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Pages in category "American actresses of Japanese descent" The following 103 pages are in this category, out of 103 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Tamlyn Tomita, a second generation Japanese-American , was born January 27, 1966, [2] on a U.S. military base in Okinawa and grew up in Los Angeles. [3] [4] [5] Her Japanese-American father was in an internment camp during World War II. [4] [3] He met her mother while stationed in Okinawa between the Korean and Vietnam Wars. [5]
Karen Fukuhara (pronunciation ⓘ Japanese: 福原 かれん Fukuhara Karen, born February 10, 1992) [1] [2] is an American actress best known for her roles as Tatsu Yamashiro / Katana in the 2016 superhero film Suicide Squad and as Kimiko Miyashiro / The Female in the Amazon original series The Boys (2019–present).
Amy Okuda is a Japanese-American actress. She portrayed Julia Sasaki on the Netflix comedy-drama Atypical (2017–2021), where she was a series regular during the first two seasons. Okuda is most well-known as Tinkerballa in the popular web series The Guild.
Bryan Mantia, contemporary rock drummer and composer who was a drummer for bands such as Primus (band), Guns N' Roses, Praxis, and Godflesh; mother is Japanese-American; Lily Mariye, actress , filmmaker; Money Mark, producer and musician, best known for his collaborations with the Beastie Boys from 1992 until 2011; father is Japanese-Hawaiian
Sally Amaki (天城サリー, Amaki Sarī, born April 26, 2000) is an American singer and voice actress based in Tokyo, Japan.She is a member of the voice acting idol group 22/7, which debuted in 2017, and is the group's "overseas representative". [4]
Mizuhara was born Audrie Kiko Daniel in Dallas, Texas, United States. [12] She is the oldest of the two daughters of Song Pal-choong (better known by her Japanese alias Yae Toyama, née Mizuhara), [12] a Zainichi Korean from Nagasaki, Japan, and Todd Mason Daniel, [12] an American from Texas.
Miyoshi Umeki (梅木 美代志, Umeki Miyoshi, or ミヨシ・ウメキ Miyoshi Umeki, May 8, 1929 – August 28, 2007) was a Japanese American singer and actress. [2] Umeki was nominated for the Tony Award and Golden Globe Award and was the first East Asia-born woman to win an Academy Award for acting. [3] [4]