Amy Hill

For other people named Amy Hill, see Amy Hill (disambiguation).

Amy Hill
Hill in 1983
Born	Amy Marie Hill (1953-05-09) May 9, 1953 (age 72) Deadwood, South Dakota, U.S.
Occupations	Actress stand-up comedian
Years active	1984–present
Children	1[ citation needed ]

Amy Marie Hill (born May 9, 1953) is an American actress and stand-up comedian. Hill's first major role was as Yung-Hee "Grandma" Kim on All-American Girl .

Hill has been a mainstay on American television in her work, many of her roles being major recurring roles, the most notable being: Mrs. DePaulo on That's So Raven , Mama Tohru on Jackie Chan Adventures , Mrs. Hasagawa in Lilo & Stitch: The Series (reprising the same character she played in Lilo & Stitch ), Ah-Mah Jasmine Lee in The Life and Times of Juniper Lee , Judy Harvey in Enlightened , Mah Mah Ling in American Dad! , Beverly Tarantino in Mom and Ms. Mannering in Preacher .

Hill was a series regular on the Amazon Prime Video show Just Add Magic as Mama P along with recurring in Unreal as Dr. Wagerstein on the basic cable network Lifetime and The CW romantic comedy musical Crazy Ex-Girlfriend as Lourdes Chan. She also plays Teuila "Kumu" Tuileta, the cultural curator of Robin Master's estate, in the 2018 reboot series Magnum P.I.

In film, she played Mrs. Kwan in The Cat in the Hat , Sue in 50 First Dates , and Mrs. Ho-Kym in Next Friday .

Early life

From left, Cora Miao, Hill, Rita Yee and Laureen Chew in 1983.

Hill was born on May 9, 1953, in Deadwood, South Dakota, to Japanese national Ayako Yoneoka Hill (1914–2008) and Archie Russell Hill (1923–1979), a Finnish American who died after an automobile accident when Hill was 26 years old. ^[1] She worked with the Asian American Theater Company in San Francisco, California. Hill wrote and performed one-woman shows including the trilogy of Tokyo Bound, Reunion, and Beside Myself.^{[ citation needed ]}

Career

Hill was in Margaret Cho's short-lived sitcom All-American Girl in the role of grandmother Yung-hee, better known as Grandma or Grandma Kim.

Following the cancellation of All-American Girl, Hill played Kay Ohara on Maybe This Time, in which she worked with Betty White and former All American Girl co-star Ashley Johnson.

She starred in the films Max Keeble's Big Move , Big Fat Liar , The Cat in the Hat , Let's Go to Prison , Lilo & Stitch (and its 2025 live-action adaptation), Big Gay Love , and 50 First Dates .

She guest-starred on Night Court , Six Feet Under , Desperate Housewives , Two and a Half Men , King of the Hill , 3rd Rock from the Sun , The Sarah Silverman Program , and My Wife & Kids . She had recurring roles on TV shows as well, including as the lesbian daughter of D. L. Hughley's neighbor (played by Pat Morita) on The Hughleys , the upstairs neighbor of Monica and Rachel on Friends , Mrs. DePaulo on That's So Raven , Mama Tohru on Jackie Chan Adventures , Mrs. Hasagawa on Lilo & Stitch: The Series , Penny Candy on The Puzzle Place , Maureen Nervosa, the owner of Cafe Nervosa on Frasier , Mah Mah, the adopted mother of Francine on American Dad! , Dr. Lauren Brown on General Hospital , and Suji on The Naked Truth . In the sixth-season finale of Seinfeld , she played the part of Frank Costanza's long-lost girlfriend during his Korean War service. She played Pang Bing, the antagonist of the series finale of Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness . She also appeared in Season 2, Episode 10 of Curb Your Enthusiasm (2001).

She had regular roles on Strip Mall and as "Ah-Mah" Jasmine Lee on The Life and Times of Juniper Lee . Hill has recurring roles as Beverley on Mom and Ms. Mannering on Preacher .

Since 2018, Hill has co-starred as Teuila "Kumu" Tuileta, the cultural curator of Robin Master's estate, in the reboot series Magnum P.I.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart	Amy Tam
1992	Judgement	Dorothy Moys
1993	Rising Sun	Hsieh
1998	Yellow	Snake Ajima
2000	Next Friday	Mrs. Ho-Kym
	Straight Right	Mrs. Geddes
	Auggie Rose	Karla
2001	Pavilion of Women	Madame kang
	The New Women	Gaia
	Max Keeble's Big Move	Mrs. Rangoon
2002	Big Fat Liar	Joscelyn Davis
	Lilo & Stitch	Mrs. Hasagawa (voice)	[2]
	When Angels Cry	Pam	Short
2003	The Cat in the Hat	Mrs. Kwan
	Cheaper by the Dozen	Miss Hozzie
2004	50 First Dates	Sue
2005	Herbie: Fully Loaded	Female Doctor
2006	Let's Go to Prison	Judge Eva Fwae Wun
2007	Finishing the Game	Mrs. Tyler
	South of Pico	Maria
2009	Legally Blondes	Ms. Chang	Direct-to-video
	Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!	Flower Pot Lady, Irate Woman (voice)	[2]
2012	White Frog	Dr. King
	Family Restaurant	Christienne	Short film
2013	Big Gay Love	Dr. Barrenbottom
2015	Man Up	Eileen
	Imperfect Sky	Dr. Lowe
2016	The Unbidden	Rachel
	Coffee House Chronicles: The Movie	Myrtle
	Catfight	Aunt Charlie
	Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Gotham City Breakout	Madame Mantis (voice)	Direct-to-video [2]
2017	Spider-Man: Homecoming	Decathlon Moderator
2019	Remind Me	Cathy	Short film
2022	Mack & Rita	Carol
2025	Lilo & Stitch	Tūtū	[3]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Partners in Crime	Mai Ling	Episode: "Celebrity"
1987	The Real Ghostbusters	Anne Lawson [2]	Episode: "The Revenge of Murray the Mantis"
1988	Growing Pains	Dr. Celeste Buhai	Episode: "State of the Union"
	Night Court	Namilama	Episode: "Danny Got His Gun"
	It's a Living	Martha Dumond	Episode: "The New Guy Show"
1990	Perfect Strangers	Roy	Episode: "The Men Who Knew Too Much: Part 2"
1991	Baby Talk	Mrs. Vitale	Episode: "A Star Is Newborn"
1993	Nurses	Joanna Joyce	Episode: "No, But I Played One on TV"
1994–95	All-American Girl	Yung-hee 'Grandma' Kim	Main role
1995	Seinfeld	Kim	Episode: "The Understudy"
	The Puzzle Place	Penny Candy	Episode: "Cute Is as Cute Does"
1995, 1997, 1999	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Ma-Ma/Mrs. Oolong, Ming, The Empress (voice)	3 episodes
1995–96	Maybe This Time	Kay Ohara	Main role
1996	Spider-Man: The Animated Series	Susan Choi (voice)	2 episodes [2]
1997	Boston Common	Mrs. Sakini	Episode: "The Occidental Purists"
	Pauly	Sumi	Main role
1997–98	The Naked Truth	Suji	Guest role (season 3)
1998	Twelfth Night	Maria	TV film
1999–00	The Hughleys	Mrs. Fujino, Joanie Park	3 episodes
2000	Unauthorized: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story	Soona Vili	TV film
	Friends	Woman	Episode: "The One With All the Candy"
2000–01	Strip Mall	Fanny Sue Chang	Main role
2001	3rd Rock from the Sun	Rita	Episode: "A Dick Replacement"
	Virtually Casey	Principal Ono	TV film
	The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie	Ibu (voice)	Television film [2]
	My Wife and Kids	Nurse Lorraine	2 episodes
2001–02, 2005	Jackie Chan Adventures	Mama Tohru (voice)	Recurring role (seasons 2–3), guest (season 5)
2002	One on One	Ms. Kim	Episode: "Me & My Shadow"
	Andy Richter Controls the Universe	Sylvia	Episode: "Grief Counselor"
	King of the Hill	Michiko	Episode: "Returning Japanese"
	The Proud Family	Mrs. Wong (voice)	Episode: "Romeo Must Wed"
	MDs	Amy Park	Episode: "A La Casa"
2003	Still Standing	Mrs. Cutler	Episode: "Still Excelling"
	Frasier	Maureen Nervosa	Episode: "Farewell, Nervosa"
	Eve	Maribel	Episode: "The Talk"
	King of the Hill	Laoma Souphanousinphone (voice)	Episode: "Maid in Arlen"
2003–05	That's So Raven	Mrs. DePaulo	Guest role (seasons 1–3)
	Lilo & Stitch: The Series	Mrs. Hasagawa (voice)	Recurring role
2004	Kim Possible	Dr. Wanda Wong (voice)	Episode: "The Truth Hurts"
	Six Feet Under	Madame Mana Lisa	Episode: "Can I Come Up Now?"
	Hot Momma	Ruth	TV film
	Without a Trace	Pacita Ojeda	Episode: "Upstairs Downstairs"
2004–05	North Shore	Bobbie Seau	2 episodes
2005	Jake in Progress	Gert	Episode: "Sign Language"
	The Closer	Franny	2 episodes
	Hot Properties	Mary	Main role
	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Superior (voice)	Episode: "Bato of the Water Tribe" [2]
2005–06	Related	Grace	3 episodes
2005–06	The Life and Times of Juniper Lee	Ah Mah (voice)	16 episodes
2006	Desperate Housewives	Mrs. Pate	Episode: "Don't Look at Me"
	Just for Kicks	Lucy Costello	Episode: "I Love Lucy"
	American Dragon: Jake Long	Aunt Cathy (voice)	Episode: "Feeding Frenzy"
2007	In Case of Emergency	Mrs. Lee	Episode: "Your Goose Is Cooked"
	The Sarah Silverman Program	Judge Gu	Episode: "Joan of Arf"
	Grey's Anatomy	Joanne	Episode: "Let the Truth Sting"
	Legion of Super Heroes	K3NT (voice)	Episode: "The Man from the Edge of Tomorrow" [2]
2007–13	American Dad!	Mah Mah (voice)	Recurring role
2008	Boston Legal	Dr. Kathleen Rosewell	Episode: "Mad About You"
	The Return of Jezebel James	Dr. Koe	Episode: "Pilot"
	Ghost Whisperer	Adrienne	Episode: "Firestarter"
	Eli Stone	Judge Uchimura	Episode: "Happy Birthday, Nate"
2009	General Hospital	Dr. Laura Brown	Guest role
	DJ & The Fro	Karen, Amy Jarowski	TV series
	The Goode Family	Kiki, Jacki (voice)	4 episodes
	Glee	Dr. Chin	Episode: "Throwdown"
	Castle	Alma	Episode: "Vampire Weekend"
2010	Two and a Half Men	Mrs. Wiggins	Episode: "Ixnay on the Oggie Day"
	Law & Order: LA	Judge Taryn Tanabe-Ford	Episode: "Pasadena"
2011	The Mentalist	Nurse Viola Hearn	Episode: "Bloodstream"
	State of Georgia	Li	Episode: "There's a Place for Us"
	Reed Between the Lines	Mrs. McDonaugh	Episode: "Let's Talk About Dishonesty"
	Family Practice	Jenny Kim	TV film
2011–12, 2016	Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness	Su, Mrs. Gow, Pang Bing (voice)	3 episodes [2]
2011–13	Enlightened	Judy Harvey	Recurring role
2012	Retired at 35	Mary	Episode: "The Apartment"
2013	The Office	Nail Salon Manager	Episode: "Couples Discount"
	Arrested Development	Noh	Episode: "Queen B."
	You and Your Fucking Coffee	Amy	Episode: "Election Day"
	The League	Mrs. Hatch	Episode: "Heavy Petting"
	Sean Saves the World	Mrs. Ling	Episode: "Of Moles and Men"
	The Legend of Korra	Air Acolyte (voice)	Episode: "The Southern Lights" [2]
2014	Jessie	Keahi	Episode: "Jessie's Aloha Holidays with Parker and Joey"
	Hawaii Five-0	Tour Guide	Episode: "Kanalu Hope Loa"
2015	Sanjay and Craig	Chef Mei (voice)	Episode: "Dangerous Debbie" [2]
2015–16	Unreal	Dr. Wagerstein	Recurring role (seasons 1–2)
2015–18	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	Lourdes Chan	Recurring role (seasons 1–3)
2015–17	Mom	Beverly Tarantino	Recurring role (seasons 2–5)
2016	Life in Pieces	Principal Bundy	Episode: "Prank Assistant Gum Puppy"
2016–17	The Great Indoors	Carol	4 episodes [2]
2016–19	Just Add Magic	Ida 'Mama P' Perez	Main role
2017	Preacher	Ms. Mannering	Recurring role (season 2)
2018	Black-ish	Nana Jean	2 episodes
	Santa Clarita Diet	Dr. Kellog	Episode: "No Family Is Perfect"
	3 Year Plan	Coral Castaneda	TV series
2018–19	Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny	Grandma Panda (voice)	Main role [2]
2018–24	Magnum P.I.	Teuila "Kumu" Tuileta	Main role
2019	Costume Quest	Lily Chu (voice)	4 episodes
2020–21	Cleopatra in Space	Professor Sitre (voice)	Recurring role
2020	Boy Luck Club	Mama Lai	Episode: "Party Mama"
2021	Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.	Dr. Takushi	Episode: "Love is a Mystery"
	Big City Greens	Mrs. Sato (voice)	Episode: "Rent Control"
	Yasuke	Daimyo (voice)	4 episodes [2]
2022	Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight	Pei-Pei (voice)	Episode: "A Cause for the Paws" [2]
2025	Ballard	Tutu	Main Role
TBA	UDrive Me	Toni	TV series, pre-production

Stage

Year	Title	Role(s)	Venue	Notes	Ref.
1978	Hollywood Mirrors	performer	Asian American Theater Company		[4]
1979	Coda/Points of Departure	performer	Asian American Theater Company		[4]
1979	Intake-Outake	performer	Asian American Theater Company		[4]
1979	Jelly Belly	performer	Asian American Theater Company		[4]
1980	The Avocado Kid/Zen in the Art of Guacamole	performer	Asian American Theater Company		[4]
1982	The House of Sleeping Beauties	performer	Asian American Theater Company		[4]
1982	Obon, Festival of the Dead	performer	Asian American Theater Company		[4]
1982	The Dream of Kitamura	performer	Asian American Theater Company		[4]
1982	Not My Fault	performer	Asian American Theater Company		[4]
1983	Lo Foo and the Missing Ming Artifact	performer	Asian American Theater Company		[4]
1984	The Sound of a Voice/The House of Sleeping Beauties	performer	Asian American Theater Company		[4]
1985	Tea	performer	Asian American Theater Company		[4]
1991	Tokyo Bound	performer	US national tour	playwright	[4]
1996	Flying Solo Friends	performer	Actors Theatre of Louisville		[5]
1998	Twelfth Night	Maria	Vivian Beaumont Theater	Broadway debut	[6] [7]
2008	Voices from Okinawa	Obaa-San	East West Players		[8]
2009	Peace	performer	Culture Clash		[9]
2011	Wrinkles	Nancy	East West Players		[10]
2021	Our Town	Stage Manager	National Asian American Theatre Company		[11]

Awards and nominations

Hill was nominated for a regional Emmy (Los Angeles Area) as writer/host of Get Real, an Asian-American teen talk show on KSCI.

References

1. KQED interview with Amy Hill Archived August 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
2. "Amy Hill (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 10, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
3. Verhoeven, Beatrice (April 21, 2023). "Chris Sanders in Final Talks to Return as Voice of Stitch in Disney's Live-Action 'Lilo & Stitch' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
4. "Guide to the Annotated Catalog to Productions and Scripts in the Asian American Theater Company Archives". Online Archive of California. University of California, Santa Barbara. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
5. "ARTS PREVIEW SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 1996". The Courier-Journal. August 25, 1996. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
6. Brantley, Ben (July 17, 1998). "FESTIVAL REVIEW; Addled Sailors in Sea of Love". New York Times. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
7. "Amy Hill – Broadway Cast & Staff". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
8. Martinez, Julio (February 19, 2008). "Voices From Okinawa". Variety. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
9. "Full Cast, Creative Team Set for Culture Clash's Peace at Getty Villa". TheatreMania. August 12, 2009. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
10. "Theater review: 'Wrinkles' at East West Players". Los Angeles Times. February 17, 2011. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
11. Meyer, Dan (May 18, 2021). "WATCH: Why NAATCO's Upcoming All-Asian Our Town Is 'a Balm' for These Times". Playbill. Retrieved February 16, 2024.

External links

• Amy Hill at IMDb
• Amy Hill at the Internet Broadway Database