Anzu Lawson

Anzu Lawson is an American actress, singer and songwriter who has also worked as a comedian, playwright, director and screenwriter. Her first screen test came at age eight, for an East West Players production in which she hoped to play Mako's granddaughter, and she made her American film debut opposite Viggo Mortensen in American Yakuza (1993), directed by Frank Cappello. Cappello later cast her as Christian Slater's neighbor in the dark comedy He Was a Quiet Man (2007). Playing Yoko Ono in the musical Rock and Roll's Greatest Lovers earned her a Best Actress nomination at the 2014 Hollywood Fringe Festival. Signed to Avex Records, she reached number one on the Japanese Billboard charts with a cover of The Rose and topped the European Dance charts with Sweet Clarity, made with the project Aquabox. She sang on soundtracks including The Da Vinci Code and Spy Game, wrote a song for No Way Back, and performs stand-up comedy.