Editing Kristin Kreuk (section)

==Early life==
Kreuk was born in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kristin-kreuk/bio/160978 |title=Kristen Kreuk |publisher=[[TV Guide]].com |access-date=November 4, 2009}}</ref> to Deanna Che and Peter Kreuk, two landscape architects.<ref name="tribute">{{cite web |url=http://www.tribute.ca/people/kristin-kreuk/10365/ |title=Kristin Kreuk biography and filmography |publisher=[[Tribute (magazine)|Tribute]] |access-date=April 17, 2014}}</ref> Her father is of [[Dutch Canadians|Dutch]] descent. Her mother is of [[Overseas Chinese|Chinese]] descent, born in [[Indonesia]]. Her maternal grandmother was [[Chinese Jamaicans|Chinese Jamaican]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928091842/http://www.kristinkreukespana.com/videos/Etalk5Questions.wmv E Talk Daily, 58 seconds into referenced clip (Aired Tuesday January 30, 2007 on CTV)]. Retrieved February, 2007.</ref> Her mother and grandmother lived in [[Singapore]] and the [[Solomon Islands]] before settling in Vancouver.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Kristin Kreuk on Instagram: "I love this so much. I am deeply proud of my heritage and have found strength in learning about the journeys my family took to find…"|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B_2z0vID7Rq/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/B_2z0vID7Rq |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |url-access=registration|access-date=June 5, 2020|website=Instagram}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She has a younger sister, Justine Kreuk.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chatelaine.com/living/actress-kristin-kreuk-is-returning-to-the-big-screen/ |title=Actress Kristin Kreuk is returning to the big screen - Chatelaine|publisher=[[Chatelaine (magazine)|Chatelaine]]|date=December 2, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kristin-kreuk/bio/160978|title=Kristin Kreuk Biography |magazine=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=April 17, 2014}}</ref>
Kreuk trained in [[karate]]<ref name=tribute/><ref name="six">{{cite news|date=February 27, 2009|title=Six questions with Chun-Li (Kristin Kreuk)|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/hero-complex-blog/story/2009-02-27/six-questions-with-chun-li-kristin-kreuk}}</ref> and [[gymnastics]] at the national level until high school but quit in grade 11 due to [[scoliosis]].<ref name=six/> Kreuk was planning to study [[forensic science]] or psychology at [[Simon Fraser University]] and was surprised when a casting director for the CBC television series ''[[Edgemont (TV series)|Edgemont]]'' contacted her at her high school.<ref name=tribute/>