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Amy Hill (born 9 May 1953; age 71) is an actress who voiced Doctor Jago in the Star Trek: Prodigy first season episode "Masquerade".

Hill was born in Deadwood, South Dakota to a Japanese mother and a Finnish-American father. She became an actress working with the famed Asian American Theater Company in San Francisco, California.

She ventured into Hollywood in 1984 where she played bit and supporting parts in films like Scrooged (1988, with John Glover, Carol Kane, Wendie Malick, Michael J. Pollard, Alfre Woodard, Roy Brocksmith, Sachi Parker, and Logan Ramsey), Ghost Dad (1990, with Eric Menyuk and J.D. Hall), Singles (1992), and Rising Sun (1993, with Cary-Hiroyuki, Ray Wise, Clyde Kusatsu, and Jeff Imada), and episodes of series such as Growing Pains (with Kenneth Tigar), Night Court (starring John Larroquette, with Branscombe Richmond), and Beverly Hills, 90210 (directed by Paul Schneider).

However, she first became noticed in the industry by co-starring in All-American Girl (1994-95) as the show's breakout character, Yung-hee 'Grandma' Kim. Clyde Kusatsu was also a regular on this series and Diedrich Bader, Billy Burke, Garrett Wang, Thomas Kopache, Daniel Dae Kim, Bruce French, and Miguel Perez appeared in guest roles.

Following All-American Girl, Hill was a regular on Maybe This Time (1995-96), which included Ethan Phillips, William Daniels, Tara Strong, and Clyde Kusatsu among the guest stars. This was followed by The Naked Truth (1997-98), co-starring Jack Blessing, guest starring Kenneth Mars, Bill Erwin, John Tesh, Sally Kellerman, Billy Campbell, J. Patrick McCormack, Larry A. Hankin, Maury Sterling, and Stephanie Erb.

Hill later co-starred in Strip Mall (2000-01), in which Gregory Itzin co-starred and Michael McKean guest starred in an episode, and Hot Properties (2005). In 2015-16, Hill appeared in a recurring role in Unreal and later co-starred in Magnum P.I. (2018-24) as Teuila 'Kumu' Tuileta. Guest stars on this series included Robert Pine, Pasha Lychnikoff, Barbara Eve Harris, Vladimir Orlov, Jay Karnes, Leif Gantvoort, Brian McNamara, Bill Smitrovich, Sumalee Montano, Greg Ellis, and Ben Vereen.

Hill also appeared in guest roles in many television series, including Seinfeld (starring Jason Alexander), Friends, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Frasier (starring Kelsey Grammer), Reno 911! (starring Carlos Alazraqui), Six Feet Under (with James Cromwell, Joanna Cassidy, Thomas Kopache, and Jeff Yagher), Without a Trace (starring Enrique Murciano, with Andrew J. Robinson), Desperate Housewives (starring Teri Hatcher, Brenda Strong, and Alfre Woodard, with Mark Moses and Ronny Cox), Grey's Anatomy, Boston Legal (starring William Shatner and John Larroquette, with Jenifer Lewis), Ghost Whisperer (with April Grace), Medium (starring Jake Weber), Numbers, Glee, Castle (with Phil LaMarr), Two and a Half Men, Law & Order: Los Angeles (with K Callan and Freda Foh Shen), The Office (starring Rainn Wilson), Arrested Developement, Hawaii Five-0 (starring Daniel Dae Kim, with Greg Ellis), and Black-ish (starring Jenifer Lewis).

Her further film credits include Big Fat Liar (2002, with John Cho), The Cat in the Hat (2003, with Clint Howard and the voice of Frank Welker), Cheaper by the Dozen (2003, with Alan Ruck and David Bowe), 50 First Dates (2004), and Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017, with Kirk Randolph Thatcher, Stan Lee, and Wayne Péré).

Hill also works as a voice actress. Her notable voice roles include Mrs. Hasagawa in Lilo & Stitch (2002, with David Ogden Stiers and Kevin Michael Richardson), which she reprised in the television series spin-off (with Tress MacNeille, Frank Welker, and Dee Bradley Baker), Jasmine Lee in The Life and Times of Juniper Lee (with Carlos Alazraqui, Tara Strong, Dee Bradley Baker, Phil LaMarr, Maurice LaMarche, Clancy Brown, and Jess Harnell), Mama Tohru in Jackie Chan Adventures (with Clancy Brown), and Mah Mah Ling in Seth MacFarlane's American Dad! (starring Scott Grimes and Dee Bradley Baker).

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