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Joanna Sotomura is an American actress. She is best known for her work on the Emmy Award-winning Emma Approved (2013), Madison County (2011) and Everything Before Us (2015).
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Joanna Sotomura is an American actress. She is best known for her work on the Emmy Award-winning Emma Approved (2013), Madison County (2011) and Everything Before Us (2015).
Born and raised in Hawaii, [1] Sotomura graduated from 'Iolani School in 2005. [2] She graduated from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Arts in 2009.[ citation needed ]
| Film name | Character | Status | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Negative | Abigail | Completed | 2017 |
| Captain Black | Woman At Bar #2 | Post-Production | 2016 |
| Method Acting | Casting Assistant | Post-Production | 2016 |
| Get the Girl | Jane | Completed | 27 Jan 2017 |
| My Friends Can't Stop Kissing | Bonnie | Completed | 15 Jul 2016 |
| Contracted: Phase II | Debbie | Completed | 4 Sept 2015 |
| Everything Before Us | Anna | Completed | 3 Jun 2015 |
| Chinese New Year Hack | Joanna | Completed | 18 Feb 2015 |
| The Poisoning | Michelle | Completed | 24 Dec 2013 |
| Geek USA | Kyra Featherstone | Completed | 10 Oct 2013 |
| Eat Me | Jackie Hadelsmith | Completed | 2012 |
| Shaken | Sasha | Completed | 31 Mar 20 |
| Madison County | Brooke | Completed | 17 Oct 2011 |
| Pieces of Emily | Emily | Completed | 2008 |
| Series name | Character | No. of episodes | Episode/s | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny | Sunny | Ongoing | 2024 | |
| Wayward Guide For The Untrained Eye | Madison Reynolds | 6 | "The Wolf At The Door", "Miner Setback", "On the Trail", "Crying Wolf", "Elective Memory", "Grin and Bare It" | 2020 |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | Christina Ng | 1 | "Provenance" [3] | 2019 |
| Hawaii Five-0 | Mila | 1 | "Kopi Wale No I Ka I'a A 'Eu No Ka Ilo" [4] | 2018 |
| The Good Place | Véronique | 1 | "Team Cockroach" [5] | 2017 |
| Disillusioned | Nicole | 1 | "Girls" | 2015 |
| Vanity | Siouxsie Chow | 4 | "Empire", "Retribution", "United", "Legacy" | 2015 |
| Revenge | Phoebe | 1 | "Retaliation" | 2015 |
| Classic Alice | Beth Marmie | 2 | "Bleak House", "Why Can't the English" | 2014 |
| Video Game High School | Duchess of Kart | 5 | "The N64", "OMGWTFPS?!", "Some Like It Bot", "You Can't Stop a Sandwich", "Welcome to Varsity" | 2013-2014 |
| Emma Approved | Emma Woodhouse | 80 | All Episodes | 2013-2014, 2018 |
| Rizzoli & Isles | Staff Member | 1 | "Too Good to Be True" | 2014 |
| Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior | Lisa | 1 | "Jane" | 2011 |
Sotomura voiced Everlyn 'Boats' Sotomura in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare . [6]
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