Christine Keiko Agena was born on 3 October 1973, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, and is an actress, best known for being part of the series “Gilmore Girls” in which she plays Lane Kim the best friend of Rory Gilmore, and has appeared in numerous other projects since 1993.
How rich is Keiko Agena? As of mid-2017, sources inform us of a net worth that is at $300,000, mostly earned through a career in acting. She’s appeared in numerous short films, and has made guest appearances in popular television shows. As she continues her career, it is expected that her wealth will also continue to increase.
Keiko Agena Net Worth $300,000
Keiko started acting at the age of 10, but still attended Mid-Pacific Institute, and after matriculating went to Whitman College, where she studied for one year as a drama major. One of her first roles was in 1993, a guest appearance in the television series “Renegade”. She followed this up with a small role in “Sister, Sister”, before landing another role in “ER”. She would then appear in her first film in 1998, entitled “Hundred Percent”. Her net worth was now established.
Agena started to gain a lot of popularity and a significant increase in net worth when she joined the cast of “Gilmore Girls”. She played a role significantly younger than her actual age; the series originally ran for seven seasons and ended in 2007, and received a lot of critical acclaim. Aside from this, she became a part of the film “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” in which she played Mearing’s Aide with Mearing being played by Frances McDormand. She then appeared in three episodes of “Felicity”, playing a girl who helps the lead character in the series created by JJ Abrams. She then received an Ammy Award which honors Asian and Asian-Americans in the film/television industry. Her next project would be the cartoon series “Kim Possible” in which she voiced the character Yori from season 2 to season 4 of the show. Her net worth was rising steadily.
Keiko was then cast in the film “Hair Show” which starred Mo-Nique, playing the character Jun Ni in the film. She then made several guest appearances which increased her net worth further. She appeared in “Private Practice”, “Castle”, and in the 12th episode of the final season of “ER”. In 2008, she became a part of the film “Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous” alongside Jessica Simpson. Two years later she made an onstage appearance in “No-No Boy” before becoming a part of an episode of “House”.
In 2015, Agena was part of a reunion panel of the “Gilmore Girls” held at the ATX Festival, and was also a participant in a couple of tapings of the podcast entitled “Gilmore Guys”. In the same year, she launched her own podcast “Drunk Monk Podcast” in which she watched the series “Monk” alongside Will S. Choi while they drank alcohol.
For her personal life, it is known that Keiko married Shin Kawasaki 2005 – they actually married in a helicopter over Las Vegas!
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