Lauren Tom

Joo Dee

 * 2.14 "City of Walls and Secrets"
 * 2.17 "Lake Laogai"

Additional Voices

 * 1.14 "The Fortuneteller"
 * 2.14 "City of Walls and Secrets"

Television work

 * Futurama
 * King of the Hill
 * The Replacements
 * Men in Trees
 * Codename: Kids Next Door
 * W.I.T.C.H.

Filmography

 * In Good Company (2004)
 * Teacher's Pet (2004)
 * Bad Santa (2003)
 * Manhood (2003)
 * The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002)
 * Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (2006)

Other credits

 * FusionFall (Video game)
 * Teen Titans (Video game)
 * Codename: Kids Next Door Operation - Video Game (Video game)
 * Command &amp; Conquer: Generals Zero Hour (Video game)
 * Superman: Shadow of Apokolips (Video game)

Personal Life
Lauren Tom is 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 described how being teased as a child about her Chinese heritage made her introverted and is what originally inspired her to study dancing.

Career
At the age of 17, Lauren Tom landed a spot with a touring company of A Chorus Line and was cast in the Broadway production of the show less than a year later. She won an Obie Award for her Off-Broadway acting and was cast in the Broadway shows Hurlyburly and Doonesbury.

Tom had several small parts in movies including Nothing Lasts Forever, Wall Street, See No Evil, Hear No Evil and 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 in 1993, which led to roles in such other films such as When a Man Loves a Woman and North.

Since the mid-1990s, 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.

Lauren Tom's first role in television was that of Miko Wakamatsu on "The Facts of Life". She subsequently appeared on "The Equalizer", "Catfish With Black Bean Sauce", "thirtysomething", "Quantum Leap", "Chicago Hope", "Homicide: Life on the Street", "Grace Under Fire", as Ross' girlfriend Julie on "Friends", "The Nanny", "The Middle", a starring role in "DAG", "The Division", as Mrs. Ling on "Monk", "My Wife and Kids", "Barbershop: The Series", "Grey's Anatomy", "The Closer" and as Mai Washington in "Men in Trees".

Tom began vocal work in the animated series "Superman: 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", where she voices Minh and Connie Souphanousinphone and later "Futurama", voicing Amy and Inez Wong.

She has also lent her voice to "All Grown Up!", "Rocket Power", "Max Steel:, "Batman Beyond", "Justice League Unlimited", "Kim Possible", Numbuh Three (Kuki Sanban), Numbuh Three's mother Genki, and Numbuhs 44 and 45 on "Codename: Kids Next Door", Susanna Susquahanna on "Histeria!", the villains Gizmo and Jinx on "Teen Titans", Yan Lin and Susan on "W.I.T.C.H.", "The Replacements", "Legion of Super Heroes", and Jake's mom, Counselor Chang on "American Dragon: Jake Long". She guest-starred in "The Penguins of Madagascar" as Chuck Charles's co-anchor, Bonnie Chang, in Gator Watch.