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Ally Maki Matsumura[1] (born December 29, 1986),[2][3] known professionally as Ally Maki, is an American actress and model. She portrayed Jess Kato in the TBS comedy series Wrecked and the voice of Giggle McDimples in Toy Story 4.

Ally Maki
Maki in 2021
Born	Ally Maki Matsumura (1986-12-29) December 29, 1986 (age 35) Kirkland, Washington, U.S.
Other names	Ally Matsumura
Occupation	Actress model
Years active	2002–present

Career

Maki was scouted at 14 by a talent agent in Seattle. In 2001, she moved to a communal home for artists in Santa Clarita, California. From there, she was recruited by Columbia Records to form the girl band The Valli Girls, for whom she played the keytar.[4] As part of her training, she took DJ lessons at Freakbeat Records.[2]

Maki is known for appearing in the television film iCarly: iGo to Japan (2008), as well as her many cameo appearances in films and television series, such as Step Up 3D (2010). She had supporting roles in the comedy-drama films The Family Tree (2011) and Geography Club (2013).

From 2009 to 2010, Maki had a recurring role as Dawn in the comedy-drama series 10 Things I Hate About You. Maki made a guest appearance in a S4 episode of Bones as Dr. Tanaka, a forensic specialist from Japan. She was in the final considerations to play the role of Alice in the 2012 drama film The Perks of Being a Wallflower, which eventually went to Erin Wilhelmi.[5]

Between 2016 and 2018, she has starred as Jess Kato in the TBS comedy series Wrecked.[6] From 2018 to 2019, she had a recurring supporting role in Marvel's Cloak & Dagger on Freeform.

She founded the "Asian American Girl Club" fashion brand in 2018.[7]

Personal life

Maki was born and raised in Kirkland, Washington.[8]

Maki is a fourth generation Japanese American, or Yonsei.[8] Her grandmother, Miyo, was held in the Japanese internment camp at Heart Mountain Relocation Center, WY during World War II.[2] Her grandfather was a part of the 442nd infantry regiment, a unit consisting of primarily Japanese American soldiers.[2] She is the great-granddaughter of a sharecropper in Mountain View, California.[8] She has two older brothers.[1]

"Maki" is her middle name and the first name of her great-grandmother.[8]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	80's Ending	Japanese Girl	Short film
	Rogues	Choir
2010	Step Up 3D	Jenny
	The Prankster	Kassandra Yamaguchi
2011	Recess Court	Cassie	Short film
	The Family Tree	Shauna
2012	Beach Bar	Ireene Saki Zbeitnefski and Merbaby
	Music High	Ally
2013	Geography Club	Min
	Amelia's 25th	Ally
2019	Toy Story 4	Giggle McDimples	Voice role
2020	Lamp Life		Voice role (short film)
2021	Home Sweet Home Alone	Mei
TBA	5 Years Apart	Olivia	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	My Wife and Kids	Sasha	Episode: "Samba Story"
2003	ER	Missy	Episode: "No Strings Attached"
2003	That's So Raven	Student #2	Episode: "Campaign in the Neck"
2003	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Japanese girl	Episode: "Chosen"
2007	Subs	Alexa Tanaka	Unsold FX pilot
2008	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	Student	Episode: "Queen's Gambit"
2008	Miss Guided	Michelle	Episode: "High School Musical"
2008	Privileged	Breckyn	Recurring role; 4 episodes
2008	iCarly: iGo to Japan	Kyoko	Television film
2009	Bones	Dr. Haru Tanaka	Episode: "The Girl in the Mask"
2009–2010	10 Things I Hate About You	Dawn	Recurring role; 16 episodes
2009	Greek	Hot Renaissance fair girl	Episode: "See You Next Time, Sisters!"
2010	The Big Bang Theory	Joyce Kim	Episode: "The Staircase Implementation"
2011	Workaholics	Brenanda	Episode: "We Be Ballin'"
2011	Franklin & Bash	Tonia	Guest role; 2 episodes
2012	Shake It Up	Keiko Ishizuka	Episode: "Made in Japan"
2012	Hot in Cleveland	Brooke	Episode: "Method Man"
2013	2 Broke Girls	June	Episode: "And the Girlfriend Experience"
2016	New Girl	Kumiko	Episode: "No Girl"
2016–2018	Wrecked	Jess	Main role; 30 episodes
2017–2019	Dear White People	Ikumi	Recurring role; 5 episodes
2018–2019	Marvel's Cloak & Dagger	Mina Hess	Recurring role; 8 episodes
2018–2022	Robot Chicken	Wanda Li (voice)	Episodes: "We Don't See Much of That in 1940s America", "May Cause Bubbles Where You Don't Want 'Em"
2020	Into the Dark	Allison	Episode: "My Valentine"
2020–2021	The Owl House	Viney (voice)	Episodes: "The First Day", "Hunting Palismen"
2021	Hit-Monkey	Haruka (voice)	Main role; 9 episodes
TBA	The Big Door Prize	Hana	Main role, upcoming series

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Crazy/Sexy/Awkward	Rosemary	Episode: "The Wingwoman"
2012	Company Car	Ally	Episode: "He Said She Said"

References

External links

• Ally Maki at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Ally Maki

Ally Maki (* 29. Dezember 1986 in Seattle, Washington als Ally Matsumara) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin.

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[es] Ally Maki

Ally Maki Matsumura (29 de diciembre de 1986), más conocida como Ally Maki, es una actriz estadounidense. Nació en Kirkland, estado de Washington.

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