Grace Park (actress)

Infobox actor
name = Grace Park

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birthname = Grace Park
birthdate = birth date and age|1974|3|14
birthplace = Los Angeles, California
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spouse = Phil Kim
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Grace Park (born March 14 1974 [ [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Sources:Grace_Park Sources:Grace Park at BattlestarWiki] ] [ [http://www.tv.com/grace-park-blog/the-confusion-over-grace-parks-real-birthday/topic/83722-645911/show_blog_entry.html&topic_id=645911| The confusion over Grace Park's real birthday] ] ) 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".

Biography

Born in Los Angeles, California, Park and her family moved to Canada when she was 22 months old. She was raised in the Vancouver [ [http://www.craveonline.com/filmtv/articles/04648074/battlestar_galactica_grace_park.html Battlestar Galactica: Grace Park] ] neighborhood of Kerrisdale. 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, Korean real estate developer Phil Kim. She was named #93 in Maxim Online's 2006 Hot 100 List. [http://www.maximonline.com/slideshows/index.aspx?slideId=1998&imgCollectId=94 Maxim - 2006 Hot 100] ]

Park has a role in the 2007 movie West 32nd, [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844489/ IMDB - West 32nd] ] a crime drama dealing with New York City’s Korean underworld. [ [http://www.koreamjournal.com/Magazine/index.php/kj/2006/december__1/cover_story Cover Story / December / 2006 / Archives - KoreAm Journal ] ]

She appeared as Lt. Sandra Telfair in Electronic Arts' "", along with her "Battlestar Galactica" co-star, Tricia Helfer. [cite news |first = Mike |last = Bantick |title = EA delivers Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars on PC |url = http://www.itwire.com/content/view/10830/1092/ylu=X3oDMTA0cDJlYmhvBHNlYwM- |publisher = iTWire |date = 2007-03-27 |accessdate = 2007-04-04] [cite web |url = http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/c/commandandconquer3xbox360/default.htm |title = Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars |accessdate = 2007-04-04]

Filmography

References

External links

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* [http://www.koreasociety.org/film_blog/portraits/grace_park_profile.html Grace Park's profile on The Korea Society's Film Journal]
* [http://www.filmbug.com/db/343503 Grace Park's biography on filmbug]
* [http://www.craveonline.com/filmtv/articles/04648074/battlestar_galactica_grace_park.html Battlestar Galactica: Grace Park]
* [http://www.thescifiworld.net/interviews/grace_park_02.htm Grace Park interview on The Scifi World] About season 3 & 4 of Galactica
* [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Grace_Park Grace Park on Battlestar Wiki]