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Jacqueline Joan Kim 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 .
Jacqueline Kim | |
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| Born | Jacqueline Joan Kim |
Jacqueline Joan Kim 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, [1] as the youngest of three girls. [2] She was raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan,[ citation needed ] and started in theatre at age 14, "at a little theatre down the street called 'Willow Way'." [1] 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. [3]
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 as Xena's spiritual mentor, Lao Ma. She won the 2004 LA Drama Critics' Circle award for best female lead performance in East West Players' production of Passion . [2] Her roots are in musical theatre.[ citation needed ] In 2011, she released her first EP, This I Heard (song & melodies, part I).
In 2015, Kim finished production on the film Advantageous . She co-wrote, produced and composed the feature with its director, Jennifer Phang, while starring opposite Jennifer Ehle, James Urbaniak and Ken Jeong.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1992 | The Mighty Ducks | Jane | |
| 1993 | Trauma | Alice | |
| 1994 | Disclosure | Cindy Chang | |
| Star Trek Generations | Ensign Demora Sulu | ||
| White Mile | Michelle Stefanoff | Television | |
| 1995 | Courthouse | Amy Chen | Television 6 episodes |
| 1997 | Volcano | Jaye Calder | |
| Xena: Warrior Princess | Lao Ma | Television Episodes: "The Debt, Part I" and "The Debt, Part II" | |
| 1999 | Brokedown Palace | Yon Greene | |
| 2000 | The Operator | The Operator | |
| ER | Linda Reed | Television Episode: "The Greatest of Gifts" | |
| 2001 | The Hollywood Sign | Paula Carver | |
| The West Wing | Lt. Emily Lowenbrau | Television Episode: "Bad Moon Rising" | |
| 2002 | Charlotte Sometimes | Charlotte/Darcy | Independent Spirit Award nominee for Best Supporting Female [4] |
| In Search of Cezanne | Martha Beck | Credited as co-writer | |
| 2005 | Red Doors | Samantha Wong | |
| 2006 | Present | Writer, director and producer | |
| Threshold | Rachel | Television Episodes: "Outbreak" and "Vigilante" | |
| 2015 | Advantageous | Gwen | Writer and producer |
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