- Born
- Birth nameEmily Keiko Kuroda
- Emily Kuroda has performed in numerous plays including Luis Alfaro's "Straight as a Line" at Playwrights Arena, directed by Jon Rivera, Chay Yew's "Red" at East West Players and "Winter People" at the Boston Court. Other theatres include Kirk Douglas Theatre, South Coast Rep, New York's Public Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Rep, Singapore Repertory Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theater, Doolittle Theater, Huntington Theater (Boston), Los Angeles Theater Center, Zephyr Theater, LA Women's Shakespeare Company, and the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival.
She is the recipient of five Dramalogue Awards, a Garland Award for outstanding performance, an L.A. Ovation award nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Play, Playwrights' Arena Outstanding Contribution to LA Theatre, and East West Players' Rae Creevey Award.
She is married to Actor/director Alberto Isaac. She has two brothers, Paul Kuroda (an award winning photographer in Oakland) and Douglas Kuroda (An award winning mechanic and is now an electrics in Fresno).
- IMDb mini biography by: Emily Kuroda
- SpousesAlberto Isaac(July 2, 1983 - present)John W. Blake(September 3, 1972 - June 3, 1981) (divorced)
- Was a member of East West Players, Los Angeles' premier Asian-American theater group.
- Won the following theater awards: - Dramalogue Awards for "Ikebana", "The Maids", "Minimata", "The Golden Gate", and "Visitors from Nagasaki" - City of Los Angeles Commendation for "About Love" - Garland Award for Outstanding Performance for "Straight As a Line". - Entertainment Today Best Actress Award for "Winter People"
- Was also nominated for an LA Ovation Award nomination, Best Lead
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