
Lauren Tom is an Obie Award-winning actress, known for her roles as a dutiful daughter in the film The Joy Luck Club (1993), and a recurring role as Ross's girlfriend on NBC's Friends (1994).Lauren plays the role of "Mai Washington" on the new ABC series Men in Trees (2006). She recently appeared in a recurring role on the Showtime series Barbershop (2005), and in the film In Good Company (2004) with Scarlett Johansson and Dennis Quaid.She has also appeared in the films, Bad Santa (2003), When a Man Loves a Woman (1994), Mr. Jones (1993), With Friends Like These... (1998), Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (1999) and Manhood (2003).On television, Lauren was a series regular in NBC's DAG (2000) as Delta Burke's secretary, "Ginger Chin", and on ABC's Grace Under Fire (1993) with Brett Butler.On Broadway, she has appeared in "A Chorus Line", "Hurlyburly" and "Doonesbury", and has worked with directors such as Peter Sellars and 'Joanne Akalaitis' at the Goodman and Guthrie Theaters, the La Jolla Playhouse and the Kennedy Center.Her one-woman show, "25 Psychics", an engaging, humorous look at her quest for inner peace premiered at HBO'S U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen. The show received Dramalogue Awards for Best Performance and Best Direction.Lauren's voice work can be heard in the animated series, Futurama (1999), King of the Hill (1997), Codename: Kids Next Door (2002), Teacher's Pet (2004), Rocket Power (1999), Max Steel (2001), Batman Beyond (1999), Superman (1996), Kim Possible (2002), Baby Clifford, American Dragon: Jake Long (2005) and the recently released animated DVD, Mulan II (2004).She has also published personal essays in Brain, Child Magazine, East West Woman, Strut, Freshyarn.com, and is currently writing a book based on these essays.
2 nominations.
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero | Unknown | 2014-12-05 |
Teen Titans Go! | Unknown | 2013-04-23 |
Turbo FAST | Unknown | 2013-12-24 |
Napoleon Dynamite | Unknown | 2012-01-15 |
The Newsroom | Unknown | 2012-06-24 |
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness | Unknown | 2011-09-19 |
Reed Between the Lines | Unknown | 2011-10-11 |
Pretty Little Liars | Unknown | 2010-06-08 |
Fish Hooks | Unknown | 2010-08-28 |
Hawthorne | Unknown | 2009-06-16 |
The Penguins of Madagascar | Unknown | 2008-11-29 |
Phineas and Ferb | Unknown | 2007-08-17 |
Men in Trees | Mai Washington 26 episodes, 2006-2008 | 2006-09-12 |
Curious George | Unknown | 2006-09-04 |
Legion of Super Heroes | Unknown | 2006-09-23 |
Avatar: The Last Airbender | Unknown | 2005-02-21 |
American Dragon: Jake Long | Susan Long / ... 25 episodes, 2005-2007 | 2005-01-21 |
W.I.T.C.H. | Susan Vandom / ... 51 episodes, 2004-2006 | 2005-01-15 |
Grey's Anatomy | Unknown | 2005-03-27 |
Threshold | Unknown | 2005-09-16 |
The Closer | Unknown | 2005-06-13 |
The Boondocks | Unknown | 2005-11-06 |
Supernatural | Unknown | 2005-09-13 |
All Grown Up! | Unknown | 2003-04-12 |
Teen Titans | Unknown | 2003-07-19 |
Duck Dodgers | Unknown | 2003-08-23 |
Monk | Unknown | 2002-07-12 |
Kim Possible | Unknown | 2002-06-07 |
Fillmore! | Karen Tehama / ... 19 episodes, 2002-2004 | 2002-09-14 |
Codename: Kids Next Door | Numbuh 3 / ... 75 episodes, 2002-2007 | 2002-11-29 |
What's New, Scooby-Doo? | Unknown | 2002-09-14 |
Without a Trace | Unknown | 2002-09-26 |
My Wife and Kids | Unknown | 2001-03-28 |
The Division | Unknown | 2001-01-07 |
Totally Spies! | Unknown | 2001-11-03 |
Samurai Jack | Unknown | 2001-08-10 |
Justice League | Unknown | 2001-11-17 |
The Weekenders | Unknown | 2000-02-26 |
Clerks | 2 episodes, 2000-2001 | 2000-05-31 |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown | 2000-10-06 |
As Told by Ginger | Unknown | 2000-10-11 |
Batman Beyond | Dana Tan / ... 27 episodes, 1999-2001 | 1999-01-10 |
Futurama | Amy Wong / ... 131 episodes, 1999-2013 | 1999-03-28 |
Rocket Power | Unknown | 1999-08-16 |
Vengeance Unlimited | Unknown | 1998-09-29 |
King of the Hill | Unknown | 1997-01-12 |
Johnny Bravo | Unknown | 1997-07-07 |
The New Batman Adventures | Unknown | 1997-09-13 |
Extreme Ghostbusters | Unknown | 1997-09-01 |
Pepper Ann | Unknown | 1997-09-13 |
Dexter's Laboratory | Unknown | 1996-03-24 |
Early Edition | Unknown | 1996-09-28 |
Superman: The Animated Series | Unknown | 1996-09-06 |
Pinky and the Brain | Unknown | 1995-09-09 |
Chicago Hope | Unknown | 1994-09-18 |
Friends | Unknown | 1994-09-22 |
Homicide: Life on the Street | Unknown | 1993-01-31 |
Grace Under Fire | Unknown | 1993-09-29 |
The Nanny | Unknown | 1993-11-03 |
Quantum Leap | Unknown | 1989-03-26 |
The Simpsons | Unknown | 1989-12-17 |
Thirtysomething | Unknown | 1987-09-29 |
The Equalizer | Unknown | 1985-09-18 |
The Cosby Show | Unknown | 1984-09-20 |
Reading Rainbow | Unknown | 1983-06-06 |
The Facts of Life | Unknown | 1979-08-24 |
ABC Afterschool Specials | Unknown | 1972-10-04 |