Emy Coligado

Emy Coligado (born June 5, 1971 ) is an American actress known for her role as Piama Tananahaakna on the sitcom Malcolm in the Middle. In 2001, Coligado landed a recurring role as Emmy, the medical examiner's assistant, on the drama Crossing Jordan. Coligado also appears on NBC's web series CTRL as well as Poppy Tang in NBC's Chuck. She also played Ling in the 2012 film The Three Stooges. Most recently, Coligado played the role of Helen Yung in Archive 81 and Carlotta in the Apple TV series The Changeling starring Lakeith Stanfield.

Coligado was born in Borger, Texas, and is of Filipino descent. On Broadway she portrayed Yvonne in Miss Saigon (1991).

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2005 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous Gate Agent 2005 Don't Come Knocking Desk Clerk 2005 Kids in America Emily Chua 2007 Ctrl Z Elizabeth Carter Short film 2010 Pie Kat Short film 2011 Marathoners Dottie Bueno Short film 2012 The Three Stooges Ling 2020 First One In CeeCee 2020 The Girl Who Left Home Mary Santos 2020 The Catch Lily McManus 2025 Summer of 69 Margaret TBA The Cackling of the Dodos Filming

Television Year Title Role Notes 2000 Sabrina the Teenage Witch Felice Episode: "House of Pi's" 2001 ER Student #6 Episode: "A Walk in the Woods" 2001 The Brothers García Neeko Episode: "Larry's Curse" 2001–07 Crossing Jordan Emmy Recurring role (seasons 1–6); 30 episodes 2002 Strong Medicine Nurse Betsy Welling Episode: "Shok" 2002–06 Malcolm in the Middle Piama Recurring role (seasons 3–7); 28 episodes 2003 Everybody Loves Raymond Claudia Episode: "Sweet Charity" 2004 Fillmore! Rochelle Voice role; "A Dark Score Evened" 2006 Grey's Anatomy Janelle Duco Episode: "From a Whisper to a Scream" 2007 Men in Trees Lucy Woo Episode: "No Man Is an Iceland" 2007 Chuck Poppy Tang Episode: "Chuck Versus the Truth" 2009 Ctrl Elizabeth Web series; Main cast (season 1); 10 episodes 2010 Stalker Chronicles Angel Episode: "Jenny" 2011 And Boris Angelica Television short series 2014 Shameless Wesley Gretsky Episode: "Emily" 2017 Fresh Off the Boat Norma Episode: "The Masters" 2017 Claws Mrs. Choi Episode: "Batshit" 2021 Run the World Julie Episode: "Phenomenal Women" 2022 Archive 81 Helen Yung Episode: "Spirit Receivers" 2023 The Changeling Carlotta 5 episodes 2024 Based on a True Story Tanya Episode: "Liquid Gold" 2026 Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair Piama Recurring role