Jacqueline Joan Kim (born March 31, 1965) is an American writer,
actress, filmmaker and composer. She was nominated for a FIND
Independent Spirit award for Best Supporting Actress in the film
Charlotte Sometimes.Kim was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Korean
parents, as the youngest of three girls. She was raised in Bloomfield
Hills, Michigan, and started in theatre at age 14, "at a little
theatre down the street called 'Willow Way'." She graduated from
Bloomfield Hills Lahser High School. She then earned a Bachelor of
Fine Arts from the Theatre School at DePaul University in
Chicago.After graduating from drama school, Kim began acting on stages
in Chicago, The Shakespeare Theatre (DC) and eventually landed in
Minneapolis. Highlights throughout four seasons at the Guthrie Theater
include such roles as Nina in The Seagull, the title role in Electra
and Phocion/Princess in The Triumph of Love. At the end of 1993, she
moved to Los Angeles and began her film career, landing major roles in
two films, Star Trek Generations and Barry Levinson's Disclosure.
These roles were followed by work opposite Tommy Lee Jones in Volcano.
In 1999, she played Yon Greene, a Bangkok attorney and lawyer for
Claire Danes and Kate Beckinsale, in Brokedown Palace. In 2001, she
shared the title role in the film The Operator, written and directed
by Jon Dichter, co-starring Michael Laurence and Stephen Tobolowsky.
Her breakout film and performance was in Eric Byler's Charlotte
Sometimes, which film critic Roger Ebert championed and brought to his
Overlooked Film Festival. This role was recognized by two FIND
Independent Spirit Award nominations for Kim's work as Charlotte and
for the film (the John Cassavetes Award).Kim is also known for her
work in the two part epic "The Debt, Part I and II" for the Xena:
Warrior Princess television series. She won the 2004 LA Drama Critics'
Circle award for best female lead performance in East West Players'
production of Passion. Her roots are in musical theatre. In 2011, she
released her first EP, This I Heard (song & melodies, part I).
actress, filmmaker and composer. She was nominated for a FIND
Independent Spirit award for Best Supporting Actress in the film
Charlotte Sometimes.Kim was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Korean
parents, as the youngest of three girls. She was raised in Bloomfield
Hills, Michigan, and started in theatre at age 14, "at a little
theatre down the street called 'Willow Way'." She graduated from
Bloomfield Hills Lahser High School. She then earned a Bachelor of
Fine Arts from the Theatre School at DePaul University in
Chicago.After graduating from drama school, Kim began acting on stages
in Chicago, The Shakespeare Theatre (DC) and eventually landed in
Minneapolis. Highlights throughout four seasons at the Guthrie Theater
include such roles as Nina in The Seagull, the title role in Electra
and Phocion/Princess in The Triumph of Love. At the end of 1993, she
moved to Los Angeles and began her film career, landing major roles in
two films, Star Trek Generations and Barry Levinson's Disclosure.
These roles were followed by work opposite Tommy Lee Jones in Volcano.
In 1999, she played Yon Greene, a Bangkok attorney and lawyer for
Claire Danes and Kate Beckinsale, in Brokedown Palace. In 2001, she
shared the title role in the film The Operator, written and directed
by Jon Dichter, co-starring Michael Laurence and Stephen Tobolowsky.
Her breakout film and performance was in Eric Byler's Charlotte
Sometimes, which film critic Roger Ebert championed and brought to his
Overlooked Film Festival. This role was recognized by two FIND
Independent Spirit Award nominations for Kim's work as Charlotte and
for the film (the John Cassavetes Award).Kim is also known for her
work in the two part epic "The Debt, Part I and II" for the Xena:
Warrior Princess television series. She won the 2004 LA Drama Critics'
Circle award for best female lead performance in East West Players'
production of Passion. Her roots are in musical theatre. In 2011, she
released her first EP, This I Heard (song & melodies, part I).
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