Ren Hanami

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Ren Hanami
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Ren Hanami at Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
Occupation(s)Actor, writer, director, singer

Ren Hanami is an American stage/screen/voice actress, writer, director and singer. [1] [2] [3] Hanami is a recurring Guest Star on Disney's Bunk'd , and has appeared in TV shows such as Star Trek: Picard , Silicon Valley , This is Us , Criminal Minds and GLOW . Her first feature film role was Air Force One . She also appeared in the mini-series The Storm as Meteorologist Dawn Maleuga from Honolulu, Hawaii. She is the National Chairman of the SAG-AFTRA Asian Pacific American Media Committee and was inducted into the Asian Hall of Fame in 2021.

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Hanami was born as Linda Maureen Hanna in Inglewood, California to Alice Akimi Nakano of Japanese descent from Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii and a rocket scientist James Arthur Hanna who worked on Navstar GPS the first GPS satellite. Hanna was of Scottish descent from Foxboro, Massachusetts. The Hannas are descended from Clan Hannay in the southwest of Scotland complete with a 15th-century castle called Sorbie Tower.

Partial filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987 The Bronx Zoo Test Supervisor
1988 Thirtysomething Nurse
1989Love with a TwistMaiTV movie
1989 Tour of Duty Whore #1 / Whore #2
1989 The Hogan Family Floor Manager
1990On the Television
1990 Knots Landing Receptionist
1990The BakeryFemale NewscasterTV movie; as Linda Hanna
1992 Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story Younger NurseTV movie
1994One Woman's CourageNewscasterTV movie
1994 Cagney & Lacey: The Return MargieTV movie
1996 Profiler Newscaster
2005 General Hospital Dean Ryan / Kim Chan
1989-2006 The Young and the Restless Bank Teller / Flight Attendant #1 / Ms. Lee
2006 ER NICU Nurse
2008 Grey's Anatomy Ms. Chen
2009 Without a Trace Neighbor
2009The StormDawn Maleuga
2011 Southland Nurse
2011 Private Practice Concierge
2008-presentAAA Hawai'iHost
2016 Pretty Little Liars
2015-16 Silicon Valley
2017 Angie Tribeca
2017 The Thundermans
2017 Criminal Minds
2017 Major Crimes
2017-18 Here, Now
2017-18 S.W.A.T.
2018 Man with a Plan
2018 GLOW
2018 Shameless
2019 Santa Clarita Diet
2019 13 Reasons Why
2020 Cherish the Day
2021 This Is Us
2022 Star Trek: Picard
2022 Animal Kingdom
2022 Super Giant Robot Brothers
2023 Bunk'd

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 Air Force One Reporter #4
1998 Permanent Midnight TV Host
2010Silent ShameSelfVoice role
2017Bitch
2017Like Last NightShort film
2018 God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness
2021 Raya and the Last Dragon
2022 Unseen
2024 Orion and the Dark

Other work

Stage productions

Video games

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryTitleResultRef.
2018Best Supporting Actress in a Short FilmLike Last NightWon
2018Best Short Film ScreenplayLike Last NightWon
2018Best Family Short FilmKimi Hanna: Fashionista Ninja "Lesson 23"Won
2013Best Supporting Actress in a Fan-Made Audio DramaThe Katniss ChroniclesNominated

Honors

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References

  1. "Actress, Trailblazer Ren Hanami is Inducted into the Asian Hall of Fame 2021". www.asianhalloffame.org. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
  2. "Actress Ren Hanami Receives Emmy Nod for Appearance on CBS's CRIMINAL MINDS". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  3. "The Pretty Little Liars Are All Grown Up in Pictures From the Winter Premiere". popsugar.com. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  4. Asian Hall of Fame. "Ren Hanami to be inducted into the Asian Hall of Fame" PR Newswire, September 16, 2021
  5. Asian Hall of Fame. "Hanami among ten distinguished icons from the United States and worldwide will be inducted into the Asian Hall of Fame for their legacy, philanthropy, and inter-racial equity" Asian Weekly, September 30, 2021
  6. Asian Hall of Fame. "Hanami among 10 new inductees named to the Asian Hall of Fame" AsAmNews, September 17, 2021