Haruka Abe

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Haruka Abe
安部 春香
Born
Alma mater Rose Bruford College
OccupationActress
Years active2006–present

Haruka Abe is a Japanese actress based in London.

Life and career

Born in Nerima, Tokyo, Abe grew up in Tokyo, London and New York. [1] She trained at Rose Bruford College in South East London. [2]

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She appeared in BBC's Ideal as Miko, [3] and as Marti in Sleepydog's science-fiction TV series Slingers directed by Steve Barron. [4] She also appeared in the video for Clean Bandit's song "Rather Be" which has gained over 754 million views on YouTube as of March 2023. [5]

In 2018, she became the new speaking voice of Noodle from the virtual band Gorillaz. [6]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007–2011 Ideal Miko
2008 The Things I Haven't Told You Sarah KellsTelevision film
2009 Casualty Mika
Slingers (Pilot)Marti
Wire in the Blood Japanese waitress
2011My So Called Life SentenceDaniniTelevision film
2012 My Phone Genie Naoko
2014 Doctors Jenny
Edge of Heaven Tammy
2015 Cuffs Mikki
Cucumber Anna
Cyberbully Jennifer
2017 Emerald City Po
Zapped Henchwoman
2018 Kiss Me First Tippi
Stath Lets Flats Tomoko
2019 Silent Witness Akito EmonTwo episodes ("To Brighton, To Brighton")
2019 Giri/Haji Suzume
2020 Avenue 5 Aimi Ito

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotes
2020 Song Machine Noodle Web series by Gorillaz

8 episodes

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006Mo YinSarah
2007EncoreEcho
2009Shell ShockLady One
Only TimeLi JingShort film
Stray BalloonNaomi
SlingersMartiShort film
AneurysmModelShort film
We Have Already Begun to DieShe
2010 Stanley Pickle Bluebell
8 SecondsYumiko
BleachLiShort film
2011YukiYukiShort film
SecrecyChie Okumura
FishSakura
Great News
MagnesiumEve30
2012Choose4624Short film
The Outsider: A Looper's StoryAnnaShort film
47 Ronin Mika's handmaiden
2013 About Time Japanese girl
Pulling AwayAlyx CastilloShort film
2014TracesThe SearcherShort film
The Knife That Killed Me Serena
The Scopia EffectKeiko
2015After the World EndedSarama/

Sarameya

The SubstituteSevenShort film
Random 11 Mitsuko Unagi
Tokyo 70Haruka
Kubrick's CoatAyameShort film
2017The Distant SeaGirl in the houseShort film
2019HafuMisakiShort film
Dead UnicornsHaruka Satou
She's Just A Shadow Tanya
2021 Cruella Liberty woman
StaggerEvaShort film
Snake Eyes AkikoAlso does own dub-over voice in Japanese version

Music videos

YearSongSinger/BandNotes
2010"Chaos Lives In Everything" Dead & Control Mimed to Office
2014"Rather Be" Clean Bandit Mimed to Jess Glynne's vocals

Video games

YearTitleVoice roleNotes
2016 Late Shift May-Ling Full motion video

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