Lauren Tom
Birth name	Lauren Tom
Born	August 4, 1961 Chicago, Illinois, USA
Occupation(s)	Actress and Voice actress
Spouse	Curt Kaplan
Children	Oliver Kaplan
Notable Roles	Minh Souphanousinphone and Connie Souphanousinphone in King of the Hill Amy Wong in Futurama Lena St. Clair in The Joy Luck Club
Website	www.laurentom.com

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Biography

Early life

Tom, a Chinese American, was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised Catholic in a largely Jewish neighborhood, Highland Park, IL, but that wasn't the largest difference she had to overcome. Tom, in an article for Detour Magazine,^[1] describes an experience she had as a child where other children were teasing her about her Chinese heritage. This caused her to become a rather introverted person which, in turn, is what originally inspired her to get into dancing. A Chinese American is an American who is of ethnic Chinese descent. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination...

Theater

At the age of 17, Tom managed to land a spot with a touring company of A Chorus Line. She was then cast in the Broadway version of the show less than a year later.^[2] Lauren won an Obie Award for her off-broadway acting, and she's been in such other Broadway shows as Hurlyburly and Doonesbury. During her six years in New York Theatre, Tom worked with such directors as Peter Sellars and Joanne Akalaitis. A Chorus Line is a musical with a book by James Kirkwood, Jr. ... The Obie Awards, short for Off-Broadway Theater Awards, are annual awards bestowed by the newspaper The Village Voice on theater artists performing in New York City. ... Hurlyburly (1984) is a play written by David Rabe. ... NY redirects here. ... Peter Sellars Peter Sellars (born 1957) is an American theater director, renowned for his modern stagings of classical operas and plays. ... Theatre director and writer JoAnne Akalaitis is the winner of five Obie Awards for direction (and sustained achievement) and founder of the critically acclaimed Mabou Mines in New York. ...

Film

Lauren Tom had several small parts in movies including Nothing Lasts Forever, Wall Street, See No Evil, Hear No Evil, and Blue Steel; but her biggest role would come in the form of a waitress in the Robin Williams/Tim Robbins film Cadillac Man. This role led to Tom flying out to Los Angeles to be a guest on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. This trip would turn into a permanent one, as Tom would stay in L.A. to live. Tom landed a starring role in the film The Joy Luck Club in 1993, which lead to roles in other films such as When a Man Loves a Woman, North, and her memorable turn as Ross' girlfriend Julie on Friends. Nothing Lasts Forever is a 1984 movie staring a number of high profile Hollywood actors. ... Wall Street is an American film released in 1987. ... See No Evil, Hear No Evil is a comedy movie from 1989 starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. ... The 1990 thriller Blue Steel stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver, Clancy Brown, Elizabeth Pena and Louise Fletcher. ... Robin McLaurin Williams (born July 21, 1951 or 1952)[1] is an Academy Award-winning American actor and comedian. ... Tim Robbins at Cannes, 2001 Height: 6 ft 4 in / 1. ... Cadillac Man is a 1990 comedy film starring Robin Williams and Tim Robbins, which details the story of how Brooklyn car salesman Joey OBrien (Williams) deals with the various pressures in his life. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was the full name of NBCs The Tonight Show during the years that Johnny Carson hosted. ... For the novel, see The Joy Luck Club The Joy Luck Club is a 1993 American movie about the relationships between Chinese-American women and their Chinese mothers. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... When a Man Loves a Woman is a 1994 drama film, starring Andy Garcia, Meg Ryan, Tina Majorino, Mae Whitman, Ellen Burstyn and Lauren Tom. ... North is a 1994 motion picture directed by Rob Reiner, and starring Elijah Wood. ... The following is a list of significant others (boyfriends, girlfriends, fiancés, spouses, etc. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the lead section of this article may need to be expanded. ...

Since the mid-90s, Tom has starred in few films (focusing her work, primarily, in the voiceover business), but she did have a supporting role in the 2003 hit comedy Bad Santa and the critically-acclaimed 2004 film In Good Company. VoiceOver is a feature built into Apple Computers Mac OS X v10. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bad Santa is a 2003 film directed by Terry Zwigoff, produced by Joel and Ethan Coen, and starring Billy Bob Thornton as the title character and Tony Cox (best known for Friday and Me, Myself and Irene) as his partner-in-crime. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In Good Company is a 2004 film written and directed by Paul Weitz, the co-director of About a Boy. ...

Television

Lauren Tom's first role in television was that of Miko Wakamatsu on The Facts of Life. Since that performance she has portrayed many different characters in several live action shows: thirtysomething, Quantum Leap, Chicago Hope, Homicide: Life on the Street, the aforementioned role on Friends, Grace Under Fire, a starring role in Dag. The Division, Monk, My Wife and Kids, Barbershop: The Series, Grey's Anatomy, The Closer, and Men in Trees. The Facts of Life may refer to: A US sitcom that ran from 1979 to 1988. ... In film and video, live action refers to works that are acted out by flesh-and-blood actors, as opposed to animation. ... Thirtysomething (1987 – 1991) was a ground-breaking and award-winning American television drama created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick for United Artists Television. ... Quantum Leap is a science fiction television series that ran for 97 episodes from March 1989 to May 1993 on NBC. It follows the adventures of Dr. Samuel Beckett (played by Scott Bakula), a brilliant scientist who after researching time-travel, and doing experiments in something he calls The Imaging... Chicago Hope was a popular CBS drama series created by David E. Kelley that ran from September 18, 1994 to May 4, 2000. ... Homicide: Life on the Street is an American television drama series chronicling the life of a fictional Baltimore police homicide unit. ... Grace Under Fire was a television series which ran on ABC from 1993 to 1998. ... Dag, DAG or dags may refer to: Look up dag in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Divisions was a popular Lifetime television series about a team of Felony Division police officers in the San Francisco Police Department headed by Captain Kate McCafferty (Bonnie Bedelia) that includes glimpses into their personal lives as well as their professional lives. ... Monk is an Emmy Award winning television show about the private detective Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub) afflicted by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) who also suffers from multiple phobias. ... -1... Greys Anatomy is a popular Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American primetime television medical drama. ... The Closer is an American television police drama series. ... Men in Trees is a romantic comedy-drama television series starring Anne Heche. ...

Voice acting

Tom began vocal work in the animated series Superman: The Animated Series (as Angela Chen). From there Lauren had minor roles on Pinky and the Brain and Extreme Ghostbusters before landing her lasting roles on King of the Hill and later Futurama. An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... Superman: The Animated Series is the unofficial title given to Warner Bros. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... The Extreme Ghostbusters, left to right: Garrett, Kylie, Eduardo, Roland, and Egon. ... King of the Hill is a sardonic American animated television series created by Mike Judge (creator of Beavis and Butt-head) and Greg Daniels for the Fox Broadcasting Company. ... Futurama is an Emmy Award-winning animated American sitcom created by Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons) and David X. Cohen for the Fox network. ...

Other animated series Lauren Tom has lent her voice to include Rocket Power, Batman Beyond, Justice League Unlimited, Kim Possible, Numbuh Three and Numbuhs 44 and 44 on Codename: Kids Next Door, Teen Titans, W.I.T.C.H., Jake's mom, Councilor Chang on American Dragon: Jake Long, and Avatar the Last Airbender (as Joo Dee). This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Batman Beyond (known as Batman of the Future in Europe, Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand) was an American animated television series created by WB Network in collaboration with DC Comics as a continuation of the Batman legacy. ... Justice League Unlimited (or JLU) is the name of an American animated television series that was produced by and aired on Cartoon Network. ... Kim Possible is an American television series about a teenage crime fighter, who has the task of dealing with worldwide, family, and school issues every day. ... Kuki Sanban, codenamed Numbuh Three or Numbuh 3 is a fictional character in Codename: Kids Next Door. ... This is a list of Kids Next Door operatives that appears in Codename: Kids Next Door, an American animated television series created by Tom Warburton and produced by Curious Pictures for Cartoon Network. ... The Codename: Kids Next Door logo. ... Teen Titans is an American Animated television series created by Sam Register and Glen Murakami and produced by Warner Bros. ... W.I.T.C.H. is a French animated television series based on the Italian comic book series of the same name. ... Avatar: The Last Airbender (known as Avatar: The Legend of Aang in the UK) is an American animated television series airing on Nickelodeon since February 21, 2005. ...

Other animated movies Tom has voiced in include Mulan II, Kim Possible: The Secret Files, Kim Possible Movie: So The Drama, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, and Futurama: Bender's Big Score. An animated cartoon is a moving picture generated by photographing drawings frame-by-frame, as opposed to a normal movie, which is produced by shooting 24 frames a second of actual moving persons or objects. ... Mulan II DVD Cover Mulan II is a Disney direct-to-video animated feature released in 2004 and a sequel to the 1998 animated film Mulan. ... Kim Possible confronts Shego (who has the glowing hands) Kim Possible is a Disney Channel original Emmy-nominated animated series about a 15-year-old special agent named Kim Possible who has the task of dealing with worldwide, family and school issues every day. ... Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker is a direct-to-video animated film featuring the comic book superhero Batman. ...

References

External links

• Official site
• Lauren Tom at the Internet Movie Database
• Lauren Tom at the Voice Chasers Database