Grace Park (actress)

Grace Park (born March 14, 1974)<ref name=tvg>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is an American-Canadian actress and model, known for her roles in the science-fiction series Battlestar Galactica, as Shannon Ng in the Canadian teen soap opera series Edgemont, as Officer Kono Kalakaua in the police procedural Hawaii Five-0, and as Katherine Kim in A Million Little Things.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Early life

Born in Los Angeles to Korean parents,<ref>Park in Template:Cite press release</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=GaleBiographyInContext>Template:Cite book (Gale document no. GALE|K1650007575, accessed October 17, 2011).</ref> Park moved with her family to Canada when she was 22 months old. She was raised in the Vancouver neighbourhood of Kerrisdale. She graduated from Magee Secondary School<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> in 1992 and holds a degree in psychology from the University of British Columbia.<ref name="GaleBiographyInContext"/>

Career

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On the cover of KoreAm, February 2010

At age 25, Park was cast as high school student Shannon Ng on the Canadian teen soap opera Edgemont.<ref name=VanityFair>"It's Evening in America". Vanity Fair. May 2012. p. 152.</ref> She appeared in the miniseries Battlestar Galactica in 2003 and continued as the same or related characters in subsequent series and films.

Park had a role in the 2007 movie West 32nd, a crime drama set in New York City's Korean neighborhood.<ref>Cover Story / December / 2006 / Archives|publisher=KoreAm Journal Template:Webarchive</ref> She appeared as Lt. Sandra Telfair in Electronic Arts' Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, along with her Battlestar Galactica co-star, Tricia Helfer.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2008, she had co-starring roles in the A&E series The Cleaner until it was cancelled on September 25, 2009 and the CBC series The Border until it was cancelled in 2010. In 2009, Park had a cameo role (uncredited) on the ninth season, twentieth episode of television show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation entitled "A Space Oddity".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She appeared as a fan in a crowd at a science fiction convention, objecting to a gritty remake of a Star Trek–like series, comparable to the Battlestar Galactica remake in which she starred. In 2009 she reprised her role from Battlestar Galactica in the television movie Battlestar Galactica: The Plan.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2010, she appeared in the Fox series Human Target as Eva Kahn. Park was a main character, Kono Kalakaua, in the 2010 CBS revival of Hawaii Five-0 until 2017. Park and fellow Hawaii Five-0 co-star Daniel Dae Kim left the show in 2017, leaving the cast without any Asian regulars, after a salary dispute where it was reported that CBS's latest offer paid them 10–15% less than their white co-stars, Alex O'Loughlin and Scott Caan. CBS claimed that they had given "unprecedented" salary raises to Park and Kim, suggesting that they had been paid a lot less under their old contracts. Some critics noted that the network's "refusal to pay Kim and Park on matching terms with O'Loughlin and Caan was CBS's formal declaration that they were determined to protect a disparity that has been a sore point since the show's premiere: The assertion was that O'Loughlin and Caan are Hawaii Five-0 "stars" with Kim and Park being merely "co-leads" or supporting cast", yet Kim and Park were originally featured heavily on advertising and proved to be a crucial part of the show's success.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="salon.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2018, Park joined the cast of the ABC drama A Million Little Things, playing Katherine Kim, a lawyer, working mother and wife of a former musician.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Park originally passed on the role twice, but the show's creator DJ Nash eventually convinced her to join by showing Park the program's cold open.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Later in 2018, Park starred in the science fiction thriller Freaks, playing a government agent who apprehends people with supernatural abilities who are perceived as threats against humanity.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal life

In 2004, Park married real estate developer Phil Kim.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The two live in Vancouver.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> They have one son, born in 2013.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Romeo Must Die	Asian Dancer
2003	Fluffy	Amy	Short film
2007	West 32nd	Lila Lee
2008	Run Rabbit Run	Hannah Moon
2017	Adventures in Public School	Mackenzie
2018	Freaks	Agent Ray

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Template:Sortname	Virtual Avatar	Episode: "Bits of Love"
	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction	Maddie	Episode: "The Crypt Ghost"
2000	Secret Agent Man	Louann/Staffer No. 2	Episodes: "From Prima with Love", "Uncle S.A.M."
2000–2001	Template:Sortname	Mikiko	Recurring role (5 episodes)
2001	Template:Sortname	Satchko	Episode: "Time to Time"
	Dead Last	Bartender No. 2	Episode: "Pilot"
	Dark Angel	Female Breeding X5	Episode: "Designate This"
	Stargate SG-1	Lt. Satterfield	Episode: "Proving Ground"
2001–2005	Edgemont	Shannon Ng	Main role (69 episodes)
2002	L.A. Law: The Movie	Charmaigne	TV film
2003	Jinnah: On Crime – White Knight, Black Widow	Cynthia Wong	TV film
	Battlestar Galactica	Lt. Sharon Valerii	TV miniseries
2003–2004	Jake 2.0	Fran Yoshida	Recurring role (4 episodes)
2004	Human Cargo	Taiwanese Woman No. 1	TV miniseries
	Andromeda	Doctor 26 Carol	Episode: "Machinery of the Mind"
	Template:Sortname	Sexy Bridesmaid	Episode: "Speak Now"
2004–2009	Battlestar Galactica	Lt. Sharon "Boomer" Valerii Lt. Sharon "Athena" Agathon	Main role (73 episodes)
2007	Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars	Lt. Sandra Telfair	Video game
	Battlestar Galactica: Razor	Lt. Sharon Valerii	TV film
2008–2009	Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy	Number Eight	TV miniseries
	Template:Sortname	Akani Cuesta	Main role (26 episodes)
2008–2010	Template:Sortname	Special Agent Liz Carver	Main role (12 episodes)
2009	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Convention Attendee	Episode: "A Space Oddity"
	Battlestar Galactica: The Plan	Lt. Sharon "Boomer" Valerii	TV film
2010	Human Target	Eva Khan	Episode: "Corner Man"
2010, 2013	American Dad!	Akiko Yoshida (voice)	Episodes: "Best Little Horror House in Langley Falls", "Spelling Bee My Baby"
2010–2017	Hawaii Five-0	Kono Kalakaua	Main role seasons 1–7; (168 episodes) Nominated: 2013 Teen Choice Awards – Choice TV Actress: Action
2017	MacGyver		Episode 18: "Flashlight"
2018–2023	A Million Little Things	Katherine Kim	Main role

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• Grace Park's profile on The Korea Society's Film Journal
• Grace Park's biography on filmbug
• Grace Park interview on The Scifi World About season 3 & 4 of Galactica
• Grace Park on Battlestar Wiki