Alexandra Bokyun Chun (born February 11, 1967) is a South Korean actress and filmmaker living in Los Angeles, California.
She played Carla in the first Saw film.
Early Life[]
Alexandra left her birthplace of Pusan, South Korea, and immigrated to the United States at age 7. After attending a boarding school in Maryland, she pursued a study in Western Philosophy at St. John's College, U. S. in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Intent on becoming a medical doctor after graduation, she entered a relationship with Ottmar Liebert in her senior year, which eventually convinced her to pursue the performing arts.
Career[]
Shortly after moving to Los Angeles for an acting career in film, she was cast for a regular role on the soap Another World, which drove her to New York City. When her contract ended with the soap opera, she returned to Los Angeles to work in numerous film and television shows. She has played recurring and guest-starring roles in dozens of shows, including Lax, Jag, House, The Ghost Whisperer, and NBC's The Event. She has also appeared in numerous feature films in the US and Korea, including Carla in the first Saw film. In 2013, she starred in Innocent Blood, an indie suspense thriller, playing a mother hell-bent on retrieving her kidnapped son, for which she earned an Acting Award at the Monaco Film Festival.
Her theater credits include L.A. Women's Shakespeare Company's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Blue Sphere Alliance's Nagasaki Dust, SoHo Rep's Legendary Sirens, Lodestone's productions of Laughter, Joy, Loneliness, and Sex and Sex and Terminus Americana, Japan American Theatre's Reds, Whites, and Blues, among others. Her most recent theatrical turn had her playing alongside other international award-winning actresses in Carry the World at the Los Angeles Museum of Tolerance.
In 1999, she founded and directed the Lodestone Theatre Ensemble along with three other theater professionals. In the Fall of 2004, Alexandra Chun launched a website of private short films taking place in hotel rooms, acting as a writer, director, and producer. It was her exploration of the "viewer as voyeur" phenomenon of the internet.
Personal Life[]
On July 25, 2016, Alexandra Chun returned to her birthplace, South Korea, to protest against the torture and slaughter of dogs in the Asian Dog Meat Trade. She returned to the United States with three dogs rescued from slaughter.
Filmography[]
Films[]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Mugunghwaggoti pieotseubnida | Daughter of Dr. Lee Hui So |
| 1996 | Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day | Angela |
| 1997 | Strategic Command | Amie |
| Cold Night Into Dawn | Shen | |
| 1998 | Where's Marlowe? | Detective Hsu |
| 2001 | Ali | Asian Cosmetologist |
| 2002 | A Ribbon of Dreams | June Wong |
| 2004 | Saw | Carla |
| 2006 | Good Bad Karma | Amanda |
| 2007 | The Casper | Woman |
| 2009 | All the Times | Time 10 |
| 2013 | Innocent Blood | Susan Park |
| 2016 | Mr. & Mrs. Kim | Mrs. Kim |
| 2018 | American Airlines: Flagship First Experience | Traveler |
Television Series[]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | My Life and Times | Waitress |
| 1992 | Out All Night | Tia |
| Another World | Lily Tran | |
| 1995 | Under Suspicion | |
| Melrose Place | Lin | |
| Seinfeld | Lotus | |
| Mad About You | Cassandra | |
| Space: Above and Beyond | Yuko Kayaguest | |
| 1996 | Chicago Hope | Dr. Beth Bowers |
| 1997 | Viper | Lai |
| Baywatch Nights | Asian Woman | |
| Total Security | Kimiko Shuhara | |
| 1998 | Night Man | Lily Liu |
| Mike Hammer, Private Eye | Tracy Potter | |
| 1999 | Arli$$ | |
| Jack & Jill | Sweatshop Worker | |
| 2000 | JAG | Solla Jong |
| Walker, Texas Ranger | Michelle Nimh | |
| 2001 | Philly | Linda Tran |
| 2000-2002 | Any Day Now | Attorney |
| 2002 | Once and Again | Christine Kim |
| 2003 | Presidio Med | |
| 2004 | LAX | Kim |
| House M.D. | Kim Chen | |
| 2006 | Ghost Whisperer | Lilly Chen |
| 2008 | The Young and the Restless | Kyon |
| 2011 | The Event | Dr. Lu |
| 2012 | Shameless | Chinese Preggers |
| Jane by Design | Miyoko Sato | |
| 2013 | Monday Mornings | Mrs. Park |
| 2015-2016 | Days of Our Lives | Dr. Oakes |
| 2016 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Xiao Chen |
| Castle | Miss Cross | |
| 2017 | The Magicians | The Mudang |
| 2019 | NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service | Phyllis Wu |
| Artificial Uncovered | Mei Lin | |
| 2018-2019 | Artificial | Mei Lin |
| 2020 | Tiny Pretty Things | Maricel Park |
| 2022 | The Rookie | Amy |
| 2022-2023 | Hwan Hon | Maidservant Kim |
| 2023 | Mrs. Davis | Captain |
| Kwinmeikeo | Young-sim |
Television Films[]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | About Love | Annie |
| 1999 | Three Secrets | Reporter #2 |
Trivia[]
- Her Korean birth name "Bok" means Blessing, "Yun" means Lotus, and "Chun" means Whole/Complete.
- In Saw IV and Saw VI, Alexandra Bokyun Chun could be seen on posters hanging in the Homeward Bound Clinic's waiting room.
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