Lauren Tom

Lauren Tom (2010)

Lauren Tom (born August 4, 1961 in Chicago , Illinois , United States ) is a Sino-American actress and voice actress .

Life and accomplishments

Lauren Tom was born in Chicago in 1961, where she grew up a Catholic in a largely Jewish neighborhood. In her youth, she was raised many times because of her Chinese origins, which led her to develop a more introverted personality. Nevertheless, she devoted herself to dance from an early age and was able to perform with the ensemble of the musical A Chorus Line at the age of 17 when this formation was on tour. She was only a few months on Broadway , where she could be seen in Doonesbury, among others, and was allowed to work with well-known theater directors such as Peter Sellars and JoAnne Akalaitis at various venues. In addition to her stage work, she also started an extensive film and television career. So from 1982 she worked in guest roles, later in supporting roles in television series and films, before she was offered larger roles in mostly television productions, such as The Joy Luck Club (1993). In the 1990s she also played in some successful television series such as Friends (1995/96) and increasingly worked as a voice actress for various film and series projects. One of her better-known language roles is that of the Martian Amy Wong in Futurama (1999-2003 and since 2010).

In 2017 she was accepted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which awards the Oscars every year.

Tom married Glenn Lau-Kee in 1982; since 1999 she has been married to the actor Curt Kaplan, with whom she has two sons.

Filmography (selection)

• 1984: Nothing Lasts Forever
• 1987: Magic Sticks
• 1987: Wall Street
• 1989: Roofs of Death (Rooftops)
• 1989: Die Glücksjäger (See No Evil, Hear No Evil)
• 1990: Blue Steel
• 1990: Cadillac Man
• 1990: Angel of Death ( Angel of Death , television film)
• 1992: Man Trouble - Gone to the dogs (Man Trouble)
• 1993: Daughters of Heaven (The Joy Luck Club)
• 1993: Mr. Jones
• 1994: When a Man Loves a Woman - An almost perfect love (When a Man Loves a Woman)
• 1994: North
• 1995: The Nanny ( The Nanny , TV series, 1 episode)
• 1995–1996: Friends (TV series, 7 episodes)
• 1996: Superman: The Last Son of Krypton (TV movie, voice)
• 1996–1999: Superman ( Superman: The Animated Series , TV series, 14 episodes, voice)
• 1997: Opponents out of love ( Tell Me No Secrets , TV movie)
• 1997: Deadly Confession ( Murder Live ! , TV movie)
• 1997: The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest (TV movie, voice)
• 1997: Mother Goose: A Rappin 'and Rhymin' Special (TV movie, voice)
• 1997: The Blues Brothers Animated Series (TV series, 3 episodes, voice)
• 1997–1998: Grace ( Grace Under Fire , TV series, 12 episodes)
• 1997–2010: King of the Hill (TV series, 102 episodes, voice)
• 1998: Batman & Mr. Freeze - Ice Age ( Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero , voice)
• 1998: Cool guys - friends like these (With Friends Like These ...)
• 1998: Susan's Plan (Die Again)
• 1999: Batman Beyond: The Movie (TV movie, voice)
• 1999: Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
• 1999: Countdown into Chaos (TV movie)
• 1999–2001: Batman of the Future (TV series, 27 episodes, voice)
• 1999–2004: Rocket Power (TV series, 21 episodes, voice)
• 1999-2013: Futurama (TV series, 115 episodes, voice)
• 2000: Max Steel (TV series, 4 episodes, voice)
• 2000: Batman of the Future ( Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker , TV movie, voice)
• 2000–2001: DAG (TV series, 17 episodes)
• 2001: Jack the Dog
• 2001–2002: The Zeta Project (TV series, 8 episodes, voice)
• 2002: Lady Cops ( The Division , TV series, 6 episodes)
• 2002: The Chang Family Saves the World (TV movie)
• 2002–2004: Fillmore! (TV series, 19 episodes, voice)
• 2002–2005: Kim Possible (TV series, 4 episodes, voice)
• 2002–2007: Code name: Kids Next Door ( code name: Kids Next Door , television series, 75 episodes, voice)
• 2003: Manhood
• 2003: Bad Santa
• 2003–2005: Clifford's Puppy Days (TV series, 4 episodes, voice)
• 2003-2005: Teen Titans (TV series, 7 episodes, voice)
• 2004: Class Dog: The Movie ( Teacher's Pet , voice)
• 2004: 30 Days Until I'm Famous ( 30 Days Until I'm Famous , TV Movie)
• 2004: In Good Company (In Good Company)
• 2004: Mulan 2 ( Mulan II , voice)
• 2004–2006: WITCH (TV series, 51 episodes, voice)
• 2005: Kim Possible - The Movie: Invasion of the Robots ( Kim Possible: So the Drama , TV Movie, Voice)
• 2005: Barbershop (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 2005–2007: American Dragon (TV series, 25 episodes, voice)
• 2006: Grey's Anatomy (TV series, 1 episode)
• 2006: In from the Night (TV movie)
• 2006: Let Go (TV movie)
• 2006: God's Waiting List
• 2006–2007: Me, Eloise (TV series, 8 episodes, voice)
• 2006–2008: Men in Trees (TV series, 26 episodes)
• 2006–2009: Tauschrausch ( The Replacements , TV series, 43 episodes, voice)
• 2007: Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure (TV movie)
• 2007: Futurama: Bender's Big Score (voice)
• 2008: Futurama: The Era of the Tentacle ( Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs , voice)
• 2008: CSI: Vegas (TV series, 1 episode)
• 2009: Futurama: Leela and the Encyclopedias ( Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder , voice)
• 2009: Without a Trace ( Without a Trace , TV series, 1 episode)
• 2010: Scooby-Doo! The Scary Summer Camp ( Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare , voice)
• 2010–2012: The Fish Club ( Fish Hooks , TV series, 4 episodes, voice)
• 2011: Kung Fu Panda 2
• 2012–2013: DC Nation's Farm League (TV series, 6 episodes, voice)
• 2012-2014: Supernatural (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2013–2018: Teen Titans Go! (TV series, 23 episodes, voice)
• 2015: Grandma
• 2015: Pretty Little Liars (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 2015: Justice League: Gods and Monsters (voice)
• 2015: Chasing Eagle Rock
• 2016-2018: Trolljäger ( Trollhunters , TV series, 28 episodes, voice)
• 2016–2018: DC Super Hero Girls (TV series, 6 episodes, voice)
• 2017: Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown (voice)
• since 2017: Story of Andi ( Andi Mack , TV series)
• since 2018: 3 From Above (TV series, voice)
• since 2018: Disenchantment (TV series, voice)
• 2018-2019: Goliath (TV series, 5 episodes)
• 2019: The Rookie (TV series, 1 episode)

Theater (selection)

• 1981: Family Devotions (Joseph Papp Public Theater / Newman Theater, New York City)
• 1983: Non Pasquale (Delacorte Theater, New York City)
• 1983–1984: Doonesbury ( Biltmore Theater , New York City)
• 1988: American Notes (Joseph Papp Public Theater / Susan Stein Shiva Theater, New York City)
• 1989: In a Pig's Valise (McGinn-Cazale Theater, New York City)

Web links

Commons : Lauren Tom  - Collection of Images

• Official website (English)
• Lauren Tom at the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Lauren Tom at the Internet Broadway Database (English)
• Lauren Tom in the Internet Off-Broadway Database (English)
• Lauren Tom in the German dubbing file

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Detour Magazine October 1993 ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 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. (English) 
2. ↑ "Class of 2017". Accessed June 30, 2017. http://www.app.oscars.org/class2017/ .
3. ↑ Susan Borison: Q & A with Lauren Tom: Actress and Parent of Two Teen Boys . Your Teen Magazine (accessed April 22, 2020)