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
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
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| 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
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| Magnum P.I. | Dr. Lim | Episode: "The Retrieval" | ||
| 2025 | The Paper | Casting Director | Episode: "Church and State" |
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- 1978 births
- 21st-century American actresses
- Actresses from San Jose, California
- Actresses from Seoul
- Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
- Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- American actresses of Korean descent
- American television actresses
- Bellarmine College Preparatory alumni
- Boston University College of Fine Arts alumni
- Living people
- Notre Dame High School (San Jose, California) alumni
- South Korean emigrants to the United States