Lauren Tom

Lauren Tom launched her screen acting career in the late 1980s with supporting roles in major films, including Oliver Stone’s Wall Street, See No Evil, Hear No Evil, and Cadillac Man.

Her breakthrough came with a lead performance as Lena St. Clair in the acclaimed ensemble drama The Joy Luck Club. She followed with additional film credits such as When a Man Loves a Woman, Mr. Jones, Bad Santa, In Good Company, and Grandma.

On live-action television, Tom became widely recognized for recurring and series-regular roles in hit sitcoms and dramas. She portrayed Ross’s girlfriend Julie across eight episodes of Friends, Dot in the final seasons of Grace Under Fire, Mai Washington on Men in Trees, Linda Tran on Supernatural, and Celia Mack as a series regular on the Disney Channel’s Andi Mack. She has also guest-starred on series including Grey’s Anatomy, The Closer, Monk, The Nanny, and more recently appeared in Interior Chinatown, Poker Face, and The Copenhagen Test.

Tom has a number of voice-acting credits in animation including Amy Wong and her mother Inez Wong on Futurama. She voiced both Minh and Connie Souphanousinphone on King of the Hill, Dana Tan on Batman Beyond, Numbuh 3/Kuki Sanban on Codename: Kids Next Door, and both Jinx and Gizmo on Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go!. Her animated film credits include Mulan II and Kung Fu Panda 2.

Her other credits include: Kim Possible, American Dragon: Jake Long, Hamster & Gretel, Hailey’s on It!, and recent 2025 series including Iron Man and His Awesome Friends.