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Tora Kim

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  • Producer
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Tora Kim
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Tora Kim studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York City when she was 17, thinking acting might be something she'd pursue, when life had other plans for her. After her second year at Barnard College where she studied Art History and Sociology with a Minor in Studio Art, she founded the seminal New York rock band Xtatika, dropped out of school and went on to become a singer, songwriter and musician. In between touring four continents and recording albums, an unusually high rate of productivity led her to earn her BA in Performance Art and Writing with honors at New York University, where she won awards for prose and fiction writing. Miss Kim continued her career in music while writing and performing in one-woman and ensemble shows that were well-received at venues such as The Public Theater and PS 122 in New York City. She still made time for legit theater, performing Shakespeare and Brecht, before moving to Los Angeles in 2010. Tora Kim has worked with a diverse range of artists from Sean Lennon to John Zorn, Marina Abramovic and Academy Award-winner Dustin Lance Black.

Born in Seoul, South Korea, Tora lived in Panama City, Panama; Queens, New York; and northern New Jersey; all before the age of 6. Growing up in northern New Jersey, Tora trained in classical piano, viola, voice and ballet, and continued traveling and backpacking worldwide throughout her teens. Her music years saw her living a rock and roll lifestyle of extremes. Living a much saner life these days, the actress and writer recently wrote, directed and starred in Half/Life, a dark fantasy short inspired by those years of fertile turmoil.
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    Known for

    K-Pops! (2024)
    K-Pops!
    7.0
    • Bandleader Jihae(as Tora Kim-Lake)
    • 2024
    Lee Sung-min in Shadow Detective (2022)
    Shadow Detective
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Shin Jeong-Ae(voice: English version, as Tora Kim-Lake)
    The Boss Baby: Back in Business (2018)
    The Boss Baby: Back in Business
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Shover's Mom(as Tora Kim-Lake)
    Stella Maeve, Summer Bishil, Hale Appleman, Olivia Taylor Dudley, and Arjun Gupta in The Magicians (2015)
    The Magicians
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Moon

    Credits

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    Actress



    • Inferno in Paris
      • Beatrix (as Tora Kim-Lake)
      • Completed
      • Short
    • A Company of Thieves
      • Julie
      • Post-production



    • 20 (2024)
      20
      Short
      • (as Tora Kim-Lake)
      • 2024
    • K-Pops! (2024)
      K-Pops!
      7.0
      • Bandleader Jihae (as Tora Kim-Lake)
      • 2024
    • Tora Kim in Prince of Keys (2023)
      Prince of Keys
      Music Video
      • (as Tora Kim-Lake)
      • 2023
    • F the Plus: Stories of Failed Asian Excellence - Cry Harder (2022)
      F the Plus: Stories of Failed Asian Excellence - Cry Harder
      Short
      • Melanie Park (as Tora Kim-Lake)
      • 2022
    • Lee Sung-min in Shadow Detective (2022)
      Shadow Detective
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Shin Jeong-Ae (voice: English version, as Tora Kim-Lake)
      • 2022
    • Tora Kim in The Outliers (2021)
      The Outliers
      Short
      • Jillian Laure (as Tora Kim-Lake)
      • 2021
    • Mogul
      Short
      • Meline (as Tora Kim-Lake)
      • 2021
    • Tora Kim in The StandOff (2020)
      The StandOff
      Short
      • Kit (as Tora Kim-Lake)
      • 2020
    • The Boss Baby: Back in Business (2018)
      The Boss Baby: Back in Business
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Shover's Mom (as Tora Kim-Lake)
      • 2020
    • Scorpion Girl: The Awakening (2020)
      Scorpion Girl: The Awakening
      6.8
      • Yuno Otoshi
      • 2020
    • Last Night
      Short
      • Jesse
      • 2018
    • A Grain of White Rice in the Endless Yellow Sun (2017)
      A Grain of White Rice in the Endless Yellow Sun
      Short
      • Scarlett Kwon
      • 2017
    • Tora Kim in The World, Baby: A Hairy Situation (2017)
      The World, Baby: A Hairy Situation
      TV Short
      • Tora
      • 2017
    • Stella Maeve, Summer Bishil, Hale Appleman, Olivia Taylor Dudley, and Arjun Gupta in The Magicians (2015)
      The Magicians
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Moon
      • 2017
    • Ron Perlman and Dana Delany in Hand of God (2014)
      Hand of God
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Mason's Mother
      • 2017

    Writer



    • Thirsty Weather
      • Writer
      • Filming
      • TV Movie
    • Inferno in Paris
      • Writer (as Tora Kim-Lake)
      • Completed
      • Short



    • Tora Kim in Prince of Keys (2023)
      Prince of Keys
      Music Video
      • Writer (as Tora Kim-Lake)
      • 2023
    • Tora Kim in The Outliers (2021)
      The Outliers
      Short
      • Writer (as Tora Kim-Lake)
      • 2021
    • Mogul
      Short
      • Writer (as Tora Kim-Lake)
      • 2021
    • Tora Kim in The World, Baby: A Hairy Situation (2017)
      The World, Baby: A Hairy Situation
      TV Short
      • Writer
      • 2017
    • Constellation 13 Wolves (2015)
      Constellation 13 Wolves
      8.0
      Short
      • story
      • writer
      • 2015
    • Half/Life (2012)
      Half/Life
      Short
      • story
      • writer
      • 2012

    Producer



    • Thirsty Weather
      • producer
      • Filming
      • TV Movie
    • Inferno in Paris
      • producer (as Tora Kim-Lake)
      • Completed
      • Short



    • Tora Kim in Prince of Keys (2023)
      Prince of Keys
      Music Video
      • executive producer (as Tora Kim-Lake)
      • 2023
    • Tora Kim in The Outliers (2021)
      The Outliers
      Short
      • producer (as Tora Kim-Lake)
      • 2021
    • Mogul
      Short
      • producer (as Tora Kim-Lake)
      • 2021
    • Last Night
      Short
      • producer
      • 2018
    • Tora Kim in The World, Baby: A Hairy Situation (2017)
      The World, Baby: A Hairy Situation
      TV Short
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Constellation 13 Wolves (2015)
      Constellation 13 Wolves
      8.0
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2015
    • Half/Life (2012)
      Half/Life
      Short
      • producer
      • 2012

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      • IG @torakim
      • Official Instagram
    • Alternative name
      • Tora Kim-Lake
    • Height
      • 5′ 5½″ (1.66 m)
    • Born
      • November 4
      • Seoul, South Korea
    • Spouse
      • Brandon Lake

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      Trained in Korean and Italian opera, and can still sing Latin choral music as a mezzo-soprano.
    • Nicknames
      • Tora Brava
      • Haena Kim
      • Tora Kim

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