Linda Park

For other people named Linda Park, see Linda Park (disambiguation).

Linda Park
150px Park in May 2013
Born	(1978-07-09) July 9, 1978 Seoul, South Korea
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2001–present
Spouse(s)	Daniel Bess (2014-present)
Website	www.lindapark.net

Linda Park (born July 9, 1978) is a South Korean-born American actress. She is known for her portrayal of communications officer character Hoshi Sato in the television series Star Trek: Enterprise, and for her role as Maggie Cheon on the drama series Crash (2008–10).

Early life

Park was born in South Korea and raised in San Jose, California. She participated in a number of theatrical productions in her teens at Notre Dame High School and Bellarmine College Preparatory, ultimately leading to study for a Bachelor of Fine Arts 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. Among her college stage credits are Mad Forest, Lysistrata, Cyrano de Bergerac, Richard III and The Trojan Women.

Career

Park had a small role in the 2001 feature film Jurassic Park III as Ellie Satler's assistant.

Less than a year after graduation, she was cast in the role of Hoshi Sato in the fifth incarnation of the Star Trek franchise, Star Trek: Enterprise, which premiered in September 2001. Sato was the ship's communications officer, with a natural gift for translating alien languages. Park herself is fluent in English, Korean, and also speaks some French. During the run of Enterprise, Park posed for a pictorial in men's magazine FHM.

Park is an active student of dance, remarking that "dancing has always been my second love", she still studies ballet, among other dance forms.

She currently lives in Los Angeles, California, where she is the co-founder of the theater company Underground Asylum. In October 2003, Park starred in UA's world premiere of the Mary Fengar Gail’s play Fuchsia. She also produced and starred in her first short film, My Prince, My Angel, in August 2003. From October 19 to November 11, 2005, she played Clytemnestra in a New York City production of Agamemnon.

On July 17, 2008 Linda co-hosted the film review podcast Scene Unseen. She played the part of "unseen" and gave a negative review of the film Hellboy II: The Golden Army. It was revealed in the episode that Linda was a childhood friend of regular co-host Chris Browne.

In 2009, Park signed on to be a series regular in the second season of Crash playing the role of Maggie Cheon on the Starz Network; she co-starred in thirteen episodes. The show was subsequently cancelled after the death of Dennis Hopper.

Park played the role of Anne Deever in a 2011 production of Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" at the Matrix Theater in Los Angeles

Filmography

Film and television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Popular	Anna Lin	Episode: "Fag"
2001	Jurassic Park III	Hannah
2001–05	Star Trek: Enterprise	Ensign Hoshi Sato	98 episodes
2002	Taken	Party Goer (uncredited)
2004	Spectres	Renee Hansen
2004	Geldersma	Min	Short film
2006	My Prince, My Angel	Shen	Short film
2006	Honor	Kate
2007	Raines	Sally Lance	7 episodes
2007–08	Women's Murder Club	Denise Kwon	10 episodes
2009	Infestation	Leechee
2009	Life	Asst. Coroner Debbie Quo	Episode: "5 Quarts"
2009	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	TARU Tech	Episode: "Liberties"
2009	Crash	Maggie Cheon	13 episodes
2011	The Mentalist	Dr. Montague	Episode: "Bloodhounds"
2011	House	Dr. Wendy Lee	Episode: "The Fix"
2012	NCIS	Lieutenant Nora Patel	Episode: "Lost at Sea"
2013	The Face of Love	Jan
2014	Legends	Dr. Blair Halstrom	2 episodes
2015	Castle	Inspector Zhang	Episode: "Hong Kong Hustle"

External links

• Linda Park's Official Website
• Linda Park at the Internet Movie Database