Remember the main character, Hyo-Ryeong from All of Us Are Dead? She was played by Kim Bo-Yoon and voiced by Lisa Yamada in the English dub. Well, you can now see the latter on screen in the second season of Cruel Summer.
Read on for this Lisa Yamada Biography to learn more about her.
Lisa Yamada talks about the brutal summer
Cruel Summer returns for a second season on May 31, 2022, and it features a bunch of new characters and a new town. However, Lisa Yamada is just one of the supporting cast members who plays Queen Bee Parker, one of the suspects in the story.
“Parker is a little bit of a bitch, I mean. She’s not very approachable or likable at first. She’s the leader of the group,” Lisa explains of her character. “Parker is very much like Regina George in Mean Girls in the sense that she’s the leader of the group, like I mentioned. But she has the best clothes, the best hair, the best makeup.”
As this season returns to the Y2K timeline and aesthetic, the character Lisa is “a Y2K grunge style person—influenced by Gwen Stefani in her “No Doubi” era and Avril Lavigne in her “Sk8er Boi” era.”
That said, Lisa’s favorite part of filming was the costumes and the hair and makeup team. “We had the most amazing costume and hair and makeup team. They were so collaborative,” she says.
Every morning, the actress would walk into the Hair & Makeup trailer and they’d ask, “Okay, so what are you doing today?” before she’d show them her giant Pinterest board.
Now, back to her character, although Lisa describes her as “unapproachable”, she is just a teenage girl who is dealing with her insecurities and looking for male validation. She doesn’t have the best female friendships, so she doesn’t know what it means to be a girl’s girl and be kind.
Parker is very different from Lisa in real life. But the actress enjoyed playing the mean girl. “It was fun to explore that darker side of me,” she said. “Even if other people don’t like her, you have to figure out why you like her. And why you see the world the way she does. It was fun to play her and prove people wrong.”
She wrote on IG, “So grateful. Still pinching myself. So excited for this new chapter in my life!! Can’t wait for everyone to meet Parker. I hope you love her as much as I do.”
What is Lisa Yamada’s net worth?
Lisa Yamada has a net worth of under $300 thousand as of 2023.
As a professional actress, Lisa got her start in a Verizon commercial that aired in Asia. “I remember we had to shoot different versions of the commercial in different languages because it was going to air in so many Asian countries,” she recalls.
The actress has over 20 films and television shows to her credit to date. Some of them include Smashed (2012), Extant (2014), Game Shakers (2015), The Kicks (2016), Little Fires Everywhere (2020), Promised Land (2022), Never Have I Ever (2022), Missing (2023), and Cruel Summer (2023).
Aside from acting, Lisa is also very good at dancing. So far, she has appeared on stage at Tokyo City Cup, ISSE Hair Show, Orange County Japan Fair, International Womens Football League Half Time Show and Bridge USA Japanese Cultural Festival as a dancer.
Plus, the actress is a future nurse. Before Cruel Summer, she was taking classes to become a nurse! “I took a bunch of science classes and I was on track to start nursing school next semester. I had a 4.0 GPA and even made the dean’s list,” she shared.
In addition to being an excellent student, Lisa was also a cheerleader in high school. Sadly, she was demoted to the junior cheerleading squad after missing a lot of cheerleading practice, thanks to her TV audition. “Whatever. It was worth it,” she says.
In terms of training, she studied acting at the Margie Haber Studio, Tess Kirsch Acting Studio, Ivana Chubbuck Youth, and Talent House Academy. Additionally, she has studied privately with Lori Lively, Lisa Picotte, and Walter Pridgen.
Lisa Yamada’s age
Lisa Yamada was just 20 years old when she appeared in Cruel Summer 2023.
However, she was a year younger when she filmed the show.
Who are Lisa Yamada’s parents?
Lisa Yamada was born to Japanese immigrant parents.
Her IG followers might have seen her mom on her Instagram story on Mother’s Day 2022.
What is Lisa Yamada’s ethnicity?
Lisa Yamada is a Japanese-American beauty.
She spoke only Japanese for the first 5 to 6 years of her life.
Currently, she is fluent in both English and Japanese.
Lisa Yamada Height
Lisa Yamada is 5 feet 4 inches (162 cm) tall and weighs 52 kg (115 lbs).
Talking about her distinctive features. Lisa has long brown hair, a sharp jawline, and more than eight tattoos on her body.
Fun Fact: Her angel number is 777. So she really wanted to get the number 777 tattooed on her body. But her mother asked her to “take a break from getting tattoos for a while!”
Lisa Yamada’s boyfriend
Lisa Yamada has not revealed her boyfriend.
Related FAQs
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When is Lisa Yamada’s birthday?
According to famousbirthdays.com, Lisa received birthday wishes on September 5.
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Where is Lisa Yamada from?
Lisa was born and raised in California.
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Does Lisa Yamada use Instagram and Facebook?
Find her on Instagram @lisaymda and TikTok @lisaymda.
We can’t find her Facebook.