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

Hanami was born as Linda Maureen Hanna in Inglewood, California to Alice Akimi Nakano of Japanese descent from Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii and an engineer James Arthur Hanna 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

• The Bronx Zoo (TV series) – Test Supervisor (1987)
• thirtysomething (1981) – (TV series) – Nurse (1988)
• Love with a Twist (TV movie) – Mai (1989)
• Tour of Duty (TV series) – Whore #1 / Whore #2 (1989)
• The Hogan Family (TV series) – Floor Manager (1989)
• On the Television (TV series) – Various (1990)
• Knots Landing (TV series) – Receptionist (1990)
• The Bakery (TV series) – Female Newscaster (as Linda Hanna) (1990)
• Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (TV movie) – Younger Nurse (1992)
• One Woman's Courage (1987) (TV movie) – Newscaster (1994)
• Cagney & Lacey: The Return (TV movie) – Margie (1994)
• Profiler (TV series) – Newscaster (1996)
• Air Force One – Reporter #4 (1997)
• Permanent Midnight – TV Host (1998)
• General Hospital (TV series) – Dean Ryan / Kim Chan (2005)
• The Young and the Restless (TV series) – Bank Teller / Flight Attendant #1 / Ms. Lee (1989–2006)
• ER (TV series) – NICU Nurse (2006)
• Grey's Anatomy (TV series) – Ms. Chen (2008)
• Silent Shame (video documentary) – Self (voice) (2009)
• Without a Trace (TV series) – Neighbor (2009)
• The Storm (TV Miniseries)- Dawn Maleuga (2009)
• Southland (TV series)- Nurse (2011)
• Private Practice (TV series)- Concierge (2011)
• AAA Hawai'i (TV commercial)- Host (2008–present)
• Pretty Little Liars (2016)
• Silicon Valley (2015–2016)
• Bitch (Feature Film) (2017)
• Angie Tribeca (2017)
• The Thundermans (2017)
• Criminal Minds (2017)
• Major Crimes (2017)
• Here, Now (2017–2018)
• S.W.A.T. (2017 TV series) (2017–2018)
• Like Last Night (Short Film) (2017)
• God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness (2018)
• Man with a Plan (TV series) (2018)
• GLOW (TV series) (2018)
• Shameless (U.S. TV series) (2018)
• Santa Clarita Diet (2019)
• 13 Reasons Why (TV series) (2019)
• Cherish the Day (TV series) (2020)
• Cyberpunk 2077 (2020)
• Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
• This Is Us (2021)
• Star Trek: Picard (2022)
• Animal Kingdom (2022)
• Super Giant Robot Brothers (2022)
• Unseen (2022)

Notable stage performances

• Land of Smiles - NGO Attorney, Achara Montri - Edinburgh Fringe Festival
• South Pacific - with Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell - The Hollywood Bowl

References

External links

• Ren Hanami at IMDb
• Official website

Awards and nominations

Honors

• 2021 - Hanami is inducted into the Asian Hall of Fame "for her trailblazing career in the entertainment industry and advocacy for Asian Pacific Islander Americans through her work as the Chair of the SAG-AFTRA Asian Pacific Media Committee."[1][2][3]