Ashley Park's portrayal of the hilarious but lovable Gretchen Wieners in Mean Girls earned Park nominations for seven separate theatre awards last season. But as I found out when I sat down to speak with her, those are qualities that she also portrayed in her first Broadway outing five years earlier, is an ensemble member in Mamma Mia!
Ashley Park
Ashley Park is best known for her portrayal of Mindy Chen on the Netflix comedy series Emily in Paris. She also originated the role of Gretchen Wieners in the Broadway musical Mean Girls, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
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BIO
Ashley Park is best known for her portrayal of Mindy Chen on the Netflix comedy series Emily in Paris. She also originated the role of Gretchen Wieners in the Broadway musical Mean Girls, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Other theatre credits include Tuptim in the 2015 Broadway revival of The King and I, Mamma Mia, Sunday in the Park with George and MwE in Ars Nova's off-Broadway musical KPOP. She stars in Adele Lim's directorial debut, Joy Ride, and has had recurring roles in Beef and Only Murders in the Building.
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STAGE CREDITS
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Connection
Movies
[ 2014 ] Date
[ 2019 ] Cee Cee
[ 2022 ] Gertie Covington
[ 2024 ] Madame Park
[ 2025 ] Melanie
TV Shows
[ 2021-2024 ] Ashley Gold
[ 2024 ] Maya
[ 2024 ] Ash
[ 2024 ] Leah Anne Cho
[ 2020-2025 ] Mindy Chen
[ 2024-2025 ] Substitute
Awards and Nominations
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Ashley Park has appeared on Broadway in 6 shows.
Ashley Park has not appeared in the West End.
Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for KPOP, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Mean Girls, Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Mean Girls, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Mean Girls, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical (The Lortels) for KPOP and Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for Mean Girls.
Ashley Park won the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical award at the Lortels for KPOP.
Ashley A Park has appeared on Broadway in 5 shows.
Ashley A Park has not appeared in the West End.
Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for KPOP, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Mean Girls, Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Mean Girls, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Mean Girls, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical (The Lortels) for KPOP and Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for Mean Girls.
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical (The Lortels) for KPOP.
Podcasts
Originally released November 24, 2020. Ashley Park, currently starring in Season Two of Netflix’s “Emily in Paris,” looks back on growing up and going to college in Ann Arbor, as well as hoofing it at the Pittsburgh CLO.
Ashley Park, star of Broadway’s MEAN GIRLS and Netflix’s “Emily Paris,” looks back on growing up and going to college in Ann Arbor, as well as hoofing it at the Pittsburgh CLO.
Why Ashley Park Calls Darren Star the Sondheim of TV
The "Mean Girls" Tony nominee talks "Emily in Paris" and how she'll help make "Thoroughly Modern Millie" a musical for everyone.
Ashley Park: Hey Old Friend, Here's To Us
Mean Girls, Sunday in the Park with George, The King and I...We met at 18, and now one of us is a TV star, a Tony Nominee, and has Tina Fey's cell phone number. ASHLEY PARK IS HERE!! We love this girl and we're so grateful she took an afternoon to talk to us.
#11 - Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors (Live: BPN Town Hall)
To celebrate the premier of the star-studded radio horror comedy play "DRACULA, A COMEDY OF TERRORS, Deep Dive Broadway hosted a Live Town Hall Event with cast members Alex Brightman, Ashley Park, James Monroe Iglehart, Rob McClure, Christopher Sieber, Richard Kind, Alan Tudyk, Kathy Fitzgerald, Orville Mendoza and writer/director Gordon Greenberg & writer Steve Rosen.
Episode 14: Ashley Park: I Can Do That
On this episode, Jamie, Rob, and Jennifer chat with “Mean Girls” very own Gretchen Wieners, Ashley Park.