Date of Birth: September 20, 1975, Anaheim, California, USA
Birth Name: Korinna Moon Bloodgood
Height: 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
Ethnicity: Korean, Irish and Dutch.
Maritial Status: Engaged to actor Eric Balfour (since April 24, 2005)
Occupation: Actress/Model
Former Jobs: Los Angeles Lakers
Korinna Moon Bloodgood was born in Anaheim, California, to an American father of Dutch and
Irish descent and a South Korean mother on September 20, 1975. Her father was stationed in
Korea when he met her mother. Bloodgood is a former cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Her early credits include such telling roles as “Gorgeous Woman” and “Stripper,” Maxim
Magazine “Hot 100″ list-maker Moon Bloodgood no doubt possesses the kind of exotic beauty
that’s a pleasure to take in on the big screen, and thankfully for movie lovers, she’s got
the talent to match those good looks. An aspiring singer/songwriter who was collaborating
with Paul Anka at the time she was approached to audition for a guest role in the hit NBC
sitcom Just Shoot Me, Bloodgood would eventually win the role, and subsequent appearances
in CSI and Monk followed in quick succession. Though the Korean/Irish/Dutch actress went on
to find her footing on the big screen with supporting roles in such features as A Lot Like
Love, Moonlight Serenade, and Eight Below, it wasn’t until she co-starred as the Native
American Starfire in director Marcus Nispel’s Pathfinder that she really began to shine.
Bloodgood made a splash in the innovative police detective series Day Break, playing Rita
Shelten, the girlfriend of protagonist Detective Brett Hopper (Taye Diggs). In the style of
Groundhog Day mixed with the thriller aspects of 24, the wrongly accused Hopper suffered
the same day repeatedly, trying desperately to prevent Rita from dying each time the day
restarted. Unfortunately, the series didn’t catch on with the public, but Bloodgood was
soon at work again on another creative, sci-fi-tinged prime-time series in fall 2007:
Journeyman. That show followed the travails of a man (Kevin McKidd) who begins to time
travel unwittingly, eventually running into his presumed-dead first love, Livia Beale
(Bloodgood), who is actually alive and well — and also a fellow time-traveler. Though the
series garnered a modest but dedicated audience, it wasn’t enough for the show make it past
its first season. The show suffered from low ratings, and following the WGA Writer’s
Strike, Journeyman was effectively cancelled by NBC in December of 2007, when the network
chose not to order the second half of the first season.
Bloodgood was soon back onscreen, however, appearing in the Barry Levinson-directed comedy
drama What Just Happened? opposite an impressive cast that included Robert De Niro, Stanley
Tucci, Sean Penn, and John Turturro.
2009 Will be a big year for Moon Bloodgood, she plays Maya in Street Fighter: The Legend of
Chun-Li movie, based on the popular video game franchise and a role in Terminator
Salvation: The Future Begins opposite Christian Bale’s John Connor. The movie will be
helmed by McG and released on May 22, 2009.
Trivia
Ethnicity: Korean, Irish and Dutch.
Engaged to actor Eric Balfour (April 24, 2005).
Ranked #99 in Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.
One People magazine’s 100 Most Beautiful People in the world 2006.
Ranked #53 in Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2006 list.
Ranked #40 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.