Joanna Sotomura

Joanna Sotomura is an American actress best known for her role as Emma Woodhouse in the hit comedy series Emma Approved.

Biography
Little is known about Sotomura's past, including her birthday, the names of her parents, and why she wanted to be an actress. What is known is that Sotomura was born at Honolulu, Hawaii, and graduated from Loyola Marymount University in 2009 with a Bachelor's of Fine Arts degree. Sotomura got her first on-screen role in 2008, when she was cast as Emily in the short film Pieces of Emily. Sotomura got her first major role in 2013, when she was cast as Emma Woodhouse, the ambitious and confident life coach, for all 73 episodes of the hit comedy series Emma Approved. Since then, Sotomura has appeared in TV shows and movies such as Great News, Life in Pieces, The Good Place, Madison County, The Poisoning, Video Game High School, Vanity, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and Criminal Minds.

On Criminal Minds
Sotomura first portrayed Lisa in an episode of Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior. She will then portray Geena Raptis in the Season Fourteen episode Rule 34.

Filmography

 * Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2018) - Zoe
 * Criminal Minds - Rule 34 (2018) TV episode - Geena Raptis
 * Emma Approved - 73 episodes (2013-2018) - Emma Woodhouse
 * Hawaii Five-0 (2018) - Mila
 * Life in Pieces (2018) - Jordana
 * Stupid Cupid (2018) - Harper
 * The 2018 CBS Diversity Sketch Comedy Showcase (2018) - Performer
 * Great News (2017) - Hayley
 * The Good Place (2017) - Véronique
 * The Case of the Gilded Lily (2017) - Claudette Knickerbocker
 * What Do You Want to Eat (2017) - Jessica
 * Captain Black (2017) - Woman At Bar #2
 * Dogs Don't Get Girls! (2017) - Joanna
 * Negative (2017) - Abigail
 * Get the Girl (2017) - Jane
 * Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (2016) - Evelynn 'Boats' Sotomura (voice)
 * My Friends Can't Stop Kissing (2016) - Bonnie
 * Disillusioned (2015) - Nicole
 * Vanity - 4 episodes (2015) - Siouxsie Chow
 * Contracted: Phase II (2015) - Debbie
 * Everything Before Us (2015) - Anna
 * Revenge (2015) - Phoebe
 * Chinese New Year Hack (2015) - Joanna
 * Classic Alice - 2 episodes (2014) - Beth Marmie
 * Video Game High School - 5 episodes (2013-2014) - Duchess of Kart
 * Rizzoli & Isles (2014) - Staff Member
 * The Poisoning (2013) - Michelle
 * Geek USA (2013) - Kyra Featherstone
 * Eat Me (2012) - Jackie Hadelsmith
 * Silly Pants (2012) - Unknown Character
 * Shaken (2012) - Sasha
 * Madison County (2011) - Brooke
 * Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior - Jane (2011) TV episode - Lisa
 * Pieces of Emily (2008) - Emily

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