Grace Park is an American-born Canadian actress. She gained recognition as Sharon "Boomer" Valerii and Sharon "Athena" Agathon on Battlestar Galactica, as well as Shannon Ng in the Canadian television series teen soap Edgemont. Park stars as Officer Kono Kalakaua in the CBS ...
Magee Secondary School, University of British Columbia
Nationality
Canada
Spouse
Phil Kim (m. 2004)
Nicknames
Jee Un Park
Awards
Hot 100 List (2011, 2006, 2005)
Nominations
Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
Movies
"Romeo Must Die" (2000), "Athena", "The Immortal", "Stargate SG-1", "Jake 2.0", "West 32nd" (2007)
TV Shows
"Hawaii Five-0" (2010-), "Battlestar Galactica" (2003), "The Cleaner" (2008-2009), "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2009), "The Border" (2008-2010), "American Dad!" (2010,2013)
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[on fan art] I just saw a montage that they put together to music, and it was the whole Tyrol and Boomer storyline. And it was all these clips that they put together, and someone sent it to me for my interest. And I watched the thing, and by the end, I was all moved. I was like, "I want them to be together!" [laughs] "They're so great!" Then I was like, "But if I think about it, that was doomed."
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[on fanfiction] I get really confused. I didn't know what that really was. I was like, "I don't remember reading this script anywhere!"
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[on playing two characters on Battlestar Galactica (2004)] There was a lot of pressure that I felt, especially since the second episode was very heavy on the two characters right away. And I remember the director was reiterating some of the points of the show. And I was sitting there thinking, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, but why are you saying these things?" Because they're obvious points. Then I realized in that moment she was making sure that she had the points right, and then I knew the safety net was gone. And then I thought that was very scary at that point.
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[on what's next for her character Sharon on Battlestar Galactica (2004)] It's funny because I was on the plane with [producer Ronald D. Moore] on the way here, and I was like, "What do you see for my character?" And he was kind of lost, and I was like, "It's kind of funny because I'm sort of lost. I was sort of looking at my character to maybe give me some ideas." And he's like, "So the responsibility lies on me to help shape your life?" I'm like, "Yeah, pretty much!" Then he's like, "Well, I was drawing on the actress". And I'm like, "Oh, so you're looking to me to provide you with a storyline?"
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[on Battlestar Galactica (2004)] Whatever you want to see or whatever you're struggling with in life, you can see there, whether it be politics or terrorism or war, hope, faith, struggle, love. It's all in there. Or if you just want plain action and neck-snapping plot twists, you've got that, too.
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Fact
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She was 26 when she began playing the 15-year-old Shannon Ng in Edgemont (2000).
Was a Gemini Award presenter, alongside fellow Vancouverite, Cory Monteith from Glee (2009).
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Nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in Television for Battlestar Galactica (2004), the same year she hosted the 2007 Asian Excellence Awards, with future Hawaii Five-0 (2010) co-star, Daniel Dae Kim.
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Received KoreAm's Achievement Award for Entertainment in 2010 and has also graced the cover for KoreAm Journal magazine multiple times.
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Has a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the University of British Columbia.
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