She played Julie on "Friends". See Lauren Tom now at 61.

The actor played the girlfriend who took place between Rachel and Ross in season 2 of the sitcom.


It seemed to the very end of the firstseasonFriends as if Ross (David Schwimmer) and Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) Finally was going to try a romantic relationship. Only hopes fans were destroyed when he got off his plane with Julie, a new character played byLauren Tom. Tom ended up appearing in seven episodes of the series as a girlfriend of Ross, and both his presence and their pasty dynamic irritated Rachel, who had just achieved his feelings for his friend. While the guest star had to face the reaction to play an obstacle to one of the most popular couples on television, they are not the most popular, Julie is still distinguished as one of the most beautiful partners of All the main characters ever. And Tom's career continued far beyond his visit to the sitcom. Read the rest to discover what she has been doing since.

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Lauren Tom in 1995
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Before his role as guest onFriends, The biggest claim to Tom's glory was to play in Lena St. Clair in 1993The Luck Joy club. Other roles that have been preceded include pieces in the filmsCadillac man, When a man loves a woman, andNorth, as well as television showsThe equalizer,,The Cosby Show,,Thirty -one,,Chicago Hope,,The nanny, and more. After playing Julie, Tom continued to a lot, many more roles, including episodes ofTracey takes ...,,Early edition,,Monk,,Gray anatomy, andThe recruit. Young fans probably know his best to play Celia, the mother of the main character, on the Disney seriesAndi Mack.

In recent years, however, Tom has pivoted to play mainly roles of voiceover. Among his best known animated characters are Amy and Inez Wong inFuturama, Nomura inTrollhunters: Rise of the Titans, and Yoshiko onKim Possible. She also expressed several characters from the seriesDisenchantment,,The noisy house,,Young justice, andRick and Morty. Tom also did voice work for his just part of video games.

"I feel so lucky to have enteredEveryone from the voiceover; It's my bread and my butter, "Tom told your teenager." These are the nicest people on the planet - there are no huge egos that rage in this world, for any reason. And I was able to work throughout my pregnancies, almost until my water broke. ""

She was hooked on the set ofFriends.

Lauren Tom in 2007
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Tom said in an interview in 2019 with Resonate that she was soexcited to be proposed A role onFriendsthat she fell from her treadmill when she obtained the news of her agent. She also remembered that the cast was "very sweet" and "welcomed her in the group very good". However, the role was not without inconvenience. Fans wanted Ross and Rachel so much that they often reacted to her negatively. "Often, I would be hue," laughs Tom about filming in front of a live audience. "And all the joke of my character was that I was the nicest person on the planet and [Rachel] kept calling me [explanive], right?"

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She was not invited to the reunion.

Lauren Tom in 2022
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Even if she was just onFriends For a handful of episodes, the character of Tom had a major impact on the plot. She was also one of the only non -white actors to have appeared in the series and the only recurring American Asian character. So he was noticed by many when she was not aPart of the HBO Max Special 2021 This brought together the main cast and many invited stars. "Unfortunately, the producers did not invite me to the meeting," said TomChicago tribuneof his absence.

However, she has good memories ofFriends, mainly because of what it meant for others.

"It was one of my favorite jobs of my entire career just for the fact that young Asian women come to me and say to me:" Oh my God, when I saw you "Friends" was the thing More exciting of all time! "" She told the newspaper. "Not that this is the most difficult role on the planet, but seeing me in this show validates their existence and it gives people inspiration: if that person can do it, I can do so too."

She is a mother of two children.

Tom has two sons,Oliver andLeo, with her husband, her colleague actorCurt Kaplan . In recent years, it has adapted to an empty nest. Oliver, his eldest son, was already absent in college when Leo went to a boarding school for the school. "My two boys are quite independent-and they know my whole story when I left the house," she told your teenager. "You just want to support your children by following their dreams. But I really take my hat to my mother now - how scary it must have been for her because I grew up in a suburb sheltered in Illinois, then I moved to Manhattan and I did it I don't know Not my way in the city. "" AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB


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