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''.

Early life

Kim was born in March 31, 1970, in

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, to Korean parents,Bret Ryan Rudnick.
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. ''Whoosh!'', issue 17, February 1998. Retrieved 2007-01-16. as the youngest of three girls.Ada Tseng.
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, and started in theatre at age 4, "at a little theatre down the street called 'Willow Way'." She graduated from Bloomfield Hills Lahser High School in 1988. She then earned a

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from the Theatre School at

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in Chicago.Red Doors Cast Bios
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Career

After graduating from drama school, Kim began acting on stages in

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, The Shakespeare Theatre (DC) and eventually landed in

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. Highlights throughout four seasons at the Guthrie Theater include such roles as Nina in ''

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'', the title role in ''

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'' and Phocion/Princess in ''The Triumph of Love''. At the end of 1993, she moved to

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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

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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

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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''. Her roots are in musical theatre. 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.

Filmography

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