Ellen Tamaki is an American actress who played Niko Hamada in ''

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'' (2018–19) and Drea Mikami in ''

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'' since 2020.

Early life

Tamaki is from

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. She studied acting at the

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, graduating in 2013. During her time as a student in London, she had theatre appearances as Lady Anne in ''

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'' and as Casca in ''

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''. Tamaki moved to the United States to study at the

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, graduating in 2014.

Acting career

Tamaki was working on the One Year Lease Theater Company and Stages Repertory Theatre's production ''Balls'' at

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in New York when the show's protagonist Billie-Jean King (played by Tamaki) showed up in real life to watch the play. After having several small roles in films and television from 2015, her first big break came in 2018, while working in New York theatre, she was offered a main role as the police detective Niko Hamada for 16 episodes of series 1 of the television series ''

''. Tamaki followed that television success with the recurring role of police officer Drea Mikami in the second series of ''

'' in 2020.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tamaki, Ellen Living people 21st-century American actresses People from Brooklyn American television actresses American film actresses American film actors of Asian descent American actresses of Japanese descent Actresses from New York City People from New York City Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Boston University College of Fine Arts alumni Year of birth missing (living people)