Ashley Park Wiki, Height, Age, Boyfriend, Family, Biography & More

Publish date: 2024-04-05

Ashley Park is an American actor, singer, and dancer. She is a Grammy and Tony-nominated theatre artist who is popular for playing the role of Gretchen Wieners in the musical theatre play ‘Mean Girls.’ In 2020, she played one of the protagonists ‘Mindy Chen’ in the Netflix series Emily in Paris.

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Wiki/Biography

Ashley Park was born as Ashley Jini Park [1] on Thursday, June 6, 1991 (age 29 years; as of 2020), in Glendale, California. She grew up in Ann Arbor in Michigan where she used to participate in the community kids’ theatre. She studied in a local public high school, and in 2013, she graduated with a BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Michigan. [2] Thereafter, in 2014, she moved to New York City where she made her Broadway debut with the musical play ‘Mamma Mia!.’

Childhood picture of Ashley Park with her mother

Physical Appearance

Height (approx.): 5′ 5″

Hair Color: Dark Brown

Eye Color: Black

Family & Ethnicity

Ashley Park has an Asian-American descent. [3]

Parents & Siblings 

Ashley Park’s father’s name is Andrew Park, and her mother’s name is Sara Park. Ashley Park’s younger sister’s name is Audrey Park.

Ashley Park with her mother

Relationships, Husband & Children

Nothing much is known about her relationships.

Career

As a Theatre Artist

Ashley began her acting career as a theatre artist in Michigan. In 2009, she was casted as an ensemble member in the musical theatre play ‘Miss Saigon.’ Thereafter, she performed in various theatre plays, like Jekyll & Hyde (2010), Jesus Christ Superstar (2010), Love Changes Everything (2011), etc, which led her to earn an Equity card, a proof of membership in the Actors’ Equity Association of the United States. In 2014, she moved to New York City where she made her Broadway debut with the musical play ‘Mamma Mia!’ in which she was casted as an ensemble member. Thereafter, in the same year, she landed her first major role of sweet and quirky stepsister ‘Gabrielle’ in the theatre play ‘Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella.’ In 2015, she came into the limelight with the theatre play ‘The King and I’ in which she played the role of Tuptim.

Ashley Park in the theatre play ‘King And I’ (2015)

In 2017, she played another prominent role of Gretchen Wieners in the theatre play ‘Mean Girls.’ She was immensely appreciated for portraying the role of Gretchen Wieners which earned her a Tony nomination in the category of Featured Actress in A Musical.

In September 2017, she played the role of ‘Mwe,’ a Korean pop star in the Drama Desk Award-winning theatre play ‘KPOP.’ Later, she appeared in various theatre plays, like Lady in the Dark (2019), Grand Horizons (2019), Thoroughly Modern Millie (2020), etc.

Television

In 2014, she made her television debut with the TV documentary series ‘My Dirty Little Secret’ in which she played the role of Ann Racz.

Ashley Park in My Dirty Little Secret (2014)

Thereafter, she appeared in the television series Nightcap (2017) in which she played the role of Olivia Cho.

OTT/ Web series

Ashley Park made her digital debut with Netflix’s Tales of the City in which she played the role of Jennifer Ani Winter.

In 2020, she played one of the protagonists ‘Mindy Chen’ in the Netflix series ‘Emily in Paris’ in which she shared the screen with Lily Collins, Lucas Bravo, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Samuel Arnold, and Camille Razat.

Films 

In 2014, Ashley made her film debut with the movie ‘Are You Joking?’ in which she played a brief cameo role of a Date at a party.

Awards/Honours

Facts/Trivia

References

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