Emily Kuroda
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| Born | Emily Kuroda |
| Spouse(s) | Alberto Isaac (?-present) |
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Emily Kuroda is best known for her role as Mrs. Kim 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 California State University, Fresno before launching her career on stage and screen. Currently, she stars as Su Ho on the new MyNetworkTV sitcom Under One Roof staring Flavor Flav.
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, Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival, and Lodestone Theatre Ensemble.
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,"L.A. Law", ER, The Young and the Restless, The Bold and the Beautiful, The Division, The Agency, Presidio Med, Arliss, and the television special, About Love (Emmy nominated). Feature films include Minority Report, Stranger Inside, 2 Days In The Valley, Dad, Broken Words,, Worth Winning and Shopgirl. She has also appeared in independent Asian American films, including Yellow and Stand Up for Justice.
[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
- Back Stage West 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.
