Emily Kuroda

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Emily Keiko Kuroda (born October 30, 1952 in Fresno County , California ) is an American actress .

biography

Emily Kuroda began acting and directing in high school . She studied theater in college but was encouraged to be a teacher rather than an actress herself. However, she met the "East West Players", the first Asian-American theater company in Los Angeles , which she joined in the summer of 1978 and discovered her own acting talent.

Kuroda mainly worked on television productions and series, for example in 1991 in the crime series Columbo . From 2000 to 2007 she played the role of Mrs. Kim in the hit series Gilmore Girls . In 2016 she was also featured in an episode of the sequel Gilmore Girls: A New Year .

Her work as an actress includes more than 90 productions for film and television.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

  • Dramalogue Awards for Ikebana , The Maids , Minimata , The Golden Gate and Visitors from Nagasaki
  • from the City of Los Angeles for About Love
  • the Garland Award for an extraordinary performance for Straight As a Line
  • Los Angeles Award nomination for Best Actress for Straight As a Line
  • Entertainment Today Best Actress Award for Winter People

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview with Emily Kuroda ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from the UCLA (English)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.international.ucla.edu
  2. ↑ Website of the East West Players (English)
personal data
SURNAME Kuroda, Emily
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kuroda, Emily Keiko (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Fresno County , California