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.
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, her first recurring role. She appeared in 60 of the series' 66 episodes throughout all six seasons.
In 2010, she appeared in a short educational film about the Spitzer Space Telescope; 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. 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-Nines 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.
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.
In 2016, Okuda was cast as Julia Sasaki in the Netflix comedy television series Atypical, which debuted on August 11, 2017.
Personal life On November 3, 2018, Okuda married fiancé Mitchell Hashimoto.
Filmography Film YearTitleRoleNotes2009Do You Wanna Date My AvatarTinkerballaVideo short2010Spaceship Spitzer: Bots of Both WorldsCaptainShort film2011Elf SabersElf Amy2012It Has Begun: BananapocalypseHerself2013Chastity BitesAshleyIt's Dark HereMean Girl2014Operation Barn OwlAmyShort filmHouse MeetingGhost Maid2015The Wedding RingerLurch's Wife MarciBound to VengeanceCaptive Girl 1Hello, My Name is DorisDesIf the Internet Was a High SchoolKotakuVideo short2016The Sibling CodeSherylShort filmAll Exchanges FinalErinTBALikedAmandaPost-Production
Television YearTitleRoleNotes2007–2013The GuildTinkerballaWeb series; Main role; 57 episodes2007CalifornicationMia's Classmate1 episode2011B-SidesUnknown2012Jane By DesignAsian GirlMy Gimpy LifeAmyShake It Up!Hideko WantanabeBite MeZombie Kelly5 episodesBFFsSam6 episodesAway We HappenedLynnThe FlogGuest/Host2 episodes2013, 2016TableTopGuest 3 episodes2013The MiddleOpponentGuest roles; 1 episodeCrash & BernsteinSlater2014Brooklyn Nine-NineChiakiGrey's AnatomyChelsea AnsellAwkwardCammieBleachRolandoTelevision movie2015A to ZBecky 1 episodeThe Man in the High CastleChristine Tanaka2 episodesEntertainment WeeklyHerselfTelevision special2015–2016How to Get Away with MurderCatherine Hapstall11 episodes2016Scream QueensAnna Plaisance1 episode2016–2020The Good PlaceJessica/GayleRecurring role2017–2021AtypicalJulia SasakiMain role (season 1 and 2) Recurring (season 3)Brooklyn Nine-NineChiakiGuest role; 2 episodes2017MacGyverZoe Kimura1 episode2018So CloseCrystalTelevision film2019The SelectionGayleSpin-off of The Good PlaceMain role; 6 episodes
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