Ames Miyako

actor | writer

About

Ames Miyako (they/them/theirs) is an actor and writer based in Los Angeles. A queer Lebanese-Japanese-American-Canadian, Ames’ work brings comedy and compassion to the unpolished stories of who and how we are.

Their work spans across television, film, commercial, theatre, voiceover, applied theatre. They’ve performed regular voiceover for National Public Radio, were seen on NBC’s Lincoln Rhyme as “Autumn Besser”, and are active in LA’s independent film community. On stage, they have performed in NYC Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway, in Los Angeles, as well as internationally in Canada, The UK, and The Czech Republic.

They are a graduate of Columbia University’s MFA Acting program and a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and Actors Equity Association.

Ames also is a Certified Personal Trainer and Corrective Exercise Specialist and has been featured by Fabletics Fit, PopSugar Fitness, and Everybody Los Angeles VOD. They love a good hike and one day will bring their leash-trained cat Jasper up a mountain with them… if he ever agrees.

Current Projects

CHECKING OUT (short film)

written by Ames Miyako, directed by Ariel Zucker

When a date in the present resembles a traumatic moment from the past, a dissociated Alex (played by Ames) must find their way through their own wry psyche to get back into their body, as long as a past version of themselves "Cool Alex" stays on their side...

“Once upon a time, there was a man named Jack Kenji Sameshima…”

What parts of our ancestors’ stories do we rely on to define ourselves? Can comedy make pain funny, or is it just painful to watch? And does Ames REALLY laugh like Seth Rogan? Grandpa Comedy Show is a Japanese-American stand-up, sit-down, story time about intergenerational joy despite intergenerational trauma, and how we tend the gardens that came before us.