Keiko Agena

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Keiko Agena

Born Christine Keiko Agena
October 3, 1973 (1973-10-03) (age 34)
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Spouse(s) Shin Kawasaki

Christine Keiko Agena (born October 3, 1973)[1] is an American actress. She is known professionally as Keiko Agena.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Personal life

Keiko Agena (pronounced KAY-koh ah-GE-nah) was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. She is Japanese American. She began theatre acting at the age of ten. Agena has two cats. She has attended Mid Pacific Institute on the island of O‘ahu and Whitman College for one year as a drama major. She enjoys riding her motorcycle around Los Angeles and participating in an Asian-American theatre company called hereandnow. Agena married Shin Kawasaki in a helicopter over Las Vegas, NV on December 19, 2005.

[edit] Career

Agena is known for her role in the television series Gilmore Girls, where she played Lane Kim, a young Korean-American girl who is the best friend of one of the lead characters. Agena played this role despite being significantly older than her character, who was 16 at the start of the series when Agena was 27. Agena also appeared in the television series Felicity and was a recipient of the Best Female Actor prize in the Ammy Awards, which honor Asian and Asian-American achievement in film or television. She also provided the voice of Yori in the Disney cartoon series Kim Possible in seasons 2, 3 and 4 of the show. Also, Agena played Jun Ni in the movie Hair Show starring Mo'Nique. She recently guest starred on Private Practice

[edit] References

  1. ^ Date of birth; URL accessed April 27, 2007.

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