# Haruka Abe

Haruka Abe is a Japanese actress based in London.

## Life and career

Born in Nerima, Tokyo, Abe grew up in Tokyo, London and New York. She trained at Rose Bruford College in South East London.
She appeared in BBC's Ideal as Miko, and as Marti in Sleepydog's science-fiction TV series Slingers directed by Steve Barron. She also appeared in the video for Clean Bandit's song "Rather Be" which has gained over 770 million views on YouTube as of August 2024.
In 2018, she became the new speaking voice of Noodle from the virtual band Gorillaz.

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2007–2011 | Ideal | Miko | |
| 2008 | The Things I Haven't Told You | Sarah Kells | Television film |
| 2009 | Casualty | Mika | |
| 2009 | Slingers (Pilot) | Marti | |
| 2009 | Wire in the Blood | Japanese waitress | |
| 2011 | My So Called Life Sentence | Danini | Television film |
| 2012 | My Phone Genie | Naoko | |
| 2014 | Doctors | Jenny | |
| 2014 | Edge of Heaven | Tammy | |
| 2015 | Cuffs | Mikki | |
| 2015 | Cucumber | Anna | |
| 2015 | Cyberbully | Jennifer Li | |
| 2017 | Emerald City | Po | |
| 2017 | Zapped | Henchwoman | |
| 2018 | Kiss Me First | Tippi | |
| 2018 | Stath Lets Flats | Tomoko | |
| 2019 | Silent Witness | Akito Emon | Two episodes ("To Brighton, To Brighton") |
| 2019 | Giri/Haji | Suzume | |
| 2020 | Avenue 5 | Aimi Ito | |

### Web series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2020 | Song Machine | Noodle | Web series by Gorillaz 8 episodes |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | Mo Yin | Sarah | |
| 2007 | Encore | Echo | |
| 2009 | Shell Shock | Lady One | |
| 2009 | Only Time | Li Jing | Short film |
| 2009 | Stray Balloon | Naomi | |
| 2009 | Slingers | Marti | Short film |
| 2009 | Aneurysm | Model | Short film |
| 2009 | We Have Already Begun to Die | She | |
| 2010 | Stanley Pickle | Bluebell | |
| 2010 | 8 Seconds | Yumiko | |
| 2010 | Bleach | Li | Short film |
| 2011 | Yuki | Yuki | Short film |
| 2011 | Secrecy | Chie Okumura | |
| 2011 | Fish | Sakura | |
| 2011 | Great News | | |
| 2011 | Magnesium | Eve30 | |
| 2012 | Choose | 4624 | Short film |
| 2012 | The Outsider: A Looper's Story | Anna | Short film |
| 2012 | 47 Ronin | Mika's handmaiden | |
| 2013 | About Time | Japanese girl | |
| 2013 | Pulling Away | Alyx Castillo | Short film |
| 2014 | Traces | The Searcher | Short film |
| 2014 | The Knife That Killed Me | Serena | |
| 2014 | The Scopia Effect | Keiko | |
| 2015 | After the World Ended | Sarama/ Sarameya | |
| 2015 | The Substitute | Seven | Short film |
| 2015 | Random 11 | Mitsuko Unagi | |
| 2015 | Tokyo 70 | Haruka | |
| 2015 | Kubrick's Coat | Ayame | Short film |
| 2017 | The Distant Sea | Girl in the house | Short film |
| 2019 | Hafu | Misaki | Short film |
| 2019 | Dead Unicorns | Haruka Satou | |
| 2019 | She's Just A Shadow | Tanya | |
| 2021 | Cruella | Liberty woman | |
| 2021 | Stagger | Eva | Short film |
| 2021 | Snake Eyes | Akiko | Also does own dub-over voice in Japanese version |

### Music videos

| Year | Song | Singer/Band | Notes |
| 2010 | "Chaos Lives In Everything" | Dead & Control | Mimed to Office |
| 2014 | "Rather Be" | Clean Bandit | Mimed to Jess Glynne's vocals |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
| 2016 | Late Shift | May-Ling | Full motion video |