1. Naoko Mori was born on 29 November 1971 and is a Japanese actress based in the United Kingdom.
23 Facts About Naoko Mori
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Naoko Mori is known for her roles as Toshiko Sato in Doctor Who and Torchwood, Yasuko Namba in Everest, Sarah in Absolutely Fabulous and Nicola in Spice World.
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Naoko Mori was born on 29 November 1971 in Nagoya, Japan, to a Ryukyuan mother and a Japanese American father.
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When Mori was four years old, she moved to New Jersey due to her father's work.
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Naoko Mori returned to Japan when she was ten and moved to London two years later.
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When her parents were posted back to Japan, Naoko Mori was given the choice of either moving back to Japan with her parents or remaining in London on her own.
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Naoko Mori chose to stay in London, partly because she wanted to finish her GCSEs and gain some qualifications.
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Naoko Mori's father opened a bank account for her, handed her a cheque book and told her to find a flat or a bed sit for herself to live in.
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Naoko Mori said that being on her own at such a young age helped her to be a very independent person, although it was still a scary world to be faced so young.
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Naoko Mori later went on to play Kim and became the first Japanese national to play a lead role in the West End.
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From 1993 to 1994, Naoko Mori had a regular role on the hospital drama Casualty as the hospital receptionist Mie Nishikawa.
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Naoko Mori appeared in the television programmes Thief Takers, Judge John Deed, Spooks, Mile High and Powers.
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Naoko Mori had a major role in the 2005 BBC docu-drama Hiroshima, which contained dramatic re-enactments of the 1945 atomic bombings.
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Naoko Mori provided the voice acting for the villainess Mai Hem for the game Perfect Dark Zero.
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In 2005, Naoko Mori had a small role as Dr Sato in the Doctor Who episode "Aliens of London".
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Since her exit from the show, Naoko Mori has reprised the character in multiple Torchwood audio dramas by Big Finish Productions, some of them with her as a lead with a guest cast, but some with her as part of the team with the rest of the main cast.
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Naoko Mori returned to the West End on 20 November 2006, when she took over the role of Christmas Eve from Ann Harada in the London production of Avenue Q, a role which she played until 14 April 2007.
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Naoko Mori portrayed Yoko Ono in the BBC Four production Lennon Naked, which was broadcast in the UK on 23 June 2010.
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Naoko Mori appeared in the film Everest, as Yasuko Namba, opposite Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Jake Gyllenhaal, Robin Wright, Keira Knightley, and Sam Worthington.
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In 2018, Naoko Mori played Lady Thiang in The King and I in London.
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Naoko Mori was the voice of Nagisa Kisaragi in the 2018 version of Firestorm.
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Naoko Mori has an elder brother with whom she grew up in New Jersey.
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Naoko Mori wanted to become a singer before she was an actress.