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Kumiko Konishi

I’m an 80’s baby born and raised in Montgomery Co. Maryland aka the “DC Suburbs”…so Old Bay All Day!!! A melange of a Louisiana Creole (Native and African American) mother who was raised in East Africa and a Japanese father from Hiroshima.

Though I got my double degrees in Business and Japanese Language at the University of Maryland at College Park, upon graduating I moved to Japan for two years to nurture a closer relationship with my Japanese heritage. After returning to the US, I moved directly to NYC to then pursue my love of performance art. Coming from a family line of athletes and people who had more “traditional” careers, acting never really seemed like something I could seriously pursue as a career. Despite this, I felt that ever present itch would need to be scratched. I would go on to complete the two year Meisner program at Maggie Flanigan Studios in NYC to then continue, to this day, to hone my craft with the phenomenal teacher Deborah Hedwall.

Outside of acting, I’m a proud mom of two creative, goofy, loving boys, an avid fruit and veg gardener (I’m happy to discuss soil conditions and companion planting) , an all-around athlete having been a breakdancer, Jingle Dress dancer, competitive soccer player, swimmer and sprinter.

Age Range

30s, 40s

Gender Identity

Female

ETHNICITY - IDENTITY AND/OR APPEARANCE

Multi-Ethnicity, Indigenous: Native American/First Nation, Indigenous: Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Indigenous: Latinx, Asian: Central Asian, Asian: East Asian, Asian: South Asian, Asian: Southeast Asian, Black: North African, Black: African American, Latinx: Mexico/Central American, Latinx: South American, Latinx: West Indies/Caribbean, MENASA: Middle Eastern, MENASA: North African, MENASA: South Asian

Race - Identity

Asian, Black or African Diaspora, First Nation/Native American, Multi-Racial

Languages

English, Japanese

Union Status

SAG-AFTRA

Drivers License

License

Singer

Non-Singer

Dancer

Social dancer

Comedy

Improv

City Based

New York City