Starfest 2005 Grace Park

Starring as the primary Cylon infiltrator on Battlestar Galactica, Grace Park has the most complicated role on the show. She is a cylon who doesn't know she's a cylon. Her character, Lt. Sharon Valarii AKA "Boomer" has an inkling that something is wrong. She's been programmed to be as human as possible - so her character is constantly fighting her cylon subconscious self. If that isn't complicated enough... Grace is not just one cylon, she represents a whole model of cylons - talk about your split personalities! Her missions on the show often put her in the conflicted position of betraying her cylon sisters. The great challenge for Grace, which she performs so well on the show, is to make us empathize with the unique moral dilemmas Boomer faces as she comes to terms with her battered sense of self. It's a portrayal that has managed to tease us with the possibility that the cylons might have made her just a little too human - while holding out the possibility that that was their plan all along.

In just a few short years, Grace Park has managed to rack up an impressive list of credits, including the feature Romeo Must Die, the telefilm L.A. Law: The Movie and the popular CBC teen series Edgemont, in which she played Shannon Ng in the ensemble cast. She has appeared on such series as Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, The Outer Limits, Dark Angel, The Immortal (in which she played the recurring role of Mikiko) and Stargate SG-1. She holds a degree in psychology and speaks English and Korean, along with some French and Cantonese; she is currently studying Spanish.

Parts of this bio are courtesy of scifi.com.

Grace is appearing at Starfest on Saturday, April 30, in our Main Events room. The exact times for her Q&A, Autograph and Photo Sessions will be posted on the Convention Schedule Page as soon as they are available.