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{{Short description|Korean-Australian singer (born 1981)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2016}}
{{BLP primary sources|date=December 2007}}
{{Western name order|Park Sun}}
{{Family name hatnote|[[Park (Korean surname)|Park]]|lang=Korean}}
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| birth_name    = Sun Park
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|1|3}}
| birth_place   = [[Suwon]], South Korea
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| spouse        = {{marriage|Nathan Pezzimenti|2009}}
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| children      = 2
| occupation    = Actress
| years_active  = 2006–2010, 2016–present
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'''Sun Park''' ({{Korean|hangul=박순}}; born 3 January 1981) is a Korean Australian singer, actress, entertainer<ref>Herald Sun [http://hi-5.com.au/press/Herald_Sun_Vic_June_19.pdf Replacement Wins Crowd Over]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Reported 19 June 2006. Retrieved 17 July 2007.</ref> and former member of the children's entertainment group [[Hi-5 (Australian group)|Hi-5]] as well as the [[Hi-5 (Australian TV series)|television series of the same name]] from 2006 to 2008.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
==Career==
Park graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance. She later appeared in the Brisbane and Sydney seasons of [[Mamma Mia! (musical)|Mamma Mia!]].  Before her stint with Hi-5, she toured with the live act ''BPM - Beats Per Minute'' that fused funk, rock, jazz and hip hop music, and worked with the Australian band [[Rogue Traders]], alongside [[Natalie Bassingthwaighte]].
In 2006, she was hired as a temporary replacement for entertainer [[Kathleen de Leon Jones]] in the children's entertainment group [[Hi-5 (Australian group)|Hi-5]], and was announced as a permanent replacement in 2007 when de Leon Jones confirmed she would not be returning to the group. In December 2008, Park announced that she would be leaving Hi-5 after less than three years with the group in order to concentrate on settling down and starting a family. She also expressed that she felt she was only ever meant to be a temporary replacement for Kathleen. Park's final performance with the group was at the 2008 Carols by Candlelight. {{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
==Personal life==
Park told the media in 2008 that she was going to settle down and focus on starting a family after finishing her work with Australian children's entertainment group [[Hi-5 (Australian group)|Hi-5]]. In 2009 she married business development worker Nathan Pezzimenti. {{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
==Theatre credits==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Production
! Role
! Venue
! Dates
|-
| rowspan="2"|2016
| rowspan="2"|''[[Avenue Q]]''
| rowspan="2"|Christmas Eve
| [[Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne]]
| August 2016
|-
| [[Crown Perth|Crown Theatre, Perth]]
| November – December 2016
|-
| rowspan="1"|2019
| rowspan="1"|''[[Hair (musical)|Hair]]''
| rowspan="1"|The Tribe
| Australian Tour<br/><small>(Perth, Geelong, Wyong, Wollongong, Sydney, Gold Coast)</small>
| August – October 2019
|-
|}
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film roles
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
|-
| 2007
| ''[[The Jammed]]''
| Rubi / Li Rong
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Television roles
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2007–2008
| ''[[Hi-5 (Australian TV series)|Hi-5]]''
| Presenter
| Series 9–10
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Newton's Law (TV series)|Newton's Law]]''
| Ying Chen
| 1.2: "The Butterfly Effect"
|-
|rowspan="5" | 2018
| ''[[Romper Stomper (TV series)|Romper Stomper]]''
| Julia Barca
| 1.6: "Anabasis"
|-
| ''[[Wentworth (TV series)|Wentworth]]''
| Cherry Li
| 8 episodes
|-
| ''[[True Story with Hamish & Andy]]''
| Nicole
| 2.8: "Murray"
|-
| ''[[How to Stay Married]]''
| Vanessa (Brad's date)
| 1.2
|-
| ''[[Why Are You Like This]]''
| Dr. Lee
| [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] pilot; re-aired as full series in 2021
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2019
| ''[[Get Krack!n]]''
| Laura
| 2.5
|-
| ''[[Utopia (Australian TV series)|Utopia]]''
| Kirsten
| 4.6: "Tricks of Approval"
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Fisk (TV series)|Fisk]]''
| Bobbie
| 1.5: "Ladies in Black"
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Troppo (TV series)|Troppo]]''
| Yoon Sun Park
|}
==References==
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[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Singers from Suwon]]
[[Category:Australian children's musicians]]
[[Category:Australian female dancers]]
[[Category:South Korean emigrants to Australia]]
[[Category:Australian women pop singers]]
[[Category:Australian television actresses]]
[[Category:Australian film actresses]]
[[Category:Australian people of Korean descent]]
[[Category:South Korean female dancers]]
[[Category:South Korean women pop singers]]
[[Category:South Korean television actresses]]
[[Category:South Korean film actresses]]
[[Category:South Korean expatriates in the United States]]
[[Category:Australian expatriate actresses in the United States]]
[[Category:21st-century Australian actresses]]
[[Category:21st-century Australian dancers]]
[[Category:21st-century Australian singers]]
[[Category:21st-century South Korean actresses]]
[[Category:21st-century South Korean singers]]
[[Category:21st-century Australian women singers]]
[[Category:Actresses from Suwon]]