Keiko began acting when she was ten, mostly because she wasn't athletic enough to play sports. She decided to continue as long as it was fun. That was more than a decade ago. Acting is still fun, and she's still acting, most recently as 'Lane Kim' on the WB critic pleaser "Gilmore Girls". (Roberta Wax Emmy Magazine)
PERSONAL
Real Name: Christine Keiko Agena
Birth Place: Honolulu, HI
Birthday: October 3rd 1973
Married Shin Kawasaki in a helicopter over Las Vegas, NV December 19, 2005.
Rockstar Family: Norman, Claire, Steph, Shel, and Ash
Favorite drink: Sake, Lemondrop, Chianti, or Bud Light.
Current Book: Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond.
Best Band Ever: Los Desnudos.
Event she frequents: “Tuesday Night’s at the Café” in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo district.
Really, Best Band Ever: Los Desnudos
Drumset: DW
Motorcycle: Kawasaki Ninja
WORK
Most challenging role: Playing a woman with anorexia nervosa in Strong Medicine.
Most fun on set: Ad libbing lines with Mo’Nique, Kellita Smith, Joe Torry and Taraji Henson for “Hair Show”.
Longest Day: 16 Hours. Season 6 of Gilmore Girls; playing the Drums in the “Lane gets Married” episode at 4am.
Proudest Moment: Being named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts.
Biggest Surprise: Winning the Ammy Award. The Ammy Awards honor Asians and Asian American achievement in film and television and she was nominated in the company of Lucy Liu ("Ally McBeal"), Ming-Na ("ER") and Tia Carrere ("Relic Hunter").
Best Week: Playing "Leila Foster" in Felicity’s Revolutions” episode.
Most Influential People: Laura Henry, Linda Johnson, Kathy Robinson and Brian Clark.
