Linda Park
Linda Park (born
July 9,
1978,
South Korea) is an
Asian American actress who is best known for her portrayal of communications officer character
Hoshi Sato in the television series
Star Trek: Enterprise.
Linda Park was born in
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, leading her ultimately to seek and earn a
B.F.A. 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 Arts. [
1] Among her college stage credits are
Mad Forest,
Lysistrata,
Cyrano,
Richard III and
The Trojan Women.
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. Hoshi is the ship's communications officer and has a natural gift for translating alien languages. Park herself is fluent in multiple languages;
English,
Korean, and
Spanish. [
2]
Park is still an active student of dance. Remarking that "dancing has always been my second love", she still studies
ballet, among other dance forms. [
3]. Park is also a bronze-level international Latin
ballroom dancer.
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
Fuschia. She also produced and starred in her first short film,
My Prince, My Angel, in August of
2003. From
October 19 to
November 11,
2005, she played
Clytemnestra in a New York City production of
Agamemnon.
She is
not related to actress
Grace Park of
Battlestar Galactica fame.
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Linda Park's official website*
