About me
Lauren Tom is an Obie Award-winning actress, known for her roles as a dutiful daughter in the film "The Joy Luck Club", as Ross’s girlfriend, Julie, on the classic NBC sitcom "Friends", and Mrs. Tran on "Supernatural". Lauren also lent her voice talents on the animated series "Futurama" as the much loved character of Amy. She is excited to be reprising her role with new episodes coming in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
Lauren recently wrapped the feature film, "One True Loves", starring Simu Liu, Phillipa Soo, and Luke Bracey. The film is based on the novel by Taylor Jenkins-Reid.
She is currently filming a recurring role in Hulu’s "Interior Chinatown" alongside Jimmy O. Yang, Ronny Chieng, and Chloe Bennett. She is also reprising her roles as Connie and Minh in the reboot of "King of the Hill" which will also air on Hulu in 2024.
Lauren also appears as Mop Girl in Matt Groening’s "Disenchantment", as May in "Dragons: The Nine Realms", both on Netflix, and "Solar Opposites", and "Rick and Morty" on Hulu.
Lauren was featured in the Sony Playstation motion capture game, "Ghost of Tsushima" as the revengeful Lady Masako.
Recently, Lauren was seen in a recurring role in the Amazon series, "Goliath", alongside Billy Bob Thornton. Prior to that, she was a series regular in "Andi Mack" on The Disney Channel from 2016-2019. She also can be seen in the series, Guillermo Del Toro’s "Trollhunters", and "3Below".
She has also appeared in the films, "Grandma" with Lily Tomlin, "Bad Santa", "In Good Company", "When a Man Loves a Woman", "Mr. Jones", "With Friends Like These", "Catfish in Black Bean Sauce", and "Manhood".
On television, Lauren was a series regular as Mai on the ABC series "Men in Trees", NBC’s "DAG" as Delta Burke’s secretary, Ginger Chin and on ABC’s "Grace Under Fire" with Brett Butler. She also did a recurring stint on Showtime’s series "Barbershop".
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 other voice work can be heard in the animated series "King of the Hill", "Codename: Kids Next Door", "Teacher’s Pet", "Rocket Power", "Max Steel", "Batman", "Superman", "Kim Possible", "Baby Clifford", "American Dragon" and the animated home video "Mulan II".
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.
