Grace Park

Overview

Born
March 14, 1974 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Height
5′ 9¼″ (1.76 m)

Biography

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Trivia

Has starred in two remakes of earlier shows, Battlestar Galactica (2004) (Battlestar Galactica (1978)) and Hawaii Five-0 (2010) (Hawaii Five-O (1968)). Both of her characters, Boomer and Kono respectively, were originally male.
Has a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from the University of British Columbia.
After graduating from college, Park gave herself a year to try acting, and immediately landed the teen drama Edgemont (2000).
Started out modeling.
Nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in Television for Battlestar Galactica (2004), the same year she hosted the 2007 Asian Excellence Awards with future Hawaii Five-0 (2010) co-star Daniel Dae Kim.

Quotes

[on Battlestar Galactica (2004)] Whatever you want to see or whatever you're struggling with in life, you can see there, whether it be politics or terrorism or war, hope, faith, struggle, love. It's all in there. Or if you just want plain action and neck-snapping plot twists, you've got that, too.
[on what's next for her character Sharon on Battlestar Galactica (2004)] It's funny because I was on the plane with [producer Ronald D. Moore] on the way here, and I was like, "What do you see for my character?" And he was kind of lost, and I was like, "It's kind of funny because I'm sort of lost. I was sort of looking at my character to maybe give me some ideas." And he's like, "So the responsibility lies on me to help shape your life?" I'm like, "Yeah, pretty much!" Then he's like, "Well, I was drawing on the actress." And I'm like, "Oh, so you're looking to me to provide you with a story line?"
[on playing two characters on Battlestar Galactica (2004)] There was a lot of pressure that I felt, especially since the second episode was very heavy on the two characters right away. And I remember the director was reiterating some of the points of the show. And I was sitting there thinking, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, but why are you saying these things?" Because they're obvious points. Then I realized in that moment she was making sure that she had the points right, and then I knew the safety net was gone. And then I thought that was very scary at that point.
[on fan fiction] I get really confused. I didn't know what that really was. I was like, "I don't remember reading this script anywhere!"
[on fan art] I just saw a montage that they put together to music, and it was the whole Tyrol and Boomer story line [from Battlestar Galactica (2004)]. And it was all these clips that they put together, and someone sent it to me for my interest. And I watched the thing, and by the end, I was all moved. I was like, "I want them to be together!" [laughs] "They're so great!" Then I was like, "But if I think about it, that was doomed."