{{Short description|American actress (born 1989)}} {{Infobox person | name = Amy Okuda | image = Amy Okuda in July 2012 (cropped 2).jpg | caption = Okuda in July 2012 | birth_name = | birth_date = <!-- Valid citation required for date of birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> | birth_place = Torrance, California, U.S. | occupation = Actress | spouse = {{marriage|Mitchell Hashimoto|2018}} | children = 1<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CwitD-Lyf5_/?img_index=8 | title=Instagram }}</ref> | years_active = 2007–present }}
'''Amy Okuda''' is an American actress. She portrayed Julia Sasaki on the Netflix comedy-drama ''Atypical'' (2017–2021) and Tinkerballa/April Lou in the web series ''The Guild''.
==Early life== Okuda was born in Torrance, California. Her early years focused on basketball, which she played from the age of five. She began dancing in the seventh grade and took up acting a few years later.<ref name="kai">{{Cite web|last = Kai|first = Raven|title = Amy Okuda: The Guild's Tinkerballa|work = Interview|publisher = ÜberSciFiGeek|date = December 22, 2008|url = http://uberscifigeek.com/?p=3657&cpage=1|accessdate = 2010-03-07}}</ref>
==Career== 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'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=Amy Okuda: The Guild's Tinkerballa – ÜberSciFiGeek|url=http://uberscifigeek.com/?p=3657&cpage=1#comments|access-date=2022-01-19|language=en-US}}</ref> 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;<ref name="spitzer">{{Cite web|title = Spaceship Spitzer: Bots of Both Worlds|date = May 25, 2010|url = http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/video-audio/1204-irastro20-Spaceship-Spitzer-Bots-of-Both-Worlds|publisher = Caltech|accessdate = 2011-01-21|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110105144149/http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/video-audio/1204-irastro20-Spaceship-Spitzer-Bots-of-Both-Worlds|archivedate = 5 January 2011|url-status = live}}</ref> while flying to Saturn, her character 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''.<ref name="chastity">{{Cite web| title = Chastity Bites official Facebook| website = Facebook| date = November 18, 2011| url = http://www.facebook.com/ChastityBites| accessdate = 2012-01-13}}</ref> 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.
In 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. In 2014, she starred in José Manuel Cravioto's horror thriller film ''Reversal'', along Keith Johnson and Bianca Malinowski.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Reversal| date = November 18, 2011| url = https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/87860/sundance-2015-ifc-midnight-makes-reversal/| accessdate = 2012-01-13}}</ref>
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''.<ref>{{Cite news| last = Jensen| first = Jeff| title = The Man In the High Castle: EW review| publisher = Entertainment Weekly| date = November 12, 2015| url = https://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/12/the-man-in-the-high-castle-review| accessdate = 2015-11-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| last = Bianco| first = Robert| title = Review: 'Castle,' 'Jessica' create fantastical worlds| publisher = USA Today| date = November 20, 2015| url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/columnist/2015/11/19/review-castle-jessica-jones-man-in-the-high-castle-netflix-amazon/75988318/| accessdate = 2015-11-30}}</ref>
In 2016, Okuda was cast as Julia Sasaki in the Netflix comedy television series ''Atypical'', which debuted on August 11, 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2016/10/netflix-coming-of-age-series-atypical-seth-gordon-jennifer-jason-leigh-keir-gilchrist-michael-rapaport-star-1201837738/|title=Netflix Greenlights 'Atypical' Series From 'The Goldbergs' Duo; Jennifer Jason Leigh, Keir Gilchrist & Michael Rapaport To Star|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=2016-10-17|newspaper=Deadline|language=en-US|access-date=2016-10-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://tvline.com/2017/07/18/atypical-trailer-video-netflix-comedy-autism-keir-gilchrist/| title=Atypical Trailer: An Autistic Teen Needs Some Lovin' in Netflix's New Comedy| first=Dave| last=Nemetz| date=July 18, 2017| website=TVLine}}</ref>
==Personal life== On November 3, 2018, Okuda married fiancé Mitchell Hashimoto.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.facebook.com/FeliciaDay/photos/a.1675643145989430/2267652753455130/?type=3&eid=ARCm2q17mWGxRyJtYMq0L8CErE54N4zLDv9ShNAWeN5s-uip6xcunRSWFS8jmKbSWmDZVM1i2WnggvBJ&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAqSSgntd0BtFupod5ytGtnrUTmG57LGXsjFVN_C1iIIYGCK-E3JQfwPzDaaH8g4k2i8zgB2kVxpBgFoj8QhPQDSjwgX2uRhM_gKbBcrF5m01FFn3BCEDFe-cUB7ox2KdJywMN-HGI2BsLAM_yH7jceXeNWUXxXpHwE2EZbNRKrtek5cF3Axd5XceBUT9-rAa7mtOxqZAf-42wF_dKvZtoXY7vB2kJ16fKAc1QFK7MMZ-4IsYPxVZ3tBg&__tn__=EHH-R| title=Group Photograph| first=Felicia| last=Day| date=November 3, 2018| website=Facebook}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |2009 |''Do You Wanna Date My Avatar'' |Tinkerballa |Video short |- |2010 |''Spaceship Spitzer: Bots of Both Worlds'' |Captain |rowspan="3"|Short film |- |2011 |''Elf Sabers'' |Elf Amy |- |2012 |''It Has Begun: Bananapocalypse'' |Herself |- |rowspan="2"|2013 |''Chastity Bites'' |Ashley |rowspan="2"| |- |''It's Dark Here'' |Mean Girl |- |rowspan="2"|2014 |''Operation Barn Owl'' |Amy |rowspan="2"|Short film |- |''House Meeting'' |Ghost Maid |- |rowspan="4"|2015 |''The Wedding Ringer'' |Lurch's Wife Marci |rowspan="3"| |- |''Bound to Vengeance'' |Captive Girl 1 |- |''Hello, My Name is Doris'' |Des |- |''If the Internet Was a High School'' |Kotaku |Video short |- |rowspan="2"|2016 |''The Sibling Code'' |Sheryl |rowspan="2"|Short film |- |''All Exchanges Final'' |Erin |- |TBA |''Liked'' |Amanda |''Post-Production'' |- |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |2007–2013 |''The Guild'' |Tinkerballa |Web series; Main role; 57 episodes |- |2007 |''Californication'' |Mia's Classmate |rowspan="5"|1 episode |- |2011 |''B-Sides'' |Unknown |- |rowspan="7"|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, 2016 |''TableTop'' |Guest |3 episodes |- |rowspan="2"|2013 |''The Middle'' |Opponent |rowspan="5"|Guest roles; 1 episode |- |''Crash & Bernstein'' |Slater |- |rowspan="4"|2014 |''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' |Chiaki |- |''Grey's Anatomy'' |Chelsea Ansell |- |''Awkward'' |Cammie |- |''Bleach'' |Rolando |Television movie |- |rowspan="3"|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 |- |rowspan="2"|2017–2021 |''Atypical'' |Julia Sasaki |Main role (season 1 and 2) Recurring (season 3) |- |''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' |Chiaki |Guest role; 2 episodes |- |2017 |''MacGyver'' |Zoe Kimura |1 episode |- |2018 |''So Close'' |Crystal |Television film |- |2019 |''The Selection'' |Gayle |Spin-off of ''The Good Place''<br />Main role; 6 episodes |}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=2782504}}
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