Ashley Park is an actress, dancer and singer. She is a Grammy and Tony-Award nominated theater artist who is popular for the role of Gretchen Wieners in the musical theater play “Mean Girls”. In 2020, she plays one of the protagonists ‘Mindy Chen’ in the Netflix series Emily in Paris.
Wiki/Biography
Ashley Park was born Ashley Jini Park on Thursday, June 6, 1991 (age 31; as of 2022) in Glendale, California. She grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she participated in community children’s theater. She attended Pioneer High School in 2009, then attended the University of Michigan, earning a BFA in Musical Theater from the School of Music, Theater and Dance in 2013.
A childhood photo of Ashley Park
Ashley Park in her early teens
Subsequently, in 2014, she moved to New York where she made her Broadway debut with the musical “Mamma Mia!”.
Physical appearance
Height: 5′ 5″
Weight: 56kg
Hair color: Dark brown
Eye colour: Black
Family and ethnicity
Ashley Park is of Asian and American descent.
Parents and siblings
Ashley Park’s father’s name is Andrew Park and her mother’s name is Sara Park.
A photo collage of Ashley’s parents
Ashley Park with her mother
Ashley Park has a younger sister named Audrey Park.
Ashley Park makes an Instagram video with her sister
Relationship, wife and children
Not much is known about his relationship.
Other relatives
She is the first cousin of actor Justin H. Min.
Justin H. Min and Ashley Park
Career
As a theater artist
Ashley began her acting career in Michigan. In 2009, she was cast as an ensemble member in the musical “Miss Saigon”. Subsequently, she acted in various plays, such as Jekyll & Hyde (2010), Jesus Christ Superstar (2010), Love Changes Everything (2011), etc. Equity Association of the United States. In 2014, she moved to New York where she made her Broadway debut with the musical “Mamma Mia!” in which she is chosen as a member of the ensemble. Later that year, she landed her first major role as the sweet and speedy sister-in-law “Gabrielle” in the play “Cinderella by Rodgers and Hammerstein.” In 2015, she made a name for herself with the play ‘Le roi et moi’ in which Tuptim starred.’
Ashley Park in King and I (2015)
In 2017, she played another important role of Gretchen Wieners in the play “Mean Girls”. She was highly praised for portraying the role of Gretchen Wieners, earning her a Tony nomination for Featured Actress in a Musical.
Ashley Park as Gretchen Wieners in Mean Girls (2017)
In September 2017, she starred as “Mwe”, a Korean pop star in the Drama Desk-winning play “KPOP”. Later, she appeared in various 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 television documentary series ‘My Dirty Little Secret’ in which she played the role of Ann Racz.
Ashley Park in My Dirty Little Secret (2014)
Subsequently, she appeared in the television series Nightcap (2017) in which she played the role of Olivia Cho.
Web series
Ashley Park made her digital debut with Netflix’s Tales of the City (2019) in which she played the role of Jennifer Ani Winter.
Ashley as Jennifer Ani Winter in Netflix’s Tales of the City
In 2020, she plays one of the protagonists ‘Mindy Chen’ of the Netflix series ‘Emily in Paris’ in which she shares the screen with Lily Collins, Lucas Bravo, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Samuel Arnold, and Camille Razat.
Ashley Park as Mindy in Emily in Paris (2020)
Movie
In 2014, Ashley made her film debut with the film Are You Joking? in which she played a brief cameo role of a date at a party.
Award/Honor
- Willis Patterson Diversity Award (2013)
- Won Lucille Lortel Awards (2016) for Best Lead Actress in a Musical for KPOP Theater
- Clarence Derwent Prize (2018)
- Marin Mazzie Award for Empowering the Cancer Support Community (2019)
Ashley receives the Marine Mazzi award
Facts/Anecdotes
- Since childhood, Park was passionate about the performing arts. At the age of three, she enrolled at the Oceanside Dance Academy, and at five, she took piano lessons. Later, in college, she discovered musical theatre, a platform where she could perform a combination of her dance and music skills.
- At the age of fifteen, Ashley Park was diagnosed with leukemia, a blood cancer caused by an increased number of white blood cells in the body. Being diagnosed with such a chronicle made her ambitious to act.
- She was an active member of the acclaimed University of Michigan Musical Theater Program. Park was also a co-founder of the Michigan Performance Outreach Workshop (MPOW), an organization that encouraged educational opportunities in the performing arts among Detroit’s urban youth whose arts programs had been cut due to budget cuts.
- While most actors quit their second jobs as soon as they made their acting debut, Park continued to work for Juice Press at 6 a.m. while starring on the Broadway show “Mamma Mia!”
- She appeared on the Jimmy Kimmel show on January 21, 2022.
Ashley Park in Jimmy Kimmel
- She supported the Asians for Black Lives Matter campaign on June 7, 2020 in Washington Square Park. This is one of many causes she has supported in the past.
Ashley Park’s post on Instagram about the Black Lives Matter movement
- She admits to loving the photobombs during award ceremonies!
Ashley posted her photobombing sessions on Instagram
- She can do a big leg split!
Ashley does a full split
- Her first Instagram post was on February 18, 2014, when she posted a selfie on the Mamma Mia sets with the hashtag “debut.”
Ashley’s very first Instagram post
- During the COVID-19 pandemic, the actress created a second Instagram account which she used to offer one-to-one ten-minute lessons and daily Q&A sessions via Zoom. She did this in exchange for donations to the Actors Fund.
