Lauren Tom

Lauren Tom is one of those performers I respect precisely because so many people know her work without knowing her name. She earned an Obie on stage early, broke through with The Joy Luck Club in 1993, then quietly became a fixture across Friends, Grace Under Fire, Supernatural and Andi Mack. What I admire most is the range of her voice work layered over that screen career; she's clearly someone who treats every medium as legitimate craft. That longevity, stretching across decades and formats, tells me she's a working actor's actor, valued for reliability and texture rather than tabloid noise. I find that kind of career deeply satisfying.

Name (English)

Lauren Tom

Name (Japanese)

ローレン・トム

Reading

ろーれん・とむ

Born

March 29, 1970 (age 56)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Dog

Origin

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Occupation

voice actor / film actor / stage actor

• Official sitehttps://laurentom.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/laurentom9000/
• Xhttps://x.com/LaurenTom9000
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren%20Tom
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%A0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q236569

Tags

• Illinois
• voice actor
• film actor
• stage actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.