Kana Hatakeyama is an award-winning Japanese and American actor and filmmaker based in New York. She recurred as 'Charlene Teng' on the last two seasons of Jenji Kohan's Orange is the New Black for Netflix. Her other film and television credits include Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix), Tape (dir. Deborah Kampmeier), and Split (dir. Deborah Kampmeier). Her first film as writer-director, "okaasan (mom)," in which she also starred, premiered at Brooklyn Film Festival, followed by screenings at Dallas International Film Festival (Special Jury Award), New Orleans Film Festival (Audience Award), Nitehawk Shorts Festival (Audience Award, First Time Filmmaker Award), Nantucket Film Festival, and more. "okaasan (mom)" is now featured online at NoBudge, Directors Notes, and Future of Film is Female. Her second film as writer-director, "FITNESS! or a story about SWEAT," is currently on the festival circuit, following its world premiere at Brooklyn Film Festival in May 2020. Onstage Kana originated the role of Ashley Olsen in Mallery Avidon's "Mary-Kate Olsen is in Love" and the role of Liz Pharaoh in Adriano Shaplin's "Sarah Flood in Salem Mass," both at the Flea Theater. She also appeared in the Public Theater's much buzzed about Shakespeare in the Park production of "Julius Caesar" directed by Oskar Eustis, and played 'Orangutan/Madeleine' in the New Jersey premiere of Quiara Alegria Hudes' "Water by the Spoonful" at Premiere Stages. Other theater credits include Leah Nanako Winkler's "Double Suicide at Ueno Park!" (Ensemble Studio Theatre), Claire Kiechel's "Extinct Animals" (Ensemble Studio Theatre), workshops at Ars Nova and LAByrinth Theater Company, and more. Kana graduated from Duke University magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in International Studies and Theater, minoring in Political Science. She has trained at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, A.C.T., and the Neighborhood Playhouse, and studied with Ted Sluberski, Patsy Rodenburg, Larry Moss, Bob Krakower, and Marilyn Fried, among others. Kana speaks both Japanese and English at the native level, and is also fluent in French and Spanish, having spent time living in France and Argentina.
Kana Honda is an actress, known for Hevunzu sutôrî (2010) and Gaia no yoake (2002).
Kana Ichinose was born on 20 December 1996 in Obihiro, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. She is an actress, known for DARLING in the FRANXX (2018), Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (2022) and Tenki no ko (2019).
Kana Imai is an actress.
Kana Kayano was born on April 3, 1987 in Taiwan. She is an actress, known for High 5 Basketball (2016), Twa-Tiu-Tiann (2014) and Chu lian feng bao (2010).
Kana Kita was born on August 23, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Good Morning-Call: Guddo môningu kôru (2016), Shindo: The Beat Knocks Her World (2013) and Nagisa (2021).
Kana Kurashina was born on December 23, 1987 in Kumamoto, Japan. She is an actress, known for Sûpâkabu 2: Gekitou Hen (2008), Soredemo, ikite yuku (2011) and Shoujiki fudousan (2022).
Kana Mahiro is an actress, known for Fuchi ni tatsu (2016) and Namae (2018).
Kana Matsumoto was born on March 18, 1989 in Matsusaka, Japan. She is an actress, known for Ichi rittoru no namida (2005), Kishibe no tabi (2015) and Saido kâ ni inu (2007).
Kana Mikura was born on 23 February 1986 in Hirano, Osaka, Osaka, Japan. She is an actress, known for It Is Your Turn (2019), Anata no ban desu: Gekijoban (2021) and GS wandârando (2008). She has been married to ??? since 28 December 2012.