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Ashley Park’s positivity is profound. But having battled leukemia at age 15 and dealt with discrimination in Hollywood, the 'Emily in Paris' actor hasn’t always lived la vie en rose.
Twenty-four hours before we meet, Ashley Park was in Paris at the Valentino Spring 2023 show, sitting beside Florence Pugh and Dove Cameron. “Fashion week is always a madhouse, but the best part is when I see my friends,” the Emily in Paris actor says over video chat from her apartment in New York. “We had to keep reminding ourselves to play it cool, but Flo [Pugh] kept making me laugh.” While Park may have looked like a seasoned veteran in her tuxedo-inspired Valentino look, her first runway presentation was only just before the pandemic, in 2019. Fittingly, she was attending a Chanel show with fashion executive Mindy Prugnaud, a friend of Darren Star’s (the creator of the hit series), who inspired her character, Mindy Chen. “It was during the filming of the first season, when the show was still anonymous, and I just wore whatever was in my closet,” Park shares.
