Amy Hill

Amy Hill
Wayne Wang and Amy Hill on the set of "Dim Sum, a Little Bit of Heart" in 1983
Born	Amy Marie Hill (1953-05-09) May 9, 1953 (age 63) Deadwood, South Dakota, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Stand-up comedian, actress
Years active	1984–present
Children	Penelope

Amy Marie Hill (born May 9, 1953) is an American character actress and stand-up comedian. known for often playing Grandmother or motherly type roles in both live action and voice roles. Hill's first major role was as Yung-Hee "Grandma" Kim on All-American Girl where her character became the breakout character of the short lived, but ground breaking television series.

Hill has been a mainstay on American television in her work, many of her roles being recurring roles the most notable roles being, Mrs. DePaulo on That's So Raven, Mama Tohru on Jackie Chan Adventures, Mrs. Hasagawa on Lilo & Stitch: The Series, Ah-Mah Jasmine Lee in The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, Judy Harvey in Enlightened, and American Dad! as Mah Mah.

Hill is currently a series regular on the Amazon Video Web television 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.

In film, she is perhaps best known for her roles as Mrs. Kwan in The Cat in the Hat, Sue in 50 First Dates, and Mrs. Ho-Kim in Next Friday.

Hill was born in Deadwood, South Dakota, to Japanese American Ayoko Yoneoka Hill (1914-2008) and Archie Russell Hill, a Finnish American who died after an automobile accident in 1979. She became an acclaimed actress working with the famed Asian American Theater Company in San Francisco, California. Hill is also known in the theatre world as a respected performance artist, having written and performed a number of one-woman shows, including the trilogy of Tokyo Bound, Reunion, and Beside Myself.