Anzu Lawson is an American actress, singer, songwriter, comedian, playwright, director and screenwriter.[1][2][3][4]
Music
editLawson was signed to Japanese a label where she reached number 1 on the Japanese Billboard charts with her cover of the single "The Rose" on Avex Records.[5] She also reached number 1 on the European Dance charts with her single "Sweet Clarity" with a project called Aquabox produced by Lee Curreri.[6] She has also sung on multiple movie soundtracks produced by Harry Gregson-Williams, Heitor Pereira and Hans Zimmer such as The Chronicles of Narnia, Spy Game, The Da Vinci Code, Sinbad, and Illegal Tender. She also wrote the song "I Am Onto You" for No Way Back, starring Russell Crowe and directed by Frank Cappello.
Her first screen test was at age 8 to play Mako's granddaughter for an East West Players film production and she starred in her first American movie opposite Viggo Mortensen in American Yakuza, directed by Frank Cappello.[7] Frank Cappello also directed the dark comedy He Was A Quiet Man, where he cast Anzu opposite Christian Slater, to play his neighbor. She was nominated "Best Actress" for her role as Yoko Ono in 2014 at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in the musical Rock and Roll's Greatest Lovers.
Comedy
editAs a stand-up comic, Anzu performs in comedy festivals as well as The Hollywood and Brea Improv, The Laugh Factory, The Ha-Ha Café, The Comedy Store and The IceHouse Pasadena.[8]
Filmography
editLawson's TV and film credits are below:[4][9]
TV
edit| TV Show |
|---|
| Guilty party |
| Processing Station |
| Until We Meet Again |
| I Hate Your Laugh! |
| The Young and the Restless |
| NCIS: Los Angeles |
| Fuller House |
| Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street |
| The Perfect Match |
| Broke A$$ Rich Kid |
| CSI: Cyber |
| The Viking and the Pendulum |
| Hand of God |
| Mom |
| Cristela |
| Gypsi |
| Revenge |
| Mom |
| Cristela |
| Ray Donovan |
| Hot Line |
| Dream On |
| Goode Behavior |
| The King of Queens |
| Mind of Mencia |
| Without A Trace |
| Criminal Minds |
| 'Til Death |
| Hand Of God |
| Make It or Break It |
Film
edit| Film | Role |
|---|---|
| American Yakuza | Yuko |
| The Shadow | Actress |
| No Way Back | Singer-Songwriter |
| Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back | Actress |
| Spy Game | Singer |
| Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | Singer |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe | Singer |
| All In | Actress |
| The Da Vinci Code | Singer |
| He Was a Quiet Man | Nancy Felt |
| Illegal Tender | Singer |
| What Would Jesus Do? | Actress |
Video games
edit| Game | Role |
|---|---|
| Killer Instinct | Black Orchid[10] |
| Ghost Of Tsushima | Ankshar Khatun/The Eagle |
References
edit- ^ "Yahoo! Entertainment". Movies.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
- ^ "TV Guide". TV Guide. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
- ^ "MovieWeb". MovieWeb. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
- ^ a b "Flixster". Flixster. 2010-05-28. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
- ^ "avex network". Avexnet.jp. 2000-04-19. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
- ^ "Aquabox". Cdbaby.com. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
- ^ "Flixster". Flixster. Archived from the original on 2011-08-29. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
- ^ "FWIX". FWIX. 2010-02-11. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
- ^ "Fandango". Fandango. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
- ^ "Anzu Lawson (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 13 June 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
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