Anzu Lawson

Anzu Lawson is an American actress, singer, songwriter, comedian, playwright, director and screenwriter.

Music Lawson 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. She also reached number 1 on the European Dance charts with her single "Sweet Clarity" with a project called Aquabox produced by Lee Curreri. 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. 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 As 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.

Filmography Lawson's TV and film credits are below:

TV

Year TV Show Role Notes 2026 Baki-Dou: The Invincible Samurai Sabuko Tokugawa, Newscaster (voices) Unknown episodes 2025 Law & Order Dr. Nancy Willis Episode: "A Perfect Family" 2025 My Happy Marriage General Store Shop Keeper (voice) 2 episodes 2023 Manifest Kimiko Mikami Episode: "Threshold" 2023 Heavenly Delusion Director (voice) 4 episodes 2023 The Blacklist Mariko Ito 2022 Black Rock Shooter: Dawn Fall Strength (voice) 5 episodes 2020 Mickey and the Roadster Racers Michiko Duck (voice), Additional Voices Episode: "Hanami Hijinks/Happy Harajuku Helpers" 2017 Guilty Party Principal Lee 9 episodes 2017 The Young and the Restless Dr. Lang 4 episodes 2017 NCIS: Los Angeles Nurse 3 episodes 2017 Fuller House 2016 Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street Miss Tran 2 episodes 2016 Broke A$$ Rich Kid 2016 CSI: Cyber 2015 Hand of God 2015 Gypsi Ann Dupree 2 episodes 2015 Mom 2015 Cristela 2014 Revenge 2014 Ray Donovan 2010 'Til Death 2010 Make It or Break It 2009 Criminal Minds 2008 Without A Trace 2007 Mind of Mencia 2005 The King of Queens 1996 Goode Behavior 1994 Hot Line 1992 Full House

Film

Year Film Role Notes 2020 Caged Shannon 2016 The Perfect Match Sophia 2015 The Viking and the Pendulum Isi Short 2013 Sweet Talk Suzi Yamagutchi 2010 What Would Jesus Do? Waitress 2007 He Was a Quiet Man Nancy Felt 2006 All In Asian Player 5 1995 Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back Karen Banning 1994 The Shadow Concubine 1993 American Yakuza Yuko

Video games

Year Game Role 2026 Starfield: Terran Armada Sehoy Baker 2024 Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster Jo Slade 2020 Ghost of Tsushima Ankshar Khatun/The Eagle 2013 Killer Instinct Black Orchid