Amy Okuda

Amy Okuda
Amy Okuda
	Okuda in July 2012
Born	Amy Kei Okuda; March 6, 1989; Torrance, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2007–present

Amy Kei Okuda[1] (born March 6, 1989) is an American actress, best known for playing Julia Sasaki in the Netflix series Atypical (Since 2017).

Early life

Okuda was born in Torrance, California. Her early years focused on basketball, which she played from the age of five.[2] She began dancing in the seventh grade and took up acting a few years later.[2]

Career

She has appeared in television commercials and music videos as a dancer. She has modeled in print ads for Apple laptops and Verizon, has been in commercials for Shoe Carnival and Japanese soft-drink company Suntory, and done voice-over work for AT&T.

In 2007, she landed a role in the TV show Californication with David Duchovny. Also in 2007, Okuda got the role of Tinkerballa in The Guild, her first recurring role. As of the end of season four, she has been in all of the show's episodes, with the exception of a few Season 3 episodes where her character was mentioned but not seen.

In 2010, she appeared in a short educational film about the Spitzer Space Telescope.[3] While flying to Saturn, she observes a giant ring newly discovered in 2009 by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

In 2011, she appeared in the Break.com original music video "Tonight, I'm Frakking You" which is a science fiction and video game parody of the song "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" by Enrique Iglesias. In the video, she appears along with Alessandra Torresani, Kunal Nayyar, and Matthew Brown.

In November 2011, she was cast in a horror-social satire film titled Chastity Bites.[4] She plays queen bee "mean girl" Ashley Thorne.

In June 2012, she played Samantha in the YouTube channel YOMYOMF's series BFFs. Later that month, Amy played a recurring role in the web series Away We Happened on the YouTube channel Wong Fu Productions. The film starred Jen Chae and Victor Kim.

On April 2013, she appeared in the episode "The Bachelor" of The Middle (season 4, episode 19) as Sue's Tennis opponent, and on the Tabletop web series.

On March 25, 2014, she appeared in Brooklyn Nine-Nine's season finale "Charges and Specs" (season 1, episode 22) as Sgt. Terry Jeffords' former girlfriend. She reprised the role in two later episodes. 2014 starred in José Manuel Cravioto Horror thriller film Reversal, along Keith Johnson and Bianca Malinowski.[5]

In 2015, she appeared in Season 2 of Shonda Rhimes' television drama series How To Get Away With Murder on ABC. Okuda also appeared as Christine Tanaka in two episodes of the television series adapted from Philip K. Dick's novel The Man in the High Castle.[6][7][8]

In 2016, Okuda was cast in the Netflix comedy television series Atypical, which debuted on August 11, 2017.[9][10]

Personal life

On November 3, 2018 Okuda married fiance Mitchell Hashimoto.[11]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Do You Wanna Date My Avatar	Tinkerballa	Video short
2010	Spaceship Spitzer: Bots of Both Worlds	Captain	Short film
2011	Elf Sabers	Elf Amy
2012	It Has Begun: Bananapocalypse	Herself
2013	Chastity Bites	Ashley
2013	It's Dark Here	Mean Girl
2014	Operation Barn Owl	Amy	Short film
2014	House Meeting	Ghost Maid	Short film
2015	The Wedding Ringer	Lurch's Wife Marci
	Bound to Vengeance	Captive Girl 1
	Hello, My Name is Doris	Des
	If the Internet Was a High School	Kotaku	Video short
2016	The Sibling Code	Sheryl	Short film
2016	All Exchanges Final	Erin	Short film
TBA	Liked	Amanda	Post-Production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007–2013	The Guild	Tinkerballa	Web series; Main role; 57 episodes
2007	Californication	Mia's Classmate	1 episode
2011	B-Sides	Unknown
2012	Jane By Design	Asian Girl
	My Gimpy Life	Amy
	Shake It Up!	Hideko Wantanabe
	Bite Me	Zombie Kelly	5 episodes
	BFFs	Sam	6 episodes
	Away We Happened	Lynn
	The Flog	Guest/Host	2 episodes
2013, 16	TableTop	Guest	3 episodes
2013	The Middle	Opponent	Guest roles; 1 episode
2013	Crash & Bernstein	Slater
2014	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Chiaki
	Grey's Anatomy	Chelsea Ansell
	Awkward	Cammie
	Bleach	Rolando	Television movie
2015	A to Z	Becky	1 episode
	The Man in the High Castle	Christine Tanaka	2 episodes
	Entertainment Weekly	Herself	Television special
2015–2016	How to Get Away with Murder	Catherine Hapstall	11 episodes
2016	Scream Queens	Anna Plaisance	1 episode
2016–2020	The Good Place	Jessica/Gayle	Recurring role
2017–present	Atypical	Julia Sasaki	Main role (season 1 and 2) Recurring (season 3)
2017–present	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Chiaki	Guest role; 2 episodes
2017	MacGyver	Zoe	1 episode
2018	So Close	Crystal	Television film
2019	The Selection	Gayle	Spin-off of The Good Place Main role; 6 episodes

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References

According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. Searchable at Family Tree Legends
Kai, Raven (December 22, 2008). "Amy Okuda: The Guild's Tinkerballa". Interview. ÜberSciFiGeek. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
"Spaceship Spitzer: Bots of Both Worlds". Caltech. May 25, 2010. Archived from the original on 5 January 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
"Chastity Bites official Facebook". November 18, 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
"Reversal". November 18, 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
"IMDb". Retrieved 2015-11-30.
Jensen, Jeff (November 12, 2015). "The Man In the High Castle: EW review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
Bianco, Robert (November 20, 2015). "Review: 'Castle,' 'Jessica' create fantastical worlds". USA Today. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
Andreeva, Nellie (2016-10-17). "Netflix Greenlights 'Atypical' Series From 'The Goldbergs' Duo; Jennifer Jason Leigh, Keir Gilchrist & Michael Rapaport To Star". Deadline. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
Nemetz, Dave (July 18, 2017). "Atypical Trailer: An Autistic Teen Needs Some Lovin' in Netflix's New Comedy". TVLine.
Day, Felicia (November 3, 2018). "Group Photograph". Facebook.

External links

Amy Okuda on IMDb

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[1] According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. Searchable at Family Tree Legends

[kai-2] Kai, Raven (December 22, 2008). "Amy Okuda: The Guild's Tinkerballa". Interview. ÜberSciFiGeek. Retrieved 2010-03-07.

[spitzer-3] "Spaceship Spitzer: Bots of Both Worlds". Caltech. May 25, 2010. Archived from the original on 5 January 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-21.

[chastity-4] "Chastity Bites official Facebook". November 18, 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-13.

[5] "Reversal". November 18, 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-13.

[6] "IMDb". Retrieved 2015-11-30.

[7] Jensen, Jeff (November 12, 2015). "The Man In the High Castle: EW review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2015-11-30.

[8] Bianco, Robert (November 20, 2015). "Review: 'Castle,' 'Jessica' create fantastical worlds". USA Today. Retrieved 2015-11-30.

[9] Andreeva, Nellie (2016-10-17). "Netflix Greenlights 'Atypical' Series From 'The Goldbergs' Duo; Jennifer Jason Leigh, Keir Gilchrist & Michael Rapaport To Star". Deadline. Retrieved 2016-10-17.

[10] Nemetz, Dave (July 18, 2017). "Atypical Trailer: An Autistic Teen Needs Some Lovin' in Netflix's New Comedy". TVLine.

[11] Day, Felicia (November 3, 2018). "Group Photograph". Facebook.