Linda Park

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Linda Park (born July 9, 1978)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> is a South Korean-born American actress. She is best known for playing communications officer Hoshi Sato in the science-fiction series Star Trek: Enterprise.

Early life

Park was born in South Korea and raised in San Jose, California.<ref name=SanJ>Template:Cite news</ref> She participated in a number of theatrical productions in her teens at Notre Dame High School and Bellarmine College Preparatory.<ref name=audrey>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

In 2000, she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Boston University. During her college career, she spent a semester in England, studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.<ref name=audrey/> Her college stage credits included Mad Forest, Lysistrata, Cyrano de Bergerac, Richard III, and The Trojan Women.Template:Citation needed

Career

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Park at 2009 Las Vegas Star Trek Convention

In 2001, Park had a small role in the feature film Jurassic Park III as the assistant to the character Ellie Sattler.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Also in 2001, less than a year after graduation, she was cast as Hoshi Sato in Star Trek: Enterprise, the sixth series of the Star Trek franchise, which premiered in September 2001. Sato is the ship's communications officer, with a natural gift for translating alien languages. Park herself is fluent in English and Korean, and also speaks some French.<ref>Template:Cite interview</ref>

In August 2003, Park produced and starred in her first short film, My Prince, My Angel (2003).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Park is a co-founder of the theater company Underground Asylum (UA).<ref name=SanJ/> In October 2003, she starred in UA's world premiere of the Mary Fengar Gail one-act play Fuchsia, at The Hudson Theatres in Los Angeles.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> In 2010, she played Clytemnestra in a production of Agamemnon at the Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman Theater in Los Angeles.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2011, she played Anne Deever in a production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons at the Matrix Theater in Los Angeles.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2009, Park became a series regular in the second season of Crash, playing Maggie Cheon. The show was subsequently cancelled after the death of series lead Dennis Hopper.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Personal life

Park married actor Daniel Bess on October 11, 2014.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref> On June 17, 2018, she gave birth to their son. On February 14, 2024, Park announced that she and Bess had been separated for over a year and were no longer husband and wife.<ref>Template:Cite InstagramTemplate:Dead link</ref>

Park was diagnosed with lupus in 1997.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Park is an active student of dance, remarking that "dancing has always been my second love". She has continued to study and practice ballet and other dance forms.<ref name="STARTREK.COM : Transcript">STARTREK.COM : Transcript Template:Webarchive</ref>

Filmography

Film and television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Popular	Anna Lin	Episode: "Fag"
	Jurassic Park III	Hannah
2001–05	Star Trek: Enterprise	Ensign Hoshi Sato	Main cast
2002	Taken	Party Goer	Uncredited
2004	Spectres	Renee Hansen
	Geldersma	Min	Short film
2006	My Prince, My Angel	Shen	Short film
	Honor	Kate
2007	Raines	Michelle Lance
2007–08	Women's Murder Club	Denise Kwon	Main cast
2009	Infestation	Leechee
	Life	Asst. Coroner Debbie Quo	Episode: "5 Quarts"
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	TARU Tech	Episode: "Liberties"
	Crash	Maggie Cheon	Main cast (season 2)
2011	Template:Sortname	Dr. Montague	Episode: "Bloodhounds"
	House	Dr. Wendy Lee	Episode: "The Fix"
2012	NCIS	Lieutenant Nora Patel	Episode: "Lost at Sea"
2013	Yellow Face	Carla Chang
	The Face of Love	Jan
2014	Legends	Dr. Blair Halstrom	2 episodes
2015	Castle	Inspector Zhang	Episode: "Hong Kong Hustle"
2016	Star Trek: Captain Pike	Captain Grace Shintal
	A Christmas in New York	Courtney Chen
2017–20	Bosch	Jun Park	Recurring role (seasons 3–6)
2018	Dear Chickens	Nurse Stephanie	Short film
2018	iZombie	Mrs. Brinks' Chef	Episode: "Blue Bloody"
	The Affair	Dr. Woo	Episode: "410"
	The Resident	Janine Levasseur	Episode: "Trial & Error"
2019	Lovestruck	Kate	TV movie
2020	Amazing Stories	Dr. Mary Koh	Episode: "Signs of Life"
	Grey's Anatomy	Deborah Lee	2 episodes
2021	For All Mankind	Amy Chang	Recurring role (season 2)
	Fairfax	Joy	3 episodes (voice role)
2022	Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story	Julie Yang	Miniseries, 1 episode<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2023	Black Girl Missing	Elise	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Magnum P.I.	Dr. Lim	Episode: "The Retrieval"
2025	The Paper	Casting Director	Episode: "Church and State"

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