Naoko Mori
Biography
Naoko Mori is a Japanese actress who has worked largely in Britain, starting out in the West End musical Miss Saigon while she was still studying for her A-levels. She went on to play Kim, becoming the first Japanese national to take a leading part in a West End show. She was a regular on the hospital drama Casualty during 1993 and 1994, and later appeared in the musical comedy Spice World (1997) and Topsy-Turvy (1999), along with television series such as Spooks, Judge John Deed and Mile High. In 2005 she played Dr. Sato in Doctor Who, and producer Russell T Davies brought the character back as Toshiko Sato in Torchwood. Her film work includes Everest (2015), in which she played Yasuko Namba, and she has voiced Betsy Braddock, also known as Psylocke, in X-Men '97. In 2018 she took the part of Lady Thiang in a London staging of The King and I.
54years old
Turns 55 on November 29in 19 days
- Born Nagoya
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Also credited as Mori Naoko
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 10 years2012 to 2022
Every film, newest first
- 2022Mr. Malcolm's ListIMDb rating 6.0
- 2017LifeIMDb rating 6.6
- 2015EverestIMDb rating 7.1
- 2012Suspension of DisbeliefIMDb rating 4.2
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A first
Mori was still working toward her A-levels when she tried out for and became part of the West End run of Miss Saigon, the Vietnam War musical. She went on to play Kim, the first Japanese national in a West End lead.
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Worked with
Naoko Mori shares two films with Jake Gyllenhaal, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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