Amy Hill

Amy Marie Hill (born May 9, 1953) is an American actress and stand-up comedian. Hill's first major role was as Yung-Hee "Grandma" Kim on All-American Girl.

Hill has been a mainstay on American television in her work, many of her roles being major recurring roles, the most notable being: Mrs. DePaulo on That's So Raven, Mama Tohru on Jackie Chan Adventures, Mrs. Hasagawa in Lilo & Stitch: The Series (reprising the same character she played in Lilo & Stitch), Ah-Mah Jasmine Lee in The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, Judy Harvey in Enlightened, Mah Mah Ling in American Dad!, Beverly Tarantino in Mom and Ms. Mannering in Preacher.

Hill was a series regular on the Amazon Prime Video show Just Add Magic as Mama P along with recurring in Unreal as Dr. Wagerstein on the basic cable network Lifetime and The CW romantic comedy musical Crazy Ex-Girlfriend as Lourdes Chan. She also plays Teuila "Kumu" Tuileta, the cultural curator of Robin Masters' estate, in the 2018 reboot series Magnum P.I.

In film, she played Mrs. Kwan in The Cat in the Hat, Sue in 50 First Dates, and Mrs. Ho-Kym in Next Friday.

Early life From left, Cora Miao, Hill, Rita Yee and Laureen Chew in 1983. Hill was born on May 9, 1953, in Deadwood, South Dakota, to Japanese national Ayako Yoneoka Hill (1914–2008) and Archie Russell Hill (1923–1979), a Finnish American who died after an automobile accident when Hill was 26 years old.

Career

Hill was in Margaret Cho's short-lived sitcom All-American Girl in the role of grandmother Yung-hee, better known as Grandma or Grandma Kim.

Following the cancellation of All-American Girl, Hill played Kay Ohara on Maybe This Time, in which she worked with Betty White and former All American Girl co-star Ashley Johnson.

She starred in the films Max Keeble's Big Move, Big Fat Liar, The Cat in the Hat, Let's Go to Prison, Lilo & Stitch (and its 2025 live-action adaptation), Big Gay Love, and 50 First Dates.

She guest-starred on Night Court, Six Feet Under, Desperate Housewives, Two and a Half Men, King of the Hill, 3rd Rock from the Sun, The Sarah Silverman Program, and My Wife & Kids. She had recurring roles on TV shows as well, including as the lesbian daughter of D. L. Hughley's neighbor (played by Pat Morita) on The Hughleys, the upstairs neighbor of Monica and Rachel on Friends, Mrs. DePaulo on That's So Raven, Mama Tohru on Jackie Chan Adventures, Mrs. Hasagawa on Lilo & Stitch: The Series, Penny Candy on The Puzzle Place, Maureen Nervosa, the owner of Cafe Nervosa on Frasier, Mah Mah, the adopted mother of Francine on American Dad!, Dr. Lauren Brown on General Hospital, and Suji on The Naked Truth. In the sixth-season finale of Seinfeld, she played the part of Frank Costanza's long-lost girlfriend during his Korean War service. She played Pang Bing, the antagonist of the series finale of Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness. She also appeared in Season 2, Episode 10 of Curb Your Enthusiasm (2001).

She had regular roles on Strip Mall and as "Ah-Mah" Jasmine Lee on The Life and Times of Juniper Lee. Hill has recurring roles as Beverley on Mom and Ms. Mannering on Preacher.

From 2018–2021, Hill co-starred as Teuila "Kumu" Tuileta, the cultural curator of Robin Master's estate, in the reboot series Magnum P.I.

Filmography Film

Television

Awards and nominations Hill was nominated for a regional Emmy (Los Angeles Area) as writer/host of Get Real, an Asian-American teen talk show on KSCI.