Grace Park - Kono Kalakaua - Hawaii 5 0

Grace Park is in the new Hawaii Five O series.

Actually, I like this new show, even though I was a big fan of the original.
True Alex O'Loughlin is no Jack Lord, but I still like the show.
Maybe because they care enough to keep some links to the old show like keeping the theme (major point to me), going as far as having a cameo of the original McGarrett's 1974 Mercury Marquis and keeping "Book'em Dan-O".

Now back to Grace.
Grace (who was born on March 14th, 1974, Los Angeles, California, yes she is closing in on 40) plays Kona "Kono" Kalakaua.
If you remember the original show, Kono was played by actor, musician, stand-up comedian and skilled surfer Zulu (Gilbert Lani Kauhi).
Again in a bit of a homage, Grace's character is often shown surfing as well.
Well it's either a homage, or an excuse to put Grace in a bikini.
I guess this is about par for Grace, since her BSG character was Sharon Valerii or Number Eight or known by her call sign "Boomer" (later changed to Athena).
Of course if you know the original Battlestar, Boomer was played by Herb Jefferson, Jr., so Grace is used to reworking male roles.

In 2005, Grace came in at 81 on Maxim Online's 2006 Hot 100 List, and in 2006 she came in at 93.
In 2010, she came in at 60, and was the only Korean on the list.
(Although Moon Bloodgood is Dutch, Irish and Korean and she was on the list)

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Looking over what brings people to this site, I kept seeing the terms battlestar galactica asian girl, asian girl from battlestar galactica, asian girl in battlestar galactica and I realized that Grace Park (she's the Asian girl from Battlestar Galactica) must be very popular.

Grace was born on March 14, 1974, in Los Angeles, California, but her family moved to Canada before she was two.
She grew up in Kerrisdale, a neighborhood in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, graduated from Magee Secondary School, and got her degree in psychology from the University of British Columbia.



Grace made her acting debut in the 2000 film, Romeo Must Die in a bit part as an Asian dancer.
She's done a lot of TV and movie work, and she seems to do a lot in the Sci Fi field appearing in "The Immortal", "The Outer Limits", "Dark Angel", "Stargate SG-1", "Jake 2.0", "Andromeda", "The Dead Zone" and of course, "Battlestar Galactica".
Although a lot of her Canadian fans may remember her as Shannon Ng in the Canadian TV series teen soap, Edgemont.
Edgemont also aired in the United States on the Fox Family Channel.



Since Battlestar Galactica went off the air, Grace has stayed busy appearing in "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", "The Cleaner" and "The Border" .
She even appeared in the made for television movie, Battlestar Galactica: The Plan, reprising her role as Lt. Sharon "Boomer" Valerii or Number Eight.

Grace and her Battlestar Galactica co-star, Tricia Helfer appeared in Electronic Arts' Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars.

She will be appearing as Kona Kalakaua, niece of squad member Chin Ho Kelly, in the CBS reboot of "Hawaii Five-O".