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- Grace Park (born March 14, 1974) is an American-Canadian actress. She gained recognition as Lt. Sharon 'Boomer' Valerii and Lt. Sharon 'Athena' Agathon on Battlestar Galactica (2004), as well as Shannon Ng in the Canadian television series teen soap Edgemont (2000). From 2010 to 2017, Park starred as Officer Kono Kalakaua in the CBS television series Hawaii 5-0 (2010), which debuted on September 20, 2010. Born in Los Angeles, Park moved with her family to Canada when she was 22 months old. She was raised in the Vancouver neighborhood of Kerrisdale. Park is of Korean heritage. She graduated from Magee Secondary School in 1992 and holds a degree in psychology from the University of British Columbia.- IMDb mini biography by: scaryofmonsters
- SpousePhil Kim(2004 - present) (1 child)
- ChildrenChild
- 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).
- Has starred in two remakes of earlier shows, Battlestar Galactica (2004) (Galactica (1978)) and Hawaii 5-0 (2010) (Hawaii police d'état (1968)). Both of her characters, Boomer and Kono respectively, were originally male.
- 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 5-0 (2010) co-star Daniel Dae Kim.
- [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."
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