Ashley Jini Park is an American actress, dancer, and singer. She is known for her works on Broadway as Tuptim in the 2015 revival of The King and I and for originating the role of Gretchen Wieners in the 2018 Tony-nominated musical, Mean Girls. Park was born in Glendale, California and grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
About Ashley Park (actress) in brief
Ashley Jini Park is an American actress, dancer, and singer. She is known for her works on Broadway as Tuptim in the 2015 revival of The King and I and for originating the role of Gretchen Wieners in the 2018 Tony-nominated musical, Mean Girls. Park was born in Glendale, California and grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She co-founded a women’s a cappella group at Pioneer High School, Soulfege, which placed second at a national competition in 2009. During her sophomore year in high school at age 15, she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and was hospitalized for 8 months. In interviews she has stated, “My cancer experience is, I think, the reason I do theater… As soon as I was out of the hospital, all I wanted to do is be around people.
” She graduated from Pioneer High school in 2009 and then attended the University of Michigan, earning a BFA in musical theatre from the School of Music, Theater, and Dance in 2013. Park made her Broadway debut as a member of the ensemble in Mamma Mia! at the Broadhurst Theatre on February 17, 2014. In February 2017, she appeared in the Broadway revival of Sunday in the Park with George as Celeste #1 and Theresa alongside Jake Gyllenhaal, Annaleigh Ashford, and Ruthie Ann Miles. In the fall of 2017, Park portrayed MwE in the off-Broadway musical, KPOP, at the Ars Nova. She was nominated for a Drama Desk Award and a Drama League Award for this role.
You want to know more about Ashley Park (actress)?
This page is based on the article Ashley Park (actress) published in Wikipedia (as of Dec. 09, 2020) and was automatically summarized using artificial intelligence.
