Christine Ko

Christine Ko (born August 3, 1988) is a Taiwanese-American actress, known for her roles as Emma on the CBS sitcom The Great Indoors, Mandy on Upload and Emma on Dave. Before her success in America, she had a brief career in Taiwan in the early 2010s.

Quotes

• I wore my hair in those space buns for my audition, and the only reason why I did it was because I wanted to be someone totally different from who I am as a person.
  • "Christine Ko" in Air Mail (24 July 2021)

• You know, I am one of those people where there wasn’t a moment growing up that I knew I wanted to be an actor—the truth was that I didn't know what I wanted to be at all. I wasn’t great at anything, I wasn’t an all-star athlete, great at playing the piano or the smartest kid in school but I liked creative things and watching Disney movies.
  • "A Conversation With Christine Ko, Star Of The Netflix Film ‘Tigertail’" in Rose & Ivy (22 April 2020)

• In middle school, I really longed to have a connection with my birth mom, and so I moved to Taiwan for four years and learned a whole new language and culture.
  • "Christine Ko’s Path to Acting Began with a McDonald’s Commercial" in InStyle (6 April 2020)

• I love the idea of being American-Taiwanese. It's very specific to people who feel like they're from two different cultures. Because being American is something that we should be proud of. It's not something that needs to be defined in a certain way. This is our culture, too.
  • "Tigertail Brought Christine Ko Closer To Her Taiwanese Identity — And To Her Moms" in MTV (15 April 2020)

• Some of us don't want to admit to it, but we are a lot like our parents. The way that we are in our own personal relationships is very similar to how we grew up. And whether that's positive and negative, it's definitely something to be aware of.
  • "Tigertail Brought Christine Ko Closer To Her Taiwanese Identity — And To Her Moms" in MTV (15 April 2020)

• The world will always have something against you, no matter how you look. I surround myself with people that hopefully as a group are doing good work for the culture. The reason I like to play different characters is that for so long Asian American actors have been in this stereotypical box.
  • "Christine Ko on Mastering the Art of Deadpan and Lil Dicky’s Nickname for Her" in Men's Journal

• As an Asian American, when you go to Asia, you sometimes feel like a foreigner even though you look like everyone else. I felt like the American coming in; my look was different, my feel was different.
  • "Christine Ko Is Here To Tell A New Kind Of Asian American Story With ‘Tigertail’" in Character Media (6 April 2020)

External links

• Picture of Christine Ko