Emily Kuroda
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Emily Kuroda is best known for her work on TV's Gilmore Girls, but she has had a long career on stage and screen and is a veteran of East West Players, Los Angeles' premier Asian-American theater group. She began acting and directing in high school and majored in drama at college before launching her career on stage and screen.
Emily Kuroda has performed in numerous plays including Luis Alfaro’s Straight As A Line at Playwrights Arena, directed by Jon Rivera, Chay Yew's Red at East West Players and Winter People at the Boston Court. Other theatres include New York’s Public Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Rep, Singapore Repertory Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, LA Women’s Shakespeare Company, and the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival.
Emily Kuroda has completed her seventh year as Mrs. Kim in Warner Brothers’ Gilmore Girls. Other television credits include In Case Of Emergency, Six Feet Under, King Of Queens, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Practice, General Hospital, Port Charles, ER, The Division, The Agency, Presidio Med and Arliss. Feature films include Minority Report, Stranger Inside, 2 Days In The Valley, Dad, Broken Words, About Love (Emmy nominated), Worth Winning and Shopgirl.
[edit] Awards
- Drama-Logue Awards for "Ikebana", "The Maids", "Minimata", "The Golden Gate", and "Visitors from Nagasaki"
- City of Los Angeles Commendation for "About Love"
- Garland Award for Outstanding Performance for "Straight As a Line".
- LA Ovation Award nomination, Best Lead Actress, for "Straight As a Line".
- Entertainment Today Best Actress Award for "Winter People"
- Playwrights' Arena Award for Outstanding Contribution to Los Angeles Theater.
- East West Players' Rae Creevey Award.
