Ashley Park
Grammy and Tony-nominated Actress, Emily in Paris; Pediatric Cancer Survivor
Biography
• Ashley Park is currently starring in the series Emily in Paris at Paramount Network opposite Lily Collins. • Ashley also starred as “Gretchen Wieners” in the Broadway musical Mean Girls, for which she received Tony, Drama League, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Chita River Award nominations. • In the same season, she starred in the off-Broadway hit KPOP, for which she won the Lucille Lortel Award and was nominated for the Drama League and Drama Desk Awards. • Ashley’s previous Broadway credits include The King and I (for which she received a Grammy nomination), Sunday in the Park with George, and Mamma Mia. On television, she appeared in Netflix’s Tales of the City and Pop TV’s Nightcap. • Her outreach as a social activist and a cancer survivor, having battled leukemia at the age of 15, has stayed important to her through her dedicated work and support of service organizations such as the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the DoSomething organization, Prison Creative Arts Project, Michigan Performance Outreach Workshop, SeriousFun Camps for Kids, Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS. Ashley Park is a Tony Award-nominated actress, currently starring as “Mindy” in the hit television series Emily in Paris opposite Lily Collins. The show, which received a 2021 Golden Globe Nomination and is helmed by Emmy-Award-winning creator Darren Star, is one of the most popular comedy series streaming on Netflix. Park received a Critics’ Choice Nomination for “Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series” for her performance, becoming the first Asian American actress to receive a nomination in the category. In Season 2, Park covered BTS’ “Dynamite,” which garnered extremely favorable reactions from BTS members RM and V. She also collaborated with Freddy Wexler on an original song for the season’s finale, “Mon Soleil,” which amassed over 2M+ streams in the first two weeks of release. Park will next appear in Bleecker Street’s upcoming feature Mr. Malcolm's List opposite Frida Pinto and Sopé Dirisu, based on Suzanne Allain’s novel of the same name. She will soon lead the cast of an untitled Point Grey for Lionsgate studio feature, from director Adele Lim. On stage, Park is perhaps best known for originating the role of “Gretchen Wieners” in the Broadway production of Tina Fey’s Mean Girls. In addition to her Tony nomination, she received Drama League, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Chita Rivera Award nominations for her performance. In the same season, she garnered critical acclaim for starring as “Mwe” in KPOP, for which she won the esteemed Lucille Lortel Award for Lead Actress in a Musical and was nominated for her second Drama League and Drama Desk Awards of the season. Park starred as “Jess” opposite James Cromwell, Jane Alexander, and Michael Urie in the Broadway production of Bess Wohl’s Grand Horizons, directed by Leigh Silverman. She reprised the role she originated the previous summer at Williamstown Theatre Festival. After making her Broadway debut in the hit musical Mamma Mia!, she went on to originate the role of stepsister “Gabrielle” in the national tour of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella; starred as “Tuptim” opposite Kelli O’Hara and Ken Watanabe in Lincoln Center Theater’s Tony-Award-winning revival of The King and I; starred as “Marian” in the World Premiere production of Hood; and appeared opposite Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford in the recent Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George. On television, Park reunited with Tina Fey for Peacock’s hit series Girls5eva in a recurring role opposite Sara Bareilles, Renee Elise Goldsberry, and Busy Phillips. She was previously seen opposite Laura Linney and Ellen Page in the critically-acclaimed Netflix limited series Tales of the City. Other television credits include Apple TV+’s Helpsters and PopTV/Lionsgate Television’s Nightcap. Park is the proud recipient of Actor Equity Association's 2018 Clarence Derwent Award, and in 2019 was honored the inaugural Marin Mazzie Award for Empowerment by the Cancer Support Community. Her outreach as a social activist and a cancer survivor, having battled leukemia at the age of 15, has stayed important to her through her dedicated work and support of service organizations such as the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the DoSomething organization, Prison Creative Arts Project, Michigan Performance Outreach Workshop, SeriousFun Camps for Kids, Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS. The Emily in Paris star survived pediatric leukemia as a teenager. More recently, in early 2024, she survived a critical bout of septic shock that hospitalized her for weeks. She speaks eloquently about the transition from pediatric patient to adult survivor and the "second chance" at life.
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