Lauren Tom
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Lauren Tom on the Futurama voice cast panel at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2010.
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| Born |
Lauren Chan August 4, 1961 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Spouse(s) | Curt Kaplan (1999–present) |
| Website | www |
Lauren Tom (born Lauren Chan on August 4, 1961) is an American actress. Her roles include Lena St. Clair in The Joy Luck Club, Julie in the NBC sitcom Friends, Dot in the final season of Grace Under Fire, and the voices for both mother and daughter characters on two animated TV comedy series: on Futurama she voiced Amy Wong and her mother Inez, while on King of the Hill she voiced Minh and Connie Souphanousinphone. She also voiced Numbuh 3 in Codename Kids Next Door.
Lauren Tom was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Nancy (née Dare) and Tom Chan, Jr. who worked in the frozen food business. Her parents were born in Chicago, and her grandparents came from Guangdong province, China. Her grandfather Tom Y. Chan was a businessman and a leading supporter of the Kuomintang in the United States, and helped raise money for both Sun Yat-sen and General Chiang Kai-shek. Her uncle, Ping Tom, was also a businessman and an influential civic leader in Chicago's Chinatown. She was raised in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park. In an article for Detour magazine Tom described how being teased as a child about her Chinese heritage made her introverted and is what originally inspired her to study dance.
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