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Ashley Park’s net worth, biography, fact, career, awards and life story

What is Ashley Park’s Net Worth?Ashley Park is an actress, singer, and dancer who has a net worth of $2 million. Ashley Park is best known for her roles as Mindy Chen on the Netflix series “Emily in Paris” and Gretchen Wieners in the Broadway musical “Mean Girls.” She has also appeared on stage in productions of “The King and I,” “The Fantasticks,” “Sunday in the Park with George,” and “Lady in the Dark,” among many others. Park’s other credits have included the Netflix miniseries “Tales of the City” and the Peacock musical comedy series “Girls5eva.”Early Life and EducationAshley Park was born on June 6, 1991 in Glendale, California to Sara and Andrew. She is of Korean descent, and has a younger sister named Audrey. Park was raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan. There, she was involved in community children’s theater throughout her years in middle school and at Pioneer High School. Park also went to Interlochen Summer Arts Camp, and co-founded a women’s a cappella group at her high school that came in second place in a 2009 national competition.At the age of 15, Park was diagnosed with a form of leukemia and was hospitalized for eight months. She received a wish from the Make-A-Wish Foundation that allowed her and her family to travel to New York to see a number of Broadway shows. Following chemotherapy, Park returned to high school and was cast in the titular role in a school production of “Thoroughly Modern Millie.” For her higher education, she went to the University of Michigan, from which she earned her BFA in musical theater in 2013.Stage CareerPark had her first role in a major regional theater production in 2009, playing Yvonne in a Music Theatre Wichita production of “Miss Saigon.” Over the subsequent years, she performed in productions with the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera in Pennsylvania. In 2014, Park made her Broadway debut as a replacement in the ensemble of “Mamma Mia!” The same year, she played Gabrielle in the US national tour of “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella.” Park returned to Broadway in 2015 with her first leading role, playing Tuptim in a revival of “The King and I.” She stayed with the production through the summer of 2016, and earned a Grammy Award nomination for her work on the show’s cast recording.In 2016, Park appeared in a production of “The Fantasticks” at the Pasadena Playhouse, and was in “The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen” at the Manhattan Theatre Club. The following year, she was in a Broadway revival of “Sunday in the Park with George” and appeared in the off-Broadway musical “KPOP.” For the latter, she earned a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Musical. Park subsequently had her biggest role yet in 2018, when she began starring on Broadway as Gretchen Wieners in the original musical “Mean Girls,” based on the eponymous 2004 film. She received numerous nominations for her performance, including Tony and Drama Desk nominations. Following her run in “Mean Girls” in 2019, Park appeared in “Lady in the Dark” and “Grand Horizons.”Television CareerOn television, Park first appeared in an episode of “My Dirty Little Secret” in 2014. Three years later, she had a bigger role on the sitcom “Nightcap,” appearing in eight episodes as the character Olivia Cho. Next, in 2019, Park played the recurring role of Instagram influencer Jennifer “Ani” Winter on the Netflix series “Tales of the City,” based on the eponymous series of novels by Armistead Maupin.In 2020, Park had her breakthrough television role on the Netflix dramedy “Emily in Paris.” On the show, she plays the main role of Mindy Chen, a former nanny and fledgling singer who becomes the title character’s first friend in Paris. The series also stars Lily Collins, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Lucas Bravo, Camille Razat, and Samuel Arnold. For her work on “Emily in Paris,” Park received MTV and Critics’ Choice Award nominations. Among her other credits, she has a recurring role on the Peacock musical comedy series “Girls5eva,” starring Sara Bareilles, Paula Pell, Busy Phillips, and Renée Elise Goldsberry.Film CareerDue to her success on stage and television, Park was cast in the 2022 period drama “Mr. Malcolm’s List,” based on the novel of the same name. Other cast members include Freida Pinto, Sope Dirisu, Theo James, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, and Zawe Ashton. Park was also cast in a starring role in the directorial debut of Adele Lim, the co-writer of the film “Crazy Rich Asians.”PhilanthropyBeyond her acting, Park has been significantly involved in philanthropic endeavors. While she was attending the University of Michigan, she co-founded the Michigan Performance Outreach Workshop, which aims to provide performing arts opportunities to students in southeastern Michigan. Additionally, she was involved with the Prison Creative Arts Project. After moving to New York, Park began supporting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. She has also worked as a mentor with a number of programs, including Broadway Workshop.
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Phil Dunster’s net worth, biography, fact, career, awards and life story

What is Phil Dunster’s Net Worth and Salary?Phil Dunster is an English actor who has a net worth of $4 million. Phil Dunster rose to fame in the UK for playing Lance Corporal Will Jensen on the television series “Strike Back” from 2017 to 2018. He went on to gain more widespread recognition for his roles on the series “Save Me,” “Humans,” “The Trouble with Maggie Cole,” and “Ted Lasso.” On the big screen, Dunster has appeared in such films as “Megan Leavey,” “Judy,” and “The Good Liar.”Early Life and EducationPhil Dunster was born on March 31, 1992 in Reading, Berkshire, England. As a youth, he went to Leighton Park School, and was fond of playing rugby. However, when he was 15, Dunster realized that he was too diminutive in size for the sport when he failed a tryout for the club London Irish RFC. For his higher education, he attended Bristol Old Vic Theatre School to study drama.Start of Television CareerDunster appeared for the first time on television in 2015, playing Nico in an episode of the British sitcom “Catastrophe.” He subsequently appeared in two episodes of the British crime series “Stan Lee’s Lucky Man” in 2016. Dunster had his breakthrough year in 2017: in addition to his roles on the sitcom “Benidorm” and in the BBC television film “Man in an Orange Shirt,” he began playing the main role of Lance Corporal Will Jensen in the sixth season of the spy series “Strike Back.” Based on the eponymous novel by Chris Ryan, the series follows the exploits of Section 20, a branch of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service. Dunster was joined in the cast by Daniel MacPherson, Warren Brown, Roxanne McKee, Alin Sumarwata, and Nina Sosanya.Further Television CareerFollowing his breakthrough on “Strike Back,” Dunster began landing many more substantial television roles. In 2018, he had recurring roles on three shows. On the drama “Save Me,” Dunster played BJ McGory, the son of Barry Ward’s character, while on the science-fiction series “Humans,” he played Tristan in season three. Finally, on the police procedural “No Offence,” which he also joined in the third season, Dunster played Detective Chief Inspector Tom Pembroke. Next, in 2019, he portrayed Count Andrei Razumovsky in the miniseries “Catherine the Great,” starring Helen Mirren as the titular Russian Empress. The four-part miniseries aired on HBO in the United States and on Sky Atlantic in the United Kingdom.Dunster had his next big year on television in 2020. Kicking off the year, he played Quincey Morris in the three-part miniseries “Dracula,” based on the eponymous Bram Stoker novel. Starring Claes Bang as the titular Count, the series aired on BBC One before debuting on Netflix.  A couple months later, Dunster played the main role of Jamie Cole on the dramedy series “The Trouble with Maggie Cole.” The series stars Dawn French in the titular role, and also features Mark Heap, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Vicki Pepperdine, Patrick Robinson, and Gwyneth Keyworth, among others. Following this, Dunster debuted his biggest role yet: fledgling football striker Jamie Tartt on the Apple TV+ sports dramedy series “Ted Lasso.” The highly acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning series also stars Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Jeremy Swift, Brett Goldstein, Juno Temple, and Brendan Hunt, among others. As part of the cast of “Ted Lasso,” Dunster won the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2022.Film CareerDunster made his film debut in 2013, playing the role of Big Robbie in “A Film Makers Son.” Two years after this, he played Dickie Baker in the low-budget biographical crime film “The Rise of the Krays,” about the criminal Kray twins and their early lives in London. Dunster reprised his role in the 2016 sequel “The Fall of the Krays.” In 2017, he appeared in the biographical drama “Megan Leavey,” starring Kate Mara, and played Colonel John Armstrong in Kenneth Branagh’s “Murder on the Orient Express,” based on the eponymous Agatha Christie novel. Dunster’s next film role came in the 2019 biographical drama “Judy,” starring an Academy Award-winning Renée Zellweger as actress Judy Garland. Also in 2019, Dunster appeared in the crime thriller “The Good Liar,” playing the younger version of Ian McKellen’s character Roy Courtnay.Stage CareerOn the stage, Dunster debuted in a 2015 Reading Theatre production of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” in which he played Claudio. The following year, he earned acclaim for his performance in “Pink Mist,” which played at both the Bush Theatre and Bristol Old Vic. Dunster received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre for his work. The same year, he appeared in a Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company production of John Osborne’s “The Entertainer.”Personal LifeA lifelong fan of football, Dunster avidly supports the English professional club AFC Wimbledon. In his romantic life, meanwhile, he is dating filmmaker Eleanor Hayden.
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