Emily Kuroda

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Emily Kuroda is best known for her role as Mrs. Kim on TV's "Gilmore Girls", but she has had a long career on stage and screen and is a veteran of East West Players, Los Angeles' premier Asian American theater group. She began acting and directing in high school and majored in drama at California State University, Fresno before launching her career on stage and screen. Currently, she stars as Su Ho on the new MyNetworkTV sitcom Under One Roof staring Flavor Flav.

Kuroda has performed in numerous plays including Luis Alfaro's "Straight as a Line" at Playwrights Arena, directed by Jon Rivera, Chay Yew's "Red" at East West Players and "Winter People" at the Boston Court. Other theatres include New York's Public Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Rep, Singapore Repertory Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, LA Women's Shakespeare Company, Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival, and Lodestone Theatre Ensemble.

Kuroda completed seven years as Mrs. Kim in Warner Brothers’ "Gilmore Girls". She has just completed 13 Episodes of "Under One Roof" with Flavor Flav. Other television credits include "In Case Of Emergency", "Six Feet Under", "King Of Queens", "Curb Your Enthusiasm", "The Practice", "General Hospital", "Port Charles","L.A. Law", "ER", "The Young and the Restless", "The Bold and the Beautiful", "The Division", "The Agency", "Presidio Med", "Arliss", and the television special, "About Love" (Emmy nominated). Feature films include "Minority Report", "Stranger Inside", "2 Days In The Valley", "Dad", "Broken Words",, "Worth Winning" and "Shopgirl". She has also appeared in independent Asian American films, including "Yellow" and "Stand Up for Justice".

Emily is married to accomplished actor/director Alberto Isaac. She has two brothers, Paul Kuroda (award winning photographer in Oakland, California) and her younger brother Douglas Kuroda, an award winning mechanic and is currently an electrician in Fresno, California.

Awards

* Drama-Logue Awards for "Ikebana", "The Maids", "Minimata", "The Golden Gate", and "Visitors from Nagasaki"
* City of Los Angeles Commendation for "About Love"
* Back Stage West Garland Award for Outstanding Performance for "Straight As a Line".
* LA Ovation Award nomination, Best Lead Actress, for "Straight As a Line".
* Entertainment Today Best Actress Award for "Winter People"
* Playwrights' Arena Award for Outstanding Contribution to Los Angeles Theater.
* East West Players' Rae Creevey Award.

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* [http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=25456 Interview with UCLA International Institute]