 22 months old. She was raised in a Korean community in Vancouver.[3] Grace Park graduated from Magee Secondary in 1992, holds a degree in psychology from the University of British Columbia and speaks English and Korean, along with some French and Cantonese. She is currently studying Spanish. As of 2005, Park lives in Vancouver with her husband, real estate developer Phil Kim. She was named #93 in Maxim Online's 2006 List. Grace Park is not related to Linda Park, another actress of Korean heritage who also starred in a sci-fi TV series (Star Trek: Enterprise). Park has a role in the 2007 movie West 32nd,[4] a crime drama dealing with New York City’s Korean underworld.[4][5] She appeared as Lt. Sandra Telfair in Electronic Arts' Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, along with her Battlestar Galactica co-star, Tricia Helfer.[6][7]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2000 | Romeo Must Die | Asian Dancer | |
| The Immortal | Mikikio | tv series | |
| 2001 | Edgemont | Sharon Ng | tv series |
| 2003 | Battlestar Galatica | Sharon Valerii | tv series |
| Jake 2.0 | Fran Yoshida | tv series | |
| 2007 | West 32nd | Lila Lee |
References
- ^ Sources:Grace Park at BattlestarWiki
- ^ The confusion over Grace Park's real birthday
- ^ Battlestar Galactica: Grace Park
- ^ a b IMDB - West 32nd
- ^ [1]
- ^ Bantick, Mike. "EA delivers Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars on PC", iTWire, 2007-03-27. Retrieved on 2007-04-04.
- ^ Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars. Retrieved on 2007-04-04.
External links
- Grace Park at the Internet Movie Database
- Grace Park at TV.com
- Grace Park's profile on The Korea Society's Film Journal
- Grace Park's biography on filmbug
- Battlestar Galactica: Grace Park
- Grace Park interview on The Scifi World About season 3 & 4 of Galactica
- Grace Park on Battlestar Wiki
- Grace Park photo gallery on Spicy Celebrities
