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* Living people American television actresses American film actresses American voice actresses American stage actresses American actresses of Japanese descent American film actors of Asian descent American artists of Japanese descent People from Wahoo, Nebraska 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses 1959 births {{US-actress-stub