Lauren Tom

**Lauren Tom** (born Ogos 4, 1961) is an American actress best known for her roles as Lena St. Clair (*[[The Joy Luck Club (film)|The Joy Luck Club]]*), Julie (TV series *[[Friends]]*), Amy Wong (and Amy's mother, Inez) on the animated TV comedy series *[[Futurama]]* and Minh & Connie Souphanousinphone on the animated TV comedy series *[[King of the Hill]]*.

## Early life
Tom was born Ogos 4, 1961 in Highland Park, Illinois, the Chinese American daughter of Nancy (née Dare) and Chan Tom, who worked in the frozen food business. In an article for *Detour Magazine*, Tom describes how, as a child, teasing from other children about her Chinese heritage, served to make her introverted, which in turn, is what originally inspired her to get into dancing.

## Theater
At the age of 17, Tom landed a spot with a touring company of *[[A Chorus Line]]*. She was cast in the Broadway version of the show less than a year later. She won an Obie Award for her off-broadway acting, and she's been in such other Broadway shows as *[[Hurlyburly]]* and **'. During her six years in [[New York]] Theatre, Tom worked with directors [[Peter Sellars]] and [[Joanne Akalaitis]].

==Film==
Tom had several small parts in movies including ''[[Nothing Lasts Forever (film)|Nothing Lasts Forever]]'', ''[[Wall Street (film)|Wall Street]]'', ''[[See No Evil, Hear No Evil]]'', and ''[[Blue Steel (1990 film)|Blue Steel]]''; but her biggest role to date was as a waitress in the [[Robin Williams]]/[[Tim Robbins]] film ''[[Cadillac Man]]''. This role led to being a guest on ''[[The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson]]''. Tom landed a starring role in the film ''[[The Joy Luck Club (film)|The Joy Luck Club]]'' in [[1993]], which led to roles in such other films such as ''[[When a Man Loves a Woman (film)|When a Man Loves a Woman]]'' and ''[[North (film)|North]]''.

Since the mid-90s, Tom has starred in few films (focusing her work, primarily, in the [[voiceover]] business), with the exceptions of a supporting role in the [[2003]] hit comedy ''[[Bad Santa]]'' and the critically-acclaimed [[2004]] film ''[[In Good Company]]''.

==Television==
Lauren Tom's first role in television was that of Miko Wakamatsu on ''[[The Facts of Life (TV series)|The Facts of Life]]''. She subsequently appeared on ''[[The Equalizer]]'', ''[[Thirtysomething (TV series)|thirtysomething]]'', ''[[Quantum Leap (TV series)|Quantum Leap]]'', ''[[Chicago Hope]]'', **', *[[Grace Under Fire]]*, Ross' girlfriend Julie on *[[Friends]]* and a starring role in *[[DAG (TV series)|DAG]]*, *[[The Division]]*, *[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]*, *[[My Wife and Kids]]*, **', ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'', ''[[The Closer]]'', and ''[[Men in Trees]]''. She also had an acting role in a bonus feature on the [[Futurama]]: [[Into the Wild Green Yonder]] DVD.

===Voice acting===
Tom began vocal work in the [[animated series]] **' (as Angela Chen). From there Lauren had minor roles on *[[Pinky and the Brain]]* , *[[Extreme Ghostbusters]]* and *[[The Zeta Project]]* before landing her lasting roles on *[[King of the Hill]]* and later *[[Futurama]]*.

She has also lent her voice to *[[All Grown Up!]]*, *[[Rocket Power]]*, *[[Max Steel]]*, *[[Batman Beyond]]*, *[[Justice League Unlimited]]*, *[[Kim Possible]]*, Numbuh Three(and Adult Numbuh Three in the episode )and Numbuhs 44 and 45 on **', ''[[Teen Titans (TV series)|Teen Titans]]'', Yan Lin, Susan, Alchemy on ''[[W.I.T.C.H. (TV series)|W.I.T.C.H.]]'', [[The Replacements (TV series)|The Replacements]],[[Legion of Super Heroes (TV series)|Legion of Super Heroes]],  Jake's mom, Counselor Chang on ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]'', and ''[[Avatar the Last Airbender]]'' (as [[List of Avatar: The Last Airbender minor book 2 characters#Joo Dee|Joo Dee]]) and she does Julie's Mom on [[Puzzle Place]].

Other [[animated movie]]s Tom has voiced include ''[[Mulan II]]'', ''[[Kim Possible: The Secret Files]]'', ''[[Kim Possible Movie: So The Drama]]'', ''[[Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker]]'', the four ''Futurama'' movies **', **', **', and **.

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