Kim Yunjin of LOST fame will be featured alone on an upcoming cover of Entertainment Weekly. She had previously been on numerous entertainment magazine covers but with other cast members of LOST. She’s currently filming in Hawai’i for the last season of LOST. She’s familiar on both sides of the Pacific ocean having previously starred in Korean movies like “Shiri” and “Harmony.” I’m all for more Korean women on magazine covers.
The very popular (especially in Europe) show Ugly Betty makes its big fall premiere in a 2 hour special on Friday night. Another prominent Korean-American actress will be in this successful network show on ABC. Smith Cho will be in the early part of the Ugly Betty season in a reoccurring role as Betty’s officemate, Megan.
Smith Cho is a veteran of Hollywood. She’s been on the big screen and on TV. She was previously on Knight Rider, and this season she’s on Ugly Betty. We also hear she’s going to be on a new network show next season. The girls got talent!
Oh boy! This is going to make the men happy. Hot off the presses is Grace Park gracing the cover of the November issue of Maxim. If you can’t tell, it’s a magazine geared towards the male demographic for all ages.
It’s very impressive that a Korean-American woman is on the cover of a magazine, even though she’s scantily clad. This isn’t the first time Grace Park of Battlestar Galactica fame has been in Maxim magazine. Don’t forget her very famous and popular photo shoot by a fireplace. Click here for those pictures from Maxim. And let us also not forget the Complex magazine photo shoot. Korean women are simply beautiful!
Did you know that a Korean gal is singing out loud on the new hit show of the season? Jenna Ushkowitz is an adopted Korean girl who was born in Seoul, South Korea and she’s making a big splash on Glee as Tina Cohen-Chang.
Tina is a member of Glee. She is awkward and needs to suppress her stutter before she can take center stage. Her interests include speed-metal, emo-core, cutting off her dolls’ hair, and hangin’ wi’ her speech therapist, Judy.
So who is Jenna? She was adopted and raised in the Vermont and New York area, where she graduated from a Catholic high school. She’s no stranger to acting with stints on TV and on Broadway.
A seasoned theater actor, Jenna Ushkowitz starred in “The King and I” and recently finished her run in the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of “Spring Awakening.”
Her television credits include “Sesame Street,” “Reading Rainbow” and “As the World Turns,” and her independent film credits include “Babyface” and “Educated.” Recently, Ushkowitz hosted “Yankees on Deck,” which is a behind-the-scenes sports show geared towards young audiences.
Ushkowitz, 22, graduated from Marymount Manhattan College and lives in New York City.
It looks like she’s just getting started with the surprise hit Glee. Best of luck to Jenna! You can catch Jenna on Wednesday nights on Fox at 9pm EST.