About
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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.
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.
Management Energy Talent Management, Sally Hinata - sally@energytalentmanagement.com
Theatrical The Park Noack Agency, Adam Park - adam@parknoack.com
Commercial, Print, Voiceover DDO Artists Agency, Los Angeles - cassie@ddoagency.com, julie@ddoagency.com
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...
CHECKING OUT is a proof of concept for a feature film. Stay tuned for updates and screenings!
We are currently in post production and fundraising for finishing funds. Stay tuned for updates!
“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.
Grandpa Comedy Show has been performed for multiple sold-out audiences in Los Angeles.
Contact sally@energytalentmanagement.com “RE: Ames Miyako” to bring Grandpa Comedy Show to your stage/organization.
COMING SOON
Members of cast and creative team for RUNAWAYS are the 2024 Beverly Hills Film Festival
HONEY BADGERS
(action-comedy, pilot) Ames joins Swanlings Entertainment’s latest short film Honey Badgers as “Xenia”, one of three badass female vigilantes on a mission to rid the world of abusive men. In this action-comedy directed by award-winning writer/director Sara Victoria Pedersen, we are pulled into a day-in-the-life gone wrong as the three women discover an ugly truth about their ring-leader “Ma’am” and maybe dig some graves along the way…
Day Bi Day
Ames guest stars in this queer web-series as “Basil” the owner of a popular LA brunch spot who has seen it all. Written by Ryder Dunagan and Tara Jenkins, directed by Ariel Zucker, Produced by Narinah Tahmasebian.
WRESTING PLACE
(drama, short-film) Ames stars alongside Deborah Eliezer in the two-hander drama Wresting Place created by writer-director Coral Cohen. From Cohen:
“Ilana is stuck. She came to help her mom, Leeza, after her grandmother’s death a few months ago and can’t seem to extricate herself from the vortex of her mother’s life. Tonight the uncomfortable truths, unspoken conflicts, and intergenerational trauma boil over in a fight and Ilana has to make an active decision to return to her home and face her life.”
Friendsgiving
written and directed by Katie Healy (comedic short)
DP: Daniel Weiser, Production design: Lana Dvorak, Producer: Julia Jayne, Sound: Josiah Sickler, 1st AC: Austin Guth, PAs: Gus Senter, Caroline Haradar
Come around Again
Written & produced by Daniel Melcher, a sexy horror short
Clips
Theatrical
acting reel edited by August Marcilliat
Commercial
Optimum Nutrition - Featured Commercial
Headshots
On set & on stage
Contact
Sally Hinata - Energy Talent Management: sally@energytalentmanagement.com