Acting

Emily Kuroda

Born 1952-10-30 · Fresno, California, USA

Emily Keiko Kuroda (born October 30, 1952) is an American actress. She 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's premier Asian American theater group.

Credits

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Drink Coffee, Talk Fast
as Self
2026
The End of Oak Street
as Mrs. Valcourt
2026
Gloria
as Gloria
2025
Strange World
as Ro (voice)
2022
Adopting Audrey
as Sunny
2022
Baymax!
as Kiko (voice)
2022
Kimi
as Dr. Sarah Burns
2022
All Rise
as Dr. Johnson
2019
The Resident
as Penny Oh
2018
The Good Doctor
as Sunny Lee
2017
Party Boat
as Emma
2017
Maybe Someday
as Mrs. Kibble
2017
Take the 10
as Patti
2017
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
as Mrs. Kim
2016
Sequestered
as Rufang
2014
RED
as Mrs. Chan
2010
Peep World
as Nail Salon Owner
2010
Drop Dead Diva
as Mrs. Lee
2009
Hotel for Dogs
as Social Worker (uncredited)
2009
Aussie and Ted's Great Adventure
as Mei Mei
2009
The Sensei
as Flora Nakano
2008
Under One Roof
2008
Shopgirl
as Japanese Woman
2005
Grey's Anatomy
as Kendall Sully
2005
The Agency
2001
Stranger Inside
as Min
2001
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Restaurant Employee
2000
Gilmore Girls
as Mrs. Kim
2000
The Suburbans
as Mrs. Lee Lee
1999
Snoops
as KDLA Reporter
1999
Family Law
as Dr. Braun
1999
The King of Queens
as Lily
1998
Yellow
as Mrs. Lee
1998
Heartless
as Dr. Alice Morisaki
1997
Working
as Executive Storyteller
1997
The Practice
as Dental Hygienist Janice Heinz
1997
Profiler
as Dr. Garson
1996
Arli$$
as John Kim's Mother
1996
ER
as Dottie
1994
Chicago Hope
as Dr. Bates
1994
Party of Five
as Nurse Wolfe
1994
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
as Dr. Nancy Lee
1994
Melrose Place
as Nurse
1992
She Said No
as Regina
1990
Worth Winning
as Cory Chu
1989
The Preppie Murder
as Reporter
1989
Doogie Howser, M.D.
as Janet Masuda
1989
Doogie Howser, M.D.
as Anesthesiologist
1989
Life Goes On
1989
American Geisha
as Kikusen
1986
Matlock
as Receptionist
1986
MacGyver
as Karen Matsuga
1985
Trauma Center
as OR Nurse
1983
Knots Landing
as Banker
1979
Knots Landing
as Cleaning Lady
1979
Knots Landing
as Woman
1979
Columbo
as Linda
1971
Gloria
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