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| + | [[File:LaurenTom.jpg|thumb|329x329px]]'''Lauren Tom''' (born August 4, 1961) is an American stage, film, television and voice actress of Chinese descent. |
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| + | She played [[Linda Tran]] in season 8 and 9 of Supernatural, and briefly portrayed [[Crowley]] in the season 8 episode [[What's Up, Tiger Mommy?]]. |
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| ⚫ | Lauren Tom was born in Chicago, Illinois, the Chinese |
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| ⚫ | Her other roles outside Supernatural include Lena St. Clair from ''The Joy Luck Club and'' Julie from the NBC sitcom ''Friends.'' She provided the voices for both mother and daughter characters on two animated TV comedy series: on ''Futurama; ''she voices Amy Wong and her mother Inez. On ''King of the Hill'' she voiced Minh and Connie Souphanousinphone. At the age of 17, Lauren Tom landed a spot with a touring company of ''A Chorus Line'' and was cast in the Broadway production of the show less than a year later. She won an Obie Award for her Off-Broadway acting and was cast in the Broadway shows ''Hurlyburly'' and ''Doonesbury''. |
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| − | Tom had several small parts in movies including ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_Lasts_Forever_%28film%29 Nothing Lasts Forever]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_%281987_film%29 Wall Street]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/See_No_Evil,_Hear_No_Evil See No Evil, Hear No Evil]'' and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Steel_%281990_film%29 Blue Steel]''; but her biggest role up til that point was as a waitress in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Williams Robin Williams]/[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Robbins Tim Robbins] film ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Man Cadillac Man]''. This role led to being a guest on ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tonight_Show_Starring_Johnny_Carson The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]''. |
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| ⚫ | Lauren Tom was born in Chicago, Illinois, the Chinese-American daughter of Nancy (née Dare) and Tom Chan, Jr. who worked in the frozen food business. Her grandfather Tom Y. Chan was a businessman and a leading supporter of the Kuomintang in the United States, and helped raise money for both Sun Yat-sen and General Chiang Kai-shek. Her uncle was also a businessman and an influential civic leader In an article for ''Detour'' magazine Tom described how being teased as a child about her Chinese heritage made her introverted and is what originally inspired her to study dance. |
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| − | Tom landed a lead role in the film ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joy_Luck_Club_%28film%29 The Joy Luck Club]'' in 1993, which led to roles in such other films such as ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_a_Man_Loves_a_Woman_%28film%29 When a Man Loves a Woman]'' and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_%281994_film%29 North]''. |
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| − | Since the mid-1990s, Tom has starred in few films (focusing her work, primarily, in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceover voiceover] business), with the exceptions of her supporting roles in the 2003 hit comedy ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Santa Bad Santa]'' and the critically acclaimed 2004 film ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Good_Company_%282004_film%29 In Good Company]''. |
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| − | Lauren Tom's first role in television was that of Miko Wakamatsu on ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Facts_of_Life_%28TV_series%29 The Facts of Life]''. She subsequently appeared on ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Equalizer The Equalizer]'', ''Catfish With Black Bean Sauce'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirtysomething_%28TV_series%29 thirtysomething]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Leap_%28TV_series%29 Quantum Leap]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Hope Chicago Hope]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homicide:_Life_on_the_Street Homicide: Life on the Street]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Under_Fire_%28TV_series%29 Grace Under Fire]'', as Ross' girlfriend Julie on ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends Friends]'', ''The Nanny'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Middle_%28TV_series%29 The Middle]'', a starring role in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAG_%28TV_series%29 DAG]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Division The Division]'', as Mrs. Ling on ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk_%28TV_series%29 Monk]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Wife_and_Kids My Wife and Kids]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbershop:_The_Series Barbershop: The Series]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey%27s_Anatomy Grey's Anatomy]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Closer The Closer]'' and as Mai Washington ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_in_Trees Men in Trees]''. She also had an acting role in a bonus feature on the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurama Futurama]: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Wild_Green_Yonder Into the Wild Green Yonder]'' DVD. |
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Latest revision as of 06:48, 2 March 2020
Lauren Tom (born August 4, 1961) is an American stage, film, television and voice actress of Chinese descent.
She played Linda Tran in season 8 and 9 of Supernatural, and briefly portrayed Crowley in the season 8 episode What's Up, Tiger Mommy?.
Her other roles outside Supernatural include Lena St. Clair from The Joy Luck Club and Julie from the NBC sitcom Friends. She provided the voices for both mother and daughter characters on two animated TV comedy series: on Futurama; she voices Amy Wong and her mother Inez. On King of the Hill she voiced Minh and Connie Souphanousinphone. At the age of 17, Lauren Tom landed a spot with a touring company of A Chorus Line and was cast in the Broadway production of the show less than a year later. She won an Obie Award for her Off-Broadway acting and was cast in the Broadway shows Hurlyburly and Doonesbury.
Lauren Tom was born in Chicago, Illinois, the Chinese-American daughter of Nancy (née Dare) and Tom Chan, Jr. who worked in the frozen food business. Her grandfather Tom Y. Chan was a businessman and a leading supporter of the Kuomintang in the United States, and helped raise money for both Sun Yat-sen and General Chiang Kai-shek. Her uncle was also a businessman and an influential civic leader In an article for Detour magazine Tom described how being teased as a child about her Chinese heritage made her introverted and is what originally inspired her to study dance.